Deming Camp Cody Built With Massive Army Project
C A Tilton and Major C H Miller detailed Camp Cody at Deming New Mexico an immense army training camp built rapidly. Costs reached 2 025 000 covering 2 450 acres with 15 miles water mains and 12 miles water laterals. Total lumber about 13 000 000 feet for 1 500 buildings and 5 100 tent floors.
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Ar Cody
C. A. Tilton
C. Hiller
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
C. H. Miller
United States schools urged to train nurses for war needs
The Committee on Nursing urges trained nurses for 1,322 training schools. About 81,000 registered nurses exist, only 6,000 in public health. War draws many away for front and home duties, prompting appeals to colleges and private schools. New York hospital reported 40 applicants last June and 624 in July and August, over half were college women.
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Committee On Nursing
The
Council of National Defense
United States
preyEne
America
France
New York
Leslie
Luna-Otero building to become a large city hotel
Eduardo Otero plans converting the Luna-Otero building at Copper and Second into a five story hotel with more than 100 rooms two elevators and a fine banquet hall and ballroom between Denver and El Paso. He estimates remodeling will cost about 200000 and expects contracts let within thirty days with work starting shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduardo Otero
Luna-Otero
Sven
Second Street
Otero
Denver
el Paso
Trost & Qt
Paso
Albuquerque
Twenty Counties Represented at the State University
Twenty of New Mexico's twenty eight counties are now represented among the students at the University of New Mexico. Eight counties have no representation. The enrollment shows near parity of men and women despite the war, with students from twenty seven states and forty eight native New Mexico-born. Many students are self supporting, and overall figures hint at a near doubling of enrollment had war not intervened.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
University of New Mexico
Quay
Union
Mora
de Baca
Rio Arriba
Sierra
Sandoval
Dona Ana
Paul A F Walter Named Industrial Commissioner in N M Central
Paul A F Walter of Santa Fe appointed Industrial Commissioner by New Mexico Central. He will head the publicity department for resource development and oversee publicity related to settlement and exploitation along the New Mexico Central lines especially in the Estancia Valley.
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New Mexico Central Railroad
Paul A. Walter
Santa Fe
Walter
Southwest
Ralph E. Twitchell
New Mexico
New Mexico Central
Estancia Valley
Oil and Artesian Water Found in One Well Near Alamogordo
Oil and artesian water reported flowing from a single well 17 miles southwest of Alamogordo on the Alamogordo El Paso road. L N Jones mayor of Alamo says water tastes like Epsom salts and flows at 30 to 1000 gallons a minute, with magnesia content and gas. First oil pocket found at 859 feet. company Twin Buttes Oil and Gas, led by W D B Jackson, plans to continue drilling toward paying quantities.
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Alamogordo
el Paso
L. N. Jones
Alamo
Jones
Magnesia
Fayette A. Jones
Mr. Jones
Lowert
el Paso-Alamogordo
Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company
W. DB. Jackson
L. K. York
G. E. Ward
J. R. Gilbert
W. E. Haynes
Mr. Ward
el Paso Heras
Ballot Casting Explanations Ahead of Tuesday Vote
Albuquerque readers learn how the prohibition election will operate with county boards supplying ballot boxes booths and ballots. Voters may cast ballots in any precinct with proper registration certificates or affidavits witnessed by two qualified voters. The registration list must be posted for ten days, and prohibitionists should verify registrations and obtain blanks if needed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Prohibition Headquarters Committee
Prohibition County
Prohibition
Steamer Carrying U S Senators Attacked by Submarine
A steamer with United States Senator John D. Kendrick Wyoming and Senator William S. Kenyon Iowa, along with Representatives John J. Rogers Massachusetts and James S. Parker New York, was attacked by a German submarine off the Welsh coast. The crew fired, and the submarine submerged without launching a torpedo.
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London
United States
John D. Kendrick
Wyoming
William S. Kenyon
Town
John J. Rogers
Massachusetts
James S. Parker
New York
Coast of
Wales
American Wounded in Trenches Near Front Lines
With the American Army in France on October 29 the first American wounded in the trenches arrived at a base hospital. He is a signal corps lieutenant whose leg was splintered by a shell near the first line. The wound is slight and the day is clear and cold in the sector.
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France
Signal Corps
Government takes control of flour manufactories
New York October 30 administrative supervision over all flour mills in the United States will be assumed by the milling division of the United States food administration effective November 1. The action follows President Wilsons October 8 proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
United States Food Administration
Wilson
Colonel Grunsfeld Backs Downtown Albuquerque Court House
Colonel Alfred Grunsfeld, head of the county commission, spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon in the YMCA urging a new downtown courthouse but said construction should wait until after the war. He reviewed county board actions during his term and pledged the project would be advanced when feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Grunsfeld
Board of County Commissioners
Kiwanis
Col. Grunsfeld
Grunsfeld
Albuquerque
War Declares Lord Northcliffe Says War Won't End Soon
Kansas City reports Lord Northcliffe addressing 200 editors from seven Midwestern states. He argues Germany’s Reichstag lacks real power and predicts the war will be long. He criticizes American press for misreading German weakness and notes British losses are reported with equal weight to gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Germany
Lord Northcliffe
Reichstal
Congress
England
Stamp Out Liquor Now Urges New Mexico Victory
Mrs Lindsey urges every man woman and child to work unceasingly for prohibition on November 6. The letter to county and district women calls for intensified effort, noting the war-time ban on whiskey manufacture and arguing prohibition will make New Mexico safer for children and aid allied efforts. It stresses individual effort, closing with calls for early work, meetings, and parades.
