Taiban Valley news., 1921-11-11
Southwest News
From All Ouer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
(westsrn Newspaper Union News servlcs.)

at Las Vegas.
Lee Wilkinson of Alamogordo, n. NJ,
has taken the office of United States
deputy marshal. Ii is likely that he
viii make his headquarters at Deming
after the first of the year.
The dairy industry in New Mexico
is now making rapid strides and indi-
cations are that during the next year
this will become one of the principal
industries of the southern part of the
state.
The big canning company at Hon
dale, n. NJ, is. running both night and
day and is packing over 10000 cans of
tomatoes daily. Ii is expected that the
plant win operate until the first of the
year.
II. w. Wells, an Arizona pioneer,
committed suicide in his ranch home
near Lee station, six miles from Doug
las. He was found in his room with
Il 22-long bullet wound through his
head The gun apparently had been
placed against the right temple, the
bullet emerging from the left side.
Sportsmen of Alamogordo, N. NJ,
are taking steps toward the organiza-
tion of an association for the protection
of the game. The city is admirably
located from Il sportsman's viewpoint,
being at the foot of the Sacramento
mountains, which is one of the best
feeding grounds for deer and turkey
in the West.
-'rire- growing of eal}bage Is proving
To he money maker for the farmers
of Mesilla valley, in New Mexico, and
it is estimated that in 1922 the acre
age will be increased In all parts of
Dona Ana county. According to a re-
port of the farm bureau over 225 acres
will be planted next spring which will
mean the largest crop ever grown in
the valley.
That L. S. r. H. S. Hospital No. 80,
ut Fort Whipple, Ariz is destined to
become the greatest center in the West
for the treatment of tuberculosis, and
that by Jan. 1t win have reached its
1,0O0-bed capacity, We're among the
interesting and encouraging facts cited
by Surgeon General ii. c. Cumming at
reception rendered in his honor at
the Yavapai Club at Prescott.
An unemployment survey of the state
is being made by Governor Campbell
of Arizona. who has written to the
various municipalities, counties and
industries to ascertain how much sur
plus labor can be absorbed by contem-
plated public and private improve
ments. The data when secured will
prove valuable in connection with any
plans which may be formulated by the
state or nation TO relieve conditions.
Sheep men of New Mexico are now
busy with the fall shipping and thous-
ands of head of sheep are seen on the
ranges near Las Vegas en- route to the
markets in Kansas City and Denver.
Most of the sheep have been driven
from the mountains TO the lower
ranges where they are near some ship
ping points and will be loaded as fast
as the cars can be secured from the
railroad companies.
Arizona has statute compelling
fire insurance corporations doing bus
mess in Incorporated cities of over g.
900 TO turn over to the state treasury
| per cent of their revenues in such
cities, to be applied to the maintenance
of fire alarm systems or the relief of
disabled firemen A substantial adj
vance in revenues is shown by the re-
ports filed for the past year, the gross
amount of the tax being $14,395, com
pared with $11,27S in 1919 and $9044
in 1918.
Albert II. Fall, Secretary of the in
terror, will hold a hearing on reservoir
sites on the Colorado River Basin Pro-
iect in San Diego early in November,
according to information received by
Governor Thomas II. Campbell, who
has been requested to be present at the
hearing. A number of applications for
sites have been received the fore
most of which were the Southern Cali.
forna Edison Company and the city
of Los Angeles.
Bids have been asked for the new
group of buildings which are to be
erected at Fort Bayard, n NJ, to cost
when completed nearly $1,000,O00. The
new buildings are to cost about $780,
900 and the other S150,000 will be
spent on the Improvements in the
buildings and in erecting high fence
around the entire property. 1t is ex-
pected that 1t will be at least thirty
days before the bids will be acted on
and II is hoped that the WORK will be
well under way in the next ninety days
or at least shortly after the first of the
year. The expenditure of so large an
amount of money at the fort insures
The permareney of the big hospital and
will furnish work for large number
Of men for several months.
The Mesllla Valley Cow Testing AS
sociati0n has begun work with over
600 cows and thirty-seven herds to
come under the test J. f. Begllnger,
the official tester at Las Cruces, N. M.
will visit all the herds once month
and will get data on the amount of
milk, butter fat for each COW for the
dav'a milking