Taiban Valley news., 1921-01-07
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
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| is in place, the state treasurer said.
Thirtyfive thousand automobiles il
Arizona in 1921. This is the estimate
of II. f. McGillen, assistant secretary
of state, who has ordered that number
of license plates from the East an(
which is only 300 more than the mum
Der now in use in Arizona.
A father and son were wounded, the
latter perhaps mortally, in shooting
affray in the heart of Phoenix business
district Those who were shot are
James Nelson of Buckeye, Ariz Land
his father, Albert Gray of Miami
Ariz., was arrested as their assailant
More than 1000 chickens, valued at
approximately $4,000, We're killed by
coyotes in Pima county, Arizona, dur
ing the last year, according to an es-
innate made by the county bureau,
Two farmers reported that their loss
es had been about 100 each. Those
were the largest losses SO far as is
known.
Miami, AriZ., is installing new or
namental street lighting system. The
villa style of posts are to be used and
cluster will be used at the intersec-
ton and the blocks will have eight
lights each. Lights for the Franklyn
Street bridge have not arrived, but
are expected any time and work on
them will begin on arrival.
Although the town of Roy, n. NJ,
was only started in the late autumn
of 1902, it is now the metropolis of
the great TeQuesuite mesa, one of the
best farming sections in New Mexico.
The actual growth of the town started
in 1906 with the advent of the home
steaders and the population has shown
steady increase ever since.
One of eleven Christmas pardons
iSsuer by Governor Larrazolo of New
Mexico was to Mitchell jefferson, a
negro, formerly employed at the home
of Senator A. b. Fall at Three Rivers
n. Nj. jefferson was convicted in
April 1916, for killing his wife in the
presence of Mrs Fall. He was serv-
ing a sentence of ninety to one hun
dred years.
Reports from w. d. Newcomb, sec
retary of the Old Trails Highway AS
sOciation, state that the actual con-
struction on the Socorro-C -CarrizoZo link
in New Mexico has been started, and
that a big camp has been formed on
the Socorro side of the mountains
Much of the grading has been done
and it is expected that Lincoln county
will soon begin work on its end of
the line.
Applications to Craze cattle in the
national forests must be filed before
January Both, it was announced at the
forest service office at Tucson. All
annual permits expire at the end of
the grazing year, March 31st, and all
applications or renewals and permits
must be in the office before the laSl
day in January. These permits are
for the grazing year Of 1921 and do
not affect the five years permits,
which have several years to run.
The mounted police expenses from
January LIST to November Both, the end
of the fiscal year, amounted to $42,-
722.79, according to Capt. A. A. Senas
report, filed at the governors office
at Santa Fe. The sum included $780,
$50 for salaries. The expenses for
1919 also are given. For the first five
months they amounted to S3,S91.91
and for the last seven months of the
year TO S23,933.5T. The salaries for
the last seven months amounted to
$21, go
According to trainmen, the mail car
on Santa Fe eastbound train No. 2 was
robbed between Needles, Calf, and
Ash Fork, Ariz. The theft was discov-
cred when postal workers entered the
car at Ash Fork No one was in
charge between that point and Needles
and those who discovered the robbery
were unable to estimate the loss
The state banks of New Mexico
gained S3,793, ,436 in resources in the
last year, Bank Examiner James B.
INtuu Slutcu uItSI NOiupuIlSOn VI llle
statements of their condition for No
vember IT, 1919, and November IS,
1920 the latest statement available.
On the first named date the state
banks resources totaled $23, 3,501 $50,
and at the time of the last call, $27,-
295,395.
That the beautiful mission of San
Xavier, near Tucson, is the twin of the
mission at Caborca, Sonora, is the as.
sertion, made as the result of strict
architectural measurements made on a
recent trip through the entire chain of
Jesuit and Franciscan missions in Ari.
zona and on the west coast by w.
Prent Duell, antiquarian, Mr.. Pinkley,
government archaeologist, and Archi.
tect Jaastad of Tucson.
The State Supreme Court set Janii.
airy 18th as the date for the hanging
of J. O. Starr, convicted of murder
for the killing of Sheriff Dwight Ste.
phens of Luna county, New Mexico
following the failure of Starr's appeal
to the United States Supreme Court
Executive clemency is Starr's only re-
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