Williams news., 1921-05-20
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU Mexico
 and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News serrice.)

American-La France fire engine whicf
 is said to be the latest thing in fire
 fighting equipment
 Albuquerque has started a campaign
 to land the National Tuberculosis San
 ftarium, which Is to be built in New
 Mexico by the Woodmen of the World | Phoenix, Ariz., was chosen for the
 1922 convention city of the United
 States Good Roads Association and the
 Bankhead National Highway Associa-
 ton in annual convention at Greens | boro, N. C.
 | Hearing of complaints against the | Southern Pacific and Fl Paso & South
 western railroads, charging unfair l freight rates from Gila, Ariz., to the | Salt River valley were dismissed at | Douglas, Ariz-, because of faulty peti- ! tiOns.
 The Corona -Tularosa Basin Oil Com | pany near Corona, N. M., will resume l drilling soon at the Duran well, having | secured the necessary funds to go l ahead with the work. Drilling has
 been delayed for some time owing to | il cave-fn.
 Karl David Goodall. one of the most prominent citizens of San Miguel coun- | ty and mayor of Las Vegas for six years, is dead MT. GoodaI was born in New Hampshire in 1854, and came West in the early eighties and for l many years was engaged in the drug business in Las Vegas.
 While rounding a sharp curve on a
 mountain between Douglas and Tomb stone, Ariz., Dr. c. D. Richards, a den
 list of Douglas, Ariz.. was killed when
 he is believed to have lost control of
 his The machine t1frn
 three times. Barbara Cole, 3-year-old child beside him. escaped.
 J. F. Lewis, an Indian trader was slain and his store, five miles north of Gallup, N. M.. burned, authorities an nounced on returning from the scene of the fire. Lewis charred body was found in the ruins of the store Au- thorities say Indians murdered Lewis and believe they have clews which they believe will result in arrests
 Tools and equipment valued at be- tween SS,OOO and $1O,OOO, said to have been stolen from the quarterma ster's department at Camp Harry J. Jones, near Douglas. Ariz., were found in the basement of a home owned by Fred Walthai, civilian instructor at the camp automobile school and ex-pugil- ist, well known in the Southwest
 Governor Mechem of New Mexico has announced that he would call an election Sept. 20 to elect United States senator from New Mexico Gov ernor Mechem on March Il appointed H. O. Bursum of Socurro to succeed Senator Fall, who resigned to enter the cabinet of President Harding. The election will be held to fill this place |
 A movement has been started among | the cattle men of Colfax county to es- | tabIish a packing house in Raton, N | NJ, to be operated by local stockmen. | w. J. Linwood. believes that a plant | would be success and the saving in | costs would be enormous on | account of the shrinkage in the trip from Raton to Kansas City or Chicago markets.
 Experimental spraying of date palms In the Tempe orchard at Tempe, Arfz, has been undertaken by the University of Arizona department of plant path oiogy, with view to controlling rot 'f date fruit. During his visit to Tempe, the pathologist also demon 'tratsd the method of treating cotton seed with sulphuric acid for the con rol of bIa ckarm
 Mrs. Rafael A. Ortiz, an aged wom- l HI, WaS IouHQ SIaln In her home at Be 1 en, N- M. She had been gagged with | ! towel and beaten to death. Her hus- 'and is missing and is being sought by he authorities.
 W. w. Burke, said by officials at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad leadquarters at Prescott, Ariz., to be he oldest train dispatcher in the United States, has retired on a pension | liter fifty years of continuous service IS dispatcher. For sixteen years he lad been on the diSpatching force at 'rescott- MT. Burke began his railroad areer as messenger on the Hannf- al & St Joseph railway in 1888.
 Gregory Page. former state senator nd president of the Gallup State Sank, has deeded to Mckinley county 60 acres of land, adjoining Gallup, to | e used as park. The city is plan lng to make a memorial park. dedi- ated to the men who gave their lives or their country in the World war | The park will be called the Lyon Me 1orial Park, after Edward Albert | = .yon, who died while serving as eutenant in the American army. The ormal dedication of the new park is be held on the Fourth of July.
 Plans are now under way for the es- of a modern wireless sta ion at the University of Arizona qu1pped to receive messages from all F-fc <Nft tINN