The Holbrook news., 1921-02-18
Southwest News
 From, All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and ArizOnQ
(western Newspaper Union News Service )
COMING EVENTS.

pIoleO soon anu lLle WOTh VIII DC Slol U
 ed early in thes bring.
 Legality of the $655,000 worth of | Phoenix improvement bonds offered
 for sale recently have been approved
 by Messrs. Wood and Oakley, attor-
 neys of Chicago.
 The Alamogordo Commercial Clut has held its annual meeting and the
 new officers for the coming year were
 elected and many subjects of import
 ance were brought before the meeting
 The New Mexico Senate passed the
 judiciary committee's anti-gambling
 bill with ridiculous ease. Only negligi-
 ble opposition appeared and the count
 stood 20 to 2 for passage.
 A number of Gallup, N M, citizens ihave taken over the development of the Development and Recovery Com
 pany's mines at Waggoner, Ariz., and
 will start work on the properties at once.
 At a recent meeting of the Gate City Lodge No. II and the Raton Masonic Corporation in RatOn, N. M., the con- tract for the new temple was let and plans for the starting of the work com pleted.
 The White Cross hospital which was recently put into operation in Silver City, is said to be one of the finest in- stitutions of its kind in the state, and is a credit to the city and Grant county.
 Between three and four hundred members of the Masonic order repre- senting lodges in practically every sec tion of Arizona, attended the annual communication of the grand lodge of Arizona at a five-day session in Bis bee.
 Several children were injured when the La Luz school bus, which was evil dently running at an unsafe speed, turned over and landed in the ditch. Cyril Jones, the only uninjured mem Der of the party, ran over a mile to Alamogordo and gave the alarm.
 The contract for the new Santa Fe postoffice building has been let to J. D. Wiese of Omaha for S200,SS0, and the building is to be completed in four teen months, according to a telegram received from U. S. Senator A. A. Jones by Arthur Seligman of Santa Fe. All papers have been signed and con struction is expected to commence at once.
 After slipping away from the guards, going to the engine room, where they rendered the engineer un- conscious by striking him on the head with pick handle, smashing the cleo tric switchboard with a sledge ham, mer, putting the lighting system out of commission, and overpowering a watchman, four convicts in the New Mexico state penitentiary sealed the prison walls by means of a rope lad der and escaped in the darkness.
 Long debate in the Senate of the Ari- zona Legislature resulted in an amend ment to include soldiers settlement act in the provisions of the bill to in- crease possible bonded indebtedness of the state to per cent of the total as sessed valuation of property. The sol diers settlement bill provided for ap- portionment of state lands and finan- cial aid. Senator c. M. ,Stoddard, Mar icOpa county, who introduced the bill, was asked how much money would be thousand dollars as a starter and at least $3,500,000 to carry out the pro- visions of the bill," he said.
 Two tentative plans for the reorgan- ization of the state of Arizona were presented by Governor Campbell in a cno0fo1 fo Legislature One plan would be by leg islation and the other by constitutional through a referendum vote of the people.
 An anti-tObacco bill was introduced in the Senate of the Arizona Legisla- ture by Senator J. H. Lines of Graham It would give counties, jus tice precincts and common councils the right to prohibit sale or gift of to- bacco within their limits. He also in- troduced a bill to prohibit chewing or of tobacco in any public room or car not designated as a smoking room or car.
 The Elephant Butte dam, Hot Springs, Las Palomas, Derry, Garfield, Salem and Hatch are now on the state map. The New Mexico High way Department has just completed a fine link of highway that will be open to travel in short time. This new road means much to Hot Springs as it makes it accessible to the tourist. The grades along this route are easy and -he route is open the year around.
 Carrying a saving amendment hat allayed the fears of the Repub- | jeans in the Senate, the House bill re- l )ealing the road superintendents act, | vas finally passed and sent to Gov srnor Mechem of New Mexico for his | signature.
 The suit for alleged damage in the ium of $25,O00 brought by Ramon Martinez, of Ranches de Taos, Taos .ounty, New Mexico, against John Bar on Payne, director general of rail pads, has been started in Federal Court before U. s. District Judge Colin Ieblett
 Announcements have been received tating that the Southwestern Stock nen's Association will hold it's twenty econd annual convention in Fl Paso, darch l to 8. The convention prom ses to be the greatest ever held in the outhwest and will be attended by tOckmen from SOma ten Statas