The Benson signal., 1920-03-20
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona

| Clovis, N. NJ, is to have municipal
auditorium with large stage for the
| first floor and a basement club room
with pool tables and library.
Those following the oil development
Of the Pecos Valley closely now declare
that over ten deep test wells will be
drilled in that section during the spring
and summer.
The Beck grant south of Las Vegas,
N. NJ, has been leased by A. A. Jones
and H. w. Kelly to Whitten & Young
Of Tulsa, Okla, and will be thoroughly
explored for oil this year.
Drilling for Oil and gas south of
Wagon Mound, N NJ, will be done by
the Wagon Mound Development Com
pany Of Valley Center, Kan. The COM
pany is backed by men of sufficient
wealth to insure depth of 5000 feet
if necessary.
Flood waters this winter have caused
the Salt river to change it's course cut
ting away valuable farm lands near
Lehi, Arizona, according to delega-
ton of Lehi residents who called on
| the board of supervisors of MaricOpa
county. The residents asked county aid
In returning the river to it's former
channels.
The new automobile license law will
produce around $15O,OOO a year for
road work according to the New Mexico
State Highway Department. Others
place the figure at $175,OOO. The sec
retary of state has transferred to the
state treasurer about $4,000 as collec-
ton up to Feb. /. The February col
lections transferred by the secretary
total $40 2,5O2.T.
J. B. Fulwider, who is interested in
the Ideal Mining and Milling Company.
whose property is located at Elizabeth
town, N. NJ, has received specimens of
ore taken from recent workings in the
tunnel which assay $16825 per ton.
The ore contains gold, silver and cop
per values, and, according to recent re-
ports from EliZabethtOwn, is being
found in large quantities.
A force of twenty-five men started
work on the improvement and rebuild
ing of the road to the Rito de Los Fri
joles, which will cost $500, eliminate
the dangerous Ancho canon crossing
greatly reduce the running time of cars
between Santa Fe and the Rito and
constitute one of the most important
road improvements for years in the vi
cinity of Santa Fe.
In report of the federal grand jury
at Phoenix it was recommended that
no more federal prisoners be confined
in the Maricopa county Jail until or
unless the same is made more sanitary
and the directions Of the United States
marshal are observed and followed out
in the matter of safeguarding prison
ers and the permitting Of visitors un.
der proper surveillance
A ninety-day extension Cf time in
which to file plans for union station
or for two individual stations afford
ing adequate facilities for Phoenix has
been granted in an executive session OF
the Arizona Corporation Commission.
The Arizona Eastern and Santa Fe,
Prescott & Phoenix railroads recently
asked the extension in order to ascer-
tain definitely their condition.
Fourteen prisoners at the Bernalillo
county Jail made an Intellectual at
tempt to escape by saving through the
iron bars of window with saws SNUG
gled in by two men named McMasters
and Baker, held for highway robbery.
All the prisoners were long term fed
eral prisoners or men awaiting action
of the grand jury. Four of the bars
had been sawed through before the at
tempt was discovered.
Developments on the property of the
Boras Leasing Company at Bisbee,
Ariz., have not only proved the value
of the mine beyond question, but indi.
cate that another big producer has
been developed and that the southern
end of the camp is as good as the older
properties. A drift on the 6OO-fOot
level has opened up the same ore body
on which the company has been work
ing 100 feet above, but the ore is of
much higher grade, running about &c
per cent copper.
An increase in tax collection in
New Mexico. is shown for 1919 over
1913 in a statement issued by the State
Tax Commission. The percentage OF
collection for the first year was S6.87
and for the last, $3.50 and, the state
ment adds, it is hoped that the general
average throughout the state will reach
95 per cent through the effort of spe-
cial counsel. The tax commissions rec
ords show that in 1918 the tax rolls to
tailed Sc, 1O3, ,52971 and the taxes col
lected to November 30 of that year
amounted to $5,3O2, ,58913, S6.87 per
cent. For 1919 the tax rolls totalled
$6,697, 1857 and the collections to No
vember 80. $5,964, ,680.47, $3.50 per cent