New Mexico Federal Aid Road Projects Accelerate
The New Mexico highway department reports thirty nine federal aid road projects under the state plan enacted March 9 1917 and aligned with the federal post road act of 1916. Progress is steady though slow due to regulatory complexity. many projects are under construction or in planning with costs and counties listed, and federal funding matches state and county contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Highway Department
New Mexico
Department
Agricultural Department
Otero
Socorro
Torrance
State Highway Department
Leslie A. Gillet
Camino Real
Raton
Colorado Line
Santa Fe
Pankey’ Gate
Valencia County
Rio Puerco
Armijo
Quay County
Tucumcari
Montoya
Las Cracet Tre Mesquit
Fition
Forest Reserve
Carbhad-Lovinetor
Deep Sands
Len County
Mora County
Border
Pi Hills
Lincoln County
Albmerine
Alameda
Chino Copper Company Aims Full Capacity Soon
A. S. Kirkpatrick, ex state engineer aide, reports Chino Copper Company plans full operation capacity likely by October. Miners who can be drained are being put to work as copper price rebounds from lows. Company runs a 12000 horsepower plant and uses steam shovels to mine ore near Salt Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Kirkpatrick
Sana Fe
Darley
Chino Copper Company
China Company
Cmpany
Jaltup
Governor Larrazolo to Visit Northern Counties in September
Governor C A Larrazolo will attend the Welcome Home celebration in San Juan County for returning sellers on September 18 in Aztec. He plans an address that afternoon and will tour via Rio Arriba County by auto speaking at Park View on September 20 Tierra Amarilla on the 21st and Abi quin on the 22nd. The Weather Bureau monthly rainfall report notes that the year’s first months show rainfall 51 inches above average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Ba
Dev Sreme
San Jon Road
Silver City
Cliff
Grant County
Armijo
Ballejos
Valencia County
Carlsbad
Sea Count Line
Myndus
Florida Mountains
Luna County
Rinconada
Cieneguilla
Taos County
Artesia
Hope
Eddy County
Tesuque
Ponjuaque
Santa Fe County
Guadalupe County
Anton Chico
Cuerva
de Baca County
Ft. Sumner
Ricardo
Roosevelt County
Portales
Curry County
Texico
Clovis
Santa Rita
Roswell-Tatum
San Miguelito
Las Veras
Mora County
Mora
San Miguel County
Rio Arriba
Chama
Tierra Ama- Hilla
San Juan County
Farmington
Aztec
Union County
West County
Grenville
Clayton
Texas
McKinley County
Gallup
Ft. Wingate
Sierra County
Camino Real
Sandoval
Albuquerque
Quay County
Canadian River
Logan
Secretary of Agriculture
Lincoln County
Guadalupe
Cuer +a
de Baca
Lea County
Roswell-Tatum Road
C. A. Larrazolo
Blancoom
Park View
Tierra Amarilla
Abiquin
Rattlesnake Bite Near Carrizozo Injures Girl
Frances Merks, visiting at the McQuillen house near Carrizozo, was bitten by a rattler while two to three miles out. The McQuillen girl immediately sucked out the venom and they returned to vizoro for medical care. Frances is reported out of danger thanks to prompt action. Roswell canning factory continues to process Pecos valley peaches at about four hundred bushels daily and expects continued activity as more peaches arrive.
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Frances
F. W. Merks
McQuillen House
Carrizozo
McQuillen
Vizoro
Roswell
Pecos Valley
Pecos Valley Fruit Rates To Advance
Proposed changes in freight rates on apples and other fruit and vegetables from New Mexico and the Pecos Valley to points in the state and Texas will be studied by the Kansas City District Freight Traffic Committee on September 16. The plan favors raising rates from New Mexico rather than lowering rates from Kansas, covering a wide consuming territory. Interested parties may submit comments by September 1.
