The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-08
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexicO
 and Arizona
(Western Nerspaper UniOn Nexs ser1lcs. )

members of the commission meet at Phoenix.
 FOrty-eight advances, aggregating $2,074,000 for agricultural and live stock purposes have been approved by the War Finance Corporation. The ad- vanceS included for Arizona $163, GOO, South Dakota, $59,OOO and Nebraska $6OOOO.
 c. G. Golden, 36, car inspector for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail- way at Tucuncari, N M., was killed by being crushed to death under a switch engine. He had thrown the switch for the Golden State Limited and stepped back onto another track and was struck by the yard engine.
 The Twenty-fifth United States in- fantry. which has been stationed at Camp Stephen D. Little, NOgales, AriZ., for the past several years, is to be transferred soon to Honolulu, and re- placed there by the Tenth cavalry, now stationed at Fort Huachuca, ac- cording to word received.
 The Arizona highway fund benefited to the extent of $13,S26.51 during the month of October as a result of the l. cent-a-g gallon tax on gasoline, accord | ing to figures announced by the secre- tary of state The total collections since the law became effective on June 9 now amount to. S61 ,34S.56, the report said.
 Walter the little 5-year-Old son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Johnson of Lords burg, N. M, was almost instantly killed when he ran in front of an automobile. The lad had been in store with his mother and had gone across the street to their car in which he placed a pack age, and in returning to the store he ran directly in front of a big machine.
 The Pioneers Association of, New Mexico was organized at a meeting held in Albuquerque, and plans were made for the organization of branches of the association in different parts of the state. The time for the annual re- union of the society was set for the. second Monday in October of each year.
 The state of ArizOnas title to 100, GOO acres of land in Santa Cruz cOun- ty, known as 'Baca float No, B. will l not be considered by the Supreme Court, it was announced, because of want of Jurisdiction. The appeal was brought by three Arizona citizens who claimed that foreclosure of the land by the state on delinquent tax liens was l invalid
 ". H. Smith, former city clerk of NOgales, Ariz., was found guilty by jury in the Superior Court on a charge of embezzlement. The penalty for this offenSe is from one to ten years in the state penitentiary. Smith was accused of having embedded SIPS from the city while he was city clerk. Witness es for the prosecution at the trial teS- tified that total embezzlements by Smith would amount to thousands of dollars although he was tried for only the SIPS item.
 Ten bales of Durango cotton from seven acres of unfertilized land is what w. Harry Wheatley raised on his farm, four miles northwest of Las Cruces, N. Nj. He received 9 cents pound, f. O. b. Las Cruces, or $1, 100 for the crop. l.. L. Mayfield, who came to Las Cruces from Mt Olive, Miss, is aver aging a bale an acre from seventy acres. No fertilizer was used. It is estimated that from 5000 to 7,5O0 acres will he planted in cotton next year. The acreage this season is AIS as against 5000 in 1920.
 The State Corporation Commission of Arizona issued an order authorizing the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company to increase cer- tain toll rates. The order was signed by Commissioners A. A. Betts and D. F. Johnson, but Commissioner Loren F. Vaughn filed dissenting opinion Ob- jecting to the increase in rates.
 Motions to strike from the files DOT tions of the amended complaints in the $50,000 libel suits of J. NJ. Ray holds and A. B. McMillen against Carl c. Magee and the Journal Publishing COmpdny OI AIDuQueIque WeIe IIleu III the District Court by the defendants, following the denial of motions to strike the entire amended complaints by Judge NJ. E. Hickey.
 In the will of Byron H. Ives, the con- tents of which became known at Albu- querque, bequests of $2,500 were made to distant relatives and $15,0O0 is left as a permanent fund, the interest of which is to be used as scholarships for young ladies in the university. The balance of the estate, estimated at over $5O,000, is left in the hands of trustees