The Holbrook news., 1922-11-10
Southwest News
 From All Ouer NeU MexiCO
 and ArizOnQ

SciOrd M- StOuuaru or fnOenlN, state commander of the American Le- zion, will be the principal speaker at the armistice day celebration In No gales.
 Five hundred and forty babies. 219 girls and 261 boys, were born in Ari- zona during September, according to the birth records of the state board of health.
 The National Bank of Gallup, \. M., which has been in operation for the past year and a half, last week had its name changed to the First National Bank of Gallup.
 The quarantine that has been in eff feet for many months requiring all cat tie entering Arizona from New Mex icO to be dipped under veterinary su- pervision, has just recently been mod flied.
 John c. Dunbar, publisher of Phoenix weekly newspaper, was found not guilty on a charge of criminal libel by jury in Judge R. c. Stan fOrd's division of the Maricopa county superior court.
 The Old Ranch Inn, the popular summer resort of Watrous, N. M., has closed after one of the most success ful seasons in history Several sum- mer homes are to be erected near the inn next year.
 The new high school building at Hillsboro, N. M., has been completed and will be occupied by the first of tine month. The enrolment this year is the largest in the history of the school.
 w. F. Lewis, business man of San Simon, reports that the residents of the northern Cochise county farming center are at present engaged in boost ing for road leading north from San simon to Duncan
 A new industry, which it is believed will grow rapidly in the next few years, was begun in San Miguel coun- ty. \. M., when ten cars of sugar beets were shipped to the Holly Sugar com pany of Colorado.
 Construction of the big dam at Red Bluff, near the New Mexico-Texas state line, will cost nearly S2,000,000 and the capacity will be over 300,000 acre feet, according to the report of engineers.
 The committee in charge of the rais- ing of funds for the building of the railroad from the San Juan valley to Gallup, reports that over S3,500,O0O in land subscriptions has been set aside for the road.
 Navajo City, the newest town in New Mexico, has been launched on the ShiprOck road, twenty miles west of FarmingtOn- The new location is the nearest possible tOwnsite to the Mid west cOmpany's oil field and will do much to boost the field after the town is laid out.
 E. A. Rogers, pioneer resident of Prescott and owner of the Courier for 40 years, died at his home in Prescott after a short illness. Mir. Rogers, who was 6S years old, had retired from active newspaper work January 1. 1920, selling his interest in the Courier at that time.
 At a meeting of large number of the sportsmen in the vicinity of Gal lup branch of the game protective association of New Mexico was formed with some of the livest wires in the county as leaders. T. F. Smalling, To- cal banker, was elected president of the association and the other officers are all workers for the betterment of the game conditions.
 Announcement has been made at Phoenix of the utilization of the Amer ican Woman's Overseas League, d Phoenix organization composed of ex- service women who served overseas during the World War with the WOm- ems Overseas Service League, the na- tional organization of overseas women. , The Arizona state board of registra- tion for engineers has decided to join the national council of the state board of engineers and examiners This move will make it possible for any Arizona registered engineer to obtain a reciprocity certificate in any state in which similar board is organized without the requirement. of additional examinations.
 A. B. McAlillen, whose attorney de- | manded of the jury in his libel suit against Carl Magee, at Albuquerque, that it set figure on the value of the | reputation of his client, is dissatisfied with the jury's instructed award of one dollar. Mir. McNIillen asked dam- ages of SJ0,OO0. the jury failing by S49999 to reach the figure asked Mir. | McAiillen has filed motion asking that the verdict be set aside and a new trial granted.
 Howard Dillman of Phoenix was in- | stantly killed near Benson, Ariz., when | his racing car that Dillman was pilot | ing over the DouglaS-PhOenix race | course crashed into a touring car, overturned and was demolished. Joe | Diaz, also of Phoenix, mechanician for | Dillman, sustained deep gash in his | head and minor bruises.
 EastbOund Santa Fe passenger train | No 10 cOllided with string of three light locomotives. wsetbOund without | load on curve half mile east of | Kingman few days ago. None of the passengers or crew was seriously hurt
 An Arizona woman owning property in community with her husband is not entitled to vote at a school board cleo