Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-02
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Tor an INDOOR track meet OH April IHtH
Las Vegas now has live and
1 flourishing Rotary Club, headed by Dr.
! f. II. Grail as president and will af-
filiate with the national clubs.
The old mining camp at the Hard
scrabble mines in New Mexico, is be-
ing completely rebuilt and the shafts
and working cleaned out preparatory
to putting on big force of men.
Homestead and desert entry appli-
cations are being filed at the United
States land office here at rate av-
eraging 800 month, 1t was stated at
Phoenix by l.. G. Rosengran, of the
land office.
The school bonds for the purpose of
erecting a new high school building
at Las Vegas, ~ NJ, were sold to
Keller Brothers of Denver, who bid
10000 at 6 per cent. This will bring
the city $1,000 above par value of the
bonds.
The United States Biological Sur
vey held its regular monthly sale of
skins trapped by the force in Febru-
ary at Albuquerque. J. A. Taichert 4
Co, were the highest bidders and pur-
chases 1SS skins, mostly coyotes, for
$1,029.
The trotting mare, Edith Carrier, has
been sold by J. G. Adams of Phoenix,
to Marvin Childs of Omaha for $1,000,
according to statement from the
Adams stables, which added that the
mare started in eighteen trotting
events on eastern circuits last season
and won twelve firsts, including two
$4,000 purses.
LabOring men, mainly those EN-
ployed by the Santa Fe railroad, have
organized a McAdOo-for-president club
in Albuquerque 1t is the intention
of the club members, regardless of
party affiliations in the past, to work
for the nomination of Mr.. McAdoo,
and if nominated, to do all in their
power to elect him.
If the voters of Arizona enact Sen
ate Bill n this fall the functions of
the State Board of Pardons will be
virtually eliminated and the governor
will have full power TO pardon, com
mute sentences or parole, according
to an opinion issued today by Attorney
General Wiley e. Jones and sent to
all attorneys.
Hunters and trappers employed CO.
operatively by the United States gov
ernment and the state of Arizona rid
| rnU srdtc uurIIis cr,. us..s eae-as --l7l.+
mountain lions, three wolves, fifty-five
coyotes, eighteen wildcats, thirty-two
foxes and five animals of various 9th
er kinds, according to NJ. f. Musgravc
of the United States biological survey.
under whose direction the work is con
| Quoted.
| Failure of most contests filed
against homestead applications in the
| Phoenix land office was indicated by
| the publication of figures taken from
| land office records showing that of
| 134 contests filed in the past six
months, 80 per cent of the decisions
were in favor of the entrymen. Less
than . per cent of these decisions
were overruled on being carried to
Washington, the figures showed.
Development work that promises re-
suits of the greatest Importance is now
in progress in the Nighthawk mine
near Don Luis, AriZ. The recent prov
ing of the Boras property, adjoining
the Nighthawk,, by drifting into the ore
body on the 52S-foot level has brought
the properties in that end of the dis
trict to the forefront as strongly indi-
eating the development of some more
big producers in the Warren district.
Deposits on the banks of Arizona
increased $1S,346, 79002 in the twelve
months preceding February 2S, 1920,
according to figures made public from
the office of Jesse |. BOyce, state bank
comptroller.
The Ray Boston Copper Company
has recommended the operation of Its
Kelvin-Sultana property, located near
Kelvin, Ariz, The original Kelvin-Sul. |
tana company shipped large tonnage
of high grade copper ore from the up |
per level and constructed a first-class |
mill. The present operating company |
1t is said, intends to carry on an ex-
tensive exploration of the lower levels |
by diamond drilling
Officers of the Santa Fe Post of |
the American Legion have signed the
contract to bring to Santa Fe, the
Bernardo Greater Carnival shows, and
this carnival will he in Santa Fe for
the week of April 10Th to oath. The
Bernardo shows will be the largest
carnival ever seen In Santa Fe,
having played in Los Angeles, San
Diego, Tucson and El Paso on the way
to Denver. Albuquerque and Santa
Fe will be the smallest towns the car
nival company will make on their way
from the Coast to the East.
f. L. Howard, El Dorado, is to be
the contractor who will put down the
well for III. j. Close, Harry Wright
and others in what is known as the
Hope Pool, in New Mexico, 10000
acre tract. The tentative contract
calls for the beginning of operations
In ninety days.