The St. Johns herald., 1921-10-20
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW Mexico
 and Arizona
(Wssteru Newspaper Union News se1ics.l

| depth or l,5S0 feet and the drill run ming in a hard limestone formation. The hole is to be drilled to the depth of 2,5O0 feet
 Drivers of taxicabs in Arizona who l Commission and who hereafter are convicted of violating federal or state laws regarding prohibition, narcotic drugs or pandering, will have their li- censes revoked, according to an an nOuncement made by the State COrpOr- atiOn Commission.
 Free rides for Apache Indians on the Arizona Eastern railroad across the San Carlos reservation are going into their third and last decade. By con tract with the railroad the ApacheS were permitted to ride free for thirty years. As the line was completed in 1898, they have had twenty-three years of passes.
 According to reports at Gallup, N. M., from the Navajo Indian reserva- ton, the piiion crop this season will be the largest ever known Tn the west ern part of the state. Other reports from all over the state and also from Arizona state that conditions are the same and that many carloads will be shipped to the eastern markets during the season.
 At the meeting held in Deming, N. M., for the election of a commander of the local post of the American Legion, Dr. NJ. H. Cain was chosen as the new commander, succeeding pr. s. D. Swope, who has filled the position for the past year. The new head of the post served overseas in the Marines and was wounded while in action on the German front.
 Theodore West, now awaiting eXecu- tion in the Arizona state prison for the murder of his travelling companion near Kingman several months ago, is absolutely sane, according to the re- port of Dr. Huffman, prison physician at Florence, and Dr. H. A. Hughes, Sr, of Phoenix. The physicians examined West at the request of Governor Thorn as E. Campbell and their report was 4OI WdIuSu IOI nG SONSIuOl.
 Chaves county, N. M., which already boasts of the best roads in the state, is making plans for the finest system of highways in the Southwest during the next two years. If the present plans are carried out it will mean a fine highway from Dexter to the Eddy county line, a road from the ROOse- welt county line south to the Chaves line; a road from Acme to Roswell, and still another from Eight Mile draw
 Directors of the Chamber of Com merce of Las Cruces, N. M., have been informed by the chairman of the civic committee that the improvements to be made in the school system of the city during the next year will cost over $70000. The auditorium and gym of the high school with the heating plant will cost about $35,000; the new building in the south ward will cost over $30,000 and the twO-rOOm addi ton to the LucerO school will cost about $6,5OO
 A new project to carry the paved road from Albuquerque to Isleta is now being planned and the work on the first seven miles will be started soon. Work on the Barelas bridge will be started again about the middle of October and as soon as this is fin ished bids will be asked for on the paving job which will be of concrete. When all the work is completed, this will be one of the finest stretches of | road out of the city and will furnish a splendid outlet for the farmers in that | part of the county.
 November 13 will be designated as l Red Cross Sunday by Governor Thorn | as R. Campbell of Arizona. The an nOuncement was contained in a letter | from the governor to George Filmer, | manager of the Pacific coast division | of the Red Cross, who had asked the | governor to designate Nov. 13 as Red | Cross Sunday to add impetus to the | annual roll call of the organization.
 Reorganization of the local Chamber | of Commerce at Gallup, N. M., is now being planned and the big drive for members and funds will be started | about the middle of October. A con- tract has been entered into between the local chamber and the American City Bureau, in which the latter agrees to place the local body on a paying basis for the next three years.
 On condition that he leave the state of Arizona, Fred "Slick" Brown, who was charged with assault on his wife in Douglas, Ariz., was gwen five year suspended sentence by Judge