Arizona state miner., 1919-12-26
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Engineers will meet at Ajo on the 5th
and 9th of January, 1920. At that meet
ing the Warren district will be we'll
represented.
The State Insurance Department of
Arizona is now prepared to cooperate
with the bureau of war risk insurance
in aiding former service men in retain
ing, reinstating or converting their war
time insurance.
Resolutions passed by the state ex-
gion at Phoenix, pledged the statewide
organization of vigorous campaign
against the /. w. w. and all other un-
American organizations.
That Arizona dates are the best in
the world is the opinion of Ozora S.
Davis, president of the Chicago Theo-
logical Seminary of Chicago, prominent
middle western churchman and a man
who has travelled extensively.
New Mexico had a balance of ST.
895, 1870 in it's Golfers at the end of
the fiscal year on Nov 80, 1919, it has
been announced by State Treasurer G.
U. Strong. The balance at the end of
the last fiscal year was $1,377, ,86628.
The Duncan Mining and Milling Com
pany, which is developing a large gold
and silver property in Grant county, is
soon to be in the producing class. H. e.
Spence, president of the company, re-
Gently returned from Nova Scotia, and
has gone to the camp where he will re-
main until the mill is started the first
of the year.
Two years ago County Agent G. r.
Fillerup encouraged farmers in Nava-
Marquis wheat for the main spring
crop. Two seasons have now demon
strated that it is superior as a dry
farm crop at the higher elevations
$780,, 800 feet. The yield this year
was 21 to 35 bushels per acre.
The states hunter in New Mexico
killed or trapped 155 predatory animals
in November including 127 coyotes, Ii
ing to the reports Of hunters received
by the State Council Of Defense. Poi
soning probably accounted for a great
many more coyotes, as only those actu-
ally shot or trapped were listed.
J. E. Cass, state superintendent of
public instruction of Arizona, has is
sued teachers directory containing
the names of all teachers employed i'll
the state, their salaries, length of serv-
ice and other facts pertaining to their
records. The directory contains num-
erOus tables showing comparisons as to
pupils, teachers and salaries in various
years.
The Mezarko Mining Company oper-
ating the Langston mines at Pinos AL
tos, New Mexico, is now running full
time and expects to greatly increase
the force of men in the near future.
Regular shipments of gold-silver ore
are being made to the smelter at Ell
Paso and a large tonnage is on the
dump ready to be treated by the Calu-
met and New Mexico mill.
The New Mexico State Club Encamp-
ment will be held at the State Agricul-
tural College from Jan. II to IL. The
winners of first prizes in the various
club projects, namely: Maurine Wright,
Aphelia Hutchins, Bee Bonhanna of
Ranchvale, Henry and Marie McDan-
iels, all of Texico, Slater of Frio Draw,
Irene DeLozier and Eugene Gallagher
Of Pleasant Hill, will meet the first
prize winners from all the other coun-
ties and compete for state prizes.
One of the largest individual land
sales ever made in New Mexico was
made recently when Sylvester Miribal
of Valencia county purchased 10000
acres of land from the Mckinley Land
and Lumber Company, the purchase
price being about half a million dol
lars. Mr.. Miribal is one of the largest
cattle and sheep growers in the state
and is now probably the largest indi-
vidual land owner, as his present hold
lngS Will COCal over ZUU,OUO acres.
According to a report by County
Agent NJ r. Gonzales, over half mil
lion pounds of beans, 95 per cent of
them pintos, have been raised in San
Miguel county, New Mexico, this year.
The beans are being sold for $5.75 per
hundred, leaving the farmers a net
profit of $5 per 100 pounds. Land which
is worth only $40 per acre has produced
as much as 500 pounds per acre and
some of the land has made as high as
1,2O0 pounds per acre. The county is