Arizona state miner., 1919-08-01
Southwest News
From Al OUer
NelD Mexico.
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-Nov. to 8. 1919.
The assessed valuation Of all min
ing property being operated In AHi-
zona this year is SALT, ,704, ,615, accord
ing to statement issued by the State
Tax Commission. This total, it was
announced, is more than a million dol
lars higher than last years valuation,
which was placed at $416,O8O,OOO.
Sandoval county, New Mexico, will
Npen Its first high school this fall in
Beknahlio, thus making it possible for
the eighth grade graduates to obtain
a high school education in their own
county. Sandoval county is fortunate
IN having young and very progress
afve superintendent at the head Of
their schools.
Lieutenant Howell Ervien, just re-
turned from two years overseas, where
he was in almost continuous active
service, has been elected superinten-
dent Of the New Mexico Reform
School, located at Springer, New Med-
co. The appointment was made by
the board Of trustees at meeting at
Springer
The Santa F6 Forest, under the
management of Supervisor Joseph G.
Kircher, passed a prosperous year
ending June 30, 1919, for the receipts
show an increase of over 43 per cent
over the fiscal year ending June 80,
1919. The total receipts for 1919 were
83,266.20, a gain of $26,541.4 AZ over
1913, when they totaled $61, ,124T3.
A disastrous fire swept a portion Of
the business district Of Fort Summer,
New Mexico, in which the store be-
longing to Dr. Lovelace, the picture
show owned by Ridley Brothers, and
buildings belonging to j. R. Law, Tom
Murphy, Ben Ride and Tom Ride
were destroyed Several other build
ings were damaged.
Plans for a county demonstration
farm to be connected with the state
college or the federal Department OF
Agriculture is the project that the
Luna County Farm Bureau is now
considering. The bureau expects to
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ton equipment, farm methods and
crop standards and to put these into
practice on a large demonstration
farm.
OF great interest to the sportsmen
of the state is the stocking and re-
stocking of the streams and lakes Of
Arizona with game fish by the state
game warden, Joe V. Prochaska.
Three million young fish have been
ordered from the federal hatcheries
to be planted in Arizona waters, in
Guiding such varieties as black bass,
rainbow trout, salmon trout, noun
tain trout, Eastern brook trout, speck-
led trout, and many other varieties
Miners working on the Globe Miami
district have received an increase of
75 cents per day. The new scale is
based on 24-cent copper and means
of $3.50 per day. Underground ma
chine men will receive an additional
so cents per day increase; under
ground timbermen will receive 25
cents additional, and all journeymen
mechanics will receive 25 cents per
day in addition to the rs cents raise
At the regular luncheon Of the XII
wants Club at Albuquerque, New Mex
leo, it was agreed to go $3.50 with
the Rotary Club in raising $4,000 to-
wards the building of a new struc-
ture for the Department of Hygiene
at the university. Six thousand, five
hundred dollars has already been ap-
propriated by the federal government
for the maintenance of the depart
ment 1t is expected that work on the
new building will start in short
time
zona man recently won first place in
a drilling contest in Nevada against
q field Of all other makes
A total of 272 suits have been filed
ut Tombstone, Arizona, in the Bisbee
deportation cases. The total amount
Of damages asked for by the plaintiffs
is $5,505, 900. Damages are sought Oh
the ground of alleged assault, bruis-
ing, beating and wounding by the
plaintiffs 166 cases ask for $4,000
each, one-half Of which amount is for
actual damages and the remainder for
punitive damages; Is of the cases ask
for $4,000 each, and 81 ask for $1O,-
600 each.
DR.. 0. e. Troy, veterinary surgeon
and resident Of Ration, New Mexico
all his life, is under $4,000 bond
charged with the murder of his wife,
whose death occurred under myster-
ions circuro ctouooS on Nov O1S+ rNho