Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-12
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
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finished early in the nall.
w. e. Squires, well known farm
er who owns large. ranch east O.
Taylor Springs, N. NJ, was killed b!
the accidental discharge Of a pisto
which he was cleaning, while visiting
in Oklahoma.
Burt Wingar Of Phoenix, who wa
appointed secretary of the Board o
Directors Of State Institutions by Gov
ernor Thomas e. Campbell, will con
tlnue to perform the duties of account
ant for the board.
| The Business and professional
Women's Club Of Albuquerque now hai
a membership Of over sixty, accord
Ing to reports at the last meeting. A
club motto, I'VE Progress" wal
adopted at the meeting.
The state tax Of l cent q gallon ou
gasoline, which became effective june
8, netted the state of Arizona $8,00(
from June to June 80, inclusive, ac
cording to a report issued by the sec
I retary or states office.
The appointment of Michael e. Cas-
sidy of Bisbee as prohibition enforce
ment director for Arizona was an
nounced in telegram received by Mr.
Cassidy from United States Senator
Ralph Cameron Of Arizona.
According to recent estimates the
crop of wheat just being harvested In
Curry county, N. NJ, will run over l.
100000 bushels more than that of last
year. 1t is said that over 10000 acres
will run over twenty bushels to the
acre.
In accordance with the recommends
tiOn of L. 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 $4,000
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
by the last of October. The dipping
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
state fair this fall and consequently
$4,000 will be saved to the tax pay
ers of the state, according to an an
nouncement made at the office Of Gov
ernor Thomas e. 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. NJ, when the ball was started roll
Ing for the opening of the annual fair
and roundup, and the dates set as Au-
gust 81 and September / 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 well known Luna
county, N. NJ, cattleman and 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 the
State Corporation Commission of Arl-
EOna, have been appointed by that
body as delegates to the annual meet
ing of the National Association of Sc
EuIlly OOhllulSSiOHcIS Ill washington,
September 6, and s. 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, 9,412,-
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, ,53S,447 less than the valuation
Of property in the state year ago.
Cochise county leads the list with a
valuation of $l58,375,711. ella comes
next with a valuation of $141, ,42S,S40
Yavapal comes third, having displaced
Maricopa during the past year.
Struck by a train as she was play
Ing along the tracks at Lamy juno
tim. N. NJ, the 2-year-old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. johnson was
instantly killed. When the father
came home from work in roundhouse
at noon he missed the child and after