The Holbrook news., 1921-05-27
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW Mexico
 and ArizOnQ
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five business houses and contents.
 Ascension Rivera. charged with the
 murder of his wife, has pleaded guilty
 in the District Court at Los Lunas, and
 has been sentenced to a term of from 90 to 99 years in the state penitentiary.
 The Northern New Mexico track
 meet which was held in Raton recent
 ly was won by the Raton team with
 q total of 501s points, Taos holding
 second place with a score of 39 points.
 The third place was tied for by the teams from Maxwell and Cimarron, the score of each team being seven points.
 All of the teams put up a remarkable
 exhibition.
 The banking situation in Arizona, as reported by the banks in response to a call for statements of condition on April 2S, showed a marked improve ment over conditions reported in ac-
 cordance with the February call, ac- cording to J. c. Darcey, deputy state superintendent of banks. An increase in reserve of from 20 to 50 per cent and a decrease in loans was reported.
 Meager reports of a mysterious and fatal malady believed to be cerebro- spinal meningitis, have been received from the Navajo Indian reservation, whither pr. c. E. Waller, head of the public health bureau, went hurriedly on urgent instructions from the Inte- rior Department to investigate. Dr. J. c. Griffin and Dr. Davis, two physi- clans ministering to the victims, al ready have died and pr. NJ. B. Taylor reports that the situation is most grave.
 That congress. will refuse to again suspend the provision of the federal mining laws requiring annual assess ment work on unpatented mining claims, is the opinion expressed by Representative Carl Hayden in letter to one of the 112 signers of the peti= tiOn recently forwarded to Washing ton from Globe, Ariz., opposing exemp- ton, MT. Hayden advises all claim owners to take no chances but to do their assessment, if they hope to hold their claims.
 H. c. Legros, who was arrested in .Bisbee several weeks ago on a charge of burglarizing a jewelry store in Douglas, and who pleaded guilty to the charge, was sentenced in the Su- perior Court at Tombstone to serve not less than one nor more than ten years in the state penitentiary. While in the county jail at Tombstone, awaiting sentence, Legros attempted to commit suicide by slashing his wrist' with a knife, when he was refused the mor- phine that he craved.
 The mills of New Mexico and Ari- zona in 1920 produced 28,772, 900 board feet of lumber, according to figures just compiled by the forest service in cooperation with the National Lumber Manufacturers association. This cut was produced by 102 mills, although the cut of 13 of these mills was esti- mated, due to failure of all mills to report. Eight mills in the region were inactive throughout the year and had no cut to report. Of the 110 mills of which the forest service has record, 79 are in New Mexico and 31 in Ari- zona. Mighty mills in the district cut III CANCSS O1 OO,OOO 1Ccl HcdT anu these 80 cut the bulk of the annual cut given above. Nine of the reporting mills have an annual output of less than 50,0O0 board feet. The cut for the year by states is as follows: 121, 100000 board feet; New 107, ,612,O00 board feet. The cut for 1920 is considerably greater than that for either 1917 or 1918.
 For the purpose of forming a per organization whose sole pur- pose shall be to increase transconti- mental tourists travel the Bankhead from Fl Paso to San Diego a of representatives of cham bers of commerce and automobile clubs in all towns along the Bankhead in the area mentioned will be held in Douglas, May 2S.
 The Arizona Corporation Commission has filedswith the Interstate Commerce Commission 13 exceptions to a report by Examiner Henry c. Keene in the case growing out of the complaint by the state against passenger fare from and to points in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico, which complaint varied from 4 to 6 cents a mile and were un- and prejudicial
 The University. of Arizona will con duct summer sessions this year at Flagstaff and Bisbee, cooperating with the Northern Arizona Normal School and the Bisbee public schools. The session at Flagstaff will last 10 weeks, opening June 20 and closing August 26. The entire session is divided into two five-week halves and all courses carry definite units of credit for each five-week term.
 Aubrey Mitchell, 15, was accidental yy shot and killed by Claude Smith, a at the latter's home, nine niles north of Peoria, Arizona. The TWO boys were playing with a re- 7olver when it was accidentally dis. charged, the bullet entering the left ung, young Smith told officers. Death followed almost instantly
 The executive board of the New Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers As will meet in Magdalena June 20, when many questions which have l come up since the annual meeting will De taken up.
 Mosquero, N. M., is to have a big to be held June IA and 15, -o do honor to the creation of the