The Snowflake herald., 1922-07-14
Southwest News
From All OUeY
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

OF the cl1ffdWellerS near Aztec, New
Mex.
Development at the Volcano group
of mines north of Lordsburg, New
Mex, is being rushed with increased
forces of men.
He was taken Immediately to a hos
pital for Identification by Enge, who
was beaten over the head with heavy
instrument and stabbed twice in the
body.
According to reports reaching Dem
ing, New Mex, all the fires in the Gila
National Forest are now under control
and there is little danger of further
outbreaks.
Approximately $500 acres of timber
land were burned over by the recent
forest fire in the Gila National Forest,
according to Aldo Leopold, assistant
district forester, who had charge of the
fire-fighting operations on his return
to Albuquerque. The fire swept through
one of the finest stands of yellow pine
in the Southwest.
That manganese mining will soon be
one of the greatest industries in New
Mexico is the belief of the officials in
charge of the Boston Hill mines near
Silver City. Work at the mines was
resumed the first of April and has
been on the increase ever since, with
the amount of ore mined more than
doubled up to the present time.
George r. Quesenberry, who for the
past three years has been in charge of
the agronomy department of the State
Agricultural College at State College,
New Mex, will transfer the first of
the month to the extension department
of the college. The change is being
made because of Mr.. Quesenberry's
knowledge of New Mexico and his abil-
ity to give advice to the farmers.
Dan Stillman Secretary of the State
Prison BoarU, arrived In Douglas re-
Gently with Emmett L. Wood, who
escaped from the state penitentiary at
Florence several weeks ago. Wood,
who was sent up for five years from
Phoenix for stealing an automobile. had
served half of his term and was made
a trusty. He stole an automobile in
Florence and made his escape to Ell
Paso.
Charles f. Dalton, who was presi-
dent Of the Exchange Bank of Peoria
at the time the institution closed its
doors last February, was freed on a
bond of $1,000 when he was arraigned
before Superior Judge Stanford on a
charge of embezzlement. An indict-
ment returned at Phoenix by the spe-
cial county grand jury alleges that
Dalton appropriated $2,121 of the
banks funds two days before it closed.
Samples of gold ore from the mines
in the San Mateo hills, west of the
Elephant Butte dam, recently brought
to Los Cruces, have assayed nearly
$500 to the ton, according to reports.
The samples were taken from the Dur
ham lode and are said to be the best
seen in that part of New Mexico for
many years and the vein is exposed
for eight feet on hanging wall. Plans
are now under way for the develop
ment of the property on a big scale.
The wells which furnish Tucumcari,
New Mex, with water are said to be
drying up and the situation is said to
be serious at the present time. Water
has been purchased from the railroad
for the city and most of the irrigation
has been stopped. The shortage is due
to the fact that one of the city wells
is caving in and it is believed that new
wells will have to be sunk at once or
the city will be practically without wa
ter before the summer is over.
OF 135 men of the Ku Klux Kan
who testified before a special county
grand jury in Phoenix, conducting q
three weeks investigation of khan
night-riding activities, "the majority
seemed to be victims of amnesia,' the
jury declared in it's report submitted
to Superior Judge Stanford. All that
most of the klansmen could remember,
said the report, was that they Joined,
paid $40 and then resigned"
Indictments charging bigamy have
been returned at Phoenix by the Mari
copa county grand jury against J. J.
Ruber, a rancher, and J. E. Robinson.
an assistant state dairy inspector.
Robinson is understood to have
wife and eight children in Mesa, Ariz.,
and another wife and four children in
Gilbert, Ariz. Huber is alleged to have
wife and six children in Mesa and
aOnther wife and three children in
Lehi, Ariz. All four women were called
before the grand jury. The bond of
each Of the men was fixed at $1,000.
William E. Acker former Phoenix
taxicab driver, charged with assault
and intent to murder Iver Enge on a
mountain road near Prescott, June IL,
has been brought to Prescott following
his arrest in Los Angeles.
Folsom, New Mex, went over the top
for a new school building when tbe