Taiban Valley news., 1921-04-08
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per producer in Arizona, will be sus-
| pended April 15, until the large sur
plus of copper now on hand can be re-
duced to a normal basis" according to
announcement made here by Grant II.
Bowel, manager of the company.
The secretary of state now has re-
ceived all of the bills passed by the
Arizona Legislature and acted upon by
the governor. There are 181 bills in
all. This Legislature exceeded the
number of bills passed by the Legisla-
ture two years ago by two bills. The
Fourth Legislature passed 179 bills
A new hotel is to be erected on the
site of the old Southwestern at Roy, N.
NJ, which was burned sometime ago,
and the work of putting in the base
ment has already been started. The
new building will be made of brick
and concrete and will be modern in
every way, having full basement
which will house the steam heating
plant.
At least two men were crucified in
New Mexico on Good Friday. There
probably were more, but American Wis
itors at the village of the Penitentes
at Abiquiu, about forty miles north
west of Santa Fe saw the naked forms
of two men tied to huge crosses On
which they suffered the agonies of
Christ, for more than half hour,
when they were taken down bleeding
and exhausted.
Juan Gonzales, an employee of the
Chino Copper Company of Silver City,
N. NJ, was instantly killed when the
big truck on which he was riding
passed over his body. Gonzales was a
helper on the truck which was used to
haul scrap iron, and it is thought that
he attempted to put a rock under the
wheels when the big machine stalled
on a small hill. The rock did not hold
the truck and it continued to back
down the hill, one of the wheels pass
ing over the chest of the man.
Although the Superior & Boston Min
ing Company at Globe, Ariz., has been
in operation for sixteen years and the
land surface of the holdings within 100
feet of the mine office has been trod-
den by countless feet, the discovery
has Just been made that asbestos de-
posits exist. The asbestos is found on
. the surface generally with hanging
wall of serpentine and it usually runs
from surface down. The discovery on
. the property is in the nature of pock-
4IO Sc Io Ia
, asbestos deposits.
Asking $4,000 for a crushed foot
and ankle suit has been filed in the
: Supreme Court at Jerome, Ariz., for
: Costor Parada against the United
$ Verde Extension Mining Company by
} plaintiffs counsel, +. c.. Struckmeyer,
r. B. Westervelt and G. E. Johns. Par
l ada was working as a miner and
!. mucker in slope on the 1,300-foOt lev
a ell on Nov. 26, 1920, repairing, remov-
t ing and replacing timbers. A large
e quantity of rock fell on his right foot
3 and ankle, crushing the bones and mu-
q tilating the member.
According to reports of the biological
|
; killed in New Mexico during the past
l. three months by the field men and
a trappers. The field men have assisted
y the ranchmen and farmers in the work
5 and have succeeded in destroying more
predatory animals than at any other
time in the history of the state Ex-
pert trappers have been sent to all the
ranges where wolves have been a men.
ace and it Is estimated that their work
L has saved thousands of dollars worth
Of livestock during the winter.
e Governor Mechem of New Mexico
{ has appointed the Rio Grande commits
i sion which will have charge of the sur
I vey of the lower valley looking to rec
e lamatiOn. He named A. B. McAIillen
e. Albuquerque; w. G. Reid, Albuquerque
and G. T. Brown, SocorrO. The Legis
! lature appropriated $4,000 for the sur
:, vey.
l. The contract for the new high schoo
o at Maxwell, n NJ, has been awarded
A and the actual construction work vii
: be started soon. Bonds amounting t,
|
s. about year ago and the bids wer'
d opened recently and the deal for thu
S erection of the structure closed. Thi
II will be the fourth high school buildn,
e in Colfax county.
: AS part of the effort 1t is maxim;
to clean up the city, and to provide al
many modern improvements as posi-
BILE before the influx Of summer visit
y ors to Prescott, Ariz., rapidly gaininI
a national reputation as one of the fin
e. est climatic resorts in the country, tn,
. common council at its regular semi
. monthly meeting issued orders to
a number of citizens to lay concrete side
N walks in front of their property a
once.
Attorney General Palmers ruling Of
the legality of selling beer in dru
" stores when physicians prescription
's is obtained will not apply to ArizonG