Williams news., 1919-08-29
Southwest News
 From All OUer Neu MexiCO
 and ArizOnQ

COMING EVENTS. Arizona State Fair-Nov. 8 to S. 19.

Army recruits are arriving at Camp Jones at Douglas and other parts of the Arozina military district faster than men are being discharged.
 William Ivie of Pennington, New Mex, shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide in their room at the Southern Hotel in Durango, Colo.
 After being entombed for over five hours by a cave-in in the Czar shaft of the Copper Queen property at Bis bee, AriZ., Joe Ramona, a miner, was taken out by rescuing party un- scathed. Romano'S was the only one man car in the trucker slice where the cave-in occurred.
 According to recent reports, the peach crop from four orchards in the Hondale, New Mexico, district will run over 7,5OO this year. It is said that the tomato crop in this section has been nearly all killed by the blight, but all other crops are the best known in many years.
 Through the efforts of the Cham Der of Commerce, Roswell, New Mex, now has one of the finest tourists camping grounds in the state. Much hard work has made it one of the beauty spots of the tOwn- The plumb ing is all in so the campers may have running water at all times.
 There is going to be plenty of pep, dash and thrills for the rough riding events at the state fair this year at PhoeniXv, Ariz., according to an out line of the program which Jack Bar Der, superintendent of cowboy sports, has submitted to the fair commission, and which has met with hearty approv- al.
 A plan for financing the highway from Phoenix to Yuma, Arizona, con- siiered one of the most important road projects with which the Salt River valley is concerned, has been an- nounced by State Engineer Maddock. The proposed road would connect with the California system of paved roads and would place Phoenix exactly SS6 miles from tidewater at San Diego.
 The New Mexico State Normal is making preparations to again enter the field of athletics during the coming year. Since the spring of 1916, when all of the schools athletes entered mil itary service as members of Company H, New Mexico National Guard, and were sent to the border, little has been done to maintain regular schedules in any branch of athletic work.
 No trace of the assassin of Harry Creme, a Jew sporting man who was shot at Phoenix, AriZ., has been found by the police, and they are apparently at a total loss for methods or means of tracing him. Creme was the pro- prietor of what is alleged to be gambling club, and was shot and in- stantly killed when leaving about 5 a. m., the murderer making good his escape. Twenty-two Greek suspects rounded up were released after ex- animation.
 San Juan county, New Mexico, school districts have invested $1O,OOO in eight motor busses to be used in transporting children to and from their homes to school. This was made ne cessary through the consolidation of many of the smaller districts so they could have better instructors and long, CT terms of school. The question of the students being able to travel the long distances thus made was solved by the purchase of the trucks, which are of the latest and most approved patterns for school use. The trucks will be delivered in time to use when the fall terms of school open.
 With the receipt of check from the treasurer of Gila county amounting to $5S2, ,OOO, representing taxes, the state of Arizona is on ''easy street," cOmpar- atively speaking, and a large number of registered warrants which have been drawing interests will be liquidat- ed. The bulk of the Gila county money represents taxes of the inspira- ton Copper company and the Interna- tional shelter Company held by the county treasurer pending the outcome of the tax suits brought by the tax commission.
 Chief Deputy Sheriff Ray Grayson of Las Cruces, New Mex, while on a. trip to Fl PaSO a short time ago Se- cured the handsome gold mounted re- volver which was once owned by Francisco Villa. The weapon was first nickle plated and over this was plat ing of gold. It was equipped with beautiful pearl handles and engraved on the butt of the pistol was the name Francisco Villa. The gun was taken from a house in Juarez which was once the headquarters of Villa when he was in possession of the border sew eral years ago, and is said to be the identical gun with which Villa killed Thomas Benton six years ago.
 The Verda Hotel of Hot Springs, N. NJ, has been sold to W. H. Harris, of Magdalena, according to recent re- ports. The Vera hotel was built three years ago and was the first hotel in Hot Springs to fill the much needed