Taiban Valley news., 1920-05-28
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Newspaper Union News Service.

pumping III tne tdSa Grhnue valley,
Ariz., according To Prof. G. Il. 2.
Smith, irrigation engineer of the uni
versity
Through the efforts of the Pima
county farm bureau white arsenic for
grasshopper poisoning has been Sc
cured through d. A Gilchrst of the
United States biological survey al
cents per pound.
Curry county, n. NJ, had million
dollar rain which broke drouth of
over ninety lays duration and threat
ened to destroy 30 per cent of this
years wheat crop. Winter wheat, it
is said, will be 80 per cent crop
Trial cotton paintings are reported
by County Agent AdamsOn in Cochise
county, Ariz., at McNeal, Whitewater,
Webb, Wilcox, San Simon, Bowie, Co
chise and Benson. Fancy Mebane
short staple from Yuma will be grown.
Citizens of Flagstaff, Arz., have
raised $500 toward the construction of
state armory there. A check for tie
amount was received by Adjutant
General Ingalls, To be deposited with
the state treasurer. The armory is to
cost $4,000
Land will sell for $1,000 an acre in
the Salt River valley in Arizona next
year, Judging from the way land prices
have arisen to from thrc" - Eve tipo
their former levels, according to the
estimates of one OF the leading rea
estate dealers in Phoenix.
The Springer, ~ NJ. post of the
American Legion has engaged the
Pastme theater for the big Legion
dance to be given on the evening Of
July ), and If the present plans are
carried out the affair VIII be one OF
the social hits of the year.
With the arrival of the new S10,000
fire truck and Of modern equipment
for firemen ordered and with an eff
cient fire fighting organization already
drawn up, Lowell, AriZ., will be as
we'll protected from fire risk as any
town of its size in the state.
The Farm and Livestock Bureau of
De Baca county, NJ NJ, at "a recent
meeting. decided to put on big eel
ebration, to be held in Fort Sumner on
July g. All the committees on arrange
ments have been appointed and plans
ebrinion one of the best ever held in
that part of the state.
The once famous Telegraph Silver
mine on the ella river, few miles
south of the town of Cliff, has been
leased by William Dorsey of Silver
City, n. NJ, and the property will be
put in the producing class. Thirty
years ago this was one of the most
famous silver claims in the Southwest
but was abandoned at the time of the
big slump in the price of silver.
The growing use of automobiles has
limited its patronage and the Douglas
Traction and Light Company, holding
the street car franchise at Douglas,
AriZ. has decided to discontinue street
car service. The street railway, which
has been in operation eighteen years
and represents an investment of $780,
600, the announcement states, has been
a losing proposition for the investors.
Refrigeration charges from Phoenix
to eastern destination will be attacked,
it has been announced by State Corpor-
alton Commissioner d. F. Johnson, in
IL complaint which he said he would
soon file with the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He said the complain
would draw comparisons between the
refrigerator charges ON cars from
Phoenix and those from California
The population of Bisbec, Ariz, ac-
cording to the figures of the 1879 cen
sus, is 9,201.
The customs office at Nogalcs, Ariz..
predicts $25,000000 import and export
business through that port This year
The gnrhanzO crop, estimated ut SO
100000, will begin moving north soon.
The largest l. o. q. +. lodge meeting
ever held in the state was staged IN
Roy, N. NJ, when fifty-two members
were initiated into the local encamp-
ment. The meeting was held in the
Masonic hall and the degree work was
put on by the degree team from Clay
ton After the work was completed
banquet was served, which, owing to
the large number of guests, taxed the
capacity of the entire town.
According to The report of Earl
Bowdich of Albuquerque, a total OF
forty building permits were issued
during the month o" April, the value
of the new work being estimated al
over $4,000. Eleven of the permits
were for residences, thIee for busi-
ness blocks. and the balance for re-
pairs. At the rate the permits during
the present month are being issued the
month of May will show an increase
over April
Merle Wingfeld of Carrizozo, n. NJ,
met with serious accident while driv-
ing heavily loaded wagon across the
malpais near there. The front whoAl
of the wagon struck a rock in the road
throwing him In front of the wagon,
nd hot xt,la ,se losr