State Holds San Juan Lands Amid Legal Debate
State Land Office reports San Juan county lands still under state control despite legal questions. The case, moving through committee and court, challenges coal and grazing rights with the land ultimately under state authority. Efforts to block Judge Nathan L. Miller’s gubernatorial bid influence party momentum at Saratoga Springs.
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N. Y
State Land Office
State Tax Commission
Nathan L. Miller
Syracuse
United States Circuit Court
Ermor
New Mexico
San Juan County
Ameht
Racuse
Miller
Thad Je le
Deus
Harding
Coolidge
United States
Congress
Donnell
State Land Commissioner
Nn Motor
Doran Hae
Fee
Road work delays to Pecos route amid culvert issues
A damaged OCR fragment describes a new road project with culverts, consignment delays, and a six week postponement for a Pecos east side route. A local Elkins section reports on a planned pre ordered route shift and temporary classroom use as new quarters prepare.
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Acme
Pecos
Ma Kina
Boas
Lorsupaney
Prohibition and state issues headline local record notes
Repairs to the Dexter bridge dump near completion as officials discuss high costs of living industrial relations reconstruction of state government and alleged discrimination by the federal government. State Treasurer Charl Strong to present proposals while Clovis grain shipments and car shortages prompt attention from the state commission and Attorney General.
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Tan Road
Dexter ‘Bridge
Turner
New York
Charl Strong
Cloves
Commision
Clovis
Askren
Curry County Wheat Prosperity and Local Developments
Curry County expects a near million bushels of wheat this year with a record kaffir corn and maize harvest. Dr J Slaton of Lexington Ky bought five sections of wheat land on the Bill McLendon ranch, signaling strong confidence in the county’s future. A New Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers Association meeting is set for Silver City, and community efforts rebuild the McGrath home and advance the Community House project. Generous rains boost hopes for drought relief. A silver sample from Gila River near Telegraph Silver Camp reportedly shows 4000 ounces per ton, noted by William P. Dorsey.
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Curry County
Clovis News
Bill McLendon
Dr J. Slaton
Lexington
Bryan & Dennis and
Dr. Slaton
The
County Journal
Ming
Gila River
William P. Dorsey
Telegraph
Fleming
Silver City Enterprise
Colfax Reports Bond For Horse Thief And Fire Damages
Report from Colfax details Billie Ledoux and Perry Moore investigating a horse theft case leading to Benjamin Martinez’s arrest and $1,000 bond. Cimarron fire at Harvey Chandler Jr residence destroyed the home incineration ruled incendiary. owner resides in Denver and insurance is awaiting payout. Plans for a central milk depot were approved by 24 dairymen in Albuquerque with a meeting set for next month to decide on a pasteurization plant and funding up to $10,000.
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McGrath
Herbert J. McGrath
Hugh S. Gilbert
Keen
Billie Ledoux
Perry Moore
Aurora
Benjamin Martinez
Grand Cor
Colfax County
Springer
Masten
Cimarron
Harvey Chandler, Jr
Chandler
Denver
Albuquerque
M Ik
Nation's largest tax bill tops five and a half billion
Washington July 2 Official figures show the federal tax levy for the year ending June 30 totaled 5 410 284 874 the largest in history. Income and excess profits taxes reached 3 9 595 757 nearly 1 250 000 000 more than in the prior two years. New York led states with a 1 416 9 tax burden, centered in Wall Street. Chicago district accounted for 40 315 758 of the national total.
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Washington
New York State
Wall Street
Chicago
California
Nevada
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Joint Meeting Between New Mexico and Colorado Cattle Boards
The New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board will join a joint meeting with the Colorado board on August 28 in Trinidad to discuss a shared inspection plan for cattle. Three inspectors will be stationed at the Fort Worth market, extending New Mexico cattlemen added market protection similar to Kansas City procedures. The invitation came during a state board stock inspection meeting held in Denver.
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New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
Colorado
Frank Clark
Albuquerque
Clark
Trinidad
Mexico
Worth
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Colorado Board
State Board
Denver
State official pinched for passing bad check
A state official, Remisio Mirabal, the superintendent of insurance, was arrested on a charge of issuing a worthless check for $10 drawn on the McKinley County Bank of Gallup. The warrant was issued by Justice John W. Wilson after a complaint by James Ongle Do proprietor of the New Republic case. The incident follows an earlier refusal to honor a check for $60 tied to Mirabal’s account.
