The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-01
Southwest News
From All OUer
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
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Corporation Commission Of plans for
new 100000 station at Tucumcari,
N. NJ.
Work on the federal aid road be-
tween Socorro and San Antonio, dis
tance of ten miles. is going ahead rap
idly and much of the grading has al
ready been finished.
The New Mexico Cattle and Horse
Growers Association will hold It's an
nual meeting at Pennington August 20
and 26 The farm bureau picnic will
be held on the same dates.
Jesus Medina has been acquitted at
Taos, N. NJ, on the charge of assault.
ing DR.. Horatio Taylor, Presbyterian.
mission doctor, near Dixon last fall,
as the physician was driving along the
road.
The annual convention of the Ari-
zona Lumber Mems Club was held at
Flagstaff with wholesale and retail
lumber men from all sections Of Ari-
zona, Texas, New Mexico and Cali
fornia in attendance.
With the largest enrolment in the
history of the Normal University at
Las Vegas, N. NJ. Prof. Jonathan Wag-
ner and the board of regents are hav-
ing a hard time finding quarters for
the 1,2O0 students which have been en-
rolled
The first quarterly meeting of the
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' Associations executive board was
held at the Aragon hotel in Magdalena
June 20. Many problems connected
with the stock raising in .ustry were
taken up.
Bisbee and Tombstone claim the dis
tinction of having the most typically
western titles for streets. Tombstone
points with pride to Tough Nut street,
on which the county courthouse and
jail are located and Sweet Nut street.
One of the principal thoroughfares OF
Bisbee is Tombstone Canon. Another
bears the title Of Brewery Gulch.
Three complaints, containing charges
Of forgery, embezzlement and attempt
ing to utter a fictitious note, have
been filed in Phoenix Justice Courts
against Fred j. Wright, proprietor of
the Phoenix detective agency of his
name. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest Of Wright, who, when last
heard from, was in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Water was flowing through more
than half OF the town Of San Marcial,
N. NJ, as a result of two breaks in
the dikeS on the Rio Grande. Peo-
pie were moved out of the flooded dis
trict, while large crews were working
on the dikes north of the city to pre-
vent them going out and flooding the
entire town The flood water did not
reach the business district.
Justice of the Peace Nat 7. Mckee
Of Phoenix has dismissed the case
against Ben r. Clark, former deputy
state land commissioner of Arizona.
Although five complaints were filed
against Clark, alleging that he had
committed illegal acts while he held
the state office, his preliminary hear
Ing was held on one charge only, that
Of Withholding records belonging to the
office from his successor.
The problem of the eight-mile draw
which has been bothering the road
builders of Chaves county, N. NJ, for
many years will soon be solved by the
construction Of big cement spillway
at Roswell. For many years every
time there was big rain and the
flood waters came down this was
washed out and for a time the road
would be impossible but with the aid
Of the highway commission the entire
draw will be cemented.
Andrew B. Stroup of Albuquerque
received his commission as supervising
federal prohibition agent for the bor-
der district.
According to reports received in Sill
yer City from the ella country, the
wheat crop this season will be up to
the standard but the straw will be
much shorter than that OF last wear
The wheat Is now heading and IL the
weather continues warm the cutting
will start about the first Of July. Ow-
Ing to the increased acreage many of
the farmers have been purchasing new
binders and other machinery to take
care Of the crop.
In the Superior Court of Graham
county, at Stafford, Ariz, w. f. Lath-
rop, former manager of the Stafford
branch Of the Gila Valley Bank and
Trust Company, who had plead guilty
to the embezzlement Of some $4,000
Of the banks funds, was given an In
determinent sentence by Judge Cham
bers, the minimum period Of imprison-
ment in the state penitentiary at Flor
ence being one year. The bank was
protected by bond and has been paid
the full amount Of the defalcation by
the bonding company.
Whether the Central Bank OF Phoe-
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