The Holbrook news., 1922-12-22
Southwest News
 From All Ouer Neu MexiCO
 and ArizOnQ

ton capacity, which has been under construction on the Stargo property near Morenci, N. M., for the pas. six months, made its initial trial run Dec 15.
 The Community fair which was held at the Deming armory, was the most successful ever held in that city and was attended by large crowds. Both the basement d the main floor were filled with exhibits
 A. M. Woods, Santa Fe railway en- ploye, was found dead in taxi by the driver of the car, who had been sum- moned to a restaurant by Woods, who asked that he be driven around for a while as he was ill.
 L. 1. Taylor and his son, Irwin Fay Tor, became the owners of the light and power plant at Springer, N. M., having purchased the entire outfit from Nathan veil. The new owners are now making plans to add more equipment.
 One man is dead and four in jail at Carrizozo, N. M, as result of fight at Arabela, in a remote section in the eastern part of Lincoln county, news of which reached Carrizozo with the bringing in of the four prisoners. AL fredo Fresquez was fatally injured when his S ull was crushed with stove which was hurled at him in the fight.
 Vicente Toribio, a Jerome miner, was found guilty of assaulting Luiz Diaz, fellow employe or the Little Daisy mine at Jerome, by jury in the Superior Court at Phoenix. Vicente was alleged to have fired four shots at Diaz on a dark street in Jerome last September. Diaz was hit twice and was confined to hospital for sev- eral weeks.
 Three persons were instantly killed and one bao'y injured when the auto mobile in which the four passengers were riding was struck by Santa Fe train No. 21 at a grade crossing twen- ty miles south of Kingman, Ariz. The dead are: Mrs. EldOn Baughn, w. A. Neal, Jr., and Charles H. Scott. FL don Baughn suffered broken leg and other severe injuries.
 Joven Victor Garcia, an employe at the Holy Cross hospital at Deming, was almost instantly killed when the dirt on the top of the trench in which he was working. caved in. covering his body to the depth of several feet. The trench was about twelve feet deep and fhrnn foot yrida lohnrarS worked madly for some time to save him, but he was dead when his body was finally found.
 Carlton Thayer Converse of Hous- ton, Texas, athlete and junior at the university of Arizona, was almost in- stantly killed when hls racing car turned over on the Nogales road, at a point about one mile south of Tubac. J. H. McGibbeny and Lewis Carpenter, who were passengers in the machine, were more or less injured. The acci dent is attributed to the fact that the car, which Converse was driving, was not equipped with light.
 John Andrews, 6, son of MT. and Mrs. P. E. Andrews. of Bisbee, claims the world tricycle. record. The other day the boy started for ride Late in the afternoon police officer in Doug las halted him for riding his tricycle. on sidewalk. Douglas is twenty-eight miles from Bisbee. Little John, ac- cording to his story, pedaled the twen- weight miles in about 9 hours, 34 min utes and 40 seconds. He was returned to Bisbee in an automobile.
 Construction of several miles of for est roads in Arizona will be held up next year through the reduction y Congress of the forest highway fund in the national budget, according to of ficials of the State Highway Depart ment. The amount to be appropriated for this work ir the United States in the new budget is S3OOO.OOO as com pared with s6,5OO,OOO last year. ' New Mexico's receipts during the last fiscal year, ended Nov. 30, amount ed to SS,716,255.71, according to State Treasurer Q. A. Matsons report for the year, filed at the governors office Expenditures during the same period totaled S6SS9, ,124.4I. The balance on hand at the beginninS of the year was $3,4S1, ,09941, and at the close, S5,3OS,- 230.65.
 Chester Merrill, Bisbee rent car dri- yer of Douglas, was held up at the point of gun by two men who had hired him to drive them to Naco, Son. ora, compelled to climb into the rear seat and submit to having his hands tied behind him, and was driven to Douglas, where he escaped by leaping to the ground when the car passed over the main street at the north end of town.
 Officials of the federal government and of four states were in Yuma for the opening of the trial of Ava E. Smith, once known as ''the boy bank er," and now charged with having wrecked tho Parker Valley Bank at Parker, Ariz., last summer, and having diverted S4OOOO of its assets to his own use.
 Miss Catherine Encinas was found guilty of first degree murder for the staying of Dr. w. c. Randall, promi- nent Florence physician, by jury in Superior Court at Florence The july recommended life imprisonment.
 A net profit of S2,6S5.41 was made | by the Northern Arizona Normal School at Flagstaff in the operation of | the dormitory and the dining hall dur ing the DeriOd from Julv 1 to Oct 21