Taiban Valley news., 1920-05-07
Southwest News
From All Ouer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
I'm Newspaper Union News Service.


ings in San Juan county within sixty
days.
The Lone Mountain mining camp in
Grant county, N. NJ, which has been
idle for many years, is again coming to
the front as big silver producer. A
large force of men is now engaged in
breaking ore and shipping from the
Ruby flat west of Hurley has been
started.
DR.. r. H. II. Blome has been re-
tanned by the state board of education
for another year as director of vOca-
tional education in Arizona and his
salary has been increased to $4,000 d
year, it was announced by members of
the board returning from the meeting
held in Tucson.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has had large force of men at
work in Albuquerque for several weeks
making improvements which when
completed will cost over $4,000. Many
of the main wires of the city have
been placed under ground and the poles
are now nearly all down.
The Tucumcari-M -MOntoya branch of
the Ozark Trails in New Mexico is
nearing completion, the graveling be-
ing finished and the surfacing will
be completed during next month. Prac-
tically all the concrete work has been
completed, and with careful attention
the road will last for many years.
The Rev. John H. McClahan, 65
years old, of Philadelphia, who died at
Phoenix in poorly furnished room in
congested district, was worth APP
proximately 100000, according to of
ficials and others, who, headed by Cor
Oner Charles Wheeler, made an inves
tigation of his personal effects.
Three new schools will be built in
Southwestern SOc0rro County, New
Mexico, as the result of the voting of
the bonds in the sum of $4,000 by
Alma, Glenwood and Pleasanton. The
three towns are in the same CONSOLE
dated district. Glenwood will have a
high school and the other two towns
grade schools.
Lieut. C. f. Bell, U. S. A. aviator,
was drowned in the Colorado river at
Yuma, Ariz., when government air
plane belonging to the border patrol, in
which he was attempting to fly under
meath the Ocean-to-Ocean highway
bridge, struck high tension wire sus-
pended below the structure and fell
into the stream.
More than 191, 900 head of livestock
owned by Navajo Indians in New Mex
leo hencefOrth will be bred only to
pure bred sires. The female stock liz
cludes 5000 cattle, 5000 horses, $780,
900 sheep and 10000 goats, besides
smaller numbers of swine and poultry
The Indians have signified their sup
port of the Better Sires--Better
Stock" movement. The United States
Department Of Agriculture is cooper
ating in supplying the Indians with
literature dealing with livestock i'm
provement.
Lost more than week in the noun
tains covered with deep snow, Oscar
Pigg, years old, has been found alive
and well by a searching party near the
Apache Maid ranch east of Jerome
Ariz. The boy became lost while help
ing his father build fence and was
believed to have died from exposure
the first night. He said, however, that
in his wanderings he found fire left
by campers who had also left behind
them small supply of food. He kept
up the fire and remained there until
help came.
The Dripping Springs Copper Com
pany, located along the Globe-Kelvin
road in Arizona, is developing its
property by prosecuting the country
through the medium of driving tun-
mel. Recently at about 1000 feet from
the port of tunnel vein twenty-five
feet in width was encountered carry
ing good values in silver and copper.
Enlargement of the Santa Fe shops
at Albuquerque at an expense of more
lIluu plyOOO,OOO OCCh W
President w. b. Storey of the Santa
Fe system. "The money is available for
the project, which will be the only ex-
tensive improvement undertaken by
the Santa Fe this year." Mr.. Storey
said. The shops when completed will
be next in size to those at Topeka,
Kan, the largest on the system.
According to reports received ut De-
ming, N. NJ, from reliable sources the
Public Health Service hospital there
will not be abandoned, but will be used
as a regular center for the tubercular
cases that are sent into thA Southwest
for treatment. 1t is now certain that
the Fort Bayard hospital will be taken
over by the Public Health Service and
the patients in the local hospital will
be sent there for the summer.
According to statement of w. S.
Cox, chairman of the road committee
of the Grant county, N. NJ, Chamber
Of Commerce, the sum Of 100000 win
be available for road work in the coun-
ty during the year, this being made
possible by federal state and county
funds.
Members Of the civil service hoard