The Snowflake herald., 1921-10-07
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service. /,

| be one of the strongest lineups in tha
| history of the Institution. At the first
practice games of the year twenty-one
men were in uniform and the prospects
| for winnig team is better than ever
Damages in the sum of 81 and court
costs were awarded the plaintiffs by
Superior Court jury at Prescott. Ariz.
in the now famous Biles-WeIes
smoke damage7 case against the
United Verde Extension Mining Com
pany. Costs of the case will run be-
tween $500 and $4,000 it is esti-
mated
Re-occupation of the outpost at Ari-
vaca with the establishments of ma
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 % 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 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 q
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
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, ,275.29, according to
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,O00,000 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
emOnieS. 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 it's place
in the centers of interest in the state.
The Mesilla Valley Sweet Potato
rOwers' Association of Las Cruces,
\. 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
for curing and by spring it is believed
that the prices will be back to normal.
Improvement Company of Las Vegas,
n. NJ, have let the contract for the
new hotel to be known as '"The Mead
ows," the cost to be $112, ,495 when COM
pleted. Tenants of the present Cen
tral hotel have been asked to vacate
so that work on the new building may
be started as soon as the materials
can be placed on the ground and it is
likely that it will be well under way
by the time cold weather comes.
G. w. Lambert of Captain, n. NJ, re-
ports one of the biggest potato crops
ever raised in that part of the state.
Mr.. Lambert will harvest over 10000
bushels from his farm this year.
Copper road sigos will be used in
stead of steel ones throughout Arizona
if plans now under consideration by
Col. John G. Greenway and the Auto
mobile Club of Arizona are carried to
fruition. Ever since it was started the
campaign "Buy Something Made OF
Copper" officers of the association have
taken a deep interest in suggestions
OllcICu AOA IAAO uOO - N.Y.
instead of steel, not only for road signs
but for auto license plates as well.
Officers in charge of Battery A, Ros-
we'll, n. NJ, have been advised to begin
making preparations at once for the
big encampment which is to be held at
Fort Bliss the last Of October. All the
members will be required to attend ana
it will be an excellent outing for the
personnel of the organization. Most OF
the equipment for the battery has ar
rived and the horses and guns are ex-
pected in the next few days. All the
men will receive pay at the Dig ell
campment the same as that of the men
of the regular army.
The schools of San Juan county, M
M.. have the largest enrolment In the
history of the county, the total num-
Der of pupils in Pennington alone De,