Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-10-01
Southwest News
From Al Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona

western Newspaper linton News Service.
The big cotton gin which has been
under construction In Artesla, N. NJ,
for some time, has been completed
and the machinery all installed.
Plans are nearly completed for
the fair which Will be held In Por-
tales, N. Mex, early In October, and
all the farmers and citizens are Civ
ing literally TO the fund for the prizes
and expenses of the event.
The city council Of Mesa, Arlz., has
decided TO the American Legion post
Of that town a lot adjoining the pro-
posed civic center, with the stipulation
that n post building to cost no less
than $4,000 be erected within three
years time.
Santa Fe railroad improvements ut
Clovis, N. Mex, IN 1921 will be the
largest In proportion TO any point
west Of Chicago and will cost over
$350,000. Most OF this sum will be
spent In improving the yards and the
local station.
appointment OF William A. Mercy
as federal prohibition agent for Arl-
IONA was announced by Prohibition
Director w. II. Webb at Phoenix, who
added that the appointment would re-
lleve him Of extra duties he had been
performing since the removal some
months ago of another agent.
The farm and orchard products ex-
hibitlon for otero county will be held
In Alamogordo, N. Mex, October first
and second under the direction OF
County Agent Ware. The program
which has just been finished will In
clude the work of the boys and girls
clubs for the season.
The board OF education Of Lords
burg, N. Mex, has let the contract for
a new school building to be erected
on the north side of the city. The
building Is to be completed by the
first OF the year. The new structure
was made necessary, owing to the big
Increase In the school population.
According to the report OF ]. NJ.
Carahan OF the Hudson district near
Tucumcarl, N. Mex, much of the cot
ton produced In that part Of the state
will run over half q bale to the nerd
this year. With cotton selling at 500
per hundred pounds, II is likely that
there will be n greatly increased acre
a } next year.
The Franklin school In Blsbee, Ariz.,
the new school for the A~merlcauiza-
ton Of Mexican pupils, is nearly COM
pleted and will be occupied, In part
at least, within a few days. The
opening OF the school viii mark an
Innovation In public school instruction,
the credit for which belongs to @. Il.
Philbrook, superintendent Of schools.
A. u. Sheppard, constable of Bisbee,
Arlz., vas shot and killed by two
M%exicans whom he was attempting to
arrest for having burglarlzed the II.
II. Wootton hardware store In that
city. Charles Long, a fireman, who
accompanied Sheppard, was shot
through the left arm. The Mexlcans
escaped, but dropped n sack contain
ing reyolvers they had stolen from the
store.
One OF the most important units OF
the Arizona State Highway from New
Mexico TO Phoenix IL the road from
Clifton, county seat OF Greenlee
county, TO Franklin. on the state line.
The mot important section OF this
unit is the Wards canon project,
completed under the direction OF the
state highway department last July.
This new route gives n shortcut out
VI Clifton oyer comparatively easy
grade and is regarded MS one Of the
clcverest pieces OF road location work
to be found In the state.
Work has been commenced on the
new road which will give residents OF
Grant county, New Mexico, an outlet
TO the east through Sierra county, the
first grading being done ON the west
side Of the Black range. This piece
OF road is OF more than the usual Inn
portance as II Is the connecting line
in a transcontlnental route which hns
been n matter Of agitation for sew
eral years.
Eastern New Mexico Is soon to have
another great highway, which will be
n cross connecting route with several
Of the other highways Of the state.
The new road will connect with the
Bankhead highway either at Pecos or
Van Horn, Tex, and from there will
go 10 I'll Paso. From that point the
highway will go north through CARTS
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