The Holbrook news., 1921-04-15
Southwest News From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News Service. )

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 ness houses and threatened the new
 Riggs Bank.
 Albuquerque's second troop of cav
 airy to be known as Troop E, was or
 ganized at a smoker held at the Ma
 tional Guard armOry
 The annual spring roundup fol Guadalupe county was held in Santa
 Rosa, New Mexico, April 9 anC
 10, when over $1,OOO in prizes were
 awarded to the winners.
 Directors of the Chamber of Com
 merce of Douglas, Ariz unanimously
 voted down the plan placed before
 them to return to the daylight saving plan April 1 to October l.
 The Fort Bayard, N. NJ, post of Vet eranS of Foreign Wars will stage a big roundup the first week in May, and the arena, grandstand and the bleach CTS are now under construction.
 Tomas Ramon, convicted of murder in thief irst degree in connection with the rObbing of a mercantile store in Tempe some months ago, has appealed his case to the State Supreme Court.
 Francisco Ramones, escaped convict from Florence, was captured in Tue son by Sheriff Daniels and Deputy Hicks. Ramones was convicted of bur glary and given a sentence of from two to three years.
 Mrs. Clarence V. Hopkins, wife of a prominent mining engineer and former official of the United Verde Copper Company, was rushed to the Prescott county jail to protect her from vio- lence, following the throwing of poi sonous acid into the face of Miss Lu- cille Gallagher, Jerome, Ariz., school teacher.
 The New Mexico Corporation Com mission has been notified by the Santa Fe railway that the rate increases would be suspended for cattlemen ship pingltheir cattle from the drought stricken districts in the southwestern part of New Mexico to the northern and eastern districts, where they can get pasturage. The increases, which the railway will suspend, range from 25 tOe35 per cent.
 Fire of undetermined origin at Clay ton, New Mexico, destroyed five build ings occupied by fuel and feed com panies and a grocery store. The loss was estimated at S50,000. The fire cut telephone and telegraph wires, and iso- lated the town from communication with outside communities. Help was obtained from neighboring towns and a bucket brigade succeeded in getting the fire under control.
 While Postmaster l.. R. Bailey of Bisbee, Ariz., was working in his office two masked men, believed to be Mex guns, forced him to open the postof flee vault. They escaped with about $5O,0O0, according to information given out, $4O,0O0 of which is said to have been in cash. Postmaster Bailey was found bound and gagged, having been beaten over the head.
 Deputy sheriffs captured Ramon La zano and E. Corral and returned them to Silver City, N. M., where they are wanted to answer charges in connec- tion with the killing of Ventura Ben coma, Silver City jailor. Bencoma was killed with an ax while asleep in the jail Lozano and Corral, who were prisoners on misdemeanor charges, es- capped shortly after the killing, accord ing to officials of Grant county
 W. P. Lathrop, for ten years man. ager of the branch bank of the Gila Valley Bank and Trust Company at Stafford, Ariz., is wanted on a charge of embezzlement. The shortage is said to be in the neighborho6d of $17,O0O. Lathrop left Stafford about a month ago, on what was supposed to be his annual vacation.
 It has been announced at Jerome, Ariz., that the United Verde Copper Company's mine and the United Verde Extension mine, the two largest pro- ducers of copper in Yavapai county, would be shut down on April 15. Both mines curtailed production some time ago and at present are employing only about 90 per cent of their normal forces.
 The Postoffice Department report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, just issued, shows that Raton leads the state of New Mexico in post al savings deposits. Twenty-seven ac- counts at that office show total of S17, IFS, or $7,0OO more than any other office in New Mexico. Albuquerque has thirteen depositors, with total of s1, ,391. while Gallup has thirty accounts totaling $9,517.
 w. J. Galbraith, states attorney gen eral, has filed an application in Super for Court asking for the appointment | )f R. W. Baxter as receiver of the | Central Bank of Wickenburg. Baxter s Wickenburg business man. The | bank recently voluntarily suspended ! business.
 Articles of incorporation of the Mar copa Country Club, formerly Morleys Country Club, have been filed at Phoe- fix. The club is incorporated for the purpose of fostering a good fellow 'hip, promoting social activity, recrea- ion and entertainment
 Two distinct earthquake shocks were cit in HOlbrook, Ariz., of about thirty seconds duration. The first shock vas marked, but the second seemed to aDer off travelling from oa St to vvaSt