The Benson signal., 1920-01-17
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

tentious highway proposition yet un-
dertaken by the state, according to
Fred Twitchell, engineer of the pro
ject.
The 1920 census will show an in
crease of 100 per cent in AriZona's
population over the 1910 census, it was
predicted by e. f. Templeton of the
department of commerce. The 1910
census recorded ArizOna's population
as 2O4,354.
The Santa Fe railway must pay fines
amounting to $3.50 under Judge Colin
. Neblett'S decisions in two cases tried
in the United States District Court at
Santa Fe, New Mexico, in which the
railway was charged with violation OF
the 2S-hOur law.
The concrete foundations of the new
dormitOry of New Mexico institute for
the blind, has been poured at Alamo
gordo, New Mexico, and the work is
now progressing very rapidly 1t is
said the new building will be completed
in the next 80 days.
Week at Tucson, January 10Th to oath.
it is expected that large number of
honey growers Of Arizona will attend
the special conference of honey pro
ducerS arranged for Saturday after
noon, January Oath.
For two full days, January goth and
21st, at Tucson, fruit growers of Ari-
ZOna will be given a chance to devote
themselves to the study of horticulture
in it's practical phases under the Iii
rection Of fruit experts and those who
have succeeded in fruit growing.
Beef cattle and hogs constitute no
small proportion of the resources OF
Arizona. With this in mind some at
for the stockmen during Farmers and
Housekeepers' Week at Tucson, AriZ..
January 10Th to oath.
Dedman, New Mexico, has just com.
pleted $1,000 school house and has
arranged for free transportation for
all the pupils in the district. This is
made up of a consolidation of several
districts in Union county and will be
known as the Dedman district.
A bill for the appropriation of $6,5N
for the drainage of Indian lands in the
Rio Grande valley has been prepared
and is before the House for action, ac-
cOrding to information received from
Washington by H. F. Robinson, of the
indian irrigation service. The region
to be drained will include Isleta, San
dia, Santa Ana and San Felipe, New
Mexico, and is geographically part
of the valley land the drainage OF
which is contemplated.
The total road mileage in New Mex
icO is 43,O91 miles as determined by
actual census early in the summer. OF
this mileage 100 miles have been
designated as state roads either by act
of the Legislature of by the state high
way commission. AS the state did not
have funds enough to maintain the en-
tire mileage of state roads, the less
important were turned back to the
counties for maintenance and a "red
line" system of 5000 miles designated
for state maintenance.
After having followed him from place
to place, through Europe and United
States a crOiX de guerre has finally
caught up with George Harvey of PhOe-
nix, a member, of the 18th company, 9th
marines, and he was decorated with
The medal at the marine recruiting sta
lion at Phoenix. Harvey was cited by
Marshal Petain for volunteering to go
through heavy machine gun and ar
tillery fire near Vierzy july 1918, to
get water and food supplies which
were needed. He was wounded with
.hrapnel on the same day.
According to a report of superin-
tendent Wilson of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, the big gravel quarry
near the town of Stems, N. Mex, will
oren up in the next 80 days with a
force of at least 100 men. AS the road
has lot of ballaSting to do during the
next year it is expected that the quarry
will be in operation for year OR pos
sib'y more.
A special dairy course Of one week
will be given at the university in con-
nectiOn with Farmers and Housekeep-
ers' Week, January 10Th to Oath at
Tucson. Arizona There will be lee
lures and demonstrations on dairy sub
je'.1s each day in the week. The pro
gram is planned to give those who at
tend a we'll rounded, general idea OF
tire dairy industry.
ArizOnas mines enriched the world
by $174, ,559, ,3S8S6 during the year just
closing, according to to the annual re-
port of the State Tax Commission. The
mineral production tOtalled 1885,
716.20 dry tons and the average value
per ton from the gross yield was 500
Copper production amounted to about
Is times the value of all the other
minerals produced, gold and silver fol-
lowing next
Virtual assurance of federal aid in
the construction Of a bridge over Salt
river at Lehi, AriZ., was contained in
a letter received from Representative