The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

some twenty mail boxes en- route.
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 apportionment of $143,316.44
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 12O,65S.
A rich vein of $40 ore, chiefly silver,
partly sticking out of the ground, has
been discovered by DR.. M. M. 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
On February %, had a balance of ST.
Charles U. Strongs report. At the
same time last year the balance was
81, ,46S, S,O42.73, showing an increase of
$534, ,047 SO.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico, is making
progress with the new dam. The sec
retary of the irrigation district turned
over to the county treasurer 15O of it's
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,
Ariz., 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 reso-
luton pledging it's 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 to
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
isco prohibiting Sunday movies.
A scientific club known as the
Cooney Miners Club has been organ
lied at the State School of Mines at
Socorro, named in honor of the late
Captain NJ Cooney, who perished in a
blizzard in the wilds of the MogOllons
in 1914. Charles F. Williams was
elected president. 1t will affiliate with
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers.
United States DistEict Judge Dyer
has dismissed the suit of the Standard
Oil Company of California VS.. Charles
Howe and others on stipulation of
counsel. 1t was suit Of the Standard
Oil Company against the Arizona
State Tax Commission with thousands
of dollars of taxes contingent upon the
outcome and it was announced the case
had been settled out of court.
The Las Animas Peak Gold Mines
Company is about to resume operations
soon in Sierra county, n. NJ, install an
electric plant and sink the main shaft
1000 feet.
Mystery surrounds the death Of
James Daily, formerly well known
Nogales contractor, whose body was
found badly crushed at the foot of a
precipice near Magdalena de Jalisco.
A piece of a mules bride was found in
the dead mans hand but there was no
trace of the animal. The Mexican au-
thorities, after holding an autopsy and
ordering a judicial investigation, had
the body buried near where it was
found.
The New Mexico state land office
has just arranged to hold three
sales of state land in Luna
county at Deming On June %, 1920.
The first tract contains 24O acres and
the improvements are valued at $3.50;
the second contains $500 acres and no
improvements as far as known; and
the third tract contains $4,000 acres
with improvements valued at $3.50.
The minimum price per acre Of al
three tr9cts is.$3