Taiban Valley news., 1921-03-11
Southwest News
From All Over
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
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mortal introduced in the House to ap-
propriate a sufficient sum to permit
the United States bureau of immigra-
Arizona to Mexico.
A new turntable is being installed in
the Santa Fe shops at Las Vegas, N.
NJ. 1t is a wholly modern and up-to-
date table and will take some time to
install. The cost will be approximate
ly $4,000.
The Globe Plaster. and Mining Com
.pany is now surveying the grade from
its plant north of Carlsbad, N. NJ, to
the Santa Fe.with the idea of building
a railroad to the factory. A short line
will enable the company to put all its
product on the cars at Avalon.
According toa report by ]. j. Foley,
district manager of the Continental Oil
Company, a new $4,000 office build
ing will be started soon. The new
building win be erected on the COM
pany's ground in Albuquerque and will
be one of the finest of its kind in the
state
The Mountain States Telephone
Company is now busy installing new
lines in Artesia, N. NJ, and will ALSO
put in considerable new equipment in
the local plant. Many of the city lines
will be restrung on new poles and all
the lines out of the city win be reinsu-
lated.
Seized with cramp while swim
ming in the Salt river at the foot of
Nineteenth street in Phoenix, Miguel
Gamboa, 20, drowned before compan-
ions could come to his rescue. The
body was recovered by two men fish
ing along the river. No inquest was
heidi
After being stalled on the desert of
southern Nevada, where hunger drove
him and his wife and baby to seek sue
cor at the nearest habitation, Willis E.
Hastings was arrested at Kingman,
Ariz., on charge of violating the Dy-
er act In the alleged stealing of an au-
tomobile and conveying it to another
state.
The Salt River Valley Cotton Com
pany's gin at Florence, Ariz., has sus-
pended operations after season of
four and one-half months. The opera
tions this year have been far more sue
cessful than last year. Last year but 40
bales were ginned, while this year L.
060 bales were turned out. OF this
amount over 500 bales are in storage
in the Salt River valley.
Charged with trying to smuggle L.
600 rounds Of ammunition into Mexico,
Joaquine Matus, Mexican, was ar
rested at Naco by Customs Inspector
Chatham. Matus was given hearing
before James Allison, U. S. Commits
sioner at Bisbee, Ariz., and bound over
for trial in the Federal Court on $1,000
bail. Being unable to make bond he
was locked up in the jail
Paul ]. Rainey, big game hunter
of international reputation, will go to
Mexico early in the spring to hunt
bear, and will be accompanied by sew
eral Of the residents of Silver City, N.
NJ. Mr.. Ralney will spend most of his
time in the Sierra Madre mountains
and the plans for the trip are being ar
ranged by Grayson and Harrington of
New Mexico.
Work on the new road between Ar
tesla, N. NJ, and Hope has been start
ed and some twenty miles will be
graded and covered with a hard sur
face. This is one of the mist import
ant roads in that part of the state as
it will furnish an outlet for a large
number of ranches in the vicinity of
the Sacramento mountains, which are
now almost shut off from the eastern
part of the state.
Santiago Gurule, rancher living
near Albuquerque, shot and killed his
wife because, he told police, he found
her with another man." Mrs. Gurule
was teacher in the COrrales school.
Gurule surrendered Immediately fol-
lowing the shooting.
Work of placing concrete top over
the subway near the Baptist church in
Tombstone cafion, in Bisbee, Ariz., for
use as parking place for autos, is
progressing satisfactorily under the di-
rection of p. II. Halleck, city engineer,
and is about one-third completed. Hal
leck said that 1t would take month
to complete the work. The parking
place will go long way toward re-
lieving congestion on the downtown
streets.
Five members of the local order of
the Knights of Pythias of Ration, N.
NJ, had narrow escape when the
auto In which they were returning
from Trinidad, skidded on the wet
slushy road near the Colorado line,
and turned over. The car fortunately
left the road where there was low
drop, and although the five men were
thrown into the ditch none Of them
were seriously injured, but all received
a good shaking up.
OF the 100000 head of cattle In
New Mexico on Jan. /, 1920, over so
per cent or more than 100000 head be-
long to members of the New Mexico