Taiban Valley news., 1920-03-26
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


The Bank of Florence, at Florence,
Ariz., was robbed recently. The mes
sage said safe had been broken open
and several hundred dollars stolen.
The Masonic temple at albuquerque
is to be remOdeley and refinished, the
lobby is to be enlarged and the club
rooms made more commodious Some
$4,000 Will be spent.
The lppOrtionment of $143,316. Al
among the counties of New Mexico for
school purposes has been announced
by the department of education. The
appOrtiOnment was made on the basis
of $1.46 per capita The school census
is 120,65S.
A rich vein of $40 ore chiefly silver,
partly sticking out of the ground, has
been discovered by DR.. NJ. NJ. Crocker
on one of the Foster claims, recently
leased by him, Immediately south of
the proved Bonney properties, near
Lordsburg, n. NJ.
The state treasury of New Mexico,
at the close of the quarter year ending
en- February %, had balance of ST.,
109,090.29 according to Treasurer
Charles L. StrOng's report. AT the
same time last year the balance was
$1,46S,04273, showing au increase of
$534,047.56
Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is making
progress with the new dam. The sec
retary of the irrigation district turned
over to the county treasurer $50 of its
500 bonds and the drive for the sale
of the, bonds among local people has
been very successful. 1t is desired to
get the dam finished before high wa
ter.
The county supervisors at Nogales,
Arlz., have authorized a reward of $500
for the capture of Ezequiel Lara and
and unidentified companion, supposed
TO be Manuel Garcia, charged with the
murder of Alexander and John Frasier
and the robbery of the Frasier Bro
Tiers store and postoffice at Montana
Camp.
The Arizona congress of mothers, in
convention at Phoenix, passed a reso-
luton pledging its influence to stamp
out what it termed as gambling at the
state fair. While the resolution was so
worded as to cover all alleged gam
bling devices at the state fair grounds
members said it was aimed chiefly
against betting on the races.
Albuquerqueans may continue 10
view their favOrite screen stars Sun
day afternoon and night. Recently the
ministerial alliance started move to
close movie shows on Sunday. The
matter was presented to the grand
jury, which body reported to the court
that there is no statute in New Mex
lsco prohibiting Sunday movies.
A scientific club known as the
Cooney Miners Club has been organ.
lied at the State School of Mines nj
SOcorro, named in honor of the late
Captain NJ COoney, who perished in
blizzard in the wlds of the Mogollons
in 1914. Charles F. Williams was
elected president. 1t will affiliate will
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers.
United States District Judge Dyer
has dismissed the suit of the Standard
Oil Company of California VS.. Charles
Howe and others on stipulation of
counsel. 1t was Il suit of the Standard
Oil Company against the Arizona
State Tax Commission with thousands
of dollars of taxes contingent upon tho
outcome and it was announced the ease
had been settled out of court.
The Las Animas Peak Gold Mine,
Company is about to resume operations
soon in Sierra county, n. NJ, install an
electric plant and sink the main shaft
/ 900 feet.
Mystery surrounds the death Of
James DAILY, formerly well known
Nogales contractor, whose body was
found badly crushed Mt the foot of a
precipice near Magdalena de Jalisco.
A piece of mules bride was found in
the dead mans hand but there was no
trace of the animal The Mexican au-
Ihorities, after holding an autopsy and |
a judicial investigation, had |
he body buried near where il was
found.
The New Mexico state land office
mas just arranged TO hOd three
sales of state land in Luna
.ounty at Deming on June 90, 1920
rhe first tract contains 240 acres and
he improvements are valued at S730
he second contains $500 acres and no
improvements as far as known; and
ne third tract contains $4,000 acres
With improvements valued at $2,0T5.
rhe minimum price per acre of an
hree tracts is SO.
Arizona Is going into the farming
BUSINESS now, according to announce
nent Mt the governors office, the faru
dea being in connection with the need,
# the inmates Of the State Hospia
or the Insane. The tentntiye plan for
he farm calls for ten-ncre orchur
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