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Commis- Star Flour Mills
Iion Watere Illite
Vegas Mills
Cummins
Tade
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Texas
Kansas City District
State Corporation Commission
Insirl
Kansas
Ninth Annual Livestock Fair Set for Lovington
The Ninth Annual Revrieve and Tenic will be held at Lovington September 11 12 13. The program covers County Fairs events and prizes for wrestlers and other participants. Live stock industry is the principal interest of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Ron'ne
Branding Contects
Fmone
Colfax Ditching Machine Finishes Cook Avenue Work
A large ditching machine on Colfax completed its assignment on Cook avenue as part of the new storm sewer project. The unit advances more than a block daily on a deep clean cut along Raton Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Avenue
Raton Range
Dona Ana Stolen Horses Found
Deputy Sheriff Felipe Lucero returns from Sierra Blanca with sixteen of thirty stolen Dona Ana county horses. He will return to recover the rest. The article notes local agricultural harvests and ongoing community events in Springer and Colfax county, referencing a stock show and a campus exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felipe Lucero
Sierra Blanea
Dona Ana
March
Lucero
Siera Blanca
Las Croces Republic
Community Exhibits and Bank Building Progress Report
The article notes committees for community exhibits in Miami Springer and Raton with plans to send exhibits to Raton. It reports rapid progress on the Colfax County State Bank building by Dr HLS Murdock, a two story brick structure. The Floersheim Mercantile Building undergoes repairs and new warehouses rise in its rear. Springer Trading Company plans a brick and steel one story building with full basement and heating plant. Maple floors and steel ceilings are highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax County State Bank
Hls. Murdock
Floersheim Mercantile
Springer Trading Company
Wheat and cattle shipments surge from Clovis in August
Ninety carloads of wheat were shipped from local elevators this month with August value at 240 000. Cattle shipments five thousand head expected Sept 1 to Nov 1 valued around a quarter million. Bear grass and other goods added 21000 and 2000 head to wintering plans across Curry county with total shipments near 262 000. A new Clovis Commercial College will open in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Montana
Curry County
Clovis Journal
Schoolhouse torn down after bond issue drift
The old west town schoolhouse, built recently with bond funds on a block for school use, was demolished due to unsuitable location. Taxpayers funded the project but the site was abandoned amid disputes. Fort Sumner reports note a supply strike as a cited cause of trouble.
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Fort Sumner
Conference on Wheat Freight Rates Set for Rio Grande Valley
September 10 conference in the state corporation commission office will address wheat shipping in the Rio Grande valley. Eugene Fox and W R Brown will represent railroad interests with New Mexico mill association committees, while the U S Grain Corporation opposes price relief and rails push for rate relief. Excess rains have reduced local wheat supply forcing eastern purchases and a price gap that harms Rio Grande valley millers against Galveston and Kansas City buyers.
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Rio Grande Valley
Eugene Fox
W. R. Brown
el Paso
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City District
Railroad Administration
Ference
New Mexico Mills Association
State Corporation Commission
Rio Brande
Las Vegas
Bernalillo
Albuquerque
Belen
Socorro
Galveston
Kansas City
Clovis
Kansas Mill
U.S. Grain Corporation
J. R. Koontz
Santa Fe
Kansas
John Harmon Dills Dies After Long Life of Service
Judge John H. Dills former Texas legislator and longtime newspaper man died at his daughter's home in Shreveport Louisiana Tuesday evening at age eighty seven. Born December 4 1836 in Cynthiana Kentucky he grew up with grandparents and earned a self stretched education. He edited the Sherman Texas Courier and served two Texas legislature terms before moving to Roswell in 1905. In 1916 he joined New Mexico’s Third State Legislature and later visited his daughters in Louisiana and Texas where he remained. Survived by two sons and three daughters including Lucius Dills U S Surveyor General of New Mexico and several in Texas Louisiana and Boston.
