Taiban Valley news., 1921-09-09
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
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70, n. NJ, for some time has been com
pleted and opened for the fall term of
school.
Epes Randolph, president of the ART
zona Eastern and the Southern Pacific
de Mexico, and one of the pioneer rail-
road men Of the Southwest, died at
Tucson.
AT a recent meeting of the New Mex
leo Bean Growers Association in Es-
tancia, ~ NJ, to arrange for the SELL
ing contracts for The year, it was de-
cded to continue the organization for
the coming years.
County Agent Hamilton of Estancia,
N NJ. reports that the winter wheat
crop will be more than doubled this
year rs most of the farmers think that
il they can get it in the ground early
ii will yield more than the spring
wheat
The Gila Farms Company, which will
soon have one of the finest herds of
thoroughbred livestock in the southern
part of New Mexico. recently unlOaded
125 Hereford bulls which will be
placed on the range of the l.-C Cattle
Company, near Silver City
Farmers and stockmen in the vicin-
! ity of Weed near Alamogordo, n. NJ,
have formed an association to rid the
country of coyotes and other preda-
tory animals. Local men will have
| al, ,,ft hn la II
of the biological survey.
Lieut.. Com. Emory Coil of Tucson
was among the party of American nav
al officers aboard the dlrigible ZR-2
which exploded and was destroyed
above the city of Hull, England ac-
cording to Gen. l.. II. Manning. father
in-law of the lieutenant commander.
Mrs. Ememline NJ. NOyes, one of the
oldest residents of Prescott Ariz., and
IL cousin of Frank b. Noyes of the
| Washington Star, president of the As
| Sociated Press, died in IL hospital in
Prescott She was 81 years old and
had lived in Prescott fifry-one years.
She previously lived in California and
Illinois.
The Las Vegas Women's Civic
League has been organized with a
large membership for the purpose of
helping women TO cast their ballots in
telligently. The organization Is nom
partisan. but will endeavOr to give its
members the benefit of thorough dis
cusSion of all matters on which they
will be called on to vote.
George Dewey Carlos, -, was Killed
by lightning Mt his home, mile north
of CoscinO, AriZ. He and younger
brother had been cutting wood. George
was standing near tree, his AK over
his shoulder. The tree, struck by the
lightning bolt, was uprOOted, the cur
rent passing to the young woOdsman.
His death was almost instantaneous.
Residents of Hope. ~ NJ, and the
surrounding country held a hig meet
ing to discuss the proposed irrigation
project which is 10 be constructed
north of there. The water shed north
of the city is one of the largest in the
country and with the building of II
large reservoir ii would be possible to
irrigate over 250.000 acres in the val
ley between Hope and ArteSia.
W. ii. Smith, formerly city clerk of
N0gales, Ariz., surrendered to the
county attorney to answer TO Il charge
of having embezzled $G,0S7 % while he
was city clerk. Smiths bail was fixed
at $1,000 and he was given time to
raise the bond. Smith is alleged to
1918, by having cashed checks belong |
ing to the city and devoting the money |
to his own use.
Applications for more than S500,000 |
in loans to cattlemen In Arizona were
approved by the Arizona advisory COM
mittee of the National Live Stock III |
nance Corporation, at a meeting of the |
committee at Phoenix.
Widespread interest Is being shown
In the broom corn association which |
was formed at Portales, n. NJ, some
time ago for the marketing of the crop.
This system has been tried out in Cur
ry and other counties and 1t is thought
that there is no reason why 1t will not
be a success.
Charles Moon, prisoner in the state
penitentiary at Florence, died as re-
suit of injuries received when bank
caved IN on him in the gravel pit at
the prison. Moon was working In the
pit when the cave-in occurred. He was
Immediately dug out but died short
time later in the hospital.
Al special meeting OF the officials
Of the Curry County Fair Association,
held at Clovis, N. NJ, ii WIS decided to
hold the annual fair some time in Oc.
tober, the dates TO be announced later
AT the meeting the officers and com
mttecs for the coming event were
chosen and the plans for the big pro-
gram made.
The sawmlll of the Southwest Lum-
ber Company at AlamOgordo, n NJ,
has been shut down on account OF the
shortage of logs For some time the
mill had been running at the rate OF