The Holbrook news., 1921-07-15
Southwest News
 From All Ouer NeU Mexico
 and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News Service )

tight plant, and the city will soon hay,
 une of the best plants of it's kind ii
 ha State.
 One of the wOrct hail storms evel
 known in that part of New Mexiso wis
 tied Roy, the mesa west of Mills. anC
 extended south to the Union county
 line, recently.
 Jose Matrecito, a Mexican customs
 officer, was shot and killed a few fec
 across the border from Naco, Arizona
 by a man wearing a United States
 army uniform. The slayer fled to the
 United States side of the international
 boundary.
 A coroner's jury returned a 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 $2,000 bond on the charge
 Of murder.
 Leo Campbell, aged 28 years, and
 for the past eight years an employe of
 the Pearson ranch at the Cottonwoods,
 near Roswell, New Mexico, was in-
 siantly 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- | etols. Three suspects, captured by d posse of cowboys, are held in the county jail at TOhmstone.
 Thirteen bonds, with face value of '1,G0 each, which were presented to he State of Arizona by A. E. Welsh, a 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 F. 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 k. RyaG, 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 q 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 ROaks death. Undersheriff Ed Bowers | was killed by Frank George during a | raid on house in which George was | staying. After Bowers was killed. PO- lice Inspector E. G. Grove of Phoenix, who was in Prescott, shot George, him twice. and then arrested him.
 The long reader controversy in New Mexico ended in victory for Scott Eorsman & O., publishers of the FL son reader, when the New Mexico edu- ration board designated the text as 'haSaI' for all grades above the third and the Searson-Martin reader as 'baSaI' 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- iatiOn will be completed by the time if the opening of the fall term of school.
 Cavalry training is being given at he Presidio of Monterey, California, or s'X weeks this summer to 172 col ege men from the Oregon Aglicuitura! '"Ilege. University of Arizona Texas state College of Agriculture and Me ianical Arts and the New Mexico Mil tary Institute. During the college year he students are members af the re- erve officers training corps units at heir schools. Only Western universi- ies with cavalry companies are repre- ented
 Yale GOr,ly. Navajo Indian, who scaped from the custody of the Indian gent at Fort Defiance, killed himself afher than permit the posse of Indian olice who were chasing him to re- apture him. according to word brought n Phoenix by Ed A. Weage, United 'tates deputy marshal.
 Franklin. the 13-year-Old son of Mir. nd Mrs. C. H. Brady. who live on a arm in inc vicinity of Bluewater, near ial!up. New Mexico. was shot and in- tantly killed hy the accidental dis harge of a shotgun in the hands of is little brother recently.
 Salt Lake City.-Three bandits. 'ith a woman in command, held up pfqP Tar1i fU-ica Tho xroD,ar