The Benson signal., 1919-08-09
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.


since 1888, former mayor of the city,
and one Of the three commissioners in
charge of building the capitol recently
died at Los Angeles.
The Claud Close. Howard Post of
the American Legion was organized at
Deming, New Mexico, by a large num-
Der of veterans of the world war who
met at the armory in that city recent
ly.
Arizona is without accommodation
to care for it's aged and INDECENT pio-
neerS. This was revealed when the
board of directors was forced to turn
down the application of Carl Berken-
felt, pioneer constable of Tucson, for
admission to the state pioneers home
at Prescott.
During the year 1918 mines in New
Mexico produced 1851 900 in gold, 1872,
600 ounces of silver, 8,235,OOO pounds
of lead, 9830O,0OO pounds of copper
and 24,1OO,OOO pounds of zinc. The
statistics for 1919 will show consid-
erable decrease in the output of all
metals except gold.
Abaltoni Bigue No. 2, who, with his
brother, was accused of the murder of
Charles Hubbel at his Indian trading
post on the Navajo reservation, plead
ed guilty in Superior Court at Flag
staff. His brother, Abaltoni Bigue No.
1, was convicted and sentenced to life
imnriSOnment
That Arizona promises to set new
high record in the production of cot
ton and cantalOupeS, is the Outstand-
ing feature Of the government. crop re-
port issued by L. M. Harrison, field
agent for the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates. Surprising her record cotton
acreage Of last year by $4,000 acres,
J. C. Sears, well known merchant Of
Ration, New Mexico, had a narrow
escape when he tried to board a NOV
ing freight train, (which was leaving
for Trinidad. He failed to make the
train and switch engine struck him
in the back breaking several ribs.
Those who witnessed the accident
think he had a close call.
Carter Glass, secretary of the treas
ury, in a letter to all banks and trust
companies, states that he anticipates
the revenues of the government in the
fiscal year ending June 3d. 1920 will
amount to at least $6,5OO,000,O00 and
that. he has no reason to believe the
expenditures of the government will
exceed that amount.
The New Mexico Normal Unier-
sitys summer institute now drawing
to a close at Las Vegas, New Mexico,
not only has record breaking atten-
dance-950 teacherS-but the institute
this year is making strides in bring
ing home economics before the rural
teachers so that they will be able to
meet the needs of rural communities.
Work on the new school building at
the Navajo Industrial school at Farm
ington, New Mexico, will be started i'll
the near future if the present plans
are carried out. The building will
contain gym and an assembly room
in the basement and two school rooms
up stairs and will give the Superin-
tendent more room to take care of the
increased number of pupils. "
The assessed valuation of Pinal
county, Arizona, is now $69, 9,25OO00, an
increase Of 100000 over the 1913
assessment. This raise includes the
raise made by the County Board of
Equalization. The amount of personal
property tax collected this year was
$1,250,O00 as against little more than
$S600O0 last year. The raise on min
ing property of the county amounts to
$2,OO0,OOO.
Rev. Francis Bloy, formerly of ST..
Johns Episcopal Church, Globe, has
upon request taken charge of the
movement to establish a community
hospital for the south side in Mesa,
Arizona.
Frank Shelton has been awarded
the contract for new grammar school
building at Magdalena, New Mexico,
and expects to start work at once The
building will be 66 feet wide ami 1855
I0oC long, Will COuIdIu LW0lVc IOOIIlS,
beside a full basement and separate
class rooms. When completed 1t will
be one of the largest grammar schools
in the state and will take care of the
Magdalena school population for sew
eral years to come. :
The Pecos Valley livestock AssociG,
ton which was recently organized AZ
Roswell, New Mexico, has advertised
a reward of $1,000 for the conviction
of any person or persons stealing live
stock from any member of the organi~
zation. The association has been
former to stop thieving in the Pecos
valley and to protect the herds OF the
members, and includes members not
only from the Pecos valley but from
several of the surrounding counties
Mike Mandarich, a Serbian resident
of Globe, Ariz., was killed while in
snectinp q well near his home in North