Williams news., 1921-05-27
Southwest News
 From All OUer Neu Mexico
 and Arizona
Cwestern Newspaper Union News Service. )

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
 total of 5OK points. Taos holding
 second place with a score of 39 poipts.
 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
 Il 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 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. M. 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 nent work on unpatented mining claims, is the opinion expressed by Representative Carl Hayden in a letter o one of the 112 signers of the peti- ion recently forwarded to Washing 1 on from Globe, Ariz, opposing exemp- ion, Mir Hayden advises all claim | owners to take no chances but to do | heir assessment, if they hope to hold | heir claims
 H. C. LegroS, who was arrested in | 3isbee several weeks ago on a charge 1 If burglarizing a jewelry store in Douglas, and who pleaded guilty to he charge. was sentenced in the Su- erior Court al Tombstone to serve not esS than one nor more than ten years n the state penitentiary.. While in the ounty jail at Tombstone. awaiting entence, Legros attempted to commit uicide by slashing his wrist with a nife, when he was refused the mor- hfne that he craved.
 The mills of New Mexico and Ari- ona in 1920 produced 2S.772,OOO board eet of lumber, according to figures 1st compiled by the forest service in with the National Lumber association This cut -as produced by 1O2 mills, although 1e cut of IS of these mills was esti- lated, due to failure of all mills to eport. Eight mills in the region were lactive throughout the year and had 0 cut to report Of the no mills of h1ch the forest service has record, | are in New Mexico and 31 in Ari- )na- Eighty mills in the district cut excess of 50,0OO feet year and | lese 80 cut the bulk of the annual cut
 ven above. Nine of the reporting l ills have an annual output of less lan 50,OO0 board feet. The cut for 1 le year by states is as follows , rfzona, 121 100000 board feet; New exico, 107, ,612OOO board feet The It for 1920 is considerably greater
 an that for either 1917 or 1918. r For the purpose of forming a per | anent organization whose sole pur- ( ,se shall be to increase transcOnti- sntal tourists travel the Bankhead ghway from Fl PasO to San Diego d + eeting of representatives of cham | a ITS of commerce and automobile = ubS in all towns along the Bankhead ghway in the area mentioned will be i'd in Douglas, May 2S
 The Arizona Corporation Commission n IS filed with the Interstate Commerce 13 exceptions to a report B Examiner Henry c. Keene in the h SC growing out of the complaint by e state against passenger fare from Id to points in Arizona, Nevada and aw Mexico, which complaint varied t om to cents q mile and were un- u asonable and prejudfcial
 The University of Arizona will con let summer sessions this year at agstaff and Bisbee, cooperating with s Q Northern Arizona Normal School d the Bfsbee public schools The ssion at Flagstaff will last 10 weeks eninG June 20 and closing August | The entire session is divided into n Try definite units of credit for each ~ 'e-week term.
 Aubrey Mitchell. 15, was accidental 7 shot and killed by Claude Smith, a r, aymate, at the latter'S home nine les north of Peoria, Arizona The R O boys were playing with a re- lver when it was accidentally dis if arged, the bullet entering the left lg, young Smith told officers. Death = lowed almost instantly The executive board of the New