The Benson signal., 1919-07-05
Southwest News
From, All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

lOeS grown Oh q SdFuen OIL On0-CcntH
acre.
The purchase of the entire holdings
of the Shannon Copper Company in the
Clifton, Ariz., district by the Arizona
Copper Company, Ltd, has been con-
firmed by Norman Carmichael general
manager of the Arizona Copper Com
pany.
Thirty horses, handpicked for their
evil dispositions and more evil reputa-
tiOns, have been cut out from Idaho
Bill's herd and will be used in the
bronc riding contests at the Fifth An
nual Cowboys Reunion, July 2, and
4, at Las Vegas, N M. The men who
ride these brutes will be entitled to all
that they can win of the $1,000 prize
money.
Eleven miles of concrete road, six
teen feet wide, will be built this sum-
mer from Las Cruces, N. NJ, south
ward under the direction of the feder-
al bureau of public roads of the dis
trict supervised by the Denver head
quarters. The total cost to the govern
ment and the state Of New Mexico,
each bearing half the expense, will be
$275,OOO.
On account of the shortage of labor
in the Pecos valley, the girls of Ros-
we'll, New Mex, have formed the 'Pick
a Peach Club" to work in the big peach
orchards to help gather the crop. The
girls will be given free rides to and
from the orchards in automobiles and
it is thought the new organization will
be the means of saving the largest
peach crop in the history of the PecOs
valley.
DR.. Oscar Moline, quarantine in
spectOr, Bureau of Animal Industry of
Arizona, reports during the month of
May sixteen inspections at the border
ports of entry from Sonora, totalling
$4,000 head Of cattle. These cattle are
allowed to be imported after being in
spected for diseases The cattle are
being shipped to various points in the
United States, principally the North
ern states for feeding.
Work on the new Varsity building at
ANCW NCA. IOl PLoNC1NNi
mechanics has been started and it will
be completed not later than Oct. list. 1t
will be one story, 1O7 feet wide and 112
feet long. The library will be moved
to the old science building which will
give it much more room than in it's
present quarters in the Administration
building The new building will stand
near the fountain and will be one of
the finest on the university campus.
The grand jury at Las Vegas, N. NJ,
after being in session since June 9, a
period of twelve days, made it's final
report to the District Court. The re-
port states that the jury examined
seventy-One cases in the twelve days
and returned fifty-four indictments
and seventeen no true bills. In dis
charging the grand jury Judge Leahy
said they had transacted more business
than any had done in the past seven
years.
Virginia and New York capitalists
have taken charge Of the Empire, Gold
Coin and Silver Reef mining properties
| ACdL Il oil NICW1 AllA, III IAC DIAN
Range mining belt, and expect to be
at active work in very short time.
The report Of their examinations of
these properties are very flatterlng
and, at the present high price of silver,
and the conviction of all that these
prices will be maintained for years to
come, these properties promise very
profitable results.
The Carlsbad, New Mex, volunteer
fire department is a thing Of the past,
having been entirely replaced by a new
department created by the council at
it's last meeting. The new OrganiZa-
ton will consist of twentyfOur active
firemen who will be paid a salary by
the city. The old fire equipment has
been disposed Of and new modern
trucks will be purchased to take their
place.
DR.. r. H. Williams, animal husband
man, University Of Arizona, College of
. Agriculture, urges the vealing of all in
ferior- calves on valley farms. He
states that scores of calves are being
raised on irrigated farms that will not
. yield a return for the feed they con-
sumo. 1t is doubtful if a well-bred
Hereford steer will any more than pay
his way at the present price of cattle
It is a mistake for irrigated valleys to
attempt to compete with the range cat
tie business Now that the war is over
stOckmen will do we'll to veal their
calves when four or five weeks old ra-
ther than to raise them on high-priced
alfalfa These inferior calves are slow
TO develop and do not bring high prices
when marketed.
, Las Vegas, N. NJ, took a stride for
ward when Mayor f. y. Blood pressed
the button which formally turned on
, the lights of the new white way. In
honor of the occasion the city gave a
grand ball on Douglas avenue with mu-