The St. Johns herald., 1921-08-18
Southwest News
 From An OCeT NeU Mexico
 and Arizona
(wss.srn Ns..s.p.r ua.ao N.n. s.1.o..l )

" ana lnQlcd10nS are that 1t VIII De finished early in the raIl.
 W. B. SQuires, a we'll known farm CT who owns a large ranch east of Taylor Springs, N. M., was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol which he was cleaning, while visiting in Oklahoma.
 Burt Wingar of Phoenix, who was appointed secretary of the Board of Directors of State Institutions by Gov ernor Thomas E., Campbell, will con- tinue to perform the duties of account ant for the board.
 The Business and Professional Women's Club of Albuquerque now has membership of over sixty, accord ing to reports at the last meeting. A club motto, We Progress" was adopted at the meeting.
 The state tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline, which became effective June g, netted the state of Arizona $0,000 from June to June 30, inclusive, ac- cording to a report issued by the sec roCary or SIaCe $ OII1co.
 The appointment of Michael E. Gas sidy of Bisbee as prohibition enforce ment director for Arizona was an nounced in a telegram received by MT. Cassidy from United States Senator Ralph Cameron of Arizona.
 According to recent estimates the crop of wheat just being harvested in Curry county, N. M., will run over l. 0O0,0 bushels more than that of last year. It is said that over 10000 acres will run over twenty bushels to the acre.
 In accordance with the recOmmenda- tiOn of T. L. Macleod, chief engineer of the State Land Department of Ari- zona, the state will withhold from leasing three sections in the Patagonia district where oil was reported some weeks ago.
 The construction work on the hos pital for poor children at Albuquerque has been started by the Children's Home and Hospital Association and the building will cost over $50,000 when completed. The site for the new structure will be on East Grand ave nue and the hospital will be used strictly for charitable surgical cases.
 According to John Robertson, sheep dipping throughout New Mexico is now under way and will be completed hv, Ioo loo ct OF fvo. Is in compliance with the general or der that all sheep in the state must be dipped. Officials of the bureau of animal industry are overseeing the work and will see that the order is carried out on all the ranches of the state.
 Because of the prevailing industrial conditions in Arizona, there will be no $S0,0O0 will be saved to the tax pay CTS of the state, according to an an nouncement made at the office of Gov ernOr Thomas B. Campbell. This will be the second year in the history of the fair that the event has been can celled. In 1918 no fair was held on ac- count of the war.
 A big meeting was held at Clayton, N. M, when the ball was started roll ing for the opening of the annual fair and roundup, and the dates set as Au- gust 31 and September 1 and 2. Dr. Oldbeter, who will be in charge of the roundup, states that some of the best riders in the southwest will participate in the events and that the affair will be one of the best ever seen in the eastern part of the state.
 John J. Hyatt, we'll known Luna county, N. M., cattleman and a mem Der of the pioneer Hyatt family, was killed by lightning while riding horse back over the Florida mountains.
 Commissioner Loren Vaughn and Secretary Stanley Williamson, of Ehe State Corporation Commission of fri zona, have been appointed by that body as delegates to the annual meet ing of the National Association of Se- curity Commissioners in Washington, September 6, and 8. This associa- tiOn is made up of state officials who are charged with the administration of the ''blue sky" laws in the various states.
 The total valuation of taxable prop erty in Arizona amounts to $829, ,412,- 259, according to returns made to the State Tax Commission by the clerks of the boards of supervisors of the various counties. The valuation that has been fixed for taxation purposes is $50, ,538,447 less than the valuation of property in the state year ago. COchise county leads the list with a