Taiban Valley news., 1921-02-18
Southwest News
From Al Ouer
NeiU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Serice.)
( COMING EVENTS.
State Automobile Show at Santa Fe.
n. NJ, March 3, 4, s, 1891.


which will be erected in Albuquerque
by the Santa Fe railway will be COM
pleted soon and the work will be start
ed early in thes pring.
Legality of the $655,00O worth OF
Phoenix improvement bonds offered
for sale recently have been approved
by Messrs. Wood and Oakley, attor-
neys of Chicago.
The AlaMogordo Commercial Club
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 committees anti-gambiing
bill with ridiculous ease. Only negligl-
Bile opposition appeared and the count
stood 20 to for passage.
A number of Gallup, N, NJ, citizens
have taken over the development or
the Development and Recovery Com
pany's mines at Waggoner, Ariz., and
will start work on the properties at
once.
"A
Lodge No. IL and the Ration Masonic
Corporation in Ration, N. NJ, 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
ton of Arizona, attended the annual
communication of the grand lodge of
Arizona at five-day session in Bis
bee.
Several children were injured when
the La Luz school bus, which was evil
IDENTIFY running at an unsafe speed,
turned over and landed in the ditch.
| Cyril Jones, the only uninjured men,
ber 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 5000, $3.50, and
the building is to be completed in four
teen months, according to 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
trio switchboard with sledge ham
mer, putting the lighting system out
of commission, and overpowering a
watchman, four convicts in the New
Mexico state penitentiary scaled the
prison walls by means of 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'4 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 G. NJ. Stoddard, Mar
icopa county, who introduced the bill
was asked how much money would be
needed for the bill. "One hundred
thousand dollars as starter and al
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 {
special message to the Fifth Stat,
Legislature. One plan would be by leg
islation and the other by constitutions
amendment through referendum vot
Of the people.
An anti-tobacco bill was introduced
in the Senate of the Arizona Legisla
ture by Senator J. H. Lines of Graham
county. 1t would give counties, jus
tice precincts and common council
the right to prohibit sale or gift of to
bacco within their limits. He also in
troduced bill to prohibit chewing o
smoking Of tobacco In any public room
or car not designated as a smoking
room or car. ,..
The Elephant Butte dam, Ho
Springs, Las Palomas, Derry, Garfield
Salem and Hatch are now on the stat
highway map. The New Mexico High
way Department has just completed
l fine link Of highway that will be ope
!, to travel In short time. This neN
road means much to Hot Springs as
makes it accessible to the tourist. Tn
grades along this route are easy an
. the route is open the year around.
Carrying Saving" amendmen
\ that allayed the fears of the Reput
licans in the Senate, the House bill r,
pealing the road superintendents ac
was finally passed and sent to Coy
ernor Mechem of New Mexico for hi
signature IN.
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