Taiban Valley news., 1920-06-25
Southwest News
From All Ouer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service.

is Il;thlnS Tdplu progress OH IT'S wen
eight miles south of Roswell, N NJ, at
Orchard Park.
Unless hail or hard freeze visits
Colfax county in New Mexico it will
harvest one of the largest crops of APP
pies in history, according to reports
of some of the largest orchard grow
ers.
The Navajo county road bond cleo
issuance of $150,000 highway bonds re-
suited in heavy majority vote in
favor of the bonds, according to r. b.
Walton of Winslow, Ariz
Although the price of gasoline was
raised 3 cents gallon at Phoenix any
hoped for curtailment of motoring as a
means of conserving gasoline because
of shortage of supply failed to mater
ialize, filling stations reported.
The balance in the New Mexico
treasury on May 81 was $2,242. .504. 10,
it has been announced. On the same
date, a year ago, the balance was ST.
224,S57.76. making the increase for this
year $1.017, ,547 .03.
All the casing and tools for the deep
test well near Roy, N. NJ, have arrived
and work is well under way. 1t is now
planned to shoot the hole at the bot
tom and attempt to drive'th new cas-
ing down below the old bit which was
lost. After this is done the well will
be continued with five-inch casing.
Miss Flossie D. Wills, Home Demon
stration agent, Maricopa county, Ariz.
organized millinery schools at Osborne
and Madison districts. Mrs Tinker OF
Glendale was in charge as special
demonstrators. There was a great dea'
of interest and enthusiasm and many
attractive and inexpensive hats were
made.
Two million dollars will be spent a
Fort Wingate, n. NJ, for permanen
storage facilities for high explosives i,
the deficiency bill now before Congress.
is passed. Large quantities of TN1
have been stored in the Fort Wingat,
military reservation for some time
most of it being used for highway pur
poses.
II. p. Kilbrew, manager of the West
ern Trading Company, announced tha'
his company will soon start work on p
large elevator in Texico, n. NJ, thr
stockholders being some of the bes
known farmers in that vicinity. TIL,
new elevator will be modern in every
way and will have capacity of 12,5OI
bushels of grain.
According to reports received from
Roswell, n. NJ, the stockmen of the
eastern part of the state are facing tht
most prosperous year known to then
in the past ten years On account
the good rains last fall and in the ear
~ spring all the stock passed through
the winter in the best of condition ant
he summer SO far has been the best il
years
The Arizona Corporation Commits
sion granted approval to issuance by
the Southern Pacific Railroad. Com
pany of $l5,0OO,OO0 Of Southern Pacifi,
equipment trust bonds, series E. /
was represented that the $15,000,0Ot
would pay the balance due on the pur
chase of locomotives, passenger cars
baggage cars and other equipment to
falling 500, 100000
Thirty-seven head of cattle were
killed in one bunch in a thunder storm
near Lovington, n. NJ. The cattle hat
all moved into the corner of a pasture
on the Lusk ranch and it is though
that lightning struck the fence near
which they weres tanding. Five wert
also killed by stroke of lightning
during the same storm on the York
ranch.
According to DR.. II. C. Taylor of the
office of Farm Management, u. S. De
partment of Agriculture the supply OF
farm labor in the country is only z
per cent of normal and Is per cent he.
low last year. The futility of growing
present cotton crop in Arizona without
uniting with the cotton labor Groves
Association is apparent.
The case of the state OF Arizona VS..
Nathan Leeker was dismissed by Judge
J. \. Wilkey, after hearing the testi.
mony of the complaining witness only
This was an unusual case, in which
Henry Leeker, 19 years of age and an
athlete, attempted under the criminal
statutes to have his father, Nathan
Leeker, sent to the penitentiary fol
failure to support him.
When Juana Enrique and Ramona
Quiltra, two Mexican young women,
presented their passports at the inter-
national gate at Douglas, Ariz., some
thing appeared to be wrong with theii
clothing and upon investigation by Gus
toms officials it was found that Jnana
had eight pints Of mescal suspended
by strings from her corset. A quantity
of white mule was also found con-
cealed in the under garments of Ra-
mona.
= The residence of Henry Pickett of
Roswell, N. NJ was struck by light
ming. large. hole being torn in the
roof, part of the side wall knocked out
and the rear of the house set on fire.
Quick work on the mart of the. fire de-