The Snowflake herald., 1921-10-14
Southwest News
From All Ouer
NeW Mexico
and Arizona
(Western Newspaper Union News Service }

ueptn VI 1,Oo0 Ieet and the drill RIM
ming in hard limestone formation
The hole is to be drilled to the depth
of $500 feet.
Drivers of taXicabs i'm Arizona who
are licensed by the State Corporat;on
commission and who hereafter are
convicted of violating federal or state
laws regarding prohibition, narcotic
drugs or pandering, will have their Ii
censes revoked, according to an an
nOuncement made by the State Corner
alton Commission.
Free rides for Apache Indians on the
Arizona Eastern railroad across the
San Carlos reservation are going into
their third and last decade. By a con-
tract with the railroad the Apaches
were permitted to ride free for thirty
years. AS the line was completed in
1898, they have had twenty-three years
of passes.
According to reports at Gallup, N.
NJ, from the Navajo Indian reserya-
ton, the pifion crop this season will
be the largest ever known In the west
ern part OF the state. Other reports
from all over the state and also from
Arizona state that conditions are the
same and that many carloads will be
shipped to the eastern markets during
the season.
At the meeting held in Deming, n.
NJ, for the election of a commander of
the local post of the American Legion,
DR.. M. II. Cain was chosen as the new
commander, succeeding DR.. S. D.
SwOpe, who has filled the position for
the past year The new head of the
post served overseas in the Marines
and was wounded while in action on
the German front
Theodore West, now awaiting execu-
ton in the Arizona state prison for the
murder of his travelling companion
near Kingman several months ago, is
absolutely sane, according to the re-
port of DIR. Huffman, prison physician
at Florence, and DR.. III. A. Hughes, Sr,
of Phoenix. The physicians examined
West at the request of Governor Thorn
as E. Campbell and their report was
forwarded tot he governor.
Chaves county, n. NJ, which already
boasts of the best roads in the state, is
making plans for the finest system of
highways in the Southwest during the
next two years If the present plans
are carried out it will mean a fine
highway from Dexter TO the Eddy
county line, road from the Roose-
fn hn
line; a road from Acme to Roswell,
and still another from Eight Mile draw
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce of Las Cruces, n. NJ, have been
informed by the chairman of the civic
committee that the improvements to
be made in the school system of the
city during the next year Will cost
over $4,000. The auditorium and gym
of the high school with the heating
plant will cost about $4,000; the new
building in the south ward will cost
over $4,000 and the two-room addi-
tiOn to the Lucero school will cost
about $6,500
A new project to carry the paved
road from Albuquerque to Isleta is
now being planned and the work on
soon. Work on the Barelas bridge
will be started again about the middle
of October and as soon as this is fin
ished bids will be asked for on the
paving job which will be Of concrete.
When all the work is completed, this
will be one of the finest stretches of
road out of the city and will furnish a
splendid outlet for the farmers in that
part of the county.
November Is will be designated as
Red Cross Sunday by Governor Thorn
as E. Campbell of Arizona. The an
was contained in a letter
from the governor to George Filmer
of the Pacific coast division
Of the Red Cross, who had asked the
governor to designate Nov. 13 as Red
Cross Sunday to add impetus to the
annual roll call of the organizations
Reorganization of the local Chamber
of Commerce at Gallup, n. NJ, is now
being planned and the big drive for |
members and funds will be started |
about the middle of October. A con-
tract has been entered into between |
the local chamber and the American |
City Bureau, in which the latter |
agrees to place the local body on a |
paying basis for the next three years. |
On condition that he leave the state
Of Arizona, Fred "Slick" Brown, who |
was charged with assault on his wife |
in Douglas, Ariz., was gwen a five
year suspended sentence by Judge |
Lockwood in Division 1 of the Super
ior Court "Slick" promptly showed
his willingness to leave the confines OF
Arizona by taking the first stage out |
as soon as released and promised ne |
would never return.
Insurance companies doing business
In Arizona must cease insuring owners |
Of automobiles and other vehicles Tor |