The St. Johns herald., 1922-07-13
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| SA8tom NgWRapeR Bs4on Ne4s boRS1co.J | IASurance agents of New Mexico are to become organized to raise the stand ard of insurance practice in that state.
 Over 150 car loads of cattle have been shipped to the markets at Kan sas City during the past month from GlenriO, N. Nj.
 The first head lettuce of the season from the Mesilla valley was shipped from Las Cruces a few days ago. From now on the shipments will be heavy.
 All state highways in southern Ari- Eona are in excellent condition, l. P. FFaizer, maintenance engineer for tho State Highway Department declared recently.
 Nearly 200 students reported at the first assembly of the summer school at the State University at Albuquerque. This will be the first summer course held since 1918.
 A boom is said to have struck Vaughn, N. M., since the oil operations have started in that section of the state. Many new buildings are now un- der construction.
 Drilling was resumed this week at the oil we'll of W. D. Owens near Ros- well. The first showing of oil in this well was found at the depth of 45O feet and the outlook is good.
 At a recent meeting of the city cOun- ell of Tucumcari, N. M., an occupation tax was passed. The tax will be one dollar on each thousand dollars worth of business done in the past year.
 Mrs. RI. McKitterick, mother of four children, the eldest 2 years old, has announced her candidacy for sheriff of Maricopa county on the Democratic ticket She is Salvation Army work CT in Phoenix. Mrs. McKittsrick is said to be the first woman candidate for sheriff in Arizona.
 A conference of public utility com missioners from far western states to discuss the Southern Pacific Central Pacific separation question closed re- gently with telegraphic appeal by the commissions of California, Arizona and New Mexico to the Interstate Commerce Commission to expedite its proposed consolidation scheme for the two railroads under authority of the transportation act oe 1920.
 Two indictments returned by a spe- ciaI county grand jury which is invOs- tigating activities at Phoenix of the Ku Klux Kan, jointly charge Tom Ak CTS, former managing editor of the Phoenix Gazette, and Harold Taffe, a sign painter, with Kidnapping and az gravated assault, it became known re- gently. The true bills were returned in connection with a flOgging admins tered to Ira Haywood, negro, by band of men in March.
 Mining excitement has been stirred up by a find by Spanish-American of the vicinity of Gascon, N. M. It is re- ported that several parties have of fered considerable sums for the prop erty, but all offers have been turned down. It has been well recognized fact that precious metals exist in the foothills of the Sapello, and in the im- mediate locality around Beulah, but sufficient capital has not been availa- ble to open up the various leads.
 The B. B. Shots Product Company is the name of new company formed in Roswell, N. M., to market the pifion crop of that section of the state in an attractive manner. The nuts will be cleaned, roasted and polished, and put up in attractive packages under the name of B. B. Shots. The packages will be put up in display cartons con- taining twenty-four packages which will be in turn packed tweHty-fOur to the case for shipment.
 Arizona's share of $195,OO0,000 ap- propriation recently by Congress for three-year road schedule, will be ap- proximately $2,66S,O69, according to word received by State Engineer Thomas Maddock.
 Five bandits were killed and three are known to have been wounded in holdup of a combination freight and passenger train of the Southern Pa cific de Mexico near Rosares, between Mazatlan, Sonora, and Topic, SinOlOa, Mexico, few days ago, according to c conductor.
 B. R. Raumaker left Douglas recent ly to give testimony before the Inter state Commerce Commission in a case filed by the Arizona Corporation Com mission in complaint of railroad fares both into and out of Arizona. The low est fare per mile is AS cents. 4 de-