Vast Plan Formed To Reclaim Land In Old Mexico
A vast land reclamation project of over 500000 acres in the Rio Grande valley nears cultivation in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. Eduardo Chavez, hydraulic works director, reports progress and that large sections will be irrigated soon with about 7000000 pesos invested so far. Three killed in Mexico City independence day celebrations as emergency hospitals log fatalities from Sunday night shootings. General Roman Yocupicio denied involvement in claims of a meeting or actions in Sonora.
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Mexico City
Rio Grande Valley
Eduardo Chavez
Hydraulic Works
Chavez
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
Farmers and stockmen in Ninth District expect good year
In Wichita on September 17 1940 Frank M Butcher president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Wichita told the Farm Credit Board that defense program boosted farm prices and favorable feed conditions. He forecast higher farm income in late 1940 due to more livestock higher prices and rising wheat. Fall rains improved grain sorghum prospects with yields likely double last year in Kansas and Oklahoma. A separate note mentions a San Antonio meeting of Juan Almazan followers and a telegram to an independent Mexican presidential claimant.
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Wichita
Kansas
Ninth Farm Credit District
Frank M. Butcher
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Farm Credit Board
Butcher
Oklaho
New Grasses For Arid Southwest Ranges Planned
J O Bridges of New Mexico State College will describe land lovegrass and rothrock grama as best suited for artificial reseeding in the semi arid Southwest. The Ranch Day program near Las Cruces on Oct 14 will feature studies on grass establishment and range management with colleagues from State College and Forest Service.
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J. O. Bridges
New Mexico State College
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Bridges
State College and Forest Service
Las Cruces
College Experiment Station
Africa
Southwest
J. H. Knox
P. E. Neale
W. E. Watkins
State College
Forest Service
SCS
College and Forest Service
Shotgun Accident Claims Railway Worker Near Des Moines
Elmer Evans aged 31, a Grenville resident and Colorado and Southern Railway section laborer, died near Des Moines yesterday from a shotgun wound incurred while clearing a fence during a hunt.
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Clayton
N. M
Elmer Evans
Grenville
Colorado and Southern Railway
Des Moines
New Mexico Sets 1940 Property Tax Rate At 24.843 Mills
Santa Fe announces the 1940 average property tax rate is 24.843 mills, slightly under 1939. The breakdown lists state and county figures, with Governor Miles coordinating conscription machinery and awaiting Washington approval for registration board names. Democratic chairman Benjamin Luchini touts a strong primary showing as a sign of a sweeping November victory. The state supreme court upholds a district court probate finding Roeder wills, admitting the personal-effect will over the bank vault version.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Paul Harris
Cooney
Miles
State National Guard
Benjamin Luchini
N.M
State Supreme Court
Bryan Johnson
Bernalio County
H. B. Roeder
Albuquerque
Roeder
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Old Mexico
Roman Yocupicio
Sonora State
Juan Almazan
San Antonio
Yocupicio
Firestone
Wilson
Davey O'Brien
Gunnison
Charles Bachman
Amciet
Michigan State
Wilson Or
Spalding
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Fayette Davidson, Mer
Colorado
Farm Credit
Somows
County Registration and Appeal Board
Washington
Gay Moderns
New York
Sale
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