Taiban Valley news., 1919-10-24
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-Nov. 3 to 8, 191

dent of the Irish republic, has been IL
vited to speak in Phoenix, Nov %
he speaks in Phoenix the address wi
be given under the auspices of tn
Friends of Irish Freedom
Within a few minutes Francisco Sar
chez was arraigned in Phoenix in tn
Superior Court on a charge of burglar
at Mesa, pleaded guilty and was sen
fenced by Judge A. G. McAllister t.
serve from three to ten years in tn
state penitentiary at Florence
Work on the Steward observator,
progresses on the U. of A. campus a
Tucson, Ariz. and it will not be lon,
time before the university will be abl,
to boast of 36-inch reflector. TIL,
foundations are in and the first story
is well under way The structure is t.
cost 100000 and will be up-to-date il
every way. The large lense is being
made now
The Clovis council at its regular
meeting again discussed the subject OF
letting the pool halls operate in the
city, and formally rejected all the ap-
plicatiOns for licenses which had been
sent in. Several Of the city fathers de-
clared that the pool halls in the city
| had become nuisance and the council
voted unanimously to reject all appli-
cations in the future.
That the only important asbestos
field yet discovered in the United
States is in Gila county, Arizona, is a
fact not realized locally, but is well
known to manufacturers of this indis-
pensable mineral fiber in the East,
where Arizona asbestos has become Il
strong competitor of the Canadian pro
duct which formerly enjoyed monop-
oily of the American market. Much of
the asbestos found near Globe is long
fiber and of superior quality.
The board of regents of the Normal
University at Las Vegas, n. NJ, by
unanimous vote has named the main
building of the institution Springer
Hail." in recognition of Frank Spring
er'S interest for a quarter of century
in the Normal University. The new au-
ditorium is to be a memorial to Mrs.
Ilfield by her husband, Charles Ilfield
who gives $25,000 to complete the fine
new structure which is to be dedicated
at the commencement next spring.
Seven million Red Cross Christmas
seals have been received at the head
quarters of the New Mexico Public
Health Association at Santa Fe. This
is said by Clinton p. Anderson, secre-
tary of the association, to be more
seals than have been sold in New Mex
leo since the Inauguration of Christmas
seal sales in 1911. The seals will be
distributed during the intensive drive
for funds with which to fight the
spread of tuberculosis, which will be
made December to 10 next.
Two men were shot at Gallup, n. NJ,
when they attempted to escape from |
the town marshal. They had been ere
ating disturbance in the Harvey
house and were placed under arrest by
the marshal and as they reached the
station steps both tried to get away.
The marshal drew his revolver and
fired two shots, one entering the arm
or one of the prisoners and the other
one of them near the eye They
at once gave up and were lodged in
the City Jail, Neither Of the wounds was
serious.
According to reports just received
from United States Game Warden
Lawrence Tamme, about fifty band-leg
pigeons have been discovered in the
iallinas canon, New Mexico. These pig
cons are supposed to be almost extinct
md 1t was not known that there were
my in the state, or even in the whole
southwest.
The state highway department of
New Mexico has been advised that the
ecretary of agriculture has approved
'roject statement No. "a, involving fif-
cen miles, from Portales to Clovis, to
ost $123,415, and also project state
nent No. 25, involving fifteen miles
rom Curry county line via Clovis to
'exico TO cost $122,353 These projects
re now being surveyed.
Simplicio Torres, convicted of murder
Flagstaff, will be executed Nov. 4 If
motion made in the Supreme Court
Y Wiley f. Jones, attorney general, to
ismiss his appeal, is granted. The mo-
on was based on the ground that the
ppeal was premature. Jones asserted
he appeal was made July 21, follow
the verdict of the jury and before
le sentence was pronounced by the
burt Aug. IA.
The hearing before the railroad ad-
which was to have been
eld In San Francisco on the matter OF
creasing the freight rates on crude
! from the Texas producing fields to
rizona points, has been indefinitely
'stponed, according to word received
the Arizona corporation commits
on.
In addition to 1O.O00-ton flotation
ant, the New Cornelia Copper Com
my will probably install at Ajo