New Mexico War Effort and Copper Mine Support urged
The piece urges continued government support for copper mining and war production. It argues New Mexico must back mine owners against Industrial Workers of the World influence, notes solidarity with Arizona, and stresses patriotism to keep copper supplies for the war effort. It criticizes pacifist or antiwar voices and promotes rapid production.
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FT Pass
Southwestern
Austria
Germany
New Mexico
America
Stess
Southwest
Wone
Tlw
Arizona
No Leak Through Press Warns of Censorship Plea
A history of government press control is warned against as authorities seek to hide information. The public is urged to remember prior leaks originated within departments, challenging censorship claims and questioning the legitimacy of suppressing vital wartime details.
Hoover hires loyalists to guard payroll rewards
A garbled Washington note imagines millionaires hoarding government jobs under Hoover. The scheme would award assistants with military titles and uniforms, shielding them from drafts. Democrats in Congress reportedly balk at parceling out civil service posts, urging speed to claim positions.
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Ite
Hoover
Civil Service
Bias in Official Mulletin on Women's Suffrage Debate
A reader notes that the Official Bulletin is government funded and presents only anti suffrage arguments, taxed from all citizens including supporters of equal suffrage. The Congressional Record, by contrast, allows multiple sides of public issues. The writer argues against state sponsorship of one sided political content.
Baker Defends Censorship of Cable Dispatches
Secretary Baker argues his department should not censor American cable dispatches abroad though he notes past wartime moves. He recalls McKinley in 1898 ordering Greely to station men in every cable office to prevent news harmful to the enemy. He says the War Department’s role then mirrors today.
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Pershing
Baker
Europe
Spain
McKinley
Greely
War Department
Explosion Threats and Coal Price Controversy Stir Washington
A columnist cites internal clashes over a $3 per ton coal price and predicts a tense political showdown. The piece questions Secretary Laney’s stance on price fixing and questions actions by Secretary Daniels Attorney General Gregory and other officials as they respond to alleged unlawful coal sales to the government.
Government representative misfires at Gallup coal field dispute
The article condemns a government envoy for pressuring Gallup owners Victor American to surrender to strikers amid wartime, arguing the new owners boosted wages and cut store prices while resisting a contract that allows union dues. It decries favoritism toward unions and warns of a potential monopoly if the contract follows the property.
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Gallup
Victor- American
Gallip
Fomer
Vietor-American Company
Saher
Prvc
Arizona
Roswell Notes Highlight Local Moves and Farm Activity
Ex governor Hagerman visits Roswell from Colorado Springs with plans to stay briefly and attend to business with brother Percy. Local farmers report a big second alfalfa cutting while hay baler repairs proceed. New school buildings advance on West Side and South Side with remodels on Central. H J Davis returns from Devil's River Texas with 200 sheep to be sold.
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Roswell
H. J. Hagerman
Colorado Springs
Percy
Colorado
Harrison L. McKinstry
Charley Cole
Hagerman
McKinstry
Merchant and Crosson
West Side
G. N. Amis
South Side
W. Q. Fawcett
Central
Roswell News
Colfax Moves to Build Depot Spur and Ice Plant Deal
Colfax is rushing the railroad spur for the new union depot with a large hired force. Maxwell Mail Bay Ice Plant sells to J B Bowman and C D Bowman, plans moving the ice plant in fall. A new road survey from Mora to Canarvon Hebron is funded by Mora and Colfax counties and the U S government. Southern Motor Co to build a garage for Fort cars in Raton with W K Crosdale in charge. The 50 by 125 foot structure will feature full plate glass.
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Cole and
State Engineera Office
Mora
Canarvon
Hebron
Colfax
Raton
Southern Motor Co
Fort Car
W. K. Croasdale
Crops in Grant County Promise Heavy Yields Says State Reporter
Dr. F R Hare of the Agricultural College at Las Cruces toured Silver City and the Gila Duck Creek and Alma districts. He reports Grant County crops as advanced as any in the state and ahead in some varieties with prospects of a strong harvest.
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F. R. Hare
Agricultural College At
Las Cruces
Ccrop
Silver City
Gila
Duck Creek
Alma
Hare
Grant County
Daily Mail Service Reaches Tatum From Lubbock Brownfield
Postmaster O M Daniel reports official notice of daily mail service from Lubbock and Brownfield to Tatum starting July 16. The change ends a long fight against an obsolete system and links Tatum to a Santa Fe main line, providing direct access toward New Mexico.
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Tatum
O. M. Daniel
Lubbock-Brownfield
Brownfield
New Mexico
Democrat
Local merchants announce new shops and relocations
Lincoln announces exclusive confectionery opening in Wetmore building after lease signing. Mrs. Tom Johnson of Roswell oversees Outlook business. Norman moves stock to New Quarters WQO and reveals a fine store. A W Adams branches into groceries in Mayer Building with millinery planned. Mrs Adams buys fall and winter stock.
