Short Session Opens as Congress Sets Defense and Immigration Pace
The 64th Congress convened to a short winter session with Democrats seeking rapid passage of immigration reform and anti corruption measures while preparing for a heavy defense build up. Estimates for 1918 total about 1.715 billion across all branches, including substantial boosts for army and navy, canal fortifications, and Indian irrigation projects. postal service costs rise with aviation mail plans. The session signals a focus on defense, rail inquiry, and fiscal planning amid wartime pressures.
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Ferreus
Wilson
Congress
Navy
House Naval Committee
War Department
Army
Panama Canal
Treasury
United States
Indian Bureau
Gila River
Florence
Ariz
Pinal County
Arizona
Hoop Valley
California
Department of the Interior
A T S F President Ripley Issues Statement
Mr. E P Ripley, ident of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail makes a formal statement. The executive details corporate direction and policy stance in the context of ongoing industry matters. He emphasizes stability, safety, and shareholder value amid evolving transportation challenges.
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Ripley
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
State lands funds total over seven hundred thousand dollars
State land income and permanent fund distributions show totals exceeding 742 300 dollars for the year led by the Common School and Normal School allotments. The report lists numerous institutions receiving varying shares from the income and permanent funds, including the Common School, Normal School, School of Mines, Military Institute, reform and insane hospitals, penitentiary, libraries for the blind and dumb asylum, and public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ien
Hown
Common School
Normal School
Venas
Eastern
School of Mines
Military Institute
Twenty third Reunion of Scottish Rite Masons in Valley
The Twenty third Reunion of the Co ordinite Bodies of the Rite in his Valley will be held February 9 20 and 21 1917. Degrees from the Fourth to the Thirty second will be conferred with elaborate entertainments and a cathedral concert on Sunday. A large class is expected as the Valley aims to surpass prior dedication class numbers. The Executive Committee prepares the program and invites members to recruit worthy Master Masons to join.
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Washington
Valey
Scottish Rite Bulletin
Prohibition Organization Formed in Roosevelt County
W E Lindsey honorary president of the Anti Saloon League Roosevelt County branch in Portales with Henry Shapcott named president L Campbell secretary Rev M Turner treasurer and D W Jones vice president R E Farley plans county by county organization starting in Avery County with a Clovis meeting next Sunday afternoon.
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W. E. Lindsey
Portales
Roosevelt County
League
Henry Shapcott
L. Campbell
Rev. M. Turner
D. W. Jones
R. E. Farley
Curry County
Clovis
Maddox Pardoned By Governor McDonald
Governor McDonald pardoned Richard M. Maddox of Bernalillo county who was sentenced in April to two years in the penitentiary.
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McDonald
Richard M. Maddox
Bernalillo County
National Forest Grazing Fees To Be Increased
District Forester Redington announces a proposed one third rise in grazing fees for national forests in Arizona and New Mexico effective March 1, 1917, with further yearly increases to 1919. The plan, approved by the secretary of agriculture, aims to boost self sufficiency and forest receipts benefiting state roads and schools, potentially adding at least $100,000 yearly to Arizona and New Mexico.
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Redington
Arizona
New New Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture
Red ¢Ington
New Mexico
National Forest
Colfax County Forms Game Protective Club in New Mexico
Albuquerque reports Colfax County organizes the Colfax County Game Protective Association with officers CA Whited president HHS Lyon vice president TH Morrow secretary OH Brown treasurer. It seeks New Mexico Game Protective Association affiliation as part of a statewide effort for better game protection and removal of politics from the state game wardenship.
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Albuquerque
N. M
1. M. Morrow
Raton
Sportsien
Colfax County
Colfax
Albuquerque Association
New Mexico
de Baca
Californi
Old Time Citizen Mrs. M. J. Martin Laid to Rest
Funeral held Sunday in this city for Mrs. M. J. Martin from Mrs. Nancy Smith residence. Rev. W. A. Ervin officiated. Mrs. Martin died at her daughter’s home in San Francisco on November 22. Her body arrived with family members and was met by relatives, including her son and grandson, with burial beside her husband, a pioneer physician of the state.
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M. J. Martin
Nancy Smith
W. A. Ervin
Martin
Kelly
John H. McCutchen
Battery A
New Mexico
Mary Jane Martin
Pioneering Iowa Family Matriarch Passes in New Mexico
Lee county Iowa on January 4 1837 born daughter of Hawkins ater Walker and Melinda Taylor. Educated at Lindenwood Seminary Missouri she married Dr Joseph Steele Wartin in 1859 and aided Union service during the Civil War. Her husband later served as a major in the 7th Kansas cavalry and moved to New Mexico in 1873 followed by the family in 1876 becoming state pioneers. Wife and mother of four sons and four daughters all married she leaves many descendants and has resided in Corro since 1884 with pallbearers chosen locally.
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Lee County
Iowa
Hawkins Ater Walker
Melinda Taylor
Lindenwood Young Ladies Seminary
Missouri
Joseph Steele Wartin
7Th Kansas Cavalry
New Mexico
Socorro
Martin
Johni Nextéhen
Santa Fe
Martin Kelly
Dol Larroun
Mexico City
San
John H. Metuteben
Mary Josephine Harfot
Ated Siveph
Mary June
A.wayley
Terry
Federal Farm Loans Available Through Association in New Mexico
C M Richards a Southwest rural credit expert says loans under the Federal Farm Loan System offer long terms and up to six percent interest, available only through local associations. Towns must form groups of at least ten with $20,000 in loans. farmers may borrow $10,000 to $60,000 for five to forty years up to half the land value and 20 percent of improvements. Appraisals and bank oversight apply, with land values stabilizing under federal appraisal. Santa Fe reports land disposal rules after Colins case, requiring proof of residence and improvements and a 30 day window to file water rights preferences after plat filing.
