The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-21
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW Mexico
 and Arizona
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 One of the worct hail storms ever known in that part of New Mexiso vis- ited Roy, the mesa west of Mills, and extended south to the Union county line, recently.
 Jose Matrecito, a Mexican customs officer, was shot and killed few feet across the border from NacO, Arizona, by man wearing a United States army uniform. The slayer fled to the United States side of the international boundary.
 A coroner's jury returned verdict that Mrs. Lucas Borrego, B years old, died from poison administered by some unknown person or persons" Lucas Borrego, her husband, was placed under 5000 bond on the charge of murder.
 Leo Campbell, aged 2S years, and for the past eight years an employe of the Pearson ranch at the CottOnwOodS, near Roswell, New Mexico, was in- stantly killed when the big trailer which was hitched behind his wagon passed over his body.
 Seven Mexicans, four of them masked, ransacked the store at Here ford, twenty miles west of Bisbee, after having held prisoner for three hours Robert. Reay, one of the prOpri- etOrs. Three suspects, captured by posse of cowboys, are held in the county jail at Tohmstone.
 Thirteen bonds, with a face value of $1,00 each, which were presented to the State of Arizona by A. E. Welsh, guest at the Pioneers Home at Pres colt, are worthless, according to word received by State Treasurer Raymond Earhart. The information came from the National Bank of Commerce of New York.
 Governor Mechem of New Mexico has communted to life Imprisonment the sentence of Sylvester E. Bailey, 60, sentenced to be hanged July 15 for the murder of James M. Bedore at Vanad- ium, N. M., in 1916. The Governor acted on the recommendation of Ray mond R. Ryan, the trial judge, and eleven of the twelve jurors who con victed Bailey. They said the evidence did not establish to the exclusion of reasonable doubt that he was guilty of first-degree murder.
 The damage in the great Yuma flood, which started when the railroad levee gave way near Somerton, Arizona, has exceeded one million dollars, accord. ing to authoritative sources. Four thousand acres of cultivated farm lands are under water. Over 1000 men, practically every male inhabitant of the district, made a desperate en- deavor to check the flood from further advancement. Farmers in the threat ened area moved their stock and equipment to higher ground
 Two shooting affairs occurred in Prescott in one day, in which an under sheriff and an automobile mechanic were killed. The first shooting oc- cured when Foster Roak, an automo- bile mechanic, was killed Pearl Woodruff, proprietress of a rooming house, was arrested in connection with Roak's death. Undersheriff Ed Bowers was killed by Frank George during a raid on house in which George was staying. After Bowers was killed, Pc lice Inspector E. G. Grove of Phoenix, who was in Prescott, shot George, wOunding him twice, and then arrested him.
 The long reader controversy in New Mexico ended in victory for Scott EOrsman & Co, publishers of the FL son reader, when the New Mexico edu- cation board designated the text as 'basal' for all grades above the third and the Searson-M Martin reader as basal" for the first, second and third.
 According to announcements just made, Curry county, New Mexico, will soon have two more consolidated school districts, three of the districts already having been decided on. The other five districts will be decided on soon, and it is likely that the consoli- datiOn will be completed by the time of the opening of the fall term of school.
 Cavalry training is being given at the Presidio of Monterey, California, for six weeks this summer to 172 col lege men from the Oregon Agricultural College, University of Arizona, Texas State College of Agriculture and Me ch.,nical Arts and the New Mexico Mill itary Institute. During the college year the students are members af the re