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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
1
A lengthy congress battle ends with the socialist convention rejecting the prole tariat dictatorship proposal as party leaders clash over strategy. Meanwhile US officials push sugar price controls and inquiry into the Utah Idaho Sugar Company amid naval and diplomatic dispatches from the border regions.
The First Baptist Church of Albuquerque votes to raise a $100,000 church at Broadway and East Central Avenue. St. Pauls English Lutheran adds a $10,000 extension soon. City treasurer E. T. Small succeeds Harry F. Aspinwall after resignation. Prof Roscoe R. Hill to Washington for foreign trade research. Dexter and Hagerman newly classified as four year high schools with fifteen units.
The Santa Fe railroad builds heavy rails toward Artesia area just beyond Roswell signaling anticipated freight growth. Otis gin group expands capital by 100000 and buys four stand gin at Lovington as Malaga gin sale costs 10000. Carlsbad plant upgrades and aims for round-the-year operation while mohair stocks and land-title firms file incorporations in New Mexico.
Dona Ana T. A. Anthony advances a cotton gin plan at Las Cruces with site purchases at Cany tillo by Bargtebauen & Whison, architects and engineers. A. Barnes of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts will direct the mechanical department starting June 1, after resigning his post at the school during wartime service with the American Association of Engineers and star fuel administration.
President Carranza policy and Obregon interview frame Mexico US ties as border issues and troop withdrawals. Pardons issued for larceny in district court, with youths voting in a special election. Reports cover school ward vote, church property, and cattle shipments from Ericson Nebraska and Lakewood pens, plus Illinois drilling activity and oil-related shipments to Midland and Sierra Blanca Texas.
Grant production at 200 tons daily continues on Boston hilt armory Stevens properties by Porterfield Brothers after signing ore contracts with United States Steel. Shipments head to Birmingham Alabama and South Chicago. A $12 000 Grant County Chamber of Commerce budget seems certain with support from C copper and Phelps Dodge along with other mining firms. Local canvasses and road improvements near Silver City and Pinos Altos receive praise as progress accelerates. CW Mitchell returns with Pacific coast machinery plans for the Cora Miller mine mill once permits are secured.
Davis and Harrison moved a well drilling rig to the Hicks and Jones ranch near Cuervo five miles west to prepare for a water well. A library fund for East Ward children totals over twenty thousand dollars with donations for book purchases. The Gus Stern building was sold to Miller Drug Company with teardown to start for lumber. The Supreme Court denied rehearing in attorney Isaac Barih’s disbarment. Governor Larrazolo is in Las Vegas on business.
Luxury purchases in New York are running at an annual rate of about 1.2 billion dollars based on luxury tax collections. In February the revenue office reported a record 2 million dollars more than any prior month, with April expected to surpass it. Officials note rising receipts for six months but warn a retrenchment period may be near as merchants voice caution.
Secretary Houston announced another sale of treasury certificates totaling $100 million or more. The issue is dated May 17 and will mature November 15 with interest at 4 1/2 percent.
Santa Fe McKinley and Bernalillo counties adopt the state funded plan for a full time health officer in each county that levies for county health expenses under a new law. Cha ves and San Miguel consider similar action as Santa Fe Woman's Club hosts a meeting at Library Hall with remarks on municipal finances and a tea following hosted by local civic groups.
County agent AL Z. Smithies reports nearly twenty counties purchased cottonseed this spring in varying lots from samples to carloads. Ten carloads were shipped from the Project with Dona Ana and Lea counties among buyers. The seed price ranged up to ten cents. Ginning plans include Lakewood and Atoka facilities, with seed sales leaning outside Carlsbad for staple varieties.
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