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AM. Howe
New Mexico
C. M. Richards
Limberman
Focal Association
Iitler
Woos
Tim Toans
Santa Fe
Charles W. Colins
Department of the Interior
Deal Land Office
Fire destroys tent house near Adjutant General Herring
The tent house behind the residence of Adjutant General Harry T. Herring, occupied by Tudge al and his daughter Mrs Gill and her two children, burned early Monday morning. Fire Chief Owen and a bucket brigade of neighbors kept the flames from the main residence and prevented damage to the building.
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Harry T. Herring
Tudge al
Senators vow aid to corrupt practices bill delay inquiry
Washington December 6 Republican senators pledged good faith aid to a corrupt practices bill to curb lavish national election spending. The move prompted Senator Swen of Oklahoma, a Democrat, to withhold his resolution calling for an inquiry into last election expenditures.
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Washington
Swen
Oklahoma
Official Vote of New Mexico Announced in State Canvas
Report on the state canvas meeting noting protests against counting absent railroad votes. Protests led by Assistant Attorney General Marty S. Rowman for Republicans cited constitutional issues. Railroad vote tallies listed for gubernatorial and legislative races across counties and offices.
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New Mexico
Wedesday
Atorney Geneeal
Marty S. Rowman
Republicat State Central Committee
Ihe
Sprete
Upton
Chavez
Hill
Ortiz
Hammond
McD
Smith
Crisp
Wilson
Jones
Hubbell
Metcalf Lord
Ten
Walton
de Baca
Horeum
Restored to Health by Red Cross Seals
A deserted wife suffering from tuberculosis in a cramped one room with her young son is aided by the Anti Tuberculosis Association in a Western city. She travels by train to a state sanatorium this morning while her boy is cared for with Red Cross Seal funds.
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Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
Family gains health through Red Cross Seals support
A family battered by tuberculosis faced debt and illness until a visiting Red Cross nurse intervened. The sick father entered hospital for proper care while other members received medical aid. As relief arrived, medical costs and ailment struggles eased and daily needs diminished.
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Red Cross
Inits
Lilly
Read Files Contest Against Crist For Attorneyship
Mexander Read, current district attorney, challenger in the recent election, filed in district court a notice to contest Crists election. Read claims Crist did not win by eighty five votes but lost by four hundred fifteen. He alleges fraudulent votes in Santa Fe and Rio Arriba counties. Read is represented by A B Renahan. Crist may plead his own cause.
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Mexander Read
Atttorney
Crist
Read
Santa Fe
Rio Arriba County
A. B. Renehan
Convicts Foiled In Bold Jail Break Attempt
Six convicts attempted to escape the state penitentiary by rushing past guards as cooks unlocked cells for the morning meal. Forty shots were fired as they climbed a line of bricks, dust spraying them, before guards halted the effort and recaptured the escapees.
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State Penitentiary
Setting on elections may be made illegal
Sergeant John S. Kelly of the United States recruiting service, stationed in Las Vegas from Trinidad, seeks recruits for the Army. In New Mexico and Washington, a proposed amendment to the corrupt practices act aims to ban betting on elections, with fines up to 500 dollars per offense. Kelly has enlisted one man, Anthony Vondrak, at the Troy Hotel and plans to recruit at least a dozen more before next Wednesday.
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John S. Kelly
United States Recruiting Service
Las Vegas
Trinidad
United States Army
Kelly
New Mexico
Washington
Newces Hill
Mexico
Kenyon
Towa
Troy Hotel
Anthony Vondrak
Trox Hotel
Better Teachers for Rural Schools in the United States
The article argues rural schools lack adequately trained teachers. It cites about 70,000 teachers with minimal training, 150,000 underqualified nationwide, and widespread reliance on two to four year high school education or summer programs. It calls for a national effort to raise standards and train teachers for every rural school within a decade.
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Unitedates
United States
Rea of Education
J. Meliien
United States Bureau of Education
Partment of the Interior
Option obtained for big hotel for this city
An option on lands of Santa Fe Realty Co. was secured by Meo Justics Ie Hi Hanna and partners for a potential Santa Fe tourist hotel. Terms show staged payments totaling 2500 for 25 acres, 1000 for 60 acres, and 9000 for 325 acres, with joint management by hotel company and Santa Fe Realty. The plan remains inchoate as organizers seek capital and investors. The site lies a mile from the plaza, near the old Ramon school, between Leslie Gillett and Col Cotting, with no incorporation yet.
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Santate Realty, Co
Meo Justics Ie Hi
Santa Fe Realty Company
Wilson
Santa Fe
Ramon School
Leslie Gillett
Col. Cotting
Jose Ortega Convicted of Assault in Police Court
Jose Ortega was convicted this morning in police court of assaulting An ce a Exendero last night. Judge Garcia fined him ten dollars plus costs and, in default of payment, sentenced him to thirty days in the county jail.
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Jose Ortega
Garcia
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