Taiban Valley news., 1920-12-17
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Superior, Ariz, state highway is to
be completed by February.
At a meeting of the Bernalillo Poul-
try and Pet Stock Association it was
decided to hold the annual show during
the coming Christmas week.
The November call for statements of
the banks in Otero county, New Mex,
has brought to light the fact that all
five of them are in the best condition
since their organization.
A number of the business men and
the residents of the mesa held big
meeting at Roy, N NJ, when steps
were taken toward the organization of
Il permanent fair association.
AT meeting of the American Asso-
citation of Engineers held in Albu-
querque, steps were taken for the IL
censing of engineers in New Mexico to
be submitted 10 the next session of the
Legislature
At a meeting of the Bernalillo, New
Mexico, County Teachers Association,
Mrs. John w. Wilson reported chat the
number of pupils in the county schools
had increased over 1000 since the en-
rollment the first of September.
Irrigation of the south end of the
Baca Float, comprising about $4,000
acres just north of Nogales, will be be
gun at once. The work will result in
valuable acquisition to Nogales' al
ready rich agricultural back country.
The financial statements of the Far.
mingtOn, n. NJ, banks show that both
institutions have made a big gain in
resources in the past few months. The
report shows a total gain of the two
banks to be $1S,33S. 20 since the first
of September.
Following the action of the board of
supervisors in taking charge of the
treasurer's office, and pending the ap-
pOintment of Il man to take the place
vacated by Guy G. Welch, proceedings
in the investigation of the books are in
progress at Tombstone, Ariz.
According to the 1920 census, the
number of farms in Arizona has in
creased 1859, making total of 1886
farms in the state. This is an increase
of 17.2 per cent since 1910. During the
preceding decade there was an in
crease of 5S.S per cent in the number
Of farms.
Rice growers of Sonora and Sinaloa
intend storing more than 100000
pounds of cleaned grain in Nogales
this season, according to importers
who are intimately acquainted with the
agricultural situation below the bor-
der and are fully apprlsed of crop con-
ditionS.
The high schools in Arizona fully ac-
credited by the State Board of Educa-
ton, University of Arizona and North
Central Association are Bisbee, Doug
las, ella Normal College, Glendale,
Globe, Mesa, Miami, Nogales, Phoenix,
Prescott, Stafford, Tempe, Tucson and
Winslow.
nent the injunction restraining Warden
Fidel Ortiz of the New Mexico state
penitentlary from releasing the sixteen
Villistas recently pardOned by Gov. o.
A. Larrazolo. The men were alleged to
have participated in Francisco Villas
raid on Columbus, n. NJ, March 9, 1915.
Private John Gill of the First cav
airy, formerly of Chicago, who was re-
Camp Harry j. Jones after having de-
voured eleven electric light globes, is
dead. Death, however, was not attrib-
uted directly to glass eating, practice
Gill is said to have followed as civil
ian Snowman.
The government has started injunc-
ton proceedings in the Federal Court
against William McCarty and Florence
McCarty, to restrain them from graz
ing their cattle on the Tularosa allot-
ment on the Datil forest In Socorro
county, New Mex.
While cleaning the paddles of a
dough mixing machine in bakery, Joe
Blessent, a baker of Globe, Ari-
zona, was drawn into the revolv-
ing paddles and instantly killed.
A patron witnessed the accident and
Immediately turned off the switch con.
trolling the machine but not before
3lessent's life had been crushed out.
The copper companies of the Globe
Miami district have posted notices on
their properties announcing a flat re-
duction of wages in all departments of
81 shift, effective Jan. 1. 1921. The
adjusted wage for miners will be $5.15,
which, according to the scale agree
ment adopted prior to the European
war, is the wage based on % cents per
pound as the selling price of copper.
No further reduction Of working forces |
by the larger producing companies is
anticipated
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Check Of Tope-
ka, Kan, are now at liberty. Justice
of the Peace G. d. Wheeler has dis
v,ts,od oI,or0aS ~ ,,n,,rda- N o,o trst al ~,