Taiban Valley news., 1920-12-10
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
" estern Newspaper Union News Service.


Trades Association. held In Albuquer-
que; it was decided TO hold the annual
auto show during the early part OF
February.
General Juan Cabrai af Tucson, On
officer in the e~constitutionalist army IN
Mexico in 1913, has been released
from the federal penitentiary at
I.eavcnworth. General Cabral was con-
victed of violating the neutrality law
during the administration of President
Carrunza.
The sugar beet industry in the
vicinity of Maxwell is growing by
leaps aud bounds and the shipping for
the season is now at its height. Most
of the shipments are going to the Holly
Sugar Corporation and the growers
are now using all the cars it Is pos
sihle to obtain.
A man giving his name as Jones
was arrested at Lamy and brought to
Santa Fe on the charge of murder.
Gus assault upon Miss Elizabeth
Phelps, sister-in-law of A. B. Renehan,
Santa Fe attorney. She was alone in
the house and when she answered a
ring at the door man rained blows on
her head with the butt of six
shooter.
Railroads operating in Arizona have
petitioned the Interstate Corporation
Commission to set aside a recent
order by the Arizona Corporation
Commission denying application by the
carriers for increased intrastate
freight rates and passenger fares to
conform to rates granted by the Intra-
state Commerce Commission on intra-
state traffic.
The New Mexico state highway COM
mission is now calling for bids on the
new road to be built from this city to
Santa Rita and it is expected that
actual construction work will be
started in the next ninety days. This
is known as project No. % and covers
the entire distance from Silver City to
Santa Rita, distance of nearly four
teen miles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Losey, who
| lad been under arrest in NOgales
| pending investigation of their possible
connection with the death of A. j. w.
Born in a concrete pit, partly filled
with water, near Nogales, on the night
| of October A. have been released from
custody. County Attorney Leslie g.
Hardy said he could find no evidence
| against them.
The executive committee Of the New
Mexico Wool Growers Association, at
a meeting in Albuquerque sent tele-
gram to Senator Smoot of Utah, in
| dorsing his proposed bill for an en-
barge upon wool imports. The COM
| mittee suggested further that the bill
also contain a provision for an en-
| barge on manufactured woolen prod
ucts, as it considers an embargo upon
wool alone insufficient.
The Albuquerque Chamber of Com
merce has wired Charles Garland, who
has refused an inheritance of $1,000
600, suggesting that he accept the mil
| lion and turn it over to the Chamber
| of Commerce Of Albuquerque for use
in establishing tubercular people on
ranches in New Mexico. The telegram
said: "No one has ever, ever done,
or could do more constructive act
for suffering humanity"
The alteration work which has been
in progress for the past three months
at the Masonic temple has been com
| pleted and the building thrown open.
The copper situation, from statisti-
| cal standpoint, is better now than it
was at the same time last year, ac-
cording to Walter Douglas, president
Of the Phelps Dodge corporation Of
! Douglas. With copper selling at Ia
cents now, where 1t sold for 18 cents
last year, the speaker admitted that
the statement sounds paradoxical but
declared that the basic facts confirm
| his contention.
The case Of Names Gallagher, which
has been under way at Albuquerque
in the federal court for several days,
resulted in verdict for the defend
ant Gallagher, an engineer for the
Santa Fe, asked $4,000 damages for
injuries received when he fell from
the running board Of his engine at
Ration, and alleged that the fall was
I because part of the hand rail above
the step was missing, and as a result
he has not been able to use one Of
his hands since
The Arizona state highway depart
ment has the survey, notes, estimates
and everything ready to proceed with
the state highway from Fairbank to
the Santa Cruz line as soon as the
road east Of Douglas to Rodeo is COM
pleted and the details have been ar
ranged with the new board of super
vlsors.