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John H. Dills
Texas
Shreveport
Cynthiana
Kentucky
Ellen Desha
Lucius Desha
Sherman
Roswell
Sherman Texas Courier
New Mexico
Beville
Dillas
Lucius Dills
U.S
Santa Fe
John P. Hird
J. C Bur
Beeville
Mrs . Bychamberlain
Boston
Mas
Roger B. Dills
Wichita Falls
Highway work expands across districts and counties
The state highway department reports steady activity with district engineers, war department equipment, and federal aid projects advancing in Grant Luna Hidalgo and Sierra counties. Crews inspect red line roads, plan maintenance, start trainage and bridge work, send convicts to Taos, and Colfax funds statewide as surveys and cost estimates proceed.
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State Highway Department
War Department
Highway Department
Grant
Luna County
Leslie A. Gillett
Dona Ana
Luna
Gram
Hdalgo
B. Sampson
Tone Roads
Hidalgo County
Myndis
Gillett
Silver City
Cliff
Gila River
Duck Creek
Socorro County
Mogollon
Grant County
Whitewater Creek
Taos County
Nconada
Santa Fe
Taos
Rinconada
Rio Grande
Taos Junction
Dairying Gains Ground in Estancia Valley
Dairying is growing as a major industry in the Estancia valley per D G Darrah of Venus Santa Fe county who is visiting Santa Fe on business with GG Jarrah. They report long commitment to farming and live stock. cream is hauled from Venus to Albuquerque. dairies improve rapidly with ordinary cows yielding about 1000 dollars per cow. Other notes mention a fifteen acre orchard, walnut trees, and a local business interest The Home Gxt and Gar Company in Santa Fe filing articles of incorporation with the state corporation commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estancia
D. G. Darrah
Venus
Santa Fe
GG Jarrah
Albuquerque
Chas. A. Wilwen
Wichite
Santa le
Eotancia Valley
Movintey
Wilken
Evtancis
Gxt
Gar
J. Barker
Koch, J. Bcl N.seres
Borrego
J. C Garcia
OT Espinosa
Velarde
Petrotewm Company
New Aztec Bank Ready for Business
The Aztec State Bank of Aztec has received its charter from state authorities after approval by the state bank examiners. The bank opens with capital stock of 250000 at par 100 and a board of directors including R Hendricks Cedar City TH Wo Ay Creseer Blanco S R Coon F T Hillerom and Albert Pitte Age. Officers are F T Hillerom president S R Coon vice president and ex officio, and ED Coon secretary assistant cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aztec State Bank of
Aztec
State Bank
Bent
R_ Hendricks
Cedar
Ay Creseer
Blanco
S. R. Coon
F. T. Hilletrom
Albert Pitte
F. T. Hillerom
SR. Coon
ED. Coon
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Senate Railroad
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Full
Beides
Kellogg
Minnesota
Poindexter
Washington
Pomerone
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
Interstate al Merce Commission
Railroad
Railway Transportation Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transation Board
NEW Mexico News Review
Bernalillo County
Bosworth, Chanute and Company of
Denver
North Street
Old Town
Read
M. P. Sawtelle
Francisco Vigil
Howard Allen
Eugene Allen
Chavez
Grimshaw
American Lumber Company
West Virginia Tie and Timber Company W
Valencia
McKinley
Zuni Mountains
New Mexico Hawkers Association
Mountain States Banker
J. J. Jaffa
W. A. Losey
Hagerman
Robert L. Ormsbee
Santa J' Fe
Nation
First National
Ing
Clara Davis
A.C Hartner
Douthitte
Eigen
Otto
Velpo
J. W. Gamel
Northern Counties
Colfax
State College
Springer
Desery Stockman
Colfax County
Vievr
Foresty
Studente
Ibit
Miami
Maxwell
Star Place
Tie Mandell Clothing and Dry Jouns
C. McClellan
W. Wismiller
W. A. Havener
Sadler
F. T. Bryan
H. R. Robbins
Dublin
Collee
Clovis Commercial College
John Harmon Dills
LAST
Cimarron
Springer and Taylor
Stat
Ian Miguel
A. O. Peabody
Moro County
Peabody
Scar
D. E. Stout
Midland Bridge Company
Assi Stant
AO. Peabody
Chaves County
Ber
Cestie A. Gillett
Estancia Valley
JEW Oil Companies
NEW Aztec Bank
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