Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-14
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ming in hard limestone formation,
The hole is TO be drilled to the depth
of 300 feet
Drivers of taXicabs in Arizona who
are licensed by the State Corporation
| Commission and who hereafter are
convicted of violating federal or state
| laws regarding prohibition, narcotic
drugs or panderng, will have their Ii
censes revoked, according to an an
nouncement made by the State Corpor-
alton Commission.
| Free rides for Apache Indians on the
Arizona Eastern railroad across the
| San Carlos reservation are going into
! their third and last decade. BY con-
tract with the railroad the Apaches
were permitted to ride free for thirty
| years. AS the line was completed in
! 1898, they have had twentythree years
of passes.
According 10 reports at Gallup, n.
! NJ, from the Navajo Indian reserva-
tion. the pihon crop this season will
be the largest ever known i'll the west
| erp part of the state. Other reports
| from all over the state and also from
| Arizona state that conditions are the
same and that many carloads will be
shipped to the eastern markets during
| the season.
At the meeting held in Deming, n.
NJ for the election of Il commander of
| the locai post of the American Legion,
| DR.. NJ. H. Cain was chosen as the new
| commander, succeeding DR.. S. ID.
Swope. who has filled the position for
the past year. The new head of the
post served overseas in the Marines
and was wounded while i'll action on
the German front.
Theodore West, now awaiting eXecu-
! tion in the Arizona state prison for the
murder of his travelling companion
near Kingman several months ago, Is
| absolutely sane. according to the re-
port of DIR. Huffman, prison physician
at Florence, and Dr. II. A. Hughes, ST.,
of Phoenix. The physicians examined
| West at the request of Governor Thorn
| us +. Campbell and their report was
forwarded tot he governor
Chaves county, n. NJ, which already
boasts of the best roads in the state, is
making plans for the finest system of
| highways in the Southwest during the
next two years. If the present plans
are carried out it will mean a fine
| highway from Dexter TO the Eddy
county line, Il road from the Roose-
| tn hn (fhoUoc
| line; road from Acme to Roswell,
and still another from Eight Mile draw
Directors Of the Chamber Of Com
merce of Las Cruces, y. NJ, have been
| Informed by the chairman of the civic
committee thar the improvements to
be made in the school system of the
| city during the next year Will cost
over $4,000. The auditorium and gym
of the high school with the heating
plant will cost about $4,000; the new
building in the south ward will cost
over $4,000 and the twO-roOm addi-
tion to the Lucero school will cost
about S6,500
A new project to carry the paved
road from Albuquerque to Isleta is
now being planned and the work on
the first seven miles will be started
soon. Work on the Barelas bridge
will be started again about the middle
of October and as soon as this is fin
ished bids will be asked for on the
paving job which will be of concrete.
When all the work is completed this
will he one of the finest stretches of
road out of the city and will furnish
splendid outlet for the farmers in that
part OF the county.
November 13 will be designated as
Red Cross Sunday by Governor Thorn
as E. Campbell of Arizona. The an
nOIncement was contained in a letter
from the governor to George Filmer,
manager of the Pacific coast division
of the Red Cross, who had asked the
governor to designate Nov. I3 as Red
Cross Sunday to add impetus to the
annual roll call of the organization.
Reorganization of the local Chamber
of Commerce at Gallup, n. NJ, is now
being planned and the big drive for
members and funds will be started
about the middle of October A con
tract has been entered into between
the local chamber and the American
City Bureau. in which the latter
agrees to place the local body on q.
paying basis for the next three years.
On condition that he leave the state
of Arizona, Fred "Sllck" Brown, who
was charged with assault on his wife
in Douglas, Arlz., was gwen five
year suspended sentence by Judge
Lockwood in Division of the Super
Tor Court. "Slick" promptly showed
bis willingness to leave the confines of
Arizona by taking the first stage out
as soon as released and promised he
would never return.
Insurance companies doing business
In Arizona must ceuse insuring owners
of automobiles and other vehicles for
violation of the prohibition laws, ac-
cOrding 10 an order issued by the State
Corporation Commission. The com
mission also directed that all clauses
in Insurance policies now In effect on
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