Taiban Valley news., 1921-10-07
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News ser,ice.)

men were in uniform and the prospect
for a winnig team is better than ever
Damages in the sum of 81 and cour
costs were awarded the plaintiffs by
Superior Court jury at Prescott, Ariz.
in the now famous Biles-Wele.
smoke damage" case against The
United Verde Extension Mining Com
pany. Costs of the case will run be
tween $1,000 and $1,000 it is esti
mated.
Re-occupation of the outpost at Ari
vaca with the establishments of pa.
trolls at Ruby, Tres Bellotes and San
Fernando, Ariz., has been ordered by
the commandant of the eighth corps
area, according to word received by
Governor Campbell from Thomas H.
Slavens, chief of staff at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas.
Harry e. Blohm, resident of Texas,
young man about 25 years old, COM
mitted suicide near the stockyards of
Tucumcari, N. NJ, by shooting himself
with military rifle. His clothing had
been removed from his chest and the
muzzle of the gun placed directly
over his heart and death must have
been instantaneous.
According to a report of the local
Chamber of Commerce and the busi-
ness men of Gallup, N. NJ, tourists
have spent on an average of $1,000 a
day during the summer months. The
tourist business has been the heaviest
in history in spite of the fact that for
part of the season the roads have
been in bad condition.
A force of 325 authorized game war
dens are employed by Arizona for a
period of sixty days to enforce the
state game laws. The regular staff of
deputies has been supplemented by
scores of special officers for the hunt
ing season. Every forest ranger in the
state is deputized as a deputy game
warden for the sixty-day period.
The gross bonded Indebtedness of
Arizona is $4.496, ,27529, according to
a statement prepared by State Treas
urer Raymond Earhart. The state
ment, which is in the form of an affi-
davit, has been prepared for the First
National Bank of Los Angeles, sue
cessful bidder for $1,000O0O worth of
Arizona tax anticipation bonds.
The cornerstone of the new high
school building which will be erected
in Estancia, N NJ, has been laid with
the Masonic order in charge of the GER
This is the first time cere-
monies of this kind have ever been
held in the city and shows that the
valley town is rapidly taking its place
in the centers of interest in the state.
The Mesilla Valley Sweet Potato
Growers Association of Las Cruces,
n. NJ, expect to handle over 100000 |
bushels Of sweet potatoes this season
most of which will be stored in ware
houses. Market conditions are not
favorable for shipping at this time and
most of the crop will be put in storage
or curing and by spring it is believed
hat the prices will be back to normal.
Officers and directors of the Mutual
Company of Las Vegas,
Y. NJ, have let the contract for the
lew hotel to be known as "The Mead
'ws," the cost to be $112, ,495 when com
'leted. Tenants of the present Cen
raj hotel have been asked to vacate
70 that work on the new building may
'e started as soon as the materials
an be placed on the ground and it is
likely that it will be well under way
y the time cold weather comes.
G. w. Lambert of Captain, n. NJ. re-
'orts one of the biggest potato crops
ver raised in that part of the state.
1r. Lambert will harvest over 10000
ushels from his farm this year.
Copper road signs will be used in
tead of steel-ones throughout Arizona
plans now under consideration by
'ol. John G. Greenway and the Auto
lobile Club of Arizona are carried to
Ever since it was started the
"Buy Something Made of
Topper" officers of the association have
lken a deep interest in suggestions
ffered calling for the use of copper {
lstead of steel, not only for road signs
ut for auto license plates as well.
Officers in charge of Battery A, Ros
ell, N. NJ, have been advised to begin
laking preparations at once for the .
lg encampment which is to be held al
ort Bliss the last of October. All the
lembers will be required to attend and
will be an excellent outing for the
of the organization. Most OF
lie equipment for the battery has ar
we'd and the horses and guns are ex-
ected in the next few days. All the
zen will receive pay at the big en-.
the same as that of the men
the regular army.
The schools of San Juan county, N.
:, have the largest enrolment in the
story of the county, the total num-
er of pupils in Pennington alone be
g over 300. Out of this number sc
'e registered in the high school
hich is more than in some of the
rger schools of the state.
Good progress is being made in the \