The Snowflake herald., 1921-06-10
Southwest News
From All Ouer
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service. }

The University Of Arizona cataloo
for 192O-1921, with announcements fo,
1921-1922, is now ready for distribu.
tion. 80
The Kansas Boy Scouts. who will
tour part of New Mexico during the
summer, will be invited to Gallup nv
the Kiwanis Club of that city.
Three new subjects, including his
tory OF the World War, two years
course in French and half wears
course in physiology, will be added to
the curriculum of the high school next
year at Albuquerque.
Gallup business men and various or
CARNATIONS of the city are making an
effort to raise $4,000 to repair the Ma.
tional Old Trails route between that
city and the Arizona line. Nearly
$500 has already been subscribed.
William Evans, 40 years old, of Los
Angeles, died In a hospital at Phoenix
as the result of broken neck, which
he suffered in an automobile accident
In that city. The automobile in which
Evans was riding collided with a milk
truck.
Tucumcari, N. Mex, now has taber-
nacle which will seat over 200 people,
the big building being erected by the
citizens of the town and all of the
work and material donated. 1t will
be used for all kinds of public gath
.erings.
The students at the University Of
Arizona constitute a representative ma
tional body. The distribution of stu
dents according to the high schools
from which they come, shows a repre-
Sentation from 4S states and foreign
countries.
The $4,000 school bond issue for
Ration, N. Mex, carried by a majority
of 173 votes in the bond election. The
sale Of the bonds will be advertised at
once and the proceeds will be spent
in erecting the most modern high
school building In the state.
More than 1000 free assays of ore
have been made in the science depart
ment of the Globe, Ariz., high school
since the school began making such as
says few weeks ago, according to
school officials. The work has been
suspended, however, as the school term
has closed
Phoenix voted in favor of issuing
$465, 900 worth of bonds, the money
to be used in making various public
All of the six proposed
bond issues carried by substantial ma
jorities, the one for $4,000 for com
pletion Of the Verde Water System
receiving the biggest majority.
The state banks of New Mexico
dropped $3,411, ,615.S1 in deposits from
May 4, last year, to April %, the date
Of the latest report of the condition,
State Bank Examiner James B. Read
stated. They cut down their loans and
discounts by $5SS, 1885. Mr.. Read re-
garded this as good, although, he said,
under more favorable conditions the
loans and deposits would follow the
trend of the deposits more promptly.
Pete Gimson, an old time trapper of
Colfax county, New Mexico, captured
three large gray wolves recently which
for some time have been doing much
damage to the cattle in that part of
the state. For over two years the
cattlemen have offered a reward for
the capture of the animals and Mr.
Gimson has been after them for six
Or eight months. The bounty and re-
ward offered will net him over $500
for his work
The boys and girls clubs of Quay
county, New Mexico, now have total
Of 300 registered pigs as a result of
the club work of last year. Several
calves have recently
been received from Wisconsin.
A delegation of elderly Yuma In
dams, in full tribal regalia, conducted
their tribal ceremony of mourning at
The funeral of Mrs. Ivy POhalmus in
Yuma, Ariz. The Indians first filed
past Mrs. Pohalmus' coffin and then
held the ceremony in the yard. Old
residents of Yuma say this ceremony
for a white person was unusual even
in the early days of the town, and
such an occurrence has not occurred
for many years.
The Mexican government has made
settlement with Mormons in Colonia
AIorelos, Sonora, south of Douglas,
Ariz., paying them 100000 as dam
ages and title for the Mormon colony
there, which was confiScated during
he revolution. The land, according to
Capt. Jose Estrada, commander of the
fiscal guards in Aqua Prieta, will be
turned over for homesteading. Jose
Lopez Portillo, representative Of Pres
dent Obregon, conducted the negotia
lions for the government.
Ration, n. Mex, sportsmen are now
planning to erect one of the largest
arenas ever put up in the state to
Il.