The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-29
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and Arizona
Cwestsrn Newspaper Union News ser1ics.)

good condition.
 Three days of races and cowboy sports have been arranged in the pro- gram for the northern New Mexico fair which will be held iii RatOn, OctO- Der 4, 5, 6 and z.
 In the past three months the number of cases of indigents in MaricOpa cOun- ty, Arizona, has decreased about 30 per cent, Charles Sabin, county indi- gent officer, stated at Phoenix.
 Lupe Gonzales of Roswell, who was shot by Juan Rubio, died at the St. Mary's hospital Following his death the charge of assault against Rubio was withdrawn and formal complaint of murder filed.
 City mail delivery was started in Clayton, N. M., the first of September and deliveries will be made over the entire city twice a day. The service started with two carriers and the force will be increased as the town requires it.
 The new highway travel lawk now is in effect in Arizona. It provides that all vehicles must carry a light at night, that headlights must throw beam ris- ing not over forty-two inches from the roadway, that cutOuts must not ex- tend downward to the possible injury of the rOadbed, that no unusual noises shall be made and that person who drives from an accident in which he participated may be guilty of felony.
 Business conditions in Arizona are improving if it can be judged by the increased number of articles of incOr- pOratiOn which have been filed with the State Corporation Commission of late. New business enterprises often mean new money coming into the state; they place money in circula- tion, and if nothing more they are based on the suppOsitiOn that an en- terprise has been found which will at- tract investors by its merits.
 The rodent destruction crew which has been at work for some time on the Zuni Indian reservation is meeting with good success, and by late fall most of the prairie dogs will have been killed. The tract of land which the crew has been working on is about thirty miles long by ten wide and con- tains about 50,O00 acres. The land is said to be valuable for agriculture purposes, but for a long time has been almost worthless on account of the in- roads of the dogs.
 Mining properties in the Twelfth Federal Reserve district, including the seven states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, produced more silver, gold and lead, and less copper during July than in the corresponding month last year, according to reports mode public by John Perrin, federal reserve agent at San Francisco. The reports were received from twelve largest mines located in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Idaho.
 A movement has been started in Gal lup to divert the flood waters of the PuercO river so that there will be no danger of future floods. Several times this season the west side of the city has been under from one to two feet of water and the loss in property has been heavy and plans are now being made for the construction of dykes to pre- vent this. If the funds can be raised a concrete wall about ten feet high will be built so that the river will be held in it's channel instead of flowing over the low lands of the city. The to- tai cost of the improvement will be about $40,OOO when it is completed.
 Fort Bayard N. M., will soon have a troop of Boy Scouts which will be under the management of H. l.. Mitch ell, newly arrived patient at the big hospital. It is expected that about thirty members will be recruited by the first of the month.
 Gov. M. C.. Mechem announced the appointment of Stephen B. Davis, IT,, of Las Vegas, as justice of the State Supreme Court, to take the place of Clarence J. Roberts, chief justice, who, it is announced, will resign Nov. 1 to enter upon the practice of law in Santa Fe. The appointment of Mir. Davis is made pending the general election in 1922.
 At a recent meeting of the Sweet Potato Growers Association, plans were completed for the new warehouse which will be erected in Fort Sumner, N. M, to care for the seasons crop. The lots for the site have been pUr- chased and actual construction work will be started soon as the material can be placed on the ground. The crop ever grown in thn valley and if is nnS-