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Wetmore Building
Tom Johnson
Roswell
Ballard Brothers
Outlook
Norman
A. W. Adams
John E. Bell
Mayer
Well Yields Abundant Water Near Town
Chas Pine of Clear finished a well for Mrs Phillips northwest of town. It encountered abundant good water at 240 feet, suggesting strong underground supply. Eastog procurement delays may affect boring for all projects until it is secured.
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Chas
New Law Firm Opens in Magdalena by Valparaiso Graduates
Two young lawyers from Valparaiso Indiana have opened Butler and Butler in Magdalena. The partners are not related and both recently graduated from law school. The firm aims to serve local clients with fresh legal perspectives.
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New Law Firm
Valparaiso
Indiana
Magdalena
Butler & Butler
Taos High School to establish County High School Taos
Taos News reports the Taos County Board of Education and county commissioners agreed to create a County High School in Taos with little opposition. The move is praised as a forward step in local education under a progressive new board. Also, Castilly-Fistes Co presses reservoir work in Pine Canyon. The project aims to irrigate extensive Taos county lands with over 400 workers involved this year.
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Taos
County Board of Education
Taos County
Taos News
Castilly-Fstes Company
Pine Canyon
Curry Wheat Yields Grow In Curry County
Threshing is under way in Curry county with wheat turning out well. Some farms exceed farmer expectations with G. M. Bryan’s field reporting as high as 224 bushels per acre per tract.
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Curry County
G. M. Bryan
Clovis News
Sunday School Convention Invitation From La Lande
The Dunlap Sunday School invites La Lande's two Sun day Schools to a singing convention on August 4th and 5th with free entertainment for all visitors. The items appear in the La Lande Enterprise with notes of ongoing stock farmer distress and plans to bore for oil by Carl Hartman.
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Dunlap
la Lande
Windmill adoption boosts Union county ranches
W M England joins the U S windmil family and has cut 80 acres of beans while working from daylight to dark fighting weeds and cut worms. Mack I P James, a leading Union county rancher, has upgraded his property with a U S windmill and pumping outfit in Des Moines Swastika.
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Lestall Windmills
W. M
England
U. S
Windmil
Mr. England
Mack
I. P. James
Union County
Des Moines
Public land sale notice New Mexico 1917 auction terms
Notice of public land auction by the State Land Office of New Mexico in Los County. The sale lists tracts in townships 12 north and ranges with timber and improvements valued at thousands, with bid minimums and payment terms including down payments and annual interest. The date, location, and official signature are recorded, reflecting a historical land sale process.
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Public Fe
New Mexico
Mexico
State Land Office
Commissioney of
Public
Trutnay
Los County
Vatenels
State of New Mexico
Commissioner of Public Lands
Hia
Enid Eale
Siste Land Office
Ron T. P. Ervien
State of New Mirico
Piret
Lamy
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
Santa Fe Realty Company
Torin C. Collins
Carl A. Bishop
Suites 17
Catron Block
Deming Sees Wholesale Drug Store Expansion and New Brick Block
LUNA Wholesale Drug Store and Meadows and Meadows of Douglas Arizona win Deming location for wholesale supply to southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona. I A Hanna, once of Pecos Texas, has begun erecting a brick business and office block at Deming.
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Meadows & Meadows
Douglas
Arizona
Deming
New Mexico
I. A. Hanna
Pecos
Texas
Roy School Board Holds 20 Tons Coal At School House
The Roy School Board stored 20 tons of coal at the school house for the coming winter. With prices attractive now, they plan to save on the fuel bill should war prices boost coal costs later.
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Roy
Dona Ana Fair and Sugar Beet Planting Campaign
Dona Ana County plans a large fair with agricultural exhibits and events in Las Cruces. The county is adding 2000 acres of sugar beets to be shipped to Holly Colorado this fall, and farmers report good yields with proper crop care.
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Las Cruces
Dona Any
Dona Ana
Holly
Colorado
Mogollon district mine activity and upgrade plans
The Mogollon district reports 2500 tons of ore in the past week with active development at principal mines. Silver prices reach multiyear highs enabling profitable handling of lower grade ore. Shipments continue daily from Pacific Little Charlie and Johnson mines. Roberts Leahy Mercantile begins wrecking sheds for a new brick addition costing about 7000 dollars, contract awarded to Jack Heather with completion in 60 days. addition will house company offices and underwriters.
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Mogollon
Pacific
Little Charlie
Johnson
Roberts-Leahy Mercantile Company
Jack Heather
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Devil's River Texas
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