The Snowflake herald., 1921-08-26
Southwest News
From All Over
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
lWsstern Nsrspapsr Union NsNs service. }

city.
Clayton. N. Mex, boasts of being
on the map as a tourists town this
season. During the month of July 22l
autos camped on the local grounds,
which means nearly 1000 people.
AS the result of the work of the
hunters of the biological survey in kill
ing off the predatory animals, the
game in the Mogollon and Black Range
mountains in New Mexico and Arizona
is increasing.
Two big celebrations will be held In
Clayton, N. Mex, this fall, the first
to be roundup from Aug 30 to Sept.
8, and the second the county fair
which will be held from Oct. 5 to Z
inclusive.
The new roller mill at Springer, N.
Mex, has been completed and is now
ready TO receive grains of all kinds.
1t is expected that the mill will fur
nish a market for most of the wheat
grown in this district
Good news was received at Roswell,
n. Mex, when it was learned that Bat
terry A had been extended federal
recognition and was now a part Of
the national guard and the second de-
fense of the nation.
E. B. Wheeler, well known cattle
man and rancher, has been chosen to
head the cowboys reunion at Las
Vegas, N. Mex, for the next year.
Walter Naylor, who has been at the
head of the organization for the past
seven years refused to consider re-
election.
The total rainfall in Bisbee, Ariz.,
during the month OF July almost
equalled the entire fall registered here
during the year 1920. The July total
this year was S.48 inches, while only
few hundredths more than 3 inches
was recorded during the entire twelve
months in 1920.
William P. Birchfield, Luna county,
New Mexico ranchman, in a suit filed
in the Sixty-fifth District Court against
the Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany, alleges that trains of that COM
pany killed nineteen head of cattle
that belonged to him. He filed suit
for $2,335 damages on account of the
alleged negligence of the railroad COM
pany.
Richard Warner Watkins, 9-year-old
| son of r. A. Watkins, Phoenix print
er, was accidentally shot and killed
by his elder brother, Robert, while on
hunting trip near Iron Springs, a
fashionable summer resort near Pres
cott In company with their father,
the boys had gone hunting, according
to testimony developed at the cor
Oner's inquest.
The wild horses of the Bloody Basin
in Arizona will escape the soap fac
tory after all, it is reported. After
grounding up some 800 head of untamed
mavericks in the Sycamore, Cherry
and Bloody Basin districts, the cattle
men participating in the rodeo have
found that the wild horses are not
even fat enough to be valuable to a
soap manufacturer.
The prospects for work being done
on the deep we'll at San Simon, Ariz.,
| by the State University are looking
| fine. The state expects to drill to q
depth of 1000 feet in order to prove
the deep artesian stratas, it being be-
lieved that by going to that depth a
much larger flow of artesian water
can be struck. And if oil is struck
SO much the better
Reports from the Gladstone section
near Clayton, n. Mex, state that much
of the wheat crop will run over thir-
| ty-five bushels to the acre. Most of
the land is valued at $50 per acre and
! the yield is said to be better than that
of Kansas land selling at $500 per
acre.
Emery Kopta, the well known sculp.
tor who is also Arizonas greatest au.
thority on the Hopi Indians, has sent
/ word by wire that the date of the an
nual Hopi Snake Dance at the village
Of Walpi, is August % The dance
lasts about thirty minutes, and the
Indians use about 100 live snakes dur.
/ ing the ceremony. The affair is held
on the Painted Desert north of Flag.
staff.
In a petition to the city council by
a large number of the property own
ers of Clovis, N. Mex, the paving pro-
! gram for the year is asked to be ex-
tended and several more of the streets
put in good condition. City Manager
Dobbs has been asked to draw up
plans for the work and 1t is likely
that the new program will be soon
adopted and the balance of the work
started while the other paving is be-
ing done.
The Arizona Eastern Railroad Com.
pany has been cited to appear before
the state corporation commission on