The Benson signal., 1919-12-13

1O,OOO pounds OF beans Off thirteen and
One-half acres making an average
yield of thirty-five bushels to the acre.
Jose A. Herrara shot and seriously
wounded his divorced wife and then
shot and killed himself at La MADEIRA,
lumber camp in northern Rio Arriba
county, New Mexico, according to word
received at Santa Fe. The woman will
recover.
The New Mexico state land office
has transferred to the state treasurer
$72, ,S54.O1 as the November collections
this year Out of this amount $33,321 80
goes to the common school fund. The
receipts were not quite as large as in
November last year.
Ramon Gallegos of San Miguel cOun-
ty was appointed by Governor LARA
zolo a member of the board of regents
of the New Mexico Normal University
at Las Vegas. He succeeds w. A. Ha-
vener of Clovis, who resigned, and his
term will run until March 81
Resolutions denouncing radicals in
the state and country were adopted by
the local post of the American Legion
at meeting in Phoenix. The resOlu-
tions called on all authorities to take
drastic steps for the suppression Of
all enemies of the government and
pledged the support of the organization
to assist whenever such support was
desired
Sheriff Elfego Baca of Socorro coun-
ty and four deputies captured in
the ManzanO mountains two of the six
robbers who shot and probably fatally
wounded Abran COntreras, a rich
rancher They were trailed three days
when overtaken. They refused to sur
render until the sheriff threatened to
blow up the house in which they We're
hiding with dynamite
The state of Arizona has relin-
quished it's right to public lands in Co
chise and Gila counties, which the
United States claim were mineral in
character. The government filed con-
test proceedings against the state i'll
United States land office, and notice
was served on the state land board.
The land was taken up by the state
under the enabling acto and the gov
ernment engineers later reported that
the lands contained minerals. On this
report the proceedings were brought.
At a meeting of the city council at
Yuma, AriZ., steps were taken to OBJ
tain the money to build the new city
hall which will be erected in Yuma
within a short time. Complete plans
and specifications for the new build
ing have been drawn up by Architect
LYMAN, but the city attorney was in
structed to prepare the papers and call
for bids on bonds which will be sold
in order to obtain sufficient money to
build the new structure. The city will
bond itself for $4,000 for the building.
Santa Fe is to have new hotel, to
cost at least 100000. AS the climax
of Santa Fe'S million dollar improve
ment campaign, less than half hun
dred business men at the banquet held
by the Business Mems Cooperative AS
sOciatiOn at the museum, pledged them
selves to take nearly 100000 of the
hotel bonds, which are sold on the Lib
erty bond easy payment plan. Led by
President Levi A. Hughes of the First
National bank, the most conservative
investors of the capitol city urged the
people of Santa Fe to invest in the
bonds as one of the very best invest
ments they could make.
Matt Keaton of COchise county, in
dicted on four counts charging illicit
distilling, was found guilty in the Unit
ed States District court at Tucson.
James NJ Gavin, 80, fell on the side
walk in Phoenix, his head striking an
iron sign at the curb. He was dead
when examined He was former
sub-foreman on the state highway.
Tile pipe for a distance of two or
three miles has been laid and work is
progressing rapidly on the system of
drainage for the city of Phoenix under
the $1OO 600 bond issue voted some
time ago, and the underground water
in parts where the pipe already has
been laid is being lowered at the rate
of one-fourth inch a day, according to
tests made under the contract held by
C. Fisher for the city.
The Superior and Boston and Miami.
AriZ., have started regular shipments
from the ore body recently discovered
in the foot line vein, having already
shipped several cars. The first car
gave a return of thirty-five ounces of
silver per ton and 9 per cent copper,
and mine samples indicate that the
second car will run about the same in
silver, but Will go around IA per cent
or Is per cent copper.
The leper reported at Silver City
was found to be 14-year-old girl by
DR.. G. S. Luckett, chief Of the division
of preventable diseases of the state
department, who made an investigation
of the case. The child is the daughter
of Mexican parentage, although she
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