The St. Johns herald., 1921-06-30
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW MexicO
 and Arizona
(Western NewspaDe. Union News serTice.)

FAlANAiS NAANh NOlAlDlClCh3 VIII DN OAAO OA the finest in that part of the state and will cost over $15,OOO.
 Clad in leather chaps and buckskins and riding their favorite mounts, hun dreds of veterans of the plains will gather in East Las Vegas, N. M., July 4, and 6 for the seventh annual Las Vegas cowboys reunion.
 In one of the dry-farming counties in New Mexico the women have shown their interest in improving the sur roundings of their ranch homes by making home Identification a project in the county program of work.
 Governor Stephens of California has signed the bill appropriating $350,O00 for the construction of the paved high way from San BernardinO, via Holt vile, to Yuma This money will be- come at once available and it is a cer- tainty that the road will be under con- struction this fall or sooner.
 According to census figures an nounced in Washington, 39,13 persons 10 years of age and over in Arizona in 1920 were unable to write. The per centage of illiteracy is 15.3 compared with 20.9 in 1910. Of native whites 21 per cent are illiterate, while 27.5 per cent of foreign born whites are unable to read.
 "Red Whiskers" Burnet, escaped ooDviot c11cv,ootad of tho y,o,1r1o,, Of MariOna Teague, ranchman near Globe, AriZ., for whom a search was conduct ed the last three weeks through the Pinal mountains by the sheriff and posses and cowboys, was shot and in- stantly killed by rifle in the hands of member of posse.
 Postmaster Long R. Bailey of Bis bee, Ariz., has confessed to postoffice inspectors that an alleged robbery of the Bisbee postoffice April 8 was a blind to conceal a shortage in his ac- count, according to a report received by Stephen H. Morse, chief poStoffice inspector A total of ST, $50 has been recovered from Bailey, whose alleged shortage is supposed to be S43,O0O, ac- cording to this report.
 Louis Quackanbush, taxicab driver, was found murdered in a clump of bushes near the main highway, four miles northeast of Douglas. He was shot through the head. His pockets had been rifled, police said. John Xii ser, negro, who had engaged Quackan- bush for a trip, is being held in con- nectiOn with the murder. Quackan- bush's automobile was found on the highway not far from the body.
 Riding into San Simon, small town eighty miles northeast of Bisbee, Ariz., on horseback, lone bandit held up at the point of a gun A. E. Nelson, cash fer of the San Simon Valley Bank, swept all the money in sight into his pockets and then rode out of town. Several citizens pursued and engaged the bandit about two miles east of the town. After four shots had been fired at him the bandit fled into the brush.
 A cloudburst in Tijeris cafion about fourteen miles east of Albuquerque, caused considerable property loss to ranchers. The state and forest service highways through the canon were washed out. The flood waters hit the Santa Fe railway tracks near Barr sta tiOn, south of the city, and tied up traffic for several hours, water flow ing over the tracks four feet. Ranch CTS along the Rio Grande where the arroya flows into the river, were flooded for distance of several miles. Farmers who were driven from their homes took refuge in school house.
 The tax commission reduced the valuation of grazing lands in New Mexico 25 per cent after hearing pro- tests that the valuation was heavier than the livestock industry could car ry and further disaster would result unless the relief was granted. It was estimated the reduction would slash approximately $10,000,000 from the tax roll, but it was contended it was not the commissions duty to foot the Leg islature's bill, but to assess the prop erty value.
 The range stock business in Arizona is looked upon as an industry entirely separate from farming, and farming with stock raising. Reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture show that the old type of range is not continuing as profitably as it was decade ago. The old-time antagOnism between stockman and farmer is being overcome gradually. There is now a reaction from the prac- tice of homesteaders of breaking up the pastures by settling on land where