The Benson signal., 1919-08-23
Southwest News
From All Over
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-Nov. 3 to 8. 1Sl

Census supervisors already ap-
pointed for Arizona include Samuel B.
Bradner of Phoenix, first district, and
Ray Bernard Leach of Tucson, second
district.
Paul Fl. Roberts of the grazing de-
partment of the forest service has just
returned from a tour over the Datil
forest in Socorro county, New Mexico,
and reports the range conditions fine,
with plenty of grass for summer and
good prospects for plenty of winter
feed.
Little Nat Roberts, son of Mrs. EN-
ma Roberts of Lovington, was bitten
by rattle snake while playing in the
yard near the house. Medical aid was
secured within short time after the
child was bitten but it was too late
to save his life and he died in the af-
ternoon Of the same day.
During the month of June 13,25O
quarts of poisoned grain were distrib-
uted over 42,141 acres of Arizona
ranges and ranches by the Biological
Survey, Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice, and livestock forces engaged CO.
operatively in the big state drive
against noxious rodent pests.
L. Inman, government trapper in
New Mexico, while riding homeward
with cub bear in his arms, was over
taken by an electric storm. A bolt
OF O1z prr1iY
stantly. The horse was knocked to it's
knees and Inman was slightly stunned
but otherwise escaped injury.
A terrific thunderstorm visited the
town of Central recently and turned
all the streams into rivers in few
minutes. During the storm lightning
struck a large cottonwood tree near
the house of Lieutenant Meadow and
sent limbs and parts of the tree
through the roof into the room where
the family were sitting. The roof OF
the house was badly damaged but the
members Of the family escaped unin-
jured.
w. S. Hopewell, Y years old, pio-
Colorado and New Mexico, is dead at
Albuquerque. He came to Colorado
and established a freighting business
at Leadville in 1874, and later moved
to New Mexico, where he was the own
er Of large cattle ranch interests. He
was the prime mover in building the
New Mexico Central railroad and led
in other development activities in this
state over period of forty years.
Work on the installation of the new
fire line system at Jerome, Ariz., the
contract for which was let to J. D.
Newcomb, will not begin for at least
two weeks, according to information
received by City Clerk A. E. Weidman.
The delay is occasioned by shipments
Of material which can not arrive be-
fore that time. In the neighborhood
of $4,000 worth of pipe will be re-
quired for the system under the plans
prepared by Tom Mcleod, consulting
engineer.
Controversy existing at Phoenix over
whether Charles H. Harris or Walter
S. Ingalls, is adjutant general of the
state of Arizona has led the War De-
partment to send official mail from
| the bureau of militia affairs direct to
| the governor, who will be at liberty
to turn such correspondence over to
| whatever agent he desires for the
| transaction Of official business, it was
learned. Harris was appointed to the
| office some years ago and has re-
fused to relinquish it. ingalls, was ap-
| pointed adjutant general about six
weeks ago. Litigation to determine
which shall have the office is pending.
In the first six months of the cur
rent year the Arizona Commercial
Mining Company produced approx
mately 100000 pounds of copper
| This by no means represents what the
| company could have done had metal
conditions since last January been
| favorable, for in unison with the rest
of the copper producers Arizona Com
mercial has been operating at about
| 60 per cent of capacity.
Rapidly completing their program
| for the Labor Day observance at AL
buquerque, N. NJ, on Sept. 1, repre-,
sentatives Of the Central Labor Union
announced the signing of contracts fo1
a premier boxing battle in the national
guard armory between Carl Macke OF
Denver and Benny Cordova Of Albu'
| querque. Macke has just knocked out
Joe (Wop) Flynn, considered one OF
the best Of them, and is expected to
give the local boy fast contest. Two
other bouts will be staged, the contests
| to begin at o'clock. The principal
events will be the parade at 10 O'Clock
in the morning, which will terminate al
Robinson park where the Hon. Rol
land B. Mahaney, assistant secretary
of labor, and Acting Governor Pankey
will address the people.
Cheaper coal for Arizona may be the
result of the complaint in Intervention
filed by the corporation commission in