Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-09
Southwest News
From All Over
Neu Mexico
and Arizona

New MeAlCO, are out Ol ueDt, having
no outstanding warrants or interest
overdue and unpaid.
An addition to the capitol building
at Phoenix, completed at q cost of
S150,000, has been occupied and the
entire capitol is again Overcrowded,
according to reports.
Interest Is being shown in the new
Chloride-Kerwin Oil and gas field sit
uated on the Colorado river about
thirty miles west of Chloride, Ariz.
Surface indications are believed to be
Of a promising character, oil and gas
seepages having been encountered at
various places.
A. X. Eldredge, naturalization exam
ner for the southern district of Cali
fornia, Arizona and Nevada under
Fred Jones, examiner in charge, has
resigned from government services to
become assistant industrial superln-
tendent of one of the largest mines in
Arizona.
The Calumet New Mexico Mining
! Company at Pinos Altos is adding a
flotation unit to its mill and will have
the work completed so that the test
run can be made shortly. The mill
has been running for some weeks Oh
the PinOs Altos ores and has succeed
ed in the work of separation TO de-
gree never reached before.
Sixteen horses belonging to the
First cavalry were burned TO death in
fire of unknown origin which broke
out In the row of stables used by
Troop NJ. and the Medical Detachment
and which destroyed the entire row
at Douglas, Ariz. The loss is esti-
mated to be in the ne,ghbOrhOod of
| $1,000.
Antonio Carpio, convicted of the
murder of Efren Rios, must hang. He
was brought before Judge Mechem at
Silver City, n. NJ, and sentenced to
he hanged on Friday, April 10th.
When asked if he had anything to
say lie shook his head. After sentence
had been pronounced he made an eff
fort TO speak but was unable to do
so. The case will likely be appealed.
Claiming that the freight tariffs
from Phoenix and other points in the
Salt River valley located on the Arl-
IONA Eastern railroad to stations in
Arizona are unjust and unreasonable,
the Traffic Bureau of the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce has filed a
complaint with the Arizona Corpora
tiOn Commission against the Arizona
Eastern, Southern Pacific, El Paso 4
Southwestern railroads.
1t is rumored that the Santa Fe
will, during the coming year, erect ali
$4,000 office building in Clovis, N.
NJ, TO be built somewhere on the rail
road property. This improvement has
been contemplated for several years
and was postponed when the railroads
were turned over TO the government.
No official announcement has been
made in regard to this Improvement.
but there are many who believe that
1920 will see this new building started.
State Adjutant Dudley w. Windes
of the American Legion has been no
titled that q new post of the Legion
has been organized at HOlbrook, Ariz.,
which is named Navajo Post A. l..
This is the thirty-seventh organiza
tion of the American Legion organ
lied In the state of Arizona, and will
be designated as Navajo Post 81 of
the American Legion. Other posts are
in process Of organization, it was an
nOunced yesterday at the new head
quarters of the Legion in the state
capitol There are now about 5000
members in the Legion throughout the
state.
The class of 20 of the Clovis, n.
NJ, High school, which Will graduate
in May, is the largest in the history
OF the school, twenty-five young ladies
and ten young men, and is one of the
ivest student bodies in the state
Many social and class functions are
being planned for the closing days OF
the school
TO prospect for further ore bodies
below the 1,500-foot level of the Briggs
mine in Arizona, the Calumet & Ari |
zona Mining Company is about to put
down number of diamond drill holes |
from that level. 1t is estimated thai
there is more than 1000 feet of the
limestone formation below the 1,500 |
foot level that may yet be prospected. |
The holes will be driven vertically |
down.
Henry Simmons, Van Houten ne.
gro who is charged with the murder |
of his wife at Van Houten, N. NJ, on
March H. was taken before Judge r. |
ID. Leib of the District Court at Ra. |
ton to cause the prisoner to be held |
for preliminary hearing Several wit
nesses were heard, and the evidence |
adduced was sufficient in the mind OF |
the court to cause the prisoner to be
held for the action Of the grand jury |
Authentlcally proved to have been
overwhelmed in a prehistoric volcan
ic eruption, the skeletons Of a boy and |
a girl We're taken to Santa Fe, N. NJ, !
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