Taiban Valley news., 1921-01-28
Southwest News
From All Over
Ne1U Mexico
and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News Service J

An exact duplicate OI lHe OdiilOIHia
Asiatic exclusion act was introduced
in the Arizona Senate by Senator
Delora Stoddard, of Maricopa county.
The number of pupils registered in
the public schools of Tucumcari, N. M,
is fast nearing the 1000 mark; thirty
teachers are employed
John f. Wood, aged 90 years, and
one of the Oldest settlers in Chaves
county, New Mexico, died at the home
of his son after short illness.
The resolution giving to women the
right of holding state office has been
adopted by the Senate in New Mexico.
The Democrats joined the Republicans
in supporting the resolution and the
count stood % to 0.
Will J. Cain, chief radio operator
on the navy seaplane NC-5, who was
struck on the head and killed by one
of the propellers of the big plane was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cain
of Douglas, Arizona.
Jacob Korber, president of the Kor-
ber & Co. hardware firm, and one of
the wealthiest men in Albuquerque,
was killed in an automobile accident
at Socorro. He had lived in Albuquer-
que forty years.
Senator Lines, Of the Arizona Leg
islature, introduced bill making the
blue-sky law still bluer according to
the Senator's Interpretation. The bill
would give the corporation commits
sion more power in dealing with queS-
| tionable securities. The title of the
blu reads: ga bill relating to secur-
tiles and providing for the issuing Of
permits thereto by the Arizona cor
! poration commission"
A bill introduced by Senator Eddy,
of Yuma, Arizona, would give police
| courts of incorporated cities concur
rent jurisdiction with justice courts
over all violation of the laws of Ariz-
ona, committed in the cities, and all
civil matters arising and now tryable
by the justices Of the peace" Police
courts would be subject to rules of
civil procedure now applicable to JUS
tlces of the peace.
Additional statistics on business of
the port of Douglas, Ariz., during 1920,
as complied by G. A. Housed, deputy
collector of customs in charge show
that total collections for the year at
the port were $17,190.54. OF the total
collections, the sum of $5,576 repre-
sented head tax payments assessed by
the immigration service and collected
by the customs service. Collections
from all other sources, which means
principally duties, amounted to $11,-
614.54.
The Kansas-New Mexico oil well,
located south of Lakewood, New Mex
leo, was shot and two minutes after
the shot was fired oil went clear over
the top of the derrick. Following the
shooting, the work of cleaning out the
we'll was started at once and the in
stallation of the pumps was started
Oil men in charge of the shooting say
that the we'll will produce about 25
barrels per day. The well is consid-
cred very shallow, the depth being
slightly over 900 feet.
George Bubany, Of the Bubany Coal
& Lumber Company Of Gallup, New
Mexico, has received plans for the
business block which he will erect on
the site near the builurng occupied by
the Hubbell Trading Company, and
the actual construction work will be
started at once. The new building
will contain three stores and will be
completed about the first of July, the
total cost to be nearly $4,000. AL
the storerooms have already beer
rented for a period of five years from
the time of completion.
= The city of Albuquerque has entered
the new year probably in the best con
dition financially of any city of 1T
size in the Southwest According tt
a report filed by the city treasurer, thu
total expenditure during the year 1922
was $290,471.95. In spite Of this, thu
} city treasurer shows a balance OF
: hand of $21, ,365.89.
An appropriations of $150,O00 is asket
in bill introduced by Senator Curtin
Of Mohave county, Arizona, for {
bridge in the vicinity Of Pierce Ferry
! This bridge would connect the Arrow
, head highway of Utah, with Kingman
, Phoenix and the national highway O
northern Arizona. Senator Curtin ex
planned that 1000 square miles of Ari
zona lie north of the river and tina
this bridge and the road would bene
fit this vast area which contains oi
shale, copper, lumber and farmin
I lands. He said 100000 was apprc
e priated at the last Legislature for tn
t road from Kingman north and tn
/ bridge; that the sum was matched b
: Mohave county, that the road ha
a been built almost to the river, tina
!. the county would build the road bt
i yond the river north to the Utah linz
o and that the additional $150000 woul
be sufficient to bridge the river.
i e. G. Vanderbilt, district commercif
h superintendent of the Western Unio
i Telegraph Company, has announce
q that the company has taken over tn
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