The Benson signal., 1919-08-02
Southwest News
From All Over
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

The assessed valuation Of all min
ing property being operated in Ari-
zona this year is SAT-, ,7O4,615, accord
ing to statement issued by the State
Tax Commission This total, it was
announced, is more than million dol
lars higher than last years valuation,
which was placed at $416,O8O,O0O.
Sandoval county, New Mexico, will
open it's first high school this fall in
Bernalillo, thus making it possible for
the eighth grade graduates to obtain
high school education in their own
county. SandOval county is fortunate
in having a young and very progress
slve 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 Mexi-
co. The appointment was made by
the board Of trustees at a 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
$S8,266.20, a gain of $26,541.47 over
1918, when they totaled $61, ,124.73.
A disastrous fire swept portion Of
the business district Of Fort Sumner,
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
work out a uniform system of irriga-
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
70 cents per day. The new scale is
based on 24-cent copper and means
that miners will receive a minimum
of $5.65 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 IS 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-
q hu mi
for the maintenance of the depart
ment. 1t is expected that work on the
new building will start in a short
time.
A mining drill invented by an Ari-
ZOna man recently won first place in
drilling contest in Nevada against
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,OOO. Damages are sought OIL
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; rs of the cases ask
for $4,000 each, and 81 ask for $1O,-
600 each.
DR.. o. e. Troy, veterinary surgeon
and a 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-
ious circumstances on May 21st. The
wOman's death was declared due to
self-inflicted strychnine poisoning at
the time by physician who examined
the body. Recently the parents Of the
dead woman, Mr.. and Mrs II. H.
Whipple of Kansas City, instituted
proceedings to have the husband ar
rested.
Though none Of the equipment has
as yet been received by the Arizona
Highway Department, and two ship