Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-10-03
Southwest News
From An OUsr
NcW Mexico
and Arizona

comiNo EVENTS.

aHN NV RAhhN Af'Nk' VI ANNN'RNh' -
New Mexico will meet In Albuquerque,
n. NJ, on Oct. ~, IA and 10.
The death rate In August at Douglas,
Ariz., was the lowest In two years, ac-
cordiDE TO the report Of DR.. u. Causey,
city health officer. There were nine
teen deaths and eighteen births In In.
c%orporated Douglns during the month.
While sinking a well nea Hot
Springs, N. NJ. for the purpose OF find
ing water, a flow Of hot artesian water
was struck ut the depth OF about 100
feet. II Ia estimated that the flow Is
about fifteen gallons per minute and
the temperature as II comes from the
well registers 1l5 degrees.
Work on the paving began at Las
Cruces when a large force OF men
started putting In the sewer connec.
lions on all the property which faces
the main street. Contracts have been
let for the concrete paving on the main
rtreet and ON the side streets for one
block each way from the main street.
All water holes throughout Santa
Cruz county are filled and the grass II
reseedlng In soft earth as the result OF
the heavy ralnfalls, according to re-
ports brought to Nogals, Ariz. Forty
eight hours OF steady rainfall are re-
ported from various parts Of the
~ and even the water holes that have
been pnrched for years are filled.
The valley farmers OF Fort Sumner,
n. NJ, are now considering the install
latlon OF n large hydro-electrlc plant at
the same time the new dam is built,
both for light and power purposes. The
plant would furnish both light and
power for the entire valley as well rs
for the town. The estimated cost of
the plant will be $4,000 to $4,000.
Gen. Santiago +. Rivera, formerly OF
the Mexican army, recently was killed
ut Escintla, Guatemala, according to
word received from Ezra Lawton, for
merly American consul at Nogales,
Sonora, now stationed in Guatemala.
General Rivera, before going to Guate-
mnla, was under arrest at Tucson,
Arlz., on a Mann net charge and, by his
departure forfeited $1,000 bond.
From the first 40 bales of cotton,
glnned by the Yuma gin OF the Soiner-
ton Cotton and Commercial Company
the average IL 80 per cent. This Is an
exceptionally high average, as at this
season Of the year the seed weighs
heavy because OF the large amount Of
moisture II contains. Both the Yuma
and Somerton gins Of the Somerton
Cotton and Commercial Company are
running steadily and the Gadsden gin
will he In operation shortly.
That Roy, n. NJ, is one Of the great
est dairy centers IN the Southwest is
shown by reports OF cream shipments
this year. Tom Strong reports the
shipment OF 1890 ms OF cream from
the station At Roy since last February.
The ans weighed 50 pounds each and
represented S2,4O0 pounds OF cream
valued at $4,000. Besides this there
are several other buyers and several
independent shippers on the mesa who
are also doing n fine business.
An industry and a building that
Tempe, Ariz.. Is proud OF, and Justly
so, is the big five-story flour mill Of
the Tempe Milling Company. OF Mon
Olithlc concrete construction, clean,
light and nlry, II Is nm ideal plant OF Its
kind. Fitted with the latest type OF
milling machinery, even down to an
electric arc purifier, Il is able to turn
out n superior product. One OF the
most interesting features of the big
mill II the fact that Il Is run entirely
by water power.
Building In Albuquerque took a de-
clded Jump during the month OF Aug
ust according TO the report OF the
building inspector. Permits for the
construction OF business houses and
residences totaled 10 the amount OF
$4,000 for the quarter ending Aug.
so, which IL much larger than that OF
the same period In the previous year.
An all-ArlEona automobile show un.
der the direction OF Claude Il. Wilson
will be staged az the outstanding night
feature OF the state fair week, Nov. g.
& inclusive, at Phoenix. An agreement
has been signed by the fair commits.
zion permitting Wilson exclusive con.
cesslon for the exhibition, which gives
promise of eIcelling any show Of the
kind ever held In the Southwest.
Walter Daniels, a farmer living
twelve miles west OF Clayton, was bit
ten on the finger by q rhttlssnaks re-
Gently while working In hin bean field