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Lindsey
New Mexico
W. E. Lindsey
Woman's Auxiliary
New Mexico Council of Defense
Congress
Germany
Towa
False Statements of Liquor Men Challenged by Judge Holloman
Santa Fe New Mexico October 31 Judge Reed Holloman vice chairman of the State Prohibition Committee answers liquor campaign literature. He accuses liquor interests of duplicity deceit and falsehoods in letters to retailers and in voter circulars. He cites a federal ruling permitting shipment of liquor for personal use into dry states under the Bone Dry amendment.
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Holloman
Santa Fe
N. M
Reed Holloman
State Prohibition Committee
American Forces Take First German Prisoner in France
France Oct 20 The first German prisoner captured by the American expeditionary forces died in an American field hospital after being shot by an American patrol in No Man's Land near the American trenches. He was a mail carrier found with letters, and he claimed German troops were unaware of American presence.
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France
No Man's Land
Two Women Plan Music Conservatory and Dance School
Miss May Connell recently arrived from New York and Mrs A M Bachrens of Tesuque, after 15 years in Paris, aim to open a Music Conservatory Art School and Rhythmic Dance Studio in the Diaz building. Connell will oversee music and art instruction while Bachrens will teach graceful classical dance and offer a French class.
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May Connell
New York
A.M. Bacrens
Tesuque
Paris
France
Diaz Building
Gen Scott in France to study front line ops
Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Scott arrives in France and goes to the front to study western front operations. After retirement as chief of staff he becomes chief instruction officer of the national army and will supervise intensive trench warfare training upon his return.
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Paris
France
Hugh J. Scott
United States Army
Scott
National Army
Shortage of cattle cars hampers shipments across Texas and New Mexico
Reports from Amarillo to Magdalena detail widespread car shortages delaying cattle movements. Inspectors John Arnot and Paul Hoetle Jr note Santa Fe and local shippers could use hundreds of extra cars, with 250 to 700 cars needed as delays stretch over three weeks. Movements from Magdalena, Carrizozo, and Midland show cars arriving sporadically, while prices and sales volumes rise as ranchers redirect stock to destinations like Denver and St Joseph.
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B. F P. Denison
la Meo
Texans
Dey
Carrizozo
JW Baird
Carrizoza
Ree
Mae Fetf
Pragom
Carrixoza
Enenee and Sons
Carrizoze
John Arnot
Amarile Ringe
BR. Benner
Mahoney
Brownflel
T Benner
Amarilio
Magdalena
J. M. Howell
Mowlatena
Notions le 1 Cattle Co
St Joseph
Clay Cooner
Mord
Yang
Calve
Oklahoma City
L. Allen
Okahoma City
T. Dallin
Denver
Colorado
C. Railtan
Atbuavernne
C. Rostetan
Thealazar Cattle Co
Winston, Ariz
Sa Junta
Colo
George D. Elliott
Midland
Texas
Laose Ranch
Toeson
Aiie
Two Governors Visit Soldiers Camp at Deming
Deming headlines two chief executives Governor J A A Burnquist of Minnesota and Governor Washington E Lindsey of New Mexico visited Camp Cody and Deming with state officials and military leaders. Burnquist toured with adjutant general Walter P Rhinow and Major Harry L Brady while Lindsey met soldiers and contractors, praised the camp’s work, and noted funding hurdles for a proposed Deming armory conversion to a soldiers club.
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Columbus
N. M
Carranza
Minnesota
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Lindsey
Hurley
Silver City
Deming
Hfe
Neil Atmosehere
Treitine
Camp Cody
Tighe
Major Lewellyn Praises Camp Cody Visit in Deming
Major William Henry Harrison Lewllyn, a Deming figure and New Mexico representative, toured Camp Cody with Majors Dewitt and Owen Hadhes. He praised the facility as a potential permanent military post and lauded its construction and plans shaping the local community and state outlook.
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William Henry Harrison Lewllyn
New Mexico House of Representatives
Camp Coily
MeKeves
Graeitor
Calin
Mior Dewttyn
Oceon
New Meston
Chos
H Milter
Seathet Ling
Moen Owen Hadhes
Welien If
Plans To Plant Peanuts Next Year In Regular Crop
Anthony Oct 31. Local farmers in Anthony plan to follow a careful crop pattern by growing peanuts as a regular staple next year. An experimental survey by several community growers indicated peanut production could become a cornerstone for area farming, with harvests now underway.
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Anthony
Walley
Bountiful Crops Boost New Mexico Money Outlook
The bean crop has spurred more money in New Mexico banks. Potato growers anticipate harvest soon and new banks may form in potato counties. Eastern New Mexico wheat farmers also prosper this year according to the Chieftain observations.
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New Mexico
Socorro Chieftain
German Command Grants Furlough for First Yankee Prisoner
The Mason City Globe-Gazette reports that German forces grant three weeks furlough to the soldier who captures the first American prisoner. The policy is noted as a pragmatic move in wartime.
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Mason City Globe-Gazette
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Southwestern Society OF Engineers
Pass City
Grand Trunk
Stratford
Ont
Railway Age Gazette
Brooklyn Eagle
State University
Paul A F. Walter
Colonel Grunsfeld
Iowa
Chealer
Kansas
Ee Conservatory
Burnquist
Llewellyn
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