The Benson signal., 1920-04-03
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Las Vegas now has a live and
flourishing Rotary Club, headed by DR..
F. HI. 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 a rate av-
eraging 300 a month, it 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, N. NJ, were sold to
Keeler 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 it's regular monthly sale OF
skins trapped by the force in Febru-
ary at Albuquerque. ]. A. Taichert 4
Co., were the highest bidders and pur-
chases 1873 skins, mostly coyotes, for
$1,O29.
The trOtting mare, Edith Carrier, has
been sold by J. c. Adams of Phoenix,
to Marvin Childs of Omaha for $1,000,
according. to a 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 II 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
I, w; TO
ernment and the state of Arizona rid
the state during February of eight
mountain lions, three wolves, fifty-five
coyotes, eighteen wildcats, thirty-two
foxes and five animals of various 9th
er kinds, according to M. E. Musgrave
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
30 per cent of the decisions
were in favor of the entrymen. Less
than per cent of these decisions
were ovcrruled 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, 790O2 in the twelve
months preceding February %, 1920,
according to figures made public from
the office of Jesse l. Boyce, state bank
comptroller
The Ray Boston Copper Company
las recommended the operation of its
Kelvin-Sutana property, located nea.
Kelvin, Ariz The original Kelvin-Sul
tana company shipped large tonnage
of high grade copper ore from the up
per level and constructed first-claSa
mill. The present operating company
it is said, intends to carry on an eN-
tcnsive exploration of the lower levels
by diamond drilling.
Officers of the Santa F6 Post Of
the American Legion have signed the
contract to bring to Santa Fe, the
kernardi Greater Carnival shows and
his carnival will be IN Santa Fe fOl
the week Of April 10Th to oath. The
,ernardl shows will he the largest
carnival ever seen in Santa Fe
having played in Los Angeles, Sar
Diego, TUc&on and Ei pasO Oh the way
20 Denver Albuquerque and Santa
F4 VIII be the smallest towns the car
nival company will make on their way
from the Coast to the East.