The Benson signal., 1920-02-14
Southwest News
From All Over
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The University of Arizona basket
ball team defeated the University of
| New Mexico quintet, 40 to q, at Al
| buquerque.
The Venetian Oil Company of Win
| field, Kansas, will soon start drilling
| on it's 10000 acre tract of land five
| miles north of Hope in Eddy county,
| New Mexico. All the machinery is
| now on the ground and it is thought
| that actual operations will be started
| shortly.
| The contractors have started work
| on residence in Clayton, N. M,
which, when completed, will be one
of the finest homes ever built in the
| state. The new residence will be the
| future home of M. G.. Johnson and
family and when completed will cost
over $4,000.
Advices from Phoenix are that the
Arizona Corporation Commission has
granted to the Jordan Stage line,
Prescott organization owned by Will
| son & Eckert, the franchise to Oper-
1
ate auto stages over the JerOme-Pres-
cott short line highway as soon as the
road is open.
All existing records for flight be-
tween El Paso, Texas, and Douglas,
Arizona, 220 miles, were broken when
| Capt. Cecil Sellars, commanding Off
Ger of the twelfth aero squadron, with
| r oh nhCnrUnp
| made the trip in one hour and twenty
| three minutes.
Fire which for a time threatened to
| destroy a large part Of the business
| district broke out in a Main street
roOming house at Jerome, Arizona. Be
| fore the flames were brought under
| control, two rooming houses and four
mercantile establishments on the
ground floors of the buildings had
| been burned.
Frank La Rue of Phoenix has been
| appointed drill and rifle practice in
| spectOr of the Arizona National
| Guard with rank of captain. Seven
years ago he was newsboy. Through
the marines and the war he rose to
| captaincy in the regular army and was
only recently discharged. At one time
| during the war he was lieutenant
in the 15Sth infantry, formerly the
| Arizona National Guard.
The recent public sale of lands on
| the Yuma Mesa, Arizona, which are
| described as particularly adapted to
the growing of citrus and other semi
| tropical fruits. was a decided success
| The total of the sales amounted ap-
proximately to $1,250000, and buyers
| were present from all parts of the
| country. One tract of sixty acres was
purchased and will be developed by
army officers from Washington, d. c..
Trial Of the $1,OOO,O00 suit of Sam
uel Pandolfo, head of the Pan Motor
Company of indianapolis, against the
banks of Arizona, charging libel, has
| been set for March 9 in the Phoenix
session of the United States District
| Court. The PandOlfo libel suit, based
on publication of the Secretary'S re-
port of the Arizona Bankers AssOcia-
ton, including a resolution with ref
| erence to PandOlfo, had been cOntin-
ned two years by stipulation of cOun-
sci.
The DOna Ana county Farm Bureau
of New Mexico has placed orders for
over 25,OOO pounds of cotton seed
which will be sold to the farmers Of
| the valley at actual cost. Figuring
| twenty pounds of seed to the acre this
| will mean 1850 acres to be planted
from this shipment There will be
| about 1000 acres of cotton land in that
valley this season, but it is doubtful
| if it will all be planted as it is almost
| impossible to obtain seed at the pres
| ent time.
The whippet tank is putting horses
| and mules out of business in the great
pine forests of northern Arizona. One
big lumber concern at Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, has just put two tanks to work,
having bought them from the War De-
partment. Each tank has displaced
thirty horses and fourteen men, ac-
cordng to company officials.
Some idea Of the diversity of Ari-
zona's climate may be had when it is
stated that while the mountains of
Northern and Central Arizona are
covered with snow, ripe WatermelOns
were cut fresh from the vines on
Yuma mesa on the 9th of January
Almost any climate desired can be had
in a few hours ride in Arizona. 1t is
merely matter Of altitude.
Concrete pipe for cOnduits and
other highway purposes will be manu-
factured by prison labor at the Flor
ence, Arizona, penitentiary immediate
Iy, according to State Engineer ThOm
as MaddOcl<, the engineer. The prison
labor is available at this time, the
work is ideal for convicts, the state
has pipe-making equipment on hand
and convenient supply of sand anC
gravel is available. Only the cement
must be bought.