The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-09-15
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

Reports reaching Carrizizo state that
Miguel Montoya, storekeeper at Ra-
benton, was shot and killed on the
streets of the town.
Figures recently compiled by the
city treasurer shows that Albuquerque
has spent over half million on Its
paving since the year 1919.
Due to the shortage of coal at the
big furnaces at Pueblo, Colo, mangan-
csc operations at the Boston Hill mines
near Silver City have been stopped.
The recovery of $4,000 worth OF
notes and bonds, issued by the defunct
Bank of Phoenix to creditor banks in
Los Angeles, by the payment OF S2l,OOo
in cash, has been announced by An
drew Baumert, Jf., receiver.
f. J. Kasper of Swink, Colo, CHER
agriculturist for the Holly Sugar Cor
poration. recommended at meeting OF
business men at Las Cruces that sugar
beet demonstration planting be con-
tinued in the Mesilla Valley next sea-
son.
Plans are being made for the exca-
walton of the Aztec ruins south of
Pennington, part of the work to be
done by the University of Denver. An
auto road will be made to the ruins
and sixteen men and two teams will be
used in the work.
f. G. Sganzini, Jr., who was given a
hearing in the court of Judge Schauer
at Gallup, N. NJ, was assessed fine
Of 500 and costs and sentenced to
serve ninety days in the county Jail,
but the Jail sentence was suspended.
The charge of carrying a deadly wea-
pom was filed by the district attorney.
Police on both sides of the interna-
tiOnal line at NogaleS are searching
for Juan N Beltram, city treasurer OF
NOgales, Sonora, who is reported to
have disappeared following the recent
discovery of an alleged shortage of ST.
1872 25 in his accounts. 1t was report
ed in the Sonora town that the short
age was believed to be as high as So
600.
The tax commission will follow Dis
trict Judge Harry p. Owens decision
In regard to teachers pay, ]. E. Saint,
tax commission chairman, stated when
the commission took up the Torrance
county school budget. Under the de-
cision the highest pay that can be Civ
en- a teacher In one, two or three-room
rural school is $110 month for nine
months.
The gold strike reported from the
United Verde Extension mine, near
Jerome, Ariz., recently, continues to be
a topic of interest in the Verde district.
While no statement of the extent of
the find has been given out as yet, 1T
is practically certain, it is said, that
the deposit will prove of great value,
with the ore growing richer as the
drift is advanced.
How two 15-year-old girl chums
tired of convent life and left the insti
tuition through the window at night,
joined a circus showing in Ell Paso,
and were rescued in Juarez, was told
at preliminary hearing given Secun-
dino Esquida, part owner of the cir
was held on a $4,000 bond on charge
of kidnapping, pending the outcome of
the hearing, which Is to be resumed
shortly.
The strike of the United Mine Work
ers of America which has been in eff
feet at Gallup, n. NJ, since April L,
has been called off by the officials Of
the district headquarters at Pueblo,
Colo. The men were Instructed to "re-
turn to work wherever they can OBJ
tain it," Many of the miners, it is
said have made arrangements to go
to some of the eastern states where
the operators have signed contracts
with the union.
Protection of the town of Holbrook,
Ariz., from flood waters of the Little
Colorado river has made necessary an
appropriation which will increase tax
eS more than 10 per cent. In accord
ance with the state law, in such cases,
the town authorities have asked the
State Tax Commission for an emergen-
cy appropriation of $4,000.
According to report given out by
the postoffice officials some thirty of
fees in New Mexico will soon be dis
continued. The list follows: Platero
in Bernalillo county; Trachedo in Ca
iron county; Felix in Chaves county
Center Valley and West Ell Paso in
DOna Ana county; Ruia and Swartz in
Grant county; Halle in Guadalupe
county; King and Beauty In Lea coun-
ty; Desco in Lincoln county; Rincon-
ada in Rio Arriba county; Benson,
Garrison, Kermit and Valley View in
Roosevelt county; Casa Salazar IN
Sandoval county; Cherry Vale, Park
Springs, Tecolete, Trujillo in San Mi
guel county; Pojuaque in Socorro
county; East View, Quart, Manzano,
Pinoswells' and Varney in Torrance