The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-11
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and Arizona
CWsst.rn Newspaper Union News ser1ics.)

In the arrest of a man who gives his name as Albert Clark" Santa Fe DO lice think they may have clue of i'm portance in solving the Vidal Lopez murder mystery.
 At the recent election held in Tula- rosa, N. M., majority of the residents of the city went on record as in favor of the $75,000 bond issue for the build ing of a new waterwOrks.
 The First National Bank of Deming has closed deal with the bank at Co., lumbus by which the business of the latter will be transferred to Deming and will be handled by the First Ma tional fere.
 Reports of the hunters of the BiO- logical Survey show that 126 predatory animals have been killed in New Mex leo since the first of the year. In the Black range and the Gila country many mountain lions have been killed.
 Children, either in a spirit of play or unmindful of the consequences of their act, almost caused the derailment and possible wrecking of Southern Pa cific passenger train at Yuma, Ariz., when they placed several spikes on tracks just south of Yuma.
 An International Run" from Phoe- nix to Nogales, Mexico, is being planned by the Automobile Club of Ari- zona and the good roads entertainment committee, J. J. Montgomery, chair man, as the crOwning feature of the big national good roads convention to be held in Phoenix during the week of April 24.
 Jewell A. BOstick, charged with i'm portatiOn, possession and transpOrta- tion of 1892 quarts of tequila, has been bound over to the federal grand jury under bond of $2,OOO and committed to the Pima county jail, according to com missiOners records filed in the office of the United States District Court at Tucson.
 Members of the MaricOpa county board of supervisors, at recent meet ing, voted to join with the supervisors and commercial bodies of COchise, Santa Cruz, Pima, Pinal and Yuma counties in requesting the governor of Arizona and the State Highway Department to designate the Southern Arizona Inter- state highway a primary interstate route.
 W. s. EasOn, resident of Deming, N M., has been held to the grand jury under bond of $500, charged with ille- gal voting at the recent election. While it is said that Eason had lived in the state and county the required length of time, he had been in the precinct only two weeks. His ballot was chal- lenged at the polls but he insisted on casting his ballot.
 The New Mexico Cowboys Reunion Association voted to hold the eighth annual roundup at Las Vegas July 8, 4 and 5. Business men have raised the required purse, and the reunion will offer, as usual, $5,000 in prizes for rOp- ing, brOnc riding, steer bulldogging, cowboy and cowgirl races, fancy rop- ing and riding, and all the events that go to make up first-class rodeO.
 When the war finance bill, an emerg- ency measure introduced in the Sen ate by Senator James Scott of Navajo county, became effective with the sign ing of the bill by Gov. Thomas B. Campbell, loans to Arizona cattle and sheep men by the War Finance Gorpor- atiOn amounting to approximately $1,- 500,O00, which have been held up awaiting the passage of the measure, were released.
 Apple Blossom day, one of the big gest events in New Mexico, was held in Roswell April IS. All the business houses in the city were closed.
 On account of the fact that there has been little snow during the winter in the Gila country near Silver City, N. M., all visitors and tourists have been asked by the officials of the forest service to guard against fires during the summer. May and June will be the worst months and special guards will be stationed in then ational forest dur ing these months. The forests have been we'll posted and everything pos sible done to save the country from fires.
 The state of Arizona stands to lose $20,000 as the result of the action of former State Treasurer Harry S. Ross in accepting the bond of the Central Finance Corporation as surety for state funds deposited with the Bank of Will cox This is the significance of a deci- sion handed down by the Supreme Court at Phoenix in the matter of the .s.l.s