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Bellemead Oil Company
Magdalena
Iy Geo Hackney
Sis Corporatars
George Keith
Matt Fowles
McKinley County Bank of
James Ongle
New Republic
Remisio Mirabal
McKinley County
Ftallup
Justice of the Peace
John W. Wilson
Golden State University gifts NMU 43 volume set
Golden State University presents the New Mexico University with a magnificent bound collection of forty three volumes. The set includes semicentennial publications from 1868 to 1918 and features works by distinguished faculty across physical sciences psychology literature history and more. The gift is described as the most valuable books the university has ever received from a single source.
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State University of California
State University of New Mexico
Oil From New Mexico Shale Visited by Directors
E W Hartman president of U S Producers Refining Co Baton Texas C W McKinley chief geologist and CA Greenwood field superintendent arrived in Alamogordo Monday to review the shale field with aims to cooperate on a plant to exploit the beds. The locality is said to hold a large oil saturated deposit and Hartman is noted for catalyzing regional oil activity.
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W. Hartman
U.S
U. S. Refining Co
Sesreph Bees al Is
Oil, Gas & Refining Co
Alamogordo News
Exports Exceed All Previous Records in Cotton Trade
Washington July 28 Cotton exports for the fiscal year ending June 3 surpassed the prior peak by over 150000 bales, totaling 1391 70780 dollars in value for 1919 29 with June showing 281 44 bales. SAGB05 figures indicate strong yearly growth though June demand dipped.
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Washington
Timber land valuations appeal over railroad transport loss
The Uiineess de Lumber company appeals to the county board of commissioners seeking timber and land valuations tied to transport difficulties. It says lands valued at 50 cents per thousand feet of stumpage and $12 per acre for land were operated at a loss this year, asking to set them at $3 per acre with final assessment at 490 dollars per acre.
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Uiineess de Lumber
Hardin Company
County Board of Commissioners
Santa Fe Freight Train Wreck Near Santo Domingo
A westbound freight train No. 31 derailed a few miles south of Santo Domingo killing two Indians and wounding four. The wreck involved a 2 car lot of bricks and twelve cars total. Conductor B R Blood led the crew. no crew injuries. A broken wheel flange caused the accident and wrecking crews worked through Tuesday to clear the site.
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Santo Domingo
Gata
Lomems
Private land posted for fishing illegal under 1919 law
A 1919 New Mexico statute lets owners post lands along streams to restrict fishing within enclosed areas. State opinion urges enforcement, requiring permits and fees from licensed owners while protecting game fish and streams. Public streams inside enclosures may bar entry and fishing unless authorized.
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New Mexico
Thomas P. Gable
Harry S. Bowman
Bankers to Convene in Duke City This August
The state Banker's Association will hold its annual convention in Albuquerque in August. Arrangements promise a social program for bankers and families alongside a robust business agenda. Lectures by out of state speakers and addresses by New Mexico bankers are planned as part of the program.
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State Banker's Association
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Roswell to Open Modern Sanitarium in City Credit
Roswell will gain a modern sanitarium after California purchased and remodeled buildings at 9, 613 and 618 North Richardson to care for 150 patients. E D Euler of Los Angeles announced the project as a great credit to the city. Local reports cite new bungalow-style wards and updated furnishings. Elza Paull of the De Birrmond ranch begins a major hay harvest with an eight foot Moline mower and tractor, claiming potential daily yields of over twenty acres with a full set of tillage implements, signaling motorization across the 1400 acre ranch. Judge and Mrs RO Hannah of Prairie Grove Arkansas visit their daughter Phillips’s family, impressed by New Mexico.
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Roswell
E. D. Euler
Los Angeles
California
North
Richardson
Elza Paull
de Birrmond
Allia
Paull
Roswell News
RO. Hannah
Prairie Grove
Ark
Phillips
New Mexico
Hagerman Messemmier
Raton Board Names Trimble as New Principal
The Raton city board of education elected WL Trimble to succeed EM Webb as principal at Trimble’s Las Vegas high school background and prior roles as superintendent in Aztec and Kirtland. Also notes Baton Home Builders plan six California style bungalows and a Lincolvenue home fire leaves family homeless with no insurance.
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Raton City
W. B. Brooks
Lincolnvenue
Raton
Curry County sees rapid elevator work and new builds
Curry construction advances on a 25000 bushel capacity elevator for Western Trading and Elevator at Clovis with completion expected by the 15th next month. Cramer Milling and Elevator of Clovis reveals plans for a 100000 bushel concrete elevator and storage bin south of their Santa Fe tracks, boosting capacity from 30000. W H Pattison notes grain storage needs after a 7500 bushel harvest. Curry County Farm Bureau president reports 321 club members, leading state enrollment in 14 activity areas. Work delays on the Eugene Fiehl high school at Clovis persist due to brick shipments from Pueblo, Colo, while brick finish selected for its tone and beauty.
