Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-21
Southwest News
From AN OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
(westeru Newspaper Union Nsvs ssrics.l

JOIN Ulle lUCul Stull.
Sales of land amounting to $172,012
were made by the state, through the
state land department, at public auc-
ton in Phoenix. The next sale to
be conducted by the department will
be in Florence on Oct %, when graz
Ing and agricultural lands will be sold.
All the furnishings for the new high
school at Gallup, N. Mex, have been
received and the building will soon be
completed so that they can be in
stalled. When the building is ready
for occupancy 1t will be one Of the
finest of its kind in the southwest
Fat Arizona range cattle will find a
ready, market in California this fall,
in the opinion of Edward w. Stephens,
secretary of the live stock sanitary
board. He based this view, he said,
on prevailing conditions in the live
stock industry of the state, coupled
with expressions from many of the
leading growers. ~
A friendly suit to test house bill 35
llfS DCClI IllCu ouPCAAOA NOuAt
at Phoenix. House bill 30 provides
that county superintendent Of schools
may issue warrants marked mo funds"
to be registered with the county treas
urer and to bear interest at the rate
of s per cent per annum when school
fumes are exhausted. 49,
The Masonic lodge of Springer, N
Mex, has purchased lot and will
soon start the work of excavating for
the new building which is to be built
The building will be of brick and two
stories high, the upper room to be the
lodge room and the lower floor will
be rented for a mercantile establish
ment.
Two men were killed instantly,
third badly crushed who died eleven
hours later and two others seriously
lurt late Saturday afternoon in a pre-
mature explosion of blasting charge
in DEVILS canon, near SUPERIOR Ariz.,
on the new Miami-Superior highway
now under construction. All five were
employees of the state highway depart
uent.
Arrangements have been completed
by which the development of the rich
silver mine, known as the Old Volcano,
is now assured. The Volcano is said
by mining men to be the richest strike
of the year in New Mexico and as the
mine has been good producer in the
past it is thought that it will again
come back and no doubt will be one
of the richest silver finds, in the
country.
Final arrangements for raising
$500 to repair the Las Cruces armory
nnd erect barn and stables were COM
pleted Oct. 1 by John NJ Bowman,
cashier of the First National bank.
and w: S. Sutherland, representing the
Bowman Bank and Trust Company.
The state has subscribed $1,000, making
fund of $4,000, the amount required
o make the improvements, upon which
work will begin Nov. 1.
Total value of imports and exports
In the Arizona district during Septem-
ber was $877, ,140, according to re-
port made public in Nogales by
Charles L. Fowler, district collector of
customs. The value of the exports
was $611,000 Articles exported
through the port of Nogales were val
ued at 100000 and those through
Douglas at $165,000. The other ex-
ports went through Naco and Yuma.
Civic Improvements, estimated to
cost $4,000 will be made in Las
Cruces, N. Mex, in November. The
work includes paving Convent street
% connect with Main street with the
national highway between Las Cruces
and El Paso, and Alameda boulevard
from Convent street to Griggs street,
distance of more than a half mile.
d. b. Clayton, inspector for the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board at
Wilcox, Ariz., informed Ed Stephens,
secretary of the board, that 5000
steers and feeder COWS had been con-
tracted for in that vicinity, deliveries
to be made in October and November
ClaytonS letter also said that indica-
tions were that many more steers and
feeder cows would be sold in the near
future.
Jose Manuel ArmijO, 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Armijo of Toas.
N. Mex, died at his home as the re-
suit of being bitten by a large rattle
enake. The lad was gathering pifions
in the hills north Of the city with sew
eral other boys when the rattler struck
him on the foot. He was taken to
his home and medical aid summoned
at once but he passed away in short
time.
In New Mexico the deer and turkey
seasons were shortened and changed
to Nov. 20 to 80. This same season is
also made for tassel-eared gray squir-
rels. Although there were not many
changes in actual closed seasons In
New Mexico, the new law places game
administration ON sound basis. Game
matters are placed in care Of com,
mission, which among other things, |
NAV close seasons in any loralitv m