The St. Johns herald., 1921-06-09
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU Mexico
 and Arizona
(Westsrn Newspaper Union News Service )

the first of July. This is to be made
 an annual affair.
 Sheepmen in the vicinity of Mazda
 lena, N. Mex, report that the season
 has been the best for lambing in many
 years. The crop in most places is re-
 ported to be nearly 100 per cent.
 Frank G. Kaerwar, prominent min
 ing man of Fl Paso, has secured thirty-day option on the Ruth silver mine near Lordsburg, N. Mex. It Is said that development work will be started at once.
 Orders have been issued to Mexican immigration officers at border points to prohibit further entry of Chinese immigrants into Mexico, according to messages received in Agua Prieta, op- pOsite Douglas, Ariz.
 MacariO Valdez, who was convicted of manslaughter at Mora some time ago, was sentenced by Judge Leahy of Las Vegas, N. Mex, to serve not less than five years nor more than ten in the state penitentiary.
 Flag day, June IA, will be cele- brated in Tucson, Ariz., on a scale never before attempted, 1t has been announced by the Elks, under whose auspices the celebration will be held. Committees are at present working on the program and definite announce mentS will be made soon.
 The University of Arizona has been hOnOred thru the election of Dean G. NJ. Butler of the College of Mines and Engineering to the office of national director of the American Association of Engineers, an organization consist ing of about 25,OO0 members with it's headquarters at Chicago.
 Martin Kriscola, 49 years old, min CT, shot and killed Rosa Franco, 19, at Globe, AriZ., and then turned his re- volver and fatally wounded himself with a bullet through the head. Kris cola was said to be a suitOr to the girl, who refused him because of the differ ence in their ages, according to the pO- lice.
 At meeting of the school board at the school building recently in Gallup, N. Mex, the contract for the new High school building was let to Wegs & Thompkins of this city, their old being $72, 2,439.5O. This will include all of the electrical work, but the plumb ing work will be let in separate con- tract
 In the southern and eastern dry land areas of Arizona, crop prospects con- tinue to decline, but in the irrigated districts and in the northern counties, general crop conditions are favorable, according to a report issued by L. NJ. Harrison, in charge of the office of the United States Bureau of Crop Esti- mates.
 The state treasurer's office opened | a new fund at Phoenix, AriZ., under the name of the Colorado River fund. | The fund was created by the Legisla ture to enable the state to play her | part in arriving at an estimate of the ! amount of water the state will require | from the Colorado for irrigation pur- poses.
 At the dental clinic held at Raton, N. Mex, at the request of the Parent Teachers Association, the reports showed that out of a total of all the children of the schools of the city, over half have defects. The dentists exam ined 1,038 children during the five weeks of the clinic and found that a total of 615 needed dental attention of some sort, while there were only 423 that did not need attention.
 The three youths charged with kill ing Venture BencOmO, jailer, were con- victed of first degree murder in the District Court at Silver City, N. M. The penalty is hanging. The three youths are EleuteriO Corral, RumaldO LuzanO and Jesus Rochoa The youngest, Cor ral is 16 years old, and the eldest, ROchOa, 2.
 The membership in the recently or ganized University of Arizona Club at is growing rapidly. This club, which was started at the beginning of May by some of the alumni consists of U. of A. graduates, undergraduates, former students, professors and mem Oers of the board of regents, resident In or near Phoenix.
 Bernice, the 2-year-Old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Green of Deming, N. M., was found dead with her body damned into keg of water which had been left in the back yard of the home. The child had evidently been playing n the yard and had fallen into the keg and died without a struggle. She was