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Western Trading and Elevator Company
Clovis
Cramer Mil & Elevator Company
Santa Fe
Curry County
Fiehl High School
Clovie
Pueblo
Colo
De Baca Drilling Fight Near Buchanan In New Project
The DeGraftenried Dome site equipment is moved to Buchanan while Will M. Bryar leads a push southwest of Buchanan. The National Exploration pany is set to drive the well and the company leases the hotel property at Buchanan with new furniture and a cook to care for workers.
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Buchanan
Will M. Bryar
Fort Sumner
Haines acquires Hollingsworth store in Dona Ana move
Dona Ana JE Haines and wife relocate from Hill to Dona Ana where Mr Haines takes over the former Hollingsworth store purchased from Dr Julius E Kraft. Kraft plans a modern house at his ranch near Hill and remains busy with cotton outlook news. The Las Cruces Citizen owner buys six and one half lots from Nazario Lucero to build a seven room house next summer. St Marys Episcopal church at Hill nears completion by October 1 per Rev Hunter Lewis.
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JE. Haines
Hill
Dona Ana
Haines
Hollingsworth
Julius E Kraft
Hi Ranch
The
Citizen
Nazario Lucero
Las Cruces
Main Street
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Hunter Lewis
Artesia News Highlights Oil Ground Prospects and Dam Work
Aldrich and Hoy of Salt Lake City visit Artesia to review oil prospects and placer holdings. Public Utilities advances a power dam six miles south of Carlsbad, with water wheels to be overhauled after parts arrive from Springfield Ohio. Work overseen by W H Bassett. Pending supply allows emergency power from town plant. J F Bary ships two cattle loads to Kansas City. C D Rickman ships two alfalfa loads. 80 tons cut from 90 acres, rest left to seed. Crawford hotel adds an eight by eight foot three story addition, expanding rooms and capacity.
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H. Aldrich
W. S. Hoy
Salt Lake City
Artesia
Artesia Advocate
Public Utilities Company
Carlsbad
Springfield
Ohio
W. H. Bassett
James Lefet & Company
Carlebal Aves
C.D. Rickman
Timber yard rebuilt after fire and new mill opened
Grant A. E. Atkins & Co report their timber yard and planing mill, destroyed by fire 507 months ago, have been rebuilt and restocked with lumber and building materials. The Duncan Milling & Mining Co announced its first regular ore run from a cyanide mill near Steeple Rock, 12 miles east of Duncan, producing gold ore over ten weeks with a satisfactory clean-up and up-to-date capacity, increasing to 10 tons daily.
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A. E. Atkins & Co
Duncan Milling & Mining Company
Duncan
Local delivery noted for eye grass shipment and housing boom
Guadalupe T. J. Yates shipped a car load of eye grass Tuesday. Nearby Vaughn sees rapid sales and new homes nearing completion as residents move in. Odd Fellows lodge reports progress on a building in Vaughn with multiple houses sold in the fine residence area.
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T. J. Yates
Cuerpo
Bailes
Ey Vaughn
Odd Fellows
Vaughn News
Hidalgo not att sinking on the McGhee ros
Hidalgo notes progress on the McGhee ore shaft under John Reed Guartney. A new shaft was started 25 days ago and is down feet. A considerable body of low grade ore has been encountered and when the 10 foot level is reached an exploratory cross cut will be run.
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John Reed Guartney
Lordeburg Liberal
Calf Crop Branding at BW Price Ranch East of Lovington
A celebration marked the branding of about five hundred head of calves at the BW Price ranch twenty-five miles east of Lovington. Invited guests gathered for a barbecue feast with a Rom Holt ranch cook preparing roast beef chicken and salads plus ice cream cakes and pies for dessert in western style.
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Price
Lovington
Rom Holt
Bodies of two infants found in armory entrance
In Luna, two infant bodies were found in an armory entrance. A coroner's jury investigated, initially suspecting foul play. Physicians explained the specimens had been preserved in formaldehyde and exposed by boys in a basement accident. The curious reveal startled the community.
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Armory
Arrests in Quor Laws Lead to Raid at Weber House
Mrs Carolin McKinley was arrested on liquor law charges after a raid on the Weber boarding house uncovered wine whiskey beer and a 50 gallon barrel of raisin mash. Weber admitted the charges and objected to boarders tea and coffee. She was bound over on two counts awaiting grand jury action. An examination for civil service vacancies at Gallup includes fourth class portmaster and other roles.
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Carolin
Weber
Eber
Gallup
Uh Uited States Civil Service Commission
Allison
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