The Snowflake herald., 1921-08-12
Southwest News
From Al OUer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
western NsvspaD.r Union New. service }

"ho OWhS large ranch east OI
taylor Springs, N. NJ, was killed b,
the accidental discharge of a pisto
which he was cleaning, while visitins
in Oklahoma.
Burt Wingar of Phoenix, who wa,
appointed secretary of the Board O,
Directors of State Institutions nv Gov
ernor Thomas E. Campbell, will con
tinue to perform the duties of account
ant for the board
The Business and professional
Women's Club of Albuquerque now has
membership of over sixty, accord
Ing to reports at the last meeting. Al
club motto, I'VE Progress" was
adopted at the meeting.
The state tax of / cent q gallon on
gasoline, which became effective June
., netted the state of Arizona $4,000
from June 8 to June 80, inclusive, &C
cording to report issued by the sec
retary Of states office.
The appointment Of Michael E. Cas-
sidy Of Bisbes as prohibition enforce
ment director for Arizona was an
nounced in telegram received by Mr..
Cassidy from United States Senator
Ralph Cameron of Arizona.
According to recent estimates the
crop of wheat just being harvested in
Curry county, n. NJ, will run over l.
100000 bushels more than that of last
year. 1t is said that over 10000 acres
will run over twenty bushels to the
acre.
In accordance with the recommenda.
tion of L. L. Macleod, chief engineer
of the State Land Department Of Ari-
zOna, the state will withhold from
leasing three sections in the Patagonia
district where oil was reported some
weeks ago.
The construction work on the hos
pital for poor children at Albuquerque
has been started by the Children's
Home and Hospital Association and
the building will cost over $4,000
when completed. The site for the new
structure will be on East Grand ave-
nue. and the hospital will be used
strictly for charitable surgical cases.
According to John Robertson, sheep
dipping throughout New Mexico is
now under way and will be completed
by the last of October. The dipping
is in compliance with the general or
der that all sheep in the state must
be dipped. Officials of the bureau of
animal industry are overseeing the
work and will see that the order is
carried out on all the ranches of the
state.
Because of the prevailing industrial
conditions in Arizona, there will be no
state fair this fall and consequently
$4,000 will be saved to the tax pay
ers of the state, according to an an
nouncement made at the office of Gov
ernor Thomas E. Campbell. This will
be the second year in the history Of
| the fair that the event has been can
celled. In 1918 no fair was held on ac-
count of the war.
A big meeting was held at Clayton,
! n. NJ, when the ball was started roll
ing for the opening of the annual fair
and roundup, and the dates set as Au-
gust 81 and September l and 2. DR..
Oldbeter, who will be in charge Of the
roundup, states that some of the best
riders in the southwest will participate
in the events and that the affair will
be one of the best ever seen in the
eastern part of the state.
John J. Hyatt, well known Luna
county, N. NJ, cattleman and MEM
ber of the pioneer Hyatt family, was
killed by lightning while riding horse
back over the Florida mountains.
Commissioner Loren Vaughn and
Secretary Stanley Williamson, of the
State Corporation Commission of Ari-
zona, have been appointed by that
body as delegates to the annual meet
ing of the National Association of Sc
curity Commissioners in Washington,
September 6, and s. This assOcia-
tion is made up of state officials who
are charged with the administration of
the "blue sky" laws in the various
states.
The total valuation of taxable prop
erty in Arizona amounts to $S29,412,-
259, according to returns made to the
State Tax Commission by the clerks
of the boards of supervisors of the
4 various counties. The valuation that
has been fixed for taxation purposes
Is 500, ,53S.447 less than the valuation
of property in the state year ago,
Cochise county leads the list with a
valuation of S156,375,711. Gila comes
next with valuation of $141, ,428,S4O
Yavapai comes third, having displaced
Maricopa during the past year.
| Struck by a train as she was play
ing along the tracks at Lamy juno
tim. n. NJ, the 2-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w Johnson was
instantly killed. When the father
came home from work in rOundhousf
at noon he missed the child and arteI
search her body wal found close tC
the rails on the main line.