The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-03-24
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

Mrs Mary J. Taylor, Arizona's old
est resident, died at Douglas at the
age Of 100 years, one month and one
day.
Harvey Turner of the Diamond A
ranch near Separ, N. NJ, has just COM
pleted the "shipping of $50 cars of cat
tie to California. There were five
trains of fifty cars each.
The town Of Armijo, N. NJ, is with
out a postoffice and all the residents
of the town are obliged to get their
mail at the general delivery window
of the Albuquerque office.
A big road program is being planned
for the southeastern part of New Mex
leo for the coming month. The high
way east of Lovington to the Texas
line will be one of the first to be i'm
proved.
A fine vein of coal has been uncov-
cred by the Gallup American Coal
Company west of Gallup, N. NJ, and
plans are now being made to put the
mine into operation. The mine is
fourteen miles from Gallup.
The recent cuts in the freight rates
on coke from Colorado and New Mex
leo points to the smelter cities of the
southwest is another factor that will
help the mining industry to become
prosperous.
A rich gold strike is reported from
ten miles north of Stafford AriZ, in
Graham county. Eighty-five dollar
values at the surface on ledge two
and a half feet wide is the report
coming from the Lone Wolf mine.
Diamond drilling is to be resumed
at the property of the Central Copper
Company, Dos Cabezas, Ariz., as soon
as a diamond drill crew can be as
sembled. Some 10000 feet of diamond
drill work has already been done with
excellent results.
Ramon Osuna, nephew of Gen. p.
Elias Callea, secretary of the interior
in the Obregon cabinet, pleaded guilty
to evasion of the selective service
draft act in the United States District
Court at Tucson A sentence of thir-
ty days in the Pima county Jail was
Immediately imposed by Judge Will
liam III. Sawtelle.
The general appropriations bill,
containing appropriations understood
to be less by nearly a million dollars
than those carried in the general ap-
preparation bill of the regular session
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
was practically completed by the joint
appropriations committee of the Leg
islature at Phoenix.
A man believed, from pap Is in has
possession, to be D. Barnell, COM
mitted suicide while being questioned
by Constable Robert Gail at Welltot,
near Yuma, AriZ The man, who was
about IS years Of age, had aroused
suspicion by pacing the floor in
room of local hotel, which he had
engaged on his arrival at Yuma.
The University of Hawaii at Hon.
Olulu has offered the University of
Arizona a twO-year football contract,
one game to be played at Honolulu
next Christmas and the other to be
played at Tucson the following Christ
mas. The matter will be presented to
the athletic committee at Tucson at
an early date for action.
The Martinez Publishing Company,
Las Vegas, N. NJ, at a meeting of it's
stockholders, has decided to increase
its capital stock from $4,000 to $780,
600. Officers of the company stated
that there are many persons who
wished to buy stock, and VINO asked
that the capitalization be increased.
The company publishes La VOz, one
OF the Oldest and best known Spanish
newspapers in the state.
Representatives of the Los Angeles
Syndicate visited Pennington, N M.
the first of the month to go over the
new proposed railroad to the south.
1t is rumored that actual construction
work on the new road will be started
by the first of April
1t will probably be the end of March
before copper can be poured at the
Old Dominion plant, near Globe, Ariz..
as considerable trouble is being had
by the company in securing expe-
rienced miners. There is ample nm.
skilled labor at all camps.
e. c. Powell, oil man who is nro-
noting the local oil field near Vaughn.
n. NJ, reports that the Royal Dutch
OH Company has leased $4,000 acres
in that section of the state, and will
move several standard rigs from the
Texas fields to the new location this
month. Well known oil men state
that by the first of May there will he
at least ten standard rigs working
within radius Of fifteen to twenty
miles. Several biologists are now 60
Ing over the field and there is every
Indication that by the end Of the wear
that will be the most active field IN
the state
AT a special election held in Ration.
N. MI. to dQtorO,ipn