Williams news., 1919-08-08
Southwest News
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Sc Arizona State Fair-Nov. to 8. 1919. Walter Talbot resident of Phoenix | since 1888, former mayor of the city, and one of the three commissioners in | charge of building the capitol recently died at Los Angeles.
 The Claud Close Howard Post of | the American Legion was organized a1 Deming, New Mexico, by a large num- | Der of veterans of the world war who met at the armory in that city recent ly.
 Arizona is without accommodation to care for its aged and indigent pio neerS. This was revealed when the board of directors was forced to turn | down the application of Carl Berken- | felt, pioneer constable of Tucson, for admission to the state pioneers home at Prescott.
 During the year 1918 mines in New Mexico produced $6S1, 1000 in gold, TSP, 900 ounces of silver, S,235, ,OOO pounds of lead, 9S3OO,OO0 pounds of copper and 24,1OO,oOO pounds of zinc The statistics for 1919 will show a consid erable decrease in the output of all metals except gold.
 Abaltoni Bigue No. 2, who, with his brother, was accused of the murder of Charles Hubbel at his Indian trading post on the Navajo reservation, plead ed guilty in Superior. Court at Flag staff. His brother, Abaltoni Bigue No l, was convicted and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
 That Arizona promises to set a new high record in the production of cot ton and cantalOupeS, is the outStand- ing feature of the government crop re- port issued by l.. M. Harrison, field agent for the Bureau of Crop ESti- mates. Surpassing her record cotton acreage of last year by 15,00O acres, J. c. Sears, well known merchant of Raton, New Mexico, had a narrow escape when he tried to board a mov ing freight train, which was leaving for Trinidad. He failed to make the train and a switch engine struck him in the back breaking several ribs. Those who witnessed the accident think he had a close call.
 Carter Glass, secretary of the treas ury, in a letter to all banks and trust companies, states that he anticipates the revenues of the government in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, will amount to at least $6,5OO,OOO,OOO and that he has no reason to believe the expenditures of the government will exceed that amount.
 The New Mexico Normal Unier- sity's summer institute now drawing to a close at Las Vegas, New Mexico, not only has record breaking atten- Sance-95O teacherS-but the institute this year is making strides in bring ing home economics before the rural teachers so that they will be able to meet the needs of rural communities.
 Work on the new school building at the Navajo Industrial school at Farm ington, New Mexico, will be started ill the near future if the present plans are carried out The building will contain a gym and an assembly room in the basement and two school rooms up stairs and will give the superin- tendent more room to take care of the increased number of pupils.
 The assessed valuation of Pinal county, Arizona, is now S69, 9,25O,OOO, an increase of $7,0OO,OOO over the 1918 assessment. This raise includes the raise made by the County Board of Equalization. The amount of personal property tax collected this year was S1,25O,OOO as against a little more than SS6O,0OO last year. The raise on min ing property of the county amounts 10 $2,OO0,OOO.
 Rev. Francis BIoy, formerly of St. Johns Episcopal Church, Globe, has upon request taken charge of the movement to establish a community hospital for the south side in Mesa, Arizona.
 Frank Shelton has been awarded the contract for new grammar school building at Magdalena, New Mexico, and expects to start work at once. The building will be 66 feet wide and 166 feet long, will contain twelve rooms, beside full basement and separate class rooms. When completed it will be one of the largest grammar schools in the state and will take care of the Magdalena school population for sew eral years to come.
 The Pecos Valley Livestock Assoeia- tion which was recently organized at Roswell, New Mexico, has advertised a reward of $1, 1000 for the conviction of any person or persons stealing live stock from any member of the organi- zation. The association has been former to stop thieving in the Pecos valley and to protect the herds of the members, and includes members not only from the Pecos valley but from several of the surrounding counties.
 Mike Mandarich, a Serbian resident of Globe, AriZ., was killed while in- a ne h Globe. Mandarich was being lowered into the well when he was overcome by gas and he toppled headlong into