State Engineer talks water rights in Lea County meeting
Charles Harris, legal representative from the Roswell office, spoke in Hobbs before the Lions Club reviewing Lea County water basin issues. He stated that permits for Cooper ranch wells would be denied, denied rumors of land sales with water rights, and that no underground basin would be opened. Harris planned further talks in Lovington and Lea County.
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Charles Harris
State Engineer’s Office
Hobbs
Hobbs Lions
Lea County
New Mexico
Harris
Lovington
Bill Hessler
Lions’ Club
Southwest
LIFE
Arizona
California
Yeo V. Tweedy
Supreme Court
Obey Your Safety Patrol Aims to Cut State Death Toll
The piece urges motorists to cooperate with school safety patrols at crossings as New Mexico faces a highway death crisis. Gov Meechem proclaims a Period of Emergency urging careful driving and public pledge to curb fatalities statewide.
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Herman M. Neff
The
New Mexico Motor Club
Santa FE
Edwin L. Meechem
New Mexico
Edwin
Mechem
State
Hospital Unit Group Plans Bond Election Circulation
A group in the county proposes a bond election estimated at 650000 to 1000000 dollars to fund hospital units in Jal Eunice Tatum and Lovington. They met in Eunice naming Ben Alexander chair and Ed Estlow secretary and will seek an architect before circulating petitions.
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Jal
Eunice
Tatum
Lovington
Ben Alexander
Ed Estlow
Brake and Light Stickers Due in September
Police warn that brake and light stickers are due again tomorrow with school starting on the 4th. State police will immediately check vehicles lacking the displayed stickers on windshields.
Dove Season Opens in New Mexico September 1
Dove season begins September 1 in New Mexico with a bag limit of eight. Reports indicate plentiful doves around the Caprock region west of Hobbs and Lovington.
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New Mexico
Caprock
Hobbs
Lovington
Commissioners To Meet On Tuesday September 4
Lea County commissioners set a regular meeting for Tuesday September 4 instead of Monday due to Labor Day. County offices will close Saturday and Monday. only the District Clerk’s office remains open. Judge George T. Harris will be in court Monday with three cases listed. Loving ton stores plan to close while eateries and fountains stay open.
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Lea County Commissioners Court
George T. Harris
Lovington
Married men moved to 1-A in Lea County draft notices
Lea County selective service clerks reclassify about 150 married men with no children to 1-A. Draft quota for September stands at 9. Notices to appear for physicals will be mailed this week.
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Lea Couty Selective Service
Lea County
New Mexico Establishes 16 Civil Defense Warning Centers
Santa Fe reports the state will have sixteen air raid warning districts each with a local warning center. Lovington serves Lea County as director Bill Hessler notes the centers are co located with police or sheriff offices. The Journal cites rising highway deaths blamed on alcohol age and nonresident drivers, with alcohol related crashes up from 6 percent in 1949 to 25 percent in early 1951 and out of state travelers accounting for 11 percent of accidents.
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Santa FE
John Chapman
Duty
Lovington
Lea County
Bill Hessler
Albuquerque
the Journal
New Mexico
Sheriff Investigates Theft Across Plains and Seminole Texas
Sheriff Charlie Trimble and Undersheriff James Robinson worked in Plains and Seminole Texas on Wednesday investigating the theft of merchandise from Lea County.
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Charlie Trimble
James Robinson
Plains
Seminole
Texas
Lea County
Joseph D. Boren
Alex Trimble
Bruce McCollum
Max Edwards
Elmer Turner
Jake Ramsey
Cecil Love
Jew
McAdno
Tatum
Roy Keller
Chief Jay Walkers Offer Safety Advice
An advisory urges pedestrians and drivers to observe traffic rules to prevent deaths from jay walking. It emphasizes crossing at signals, obeying signs, and reducing reckless behavior to protect all highway users as the school season approaches.
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Jay
Farm Prices Down Again Despite 9.4 Percent Gain From Last Year
The Agriculture Department reports August prices received by farmers fell for the sixth straight month, averaging two points below mid July. Yet overall commodity prices remain 9.4 percent higher than a year ago, with declines across most crops except fruit amid record or near record output expectations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Frey Woman Confined With Broken Ankle in Hobbs
Mrs. J. B. Frey of the Frey Hotel in Hobbs is confined with a broken ankle.
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Mrs. Frey
J. B. Frey
Frey Hotel
Hobbs
K J Gulf Station Opens Under New Ownership
The K and J Gulf Service Station and Grocery opens under new owners Kenneth Furr and J C Gregory. Gregory will run the service station with Mrs Gregory and Mrs Furr in charge of the grocery. M Furr is a Ford dealer salesman in Lovington.
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Alex
Ranchers post land to deter hunters after cattle losses
E. C. Hill of Eunice joins other ranchers in posting land against hunting and trespassing. The Sims and Drinkard Ranches, along with Fowler Hair at Jal, posted under law after Hereford cattle were shot by careless hunters. Hair notes a yearly cow loss.
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E. C. Hill
Eunice
Sims
Drinkard
Fowler Hair
Jal
Mr. Hair
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Utah
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Sam Browne
Safety Patrol
AAA
Automobile Clubs
James Lucas
Armstrong High School
Washington, D. C
H. C. Pannell
C. H. Conway
Arval Marley
H. E. Elwell
J. M. Whit
Worth
H. T. Patterson
Jack Gomez
Dove
United Press
Jay Walkers
Talal Lb School
K & J Gulf Station
K & J Gulf
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