Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-02-27
Southwest News
From An Over
NeW Mexico
4.u and Arizona

The Venetian OIL Company or win
| field, KANSAS, will 1901 start drilling
on Its 10000 ncre tract Of land five
miles north OF Hope In Eddy county,
New Mexico. All the machinery Is
now on the ground and Il is thought
that actual operations will be started
shortly.
The contractors have started work
on n residence In Clayton, n. NJ,
which, when completed, will be one
OF the finest homes ever built In the
state. The new residence will be the
future home OF NJ. c. johnson aud
family and when completed will cost
over $4,000.
Advlces from Phoenix are that the
Arizona Corporation Commission has
granted to the Jordan Stage line, n
Prescott organization owned by VIII
son 4 Eckert, the franchise to oper-
ate auto stages over the Jerome-preA.
colt short line highway as soon as the
road Is open.
All existing records for flight be-
tween I'll Paso, Texas, and Douglas,
Arizona. 300 miles, were broken when
Capt. Cecil Sellars, commanding Off
cor Of the twelfth aero squadron, with
Lieut.. George Usher MS observer,
made the trip In one hour and twenty
three minutes.
Fire which for a time threatened to
destroy a large part OF the business
district broke out In a Main street
rOomlng house 1T Jerome, Arizona. Be
fore the flames were brought under
control, two rooming houses and four
mercantile establishments on the
ground floors of the buildings had
been burned.
Frank La Rue OF Phoenix has been
appointed drill and rifle practice in
spector of the Arizona National
Guard with rank Of captain. Seven
years ago lie was a newsboy. Through
the marines and the var he rose to a
captalncy In the regular army and was
only recently discharged. At one time
during the war he was n lieutenant
In TIE 15Sth infantry, formerly the
Arizona National Guard.
The recent public sale OF lands on
the Yuma Mesa, Arizona, which are
described as particularly adapted to
the growing OF citrus and other semi
tropical fruits. was n decided success.
The total Of the sales amounted APP
proxlmately to $1,250.O00, and buyers
were present from all parts OF the
country. One tract OF sixty acres was
purchased and will be developed by
army officers from Washington, ID. G.
Trial OF the $ 100000 suit OF Sam.
uel Pandolfo, head Of the Pan Motor
Company OF indianapolis, against the
banks OF Arizona, charging libel, has
been set for March 9 In the Phoenix
session of the United States District
Court. The Pandolfo libel suit, based
on publication Of the secretary's re-
port Of the Arizona Bankers Associn-
ton, including a resolution with ref
orence to Pandolfo, had been contln-
ued two years by stipulation OF coun
sci.
The Donn ANA county Farm Bureau
of New Mexico has placed orders Cor
over 25,OOO pounds Of cotton seed
which will be sold 20 the farmers OF
the valley at actual cost. Figuring
twenty pounds OF seed To the acre this
will mean l,25O acres to be planted
from this shipment. There viii be
about 1000 ncres Of cotton land In that
valley this season, hut II il doubtful
II II viii all he planted ms II II almost
impossible 10 obtain seed nt the pres.
cnt time.
The whippet tank Is putting horses
and mules out Of business In the great
pine forests OF northern Arizona. One
big lumber concern at Flagstaff, Art
IONA, has just put two tanks TO work,
having bought them from the War De
partment. Each tank has displaced
thirty horses and fourteen men, ac-
cordIng TO company officials.
Some idea Of the dlversltv OF Arl-
zona's climate may be had when II Is
stated that while the mountains cf
Northern and Central Arizona are
covered with snow, ripe watermelons
were cut fresh from the vines ON
Yumn mesa on the oath OF January.
Almost any climate desired can be had
In a few hours ride In Arizona. II Is
merely n matter Of altitude.
Concrete pipe for conduits and
other highway purposes will be manu-
featured by prison labor at the Flor
ence, Arizona, penltentiary immediate
~, according to State Engineer Thorn
as Maddox, the engineer. The prison
labor Is available at this time, the
work Is ideal for convlcts, the state
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