Show ACT ON STATEHOOD BILL senate decides to make new mexico a separate state after a continuous se session slon of nine hours the senate on tuesday passed the joint statehood bill As passed the bill provides for the admission of the states of oklahoma to be corn com of indian territory and okia okla boma homa and new mexico accord ng to the boundaries with arizona eliminated one of the first amendments taken up was the amendment the sale of intoxicating liquors in what is now indian territory tor for the next ten years and this was displaced with a substitute offered by mr gallinger which extended the amendment to the entire state for a period of twenty ene one years and this was adopted |