Taiban Valley news., 1921-11-18
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service. }

place one mile east of POrtaleS, n
Mex, raised by G. z. Clark and Claude
Jones'
Wagon Mound, N. Mex, is one OF
the largest producing communities in
the state is proven by the fact that the
Sante Fe bills out to other points an
average of a little over five cars OF
livestock and produce, grain, beans
etc. every day. This excels any previ
Gus shipping records of the town, and
| local merchants and shippers claim
that the heaviest shipping has not YET
commenced.
A meeting Of the county board of
education was held at Mosquero, N
Mex, and $1,000 worth of bonds OF
school district No. 1, Abbott, were sold
at par the buyer to pay cost of print
ing the bonds. The same company al
SO submitted the lowest bid for the
erection of fine new hollow tile
school house, and was awarded the
contract and will commence Immediate
work on the same.
Wonderland Topics" will be the
name of the official publication of the
Automobile Club of Arizona, it was
made known at Phoenix in connection
with the announcement of prize win
ners in the clubs name contest, which
has attracted statewide interest dur
ing the past several weeks. The first
prize, consisting of $40 cash and $12
membership in the club, goes to Ana.
lena Anderson of Orangewood, near
Phoenix, Arizona.
Sunday dancing has been stopped in
Bernalillo County, n. Mex, according
to Sheriff Tony Ortiz. For some time
the sheriff's force has been obliged to
give up their much-needed day of rest
ON account of the many dances which
have been held all over the county on
Sunday. The sheriff has issued in
structions to the Justices of the peace
all over the county, forbidding them
to issue any more licenses for Sunday
dances as they have been doing in the
past.
Definite steps looking to the estab-
lishment of a public playground in
New Mexico were taken at Las Cruces,
when the Southwestern National
Park Association of the Las Cruces
Chamber of Commerce selected Eel
Paso. as executive headquarters. Sec
retary Falls original suggestion was to
convert parts of the Mescalero and
Lincoln forest reserves into national
park, and connect them by q highway
with the Elephant Butte dam and lake.
1t is expected that part of the Alamo
forest reserve will be added when the
bill for the park Is drawn.
y Governor Thomas f. Campbell, of
Arizona, is in receipt of letter from
Governor d. w. Davis, of Idaho, in
forming him that the active co-opera-
tion and backing of the United States i
Chamber of Commerce has been OBJ
tained for the reclamation policy be-
ing urged upon the national govern
ment by the League of the Southwest, |
of which Governor Campbell is presf- |
dent, the Western States Reclamation |
Association and other organizations
which are working in the interests of
Il comprehensive national reclamation
policy. The surplus motor vehicles |
turned over by the War Department to
the Department of Agriculture for dis
tributiOn among the various states for
road building purposes have been dis
tributed through the bureau of public
roads. Up to July l, last, total of |
22,5T7 motor vehicles had been so dis
302 of such were allotted to
Arizona.
Clay McGonagill, world champion
'oper, is dead. He passed away at
Casa Grande, Ariz., and was buried in
Carlsbad, N. Mex. Here one of the
characters of the southwest
iies-a wiz with the rope and the
bronco, who has been a phenom ever
since the old days when he used to
perform at the territorial fair in Albu-
Iuerque.
The Judgment of the Maricopa coun-
y Superior Court in convicting Tomas
roman of murder and sentencing him
o death has been affirmed by the
tate Supreme Court of Arizona. The
'Ourt held that none of the alleged
rrOrs in the trial of the case on which
ounsel for the defendant appealed the
ase were material or prejudicial to
he defendant
Imports to and exports from the
Jnited States through the district of
Irizona during October were valued
t S93,5S1, according to report made
ublc by Charles l.. Fowler collector
f customs at Nogales, Ariz. The ex-
orts and imports going through No
ales were valued at $685. ,062, those
through Douglas at $14S, 100, and those
through Yuma, Naco and Lochiel
5S, 800.
Eleven hundred and thirty ears of
orn were entered and exhibited at the
econd annual Valencia County corn
how, held at Los Lunas, N. Mex. The
rst prize for the best corn grown in
ne Rio Grande Valley was won by Mr..
atrocinio Gabaldon of Los Chavez, a
lrmer over 65 years Of age.