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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
Santa Fe prints the weekly state record under State Publishing Company. Frank Staplim is listed as receiver. Published every Friday from the state capital, with second class mail status under the 1879 act.
In Santa Fe on May 9 1919 leaders urge counties to form a New Mexico oil association to pool resources and attract outside capital. They argue consolidated efforts will strengthen tests and exploration, despite setbacks from limited schooling and legal constraints. Multiple firms already study fields and could benefit from coordinated action.
The New Mexico Department of Education reports 475 pupils in grammar schools across the state have been awarded for eighth grade examinations. A second round will occur as many who took the first test did not pass. Subjects include reading, writing, and spelling.
Farmers in Texas Panhandle and New Mexico discuss silage storage as a hedge against drought. An enterprising Cana stockman built a 600 ton underground silo, dumping uncut silage into a ground hole. Four years later the preserved feed proved excellent, aiding winter carrying costs.
The report notes Torrance and Union counties sending agents to Nebraska to buy Holscows if local stock runs short. New Mexico is also noted as stock country. The first four months show postal revenue up over nine percent in fifty large cities, with April nearly fourteen percent higher than April 1918. County Superintendent James A. Atkins toured Glenrio area schools, praising leadership, while Taos County teacher Filemon Martinez visited to discuss school work.
Springer to host a new banking institution named Colfax County State Bank with $50,000 paid in capital. Directors include Ernest Ruth, E J Weinie, E E Johnson, M N Mikesell, Juan J Valdes, and Richard Devine. Bank plans a two story brick building on a 50 by 140 foot lot, location to be announced.
Federal forestry department approved Tijeras loop drive from Albuquerque through the San dia mountains to Ellis ranch with state highway commission ready to sign, cost about 100000 dollars. Route from La Tijeras to Placitas, preliminary work to start soon and completion to be rushed. A separate blaze at 723 East street last Friday gutted a two story house housing twelve families from Old Mexico, leaving all homeless. Building owned by J M Sandoval, insured for 9000 dollars, damage estimated 2000 to 3000 dollars, cause undetermined. Nine families lived on first floor, three on second.
J Errington owner of Raion Undertaking Co purchases Walter I Johnson’s business and equipment and plans a modern parlor in Springer to serve Maxwell Colimar and Waxon Mound areas. Springer agricultural class tours local farms for livestock practice. Floersheim Mercantile moves hay house to rear for warehouse.
Curry A B Austin & Sons received 400 pure bred Leghorn chicks this week. They now chart 150 hens and anticipate reaching about 1000 laying hens next season from prior shipments. Also, A W Skarda sold a northeast Clovis farm to B E Webb of Kentucky for 25 dollars per acre, with Skarda retaining the wheat crop. Webb to begin improvements next season. The Clovis Journal notes a predicted banner wheat year with heavy raw crops and widespread field plowing, while Baptist Sanitarium plans progress with a 20 thousand dollar project site chosen and building plans assigned to the committee.
Fort Sumner Review reports De Baca county under quarantine for scabies forcing shippers to dip livestock. Dam section washed out in the dam breach will require 600 to 700 yards of rock and cost farmers about 2500 dollars to repair, delaying irrigation. Dereno area hail damaged homes and crops with shingles split and replanting 25 acres noted.
Thirteen cars of cattle were shipped with the last consignor from here to Friona. W Hicks recently purchased them from the ranch people. J E Cary, a cattle buyer from Sheridan Kaloni, left at week start to receive several bought cattle in Carlsbad.
Grant Henry C. Shouse, a carpenter for Chino Copper Company, was killed when a wall collapsed at the Plaza hill near Silver City. Professor W. O. Hall, elected president of the New Mexico Normal School, will arrive in Silver City around early June for the Summer Session opening.
Guadalupe Tom Lewis from the Antonchiec grant shipped 200 head of steers to Oklahoma last Monday. Santa Rosa Voice reports auto thieves captured soon after as Sheriff Leandro Sena and Deputy C. C. Baca pursued suspects in Mountainair, catching Mr and Mrs John Cox and Mr and Mrs J Cox who had appropriated a 6 cylinder Buick Touring Car.
Mr and Mrs Chevron left Santa Rosa hastily for Arizona citing urgent travel plans. The brief notice notes their departure by car with no further details on destination or duration.
News from Carrizozo and Deming covers expanding milling capacity at H Nordhaus Sons Co and new store additions, plus a large cattle dipping effort due to a Luna County outbreak. A Hereford bull shipment from El Paso and insurance firm changes near Deming are noted, with birds collected by Mrs Meyer and Roswell ranch forecasts calling for a prosperous season.
The article notes a Deming audience interest in a federal collection listing 14 finch pairs from the finch family and other bird varieties including cockatoos and canaries. It discusses government action against illegal sales of liquor by birds in this state and mentions six federal items in the mix.
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