Taiban Valley news., 1920-10-08
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service.

cadet companies in Arizona.
The foundation for the new hos
pital at Greenville, N. Mex, has been
laid and the work ON. the main build
ing started, the contract calling for
it's completion by the first of Novem-
Der.
In view of the great advance in the
use of power implements for farming,
the tractor and implement department
at the state fair, Nov. 8-13, at Phoenix,
will attract greater attention than at
any previous fair.
The census figures for Deming, N
Mex, which have just been received
from Washington, show that the city
has almost doubled its population in
| the past ten years, the population now
being 3,212 as against 1864 in 1910.
Charging the tax levy in Yuma
county, Arizona, is too high, and that
| through an error it is sufficient to
raise $4,000 more than necessary, II.
N. FennemOre, representing certain
| taxpayers, has appeared before the
| tax commission seeking readjustment
The village of Nils, N. Mex, has
made all the arrangements to incOr-
porate and the petition is now in the
hands of the county commissioners.
The Incorporation will include terri
tory three miles square and will con-
tain a population Of over 400 people.
During a thunder storm near Es-
tancia, N. Mex, lightning struck a
corral on the farm of w. w. Ward,
killing two hogs valued at over 500.
| Several other head of stock, which
were running in the corral at the time,
were uninjured.
Contract for the erection of an ad-
dition to the state pioneers home at
Prescott, Arizona, has been awarded
to A. ID. Pearl, Prescott. The con
tract price was given as $5S, 1880 and
the addition would provide accOmmo-
dations for fifty-flve persons, bringing
the total to more than 200.
About so war veterans, patients at
the Public Health Service hospital at
Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Arlz,,
were lined up recently by recruit
ing officer to receive the Victory
medal, awarded by the United States
government to all soldiers, sailors and
marines who participated in the great
war.
Declaration that the livestock laws
of Arizona must be upheld was
coupled by Secretary Ed w. Stephens
the statement that thorough In
vestigation would be made Of case
recently reported from COchlse county
relative to alleged shipments of cat
tie without proper inspection.
Another producing mine will soon
be on the producing list in New Mex
leo, when the United States Copper
Company starts shipping from its
property in the Hanover district. This
mine has for a long time been idle
and during this time large quantities
of valuable ore has accumulated on
the dumps, for which there is now a
market.
Percy Barker, secretary of the DOna
Ana County Fair Association at Las
Cruces, N. Mex, was held up anC
robbed by masked highwaymen, as ht
was driving to his home in his cal
during the fair week. AS Mr.. Barker
was nearing Mesilla' Park, about two
miles from town, two men stepped
into the road and demanded his money
at the point of a gun. He promptly
handed over the receipts of the saii
for the day, amounting to about 81 400
and the men disappeared.
Operations Of the Western Ore Pur
chasing Company of Utah and Ne
vada, purchasers and samplers Ol
ores direct from the prOspectors, viii
open in Arizona within sixty days
with the erection of two 4,O0O-tor
plants, one Of which will be erected
in Tucson and the other Mt Douglas
A new hotel is to be erected neal
the El TOvar ut. the Grand Canyon
, Both the El Tovar and Grand View
. hotels have been crowded for severa
months and at the present time are
unable to take care of the hundred:
of people who journey to the canyor
monthly from all parts of the world.
The preliminary. census of Gran
county, New Mexico, as given out b!
the Census Bureau at Washington
d. c., contains figures of interest anC
a few surprises. According to th'
new census, Grant county now has {
population of 21,939, compared will
1873 in 1910, and in spite Of the fac
that the county was cut in two b!
the forming Of -Hidalgo county, it still
shows very healthy growth. Th,
report gives Tyrone, which was no
in existence in 1910, 4,064 people
Santa Rita second with 1856, Silve
City third with 2,977 and Hurle.
fourth with 1859 people.
: l.. Bonebrake, whose ranch lis north
, west of Douglas. Arizona, Is conduct
> ing successful experiment with cot
; ton of the long staple variety. II
J reports having planted seven rows ~
[ feet long to- the product. The cottol
, is now open. Very little irrigatiol
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