Taiban Valley news., 1921-03-04
Southwest News
From 41H OUer
NelU Mexico
and Arizona

| lCdHS were uOlulug up GTOeEer Hllu lWO
young women who were in an automo-
bile.
Frank j. Barry, a prominent attor-
ney, was stabbed in the left arm at
Nogales, Ariz, during fight with one
| of four Mexicans who were robbing
his home, a report to the sheriff's Of
flee said. The robbers were put to
flight after looting the house and get
ting q small amount of money and
few Jewels.
The low cost of living is making it.
self felt in Cochise county, Ariz., ac-
oording to Miss Beulah Coon, super
visor of home economics in the state
department of vocational training, who
said seventeen school teachers of
Douglas are being served complete
luncheons by the home economics girls
of the Pirtleville school for 25 cents.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of New
Mexico elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: Grand master, Fran
els =. Lester of Mesilla Park; deputy
grand master, Lucius Dills, Santa Fe;
senior grand warden, Joseph Gill, Clay
ton; junior grand warden, John w.
Turner, Silver City; grand secretary,
A. A. Keen, Albuquerque, and grand
treasurer, Solomon Spitz, Santa Fe.
Henry l.. Peterson of the school
board of Chandler, Ariz., has been in
formed that the sale of $4,000 worth
of school bonds had been approved by
the attorneys of the bonding house.
These bonds had been sold about two
weeks ago to a Chicago concern and
their acceptance means that the work
of proceeding with the building of the
new structures can go forward at once.
The Deming, N. NJ. representatives
OF the Winchester Arms Company have
been notified that Miss Anna Page of
that city has won the craftsmanship
medal for the. state of New Mexico in
the Junior Winchester Rifle Corps
competition which was held through
out the United States and Canada
during the month of January, and the
compilation of the scores has just been
completed.
The highway department of New
Mexico awarded the contract for the
bridge over the Rio Grande at Espan-
ola to the J. V. Striker Construction
Company, The companys bid was
$44,760. The bridge will be concrete
structure and will resist the floods
that have battered the wooden struc-
ture now In place at that point. The
contract calls for completion before
the flood season.
The attendance during the present
year at colleges and universities has
increased out of all proportion to the
increase of population. 1t is also out
of all proportion to the facilities for
the accommodation of students. Ari-
zona is no exceptiOn-in fact the Uni
versity of Arizona is an outstanding
example of the rapid growth of state
university. Compared with other state
universities the percentage growth is
remarkable, being % per cent.
The Supreme Court of Arizona up
held the judgment. of the Superior
Court of Yavapai county which con-
vlcted Clarence Sage, former mine
guard. of statutory charge in con-
nection with an attack alleged to have
been committed upon a young woman
in Jerome. She had been married but
was a minor. Sage was sentenced TO
| life Imprisonment. Three other men,
including two Jerome policemen, were
convicted in connection with the same
alleged offense.
Hundreds of acres of apple trees are
being uprooted in the Pecos valley in
New Mexico. Most of this apple
orchard land will be given over in the
future to alfalfa, great many land
owners seemingly being convinced that
alfalfa pays far better than apples.
A drastic anti-cigarette bill in
troduced in the House would prohibit
cigarette smoking, possession of cigar
cites or materials for making or their
transportation into the state of Kan
sas. A fine of not less than $50 or
more than 500 is provided.
The New Mexico Salt Refining Com
pany held its annual meeting at Noun
tainair when eight directors were Sc
Iected for the coming year and plans
were made for the developing of the
salt industry in the county on a large
scale. Many prominent men of the
state, including U. S. Senator Jones,
have become interested in the COM
pany and the prospects for the future
are bright. The company owns the
Sallna grant upon which is located the
famous salt lake Of the Estancla val
ley, where the Mexicans got their salt
| AGO. years ago and hauled 1t to many
points in Mexico overland.
Many of the farmers in the vicinity
of Artesia, N NJ, will plant from three
to four hundred acres Of wheat this
season and there is now talk of erect
ing a large flour mill there. J. P. Bar
ton, one Of the big growers Of the val
ley, predicts that wheat will soon be
the principal crop Of the Pecos coun-