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Newspaper
Rio Grande Farmer
Location
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
6
Local ad lists prices for tins of live bait rods sinks lures and traps along with a full line of Kerr Salt Heating and Ball Mason jars jars caps rubber wrenches and preserver goods. It notes fall garden plant cards and assorted tools for canning and preserving.
Mrs HH Collier’s birthday honors were noted as services held by Rev Edward Doan. Local residents like John Kimberly and Douglas visited relatives in Jacorro NM and El Paso. Ot others attended bridge luncheons. car dealer purchases and open house events at W B May Grocery, Toltec Punch samples, and trips by residents to Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Wagon Mound and Santa Fe were listed along with travel plans and family reunions.
Washington and Oregon plan timber and steel purchases for the Ah Grande irrigation drainage project. Budgeted funds for next year support construction. Local community notes include visits by James P. Mitchell, Capt. EL Barrows joins the U.S. Reclamation Service, and social events at Las Cruces and nearby farms.
Tohn G Robbins Jr prepares Mesilla Dam for Fourth of July events with a four way airplane landing field work underway for Friday Sunday and the holiday. The dancing pavilion floor is being raised 18 inches to improve circulation and dancing ease with California Spring to aid movement. Lag Cruces Lumber Company handles the project under contract and aims to be ready for Saturday night's dance.
Homas N. M. Smith, president of the Igy Bureau Marketing, writes that the market has been strong the last three months. He notes nearby sale prices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco are higher, urging poultry growers to increase production and deliver to the plant three times weekly.
Southwestern School Service Bureau of Airline Tex opens an El Cruces office under W J Kiipy, former Lincoln County school official, to secure qualified teachers and assist teachers in obtaining positions. The agency began in Texas over 26 years ago under W A Bynum and now operates in New Mexico and several western states.
The NAVAIDLAND page notes a Thursday Friday schedule featuring Betty Compson in The La Tho Woman and Conway Tears at midnight on Saturday. Sunday through Monday showings are listed with Sands and a Sheik epic, followed by Tom Mix in Chasing on Tuesday and Wednesday. A special matinee is planned for July 4.
The Episcopal Church will hold worship at 19 with a short address at 10 46. An ordination service for Rev. Paul Entends Albon’s missions in El Paso is planned with no sermon. Two August Sundays will feature services along the indicated road.
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