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Newspaper
Rio Grande Farmer
Location
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
6
City notes many residents traveling or visiting relatives in El Paso Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Furloughs and military orders affect Lt Lyng and the 126th Engineers. Local residents plan farming migration while others return from trips to California Minnesota and Texas. A wedding and community events highlight social life as planning for home ownership and schooling continues.
Report from the Interior Department notes crops on Reclamation Service irrigation projects yielded 46.60 dollars per acre across 1,169,000 acres, with gross crop value reaching 755 million in 1822 and 49 million in 1921. Water sales aided about a million acres under private ownership, crops on them reached 22 million in 1922, and total gross crop value since project start nears half a billion dollars, while land and town property values rose by the same amount.
The Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners issues a resolution authorizing a union high school district election across School Districts Nos. 3 12 1 28 and Las Graces area for June 30 1923 under a state school act. Clerk Manuel J. Chavez records the action and signatures of Ayes Knight and McKamy.
Nineteen graduates of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts received diplomas at commencement in Tindley hall this morning. Senior week featured a baccalaureate service, a business meeting of the alumni, and well arranged programs with noted speakers. Large attendance came from Las Cruces and elsewhere in the state to witness the graduation and support the institution.
The article records budget hearings with county school officials and commissioners present. Participants include Will A. Branditus H. H. Brook C. F. Knight P. L. McKamy Lena H. Sexton G. B. Jones R. E. McBride F Cuns Bratton McNabb Harding Krax and district representatives. It mentions potential increases in county school levy and general slums due to late teaser and reduced assessed value.
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