Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-07-02
Southwest News
From An Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona

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Orchard Park.
Unless hail or a hard freeze visits
Colfnx county IN New Mexico Il will
harvest one Of the largest crops Of mp
pies In history, according TO reports
Of some Of the largest orchard grow
ers.
The Navajo county rond bond cleo
ton held recently 10 decide NJ 10 the
issuance OF $150,OOO highway boids re-
suited In n heavy majority vote IN
favor of the bonds, according to II. Is.
Walton of Winslow, Ariz.
Although the price OF gasoline was
raised 3 cents II gallon at Phoenix any
hoped for curtailment of motoring as n
means OF conserving gasoline because
Of shortage Of supply failed to mnter-
lalize, filling stations reported.
The balance In the New Mexico
TREASURY on May ~ was S2,242, 504. 10,
X has been announced. On the same
date, a year ago, the balance was ST.
224.S5T. "a, making the increase for this
year SLOT, 54T.03 I.
Al the casing and tools for the deep
test well near Roy, n. NJ, have arrived
and work Ii well under way. II Is u
planned to shoot the hole at the hot
tom and attempt to drive the new cas-.
Ing down below the old bit which was
lost. After this Is done the well VIII
be continued with n flve.lnch casing.
Miss Flossle ID. wills, Home Demon
stratlon agent. Marlcopn county, Arlz.,
organized millinery schools ut Osborne
and Madison districts. Mrs. Tinker OF
Glendale was In charge MS special
dcmonstrntor. There was n great deal
of interest and enthusiasm and many
attractive and inexpensive hats were
made.
Two million dollars will be spent nj
Fort Wlngnte. n. NJ, for permanent
storage facilities for high explosives II
the deficiency bill now before Congress
Is passed. Large quantities OF INT
have been stored in the Fort Wlngnte
military reservation for some time,
most of II being used for highway pur.
poses.
II. i. Kllbrew, manager Of the West
ern Trading Company, announced that
his company will soon start work on n
large elevator In Texico, n. NJ, the
stockholders being some of the best
known farmers In that vicinity. The
new elevator will be modern In every
way and viii have n capacity OF l2,5OO
bushels of grain.
According to reports received from
Roswell, n. NJ, the stOckmen OF the
eastern part OF the state are facing the
most prosperous year known to them
In the past ten years. On accoun of
the good rains last fall and In the ear.
~ spring all the stock passed through
the winter In the best Of condition and
the summer 50 fur has been the best In
years.
The Arizona Corporation Commits.
sion granted approval To Issuance by
the Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany of Sl5,OOO.OOO OF Southern Pacific
wis represented that the $4,000 900
would pay the balance due ON the pur-
chase Of locomotives, passenger cars,
baggage cars and other equipment 10.
tnllng S22, 5OO,OO0.
Thirty-seven head OF cattle were
killed In one bunch In a thunder storm
near %iovlngton, y. NJ. The cattle had
AL move into the corner OF n pasture
on the Lusk ranch and It Is thought
that lightning struck the fence near
which they weres tandlng. Five were
also killed by n stroke OF lightning
during the same storm on the York
ranch.
According to DIR. II. c. Taylor of the
office Of Farm Management, u. \. DE.
pnrtment of Agriculture the supply Of
furm labor In the country Is only ~
per cent of normal aud II per cent he
low last year. The futillty Of growing
present cotton crop In Arizona without
uniting with the cotton labor Growers
Association Is apparent.
The ease Of the state OF Arizona vs..
Nathan Lecker was dismissed by Judge
J. n. Wilkey, after hearing the testl.
mony Of the complaining witness only.
This was 40 unusual ease, In which
Henry Locker, 10 years Of age and an
athlete, attempted under the criminal
statutes to have his father, Nathan
Leeker, sent to the pcnltentlury for
failure to support him.
When Junnn Enrique and Ramona
Qulltiu, two Mexican young women,
presented their passports ut the inter.
national gate AT Douglas, Arlz.. some.
thing appeared Ia he wrong with thcli
clothing and upon Investigation 10y rus
toms officials Il was found that Junnn
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