Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-10-15
Southwest News
From An Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona

'Ns''ih N'"Hi"f'f ehl"h NeHA neffiee+
with the organization OF n cadet
company In Nognles High School,
there are now thIrty-one high school
cadet companies In Arizona.
The foundation for the new hos.
pltnl nt Grecnville, N. Mex, has been
laid and the work on the main build.
ing started. the contract calling for
Its completion by the first OF Novem-
Der.
In view Of the great advance In the
use OF power implements for farming,
the tractor and implement department
ut the state fnlr, Nov. S-13, Mt Phoenix,
will attract greater attention than ut
any previous fair.
The census figures for Deming, N.
Mex, which have just been received
from Washington, show that the city
has almost doubled Its population IN
the past ten years, the population now
being 1912 rs against 1854 In 1910.
Charging the tax levy In Yuma
county, Arizona, Is too high, and that
through nm error II Is sufficient Ia
raise 10000 more than necessary, II.
n. FennemOre, representing certain
taxpayers, has appeared before the
tax commission seeking readjustment
The village OF Mills, N. Mex, has
made all the arrangements to lncor-
porate and the petition is now In the
hands OF the county commissioners.
The Incorporation will include n terri.
tory three miles square and will CON
tain n population OF over 400 people.
During a thunder storm near Els.
%tancla, N. Mex, lightning struck n
corral on the farm OF w. w. Ward,
killing two hogs valued at over 500.
Several other head Of stock, which
were running In the corral ut the time,
were unlnjured.
Contract for the erection OF IN nd.
dition to the state pioneers home at
Prescott, Arizona, has been awarded
TO a. ID. Pearl, Prescott. The con
tract price was given as $5S,140.00 and
the addition would provide accommo.
dntlons for flfty-flve persons, bringing
the total to more than 200.
ABOUT 90 war veterans, patients at
tho Public Health Service hospital at
WhIpple Barracks, Prescott, Arlz.,
were lined up recently by n recruit
Ing officer TO receive the Victory
medal, awarded by the United States
government 10 all soldiers, sailors and
marines who participated In the great
war.
Declaration that the livestock laws
OF Arizona must be upheld was
coupled by Secretary Ed w. Stephens
OF the livestock sanitary board with
the statement that a thorough In
vestlgntiOn would be made Of n case
recently reported from Cochlse county
relative TO alleged shipments Of cat.
tie without proper inspection.
Another producing mine will soon
be on the producing list in New Mex
leo, when the United Stntes Copper
Company starts shipping from its
property in the Hanover district. This
mine has for a long time been idle
and during this time large quantities
of valuable ore has accumulated on
the dumps, for which there is now Il
market.
Percy Barker, secretary of the Dom
ANA County Fair Association at Las
Cruces, n. Mex, was held up and
robbed by masked ~highwaymen, rs he
was driving TO his home IN his cur
during the fair week. As Mr.. Barker
urue uaupIur ATnofUn Dab ,H,Vt 49,.
miles from town, two men stepped
into the road ind demanded his money
at the point Of Il gun. lie promptly
handed over the receipts OF tho fair
for the day, amounting to about 81 100,
ana the men disappeared.
Operations Of the Western ore Pur-
chasing Company OF Utah and Ne.
Nudn, purchasers and samplers OF
ores direct from the prospecturs. vii
open In Arizona within sixty days,
with the erection OF two 400 ION
plants, one OF witch will be erected
In Tucson and the other at Douglas.
A new hotel Is TO be erected near
the III Toyar nc the Grand Canyon.
Both the III Tovnr and Grand View
hotels have been crowded for several
months, and at the present time are
unable Ia take care of the hundreds
Of people who journey to the canyon
monthly from all parts Of the world.
The preliminary census of Grant
county, New Mexico, ms given out by
the Census Bureau ut Washington,
ID. c., contains figures OF interest and
a few surprises. According TO the
new census, Grant county now has a
population of 2i,a30, compared with