The Benson signal., 1919-12-06

l. lie uIINc against pTcudtOEy duilldio
is still on in San Miguel county, New
Mexico, and many have been killed in
| the past few days
Records by the registrars office at
| the University of Tucson, AriZ., are of
| a most interesting nature. The total
registration to date is over 920.
The New Mexico state highway de-
| partment has been notified that forty
| two Nash QUAD" trucks and ten FOrds
have been shipped from Buffalo. The
Fords are of the ambulance type and
| will be converted for use in cOnStruc-
| ton camps.
There is no room in the Casa Grande
| valley, Arizona, for alien nOn-cOm-
| bative individuals, however much mon
ey they bring, according to notice
served on a party of Russians who ar
rived in two carloads there, prepared
with large wads Of money to invest in
cotton lands.
Governor Campbell has issued a
| challenge to Governor LarraZOla of
| New Mexico to see which of the states
| NuII ldISC It's QuOld w lHC 1lCO SlOoS
anti-tubercuosis drive first. The cam
paign starts Dec. l, continuing for ten
days. AriZona's quota is $4,000 and
| that of New Mexico is $59,95O
LOrdsburg is very fast becoming one
Of the live-wire communities of New
Mexico The citizens of the town are
discovering that they have their fair
| share or more of natural resources and
the awakening of pride is drawing
them together in an effort at co-opera-
ton for making their advantages
| known to the outside world
| Reports just tabulated by the eXecu-
| tive committee and county agent of
| the Curry county, New Mexico, farm
bureau indicate that the campaign for
the control of smut in wheat, sOr.
| ghumS broom corn and other nOn-sac-
charine sorghums grown in the county
has been worth $4,000 to the growers
during the past year.
| A rich silver discovery that has
caused considerable excitement is re-
ported from the property of the Silver
|
King Ariz. In driving tunnel, Super
| ntendent Thomas A. Anderson reports
having exposed two feet of ore good
| for ITO ounces silver to the ton, with
four feet of milling ore alongside.
The location for the new postOffice
| in Clovis, New Mexico, has been de-
cded and the contract for the new
structure has been let The new build
ing will be 5Ox1OO feet and One-half
| Of it will be used by Uncle Sam and
the other half as store building. The
entire building will be steam heated
and will be built so as to give the Of
flee all the light possible.
In reorganizing the various lines of
work to be handled by the farm bu
reau for next year, the farmers i'll
Luna county, New Mexico, want the
sweet potato industry pushed to the
limit Indications are that there will
be big acreage grown next year and
community curing and storage houses
will be built at central shipping points
to properly care for the crop.
Fifteen schools in the state of Ari-
ZOna are shut down for this year and
for all of next year, and the outlook
is certain for more of them to go out
Of business Immediately after the ex
aminatiOns-al because the teachers
no longer can keep body and soul to-
gether on the salaries that are paid,
according to announcement by G.. o.
Case, state superintendent of schools.
Arizona cOttonseed oil is the best on
the market. Arizona olive Oil Outstrives
that of Spain and Italy. And now,
Arizona rattlesnake oil bids fair to add
one more jewel in ArlzOna's crown of
productions.
A movement has been started at
Springer New Mexico for the erection
of a high school building which will
cost from $4,000 70 100000 and plans
structure early in the spring. 1t IS
agreed by nearly everyone that
school building Of this kind would add
greatly to the beauty and progress Of
the city, as wei as be a wonderful i'm
prOvement to the educational facili-
ties.
Governor O. A. Larrazola, Lieuten-
ant Governor B. r. Pankey, Holm 0.
Bursum of Sococco and Nathan Jaffa
of Roswell have endorsed the health
bond which is being issued jointly by
the National tuberculosis Association
and the New Mexico Public Health AS
sociation for large donors in the COM
ing Red Cross Christmas Seal sale of
Dec. 1 to TO- The signatures of the
four men appear upon the bond.
Arizona's school census shows a to-
tai of 77,777 pupils, it was announced
by G. O. Case, state superintendent OF
public instruction. He also announced
that schools of the state will have
,o;oL1o r-Od 900 OF for tho ooD,ir ~