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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
4
A truncated column reviews Adjutant General James Baca’s commendation, hints at possible state engineer candidate Leslie Gillett, and backs banker George H. Van Stone for back inspector. It laments war ethos, praises Red Cross service, and reflects on English resilience, with WWI gratitude for Britain's role and colonies.
A Des Moines fragment mocks a local appointment and bean inspectors claim no bean quality can be assured while discussing a treaty ratification. It notes officers and bean growers in Union County, laments lack of pinto bean vigor, and questions Senate involvement in a European treaty.
Governor Stephens commuted Tom Mooney in a case that drew sharp national reaction. President Wilson urged the decision, while the exchange and supporters welcomed the move as a victory for clemency amid broader debates on justice and power.
A Santa Fe movement led by Red Cross women seeks a pardon for W. A. Gray, imprisoned for 75 years for murdering his niece near Lucy years ago. Public sentiment in the county largely opposes clemency though some remonstrances circulate in Mountainair. Gray pleaded guilty to second degree murder. evidence was circumstantial and opinions varied on possible first degree conviction.
J B Dyer returned from Texas enthused about oil fields and predicts a similar boom in southeastern Colfax county. He plans further development of leases on the Baton Range as he pursues prospecting for the fluid commodity.
Hart of Curry County brings 1600 head of sheep from J. A. W. Bell of Buchanan to his Hart ranch south of town. Severe cold and heavy snow hinder their release. G. B. Coffin and son Virgil travel from Clovis with seed wheat for their Grady farm after oil field work. They anticipate a good season and expect to plant more, noting February sowing has yielded two bushels per acre in past.
Reports from Santa Rosa note about 300 sheep lost in the recent snow storm with seventy five killed by a Santa Fe train near Yeso station. Wm O’Brien, a Fort Collins buyer, received 700 lambs at Pastura. Rodolfo Delgado of Borica reports eighteen sheep lost in the snow. CH Stearns, US public service reserve rep, left for Camp Cody to oversee post demobilization employment for returning soldiers.
The notice notes applications are filed with the Roy Farm Loan Board for government loans totaling 18 million dollars to assist farms. It mentions engines rated 11 22 HP with three speeds forward and a reverse, weighing pounds and performing in mud as well as on dry roads.
QUAY T. P. Bates plans to ship about four cars of cattle to the Kansas City market this week due to scarce feed from heavy snow. Moisture from recent snowfall saturates ground, lifting hopes for bumper crops and renewed prosperity for cattlemen as moisture sustains next year’s crops.
About fifteen thousand troops in training at Deming are being mustered out at roughly five hundred men per day. Each departing train adds extra coaches for soldiers. Troops receive transportation to former homes and a month's pay in advance. Deming will become a base hospital, providing partial use of cantonment buildings.
The Gallup Herald reports Fort Wingate will be used immediately as an ordnance depot with fifty store houses to be built at once. A force of 350 men and officers will guard and care for the stored supplies. The article notes a planned coyote trapper campaign in McKinley county starting December 15 to reduce sheep losses, with government experts to assist and offer furs as payoff.
Workmen lay in wainscoting of fine imported marble at the new First National Bank, with Christmas occupancy hoped. Flu outbreak closes Portales schools after opening days. lessons for one week to be mailed to teachers. Portales residents urge government to allot lands near the city to returning soldiers for long term farming use.
De Baca Engineer McBeth of the State Engineer's office Santa Fe arrived to supervise repairs on the concrete spill dam at the Mogordo Arroyo on the Sumner Santa Rosa highway. Valley farmers will begin work as weather allows, with an estimated cost of 1200 to 1500 dollars. Jack is being quarried and other materials are being laid.
N. L. Barton of Solano drove from Springer on a 40 mile trip in a Fordson tractor. He averaged 4 miles an hour and arrived in town through mud that stalled some vehicles.
J S Wisdom raises 12000 pounds of beans this year a strong dry season yield. Buckner’s crop records about 4000 pounds while rain earlier could have doubled his haul. Isbell Bean Elevator Co purchases 4000 pounds from the named growers and adds several other claims. Buckner and local stockmen use bear grass to feed cattle in snowy weather, Buckner chopping roots for fodder.
A mix of farm updates and community notes from Willard Record. Farmers report cattle shipments to Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, hay crops in watered meadows, beans a poor crop, and Willard Rural Rail line half-rate livestock feed. Jose C. Garza becomes editor of the Willard Record as poems celebrate perseverance and the refrain that “it couldn’t be done” is broken by effort.
J. D. Burson completed the stone work on a fine Des Moines residence. It is a one story six room native rock house with large well lit rooms and expected warmth. The editor anticipates occupying it when finished. Marty Smith traveled to Tulsa with a carload of potatoes. Harry, a progressive farmer, grew more potatoes than local merchants could consume. W O Clapper near Tex line in Union county reports an excellent crop this year and plans to buy a tractor for next year.
A mix of verses from A Christmas Carol and an editorial note on teachers’ pay during influenza epidemics. It notes most states’ attorney generals agree teachers should be paid despite epidemics, except Nebraska where law omits payment. Calls for justice as schools reopen and the era of peace returns.
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