The Snowflake herald., 1922-07-07
Southwest News
From All OUer
NoU Mexico
and Arizona

| NClIIIy. W Tic I0DOIIS Ol
the rangers the fire is now under con-
troll. Considerable valuable timber
was burned
Magdalena and Datil are said to be
doing the largest tourist business in
| history and hundreds of autos are
passing through that part of the state
each week. Roads are good but very
| dusty.
The White Line Stage Company of
| Roswell is now making plans to start
a line from that city to Carlsbad the
first of July. The cars will leave in
the morning and return late in the af-
| ternOOn.
| At recent meeting of the stock
| holders of the Lucky Bill mine, north
| of Silver City, it was decided to begin
| development work at once. This is
said to be one of the best silver prOpn-
sitions in this part of the state.
Arthur Paxton, eight years old, was
killed and his step-father suffered Sc
| we're head wounds and broken arm
when an automobile in which they
badMelrose highway a few days ago.
Work has started on clearing the
site for the new smelter of the Mag
ma Copper Company of Superior. This
| indicates that the railroad will be COM
pleted earlier than was reported. This
company is increasing their capitaliza
tion from $1,5O0,OO0 to $1,750,OOO.
| Radio broadcasting of mining news,
| market reports, price changes and
other things of interest to mining men
| is to start about July 1st, information
being furnished through the Arizona
Mining Journal and being broad
casted by Smith Hughes Company.
| A deal of some Importance has been
recorded with the transfer of the prop
erty of the Jumbo Mining Company to
the Arizona Triple Mountain Copper
Corporation. The transfer includes
the old Monarch mine. The consider
alton was 100000. The mines are in
the Picacho district.
The strike made during the assess
ment work at the Copper Ridge Min
been responsible for the stockholders
voting to raise and expend $4,000 for
development work. The strike is re-
ported to show 103 in the shaft, aver
aging 8 per cent copper ore.
Valencia oranges, grown in the Sui
phur Spring valley, took first prize at
the exhibit in Anaheim, Calf, of the
American Fruit Growers of California,
| according to information recently re-
| ceived by the Phoenix Chamber of
Commerce. The Salt River valley also
won third prize for the best plate of
| a dozen oranges.
The San Simon Valley irrigation
| District Association meets in regular
session at Bowie on the first Saturday
in July. This is the meeting at which
officers are to be elected for the en-
suing year, which, with other matters
to be attended to, makes it very i'm
pOrtant that there be a good attend
ance and that all the directors be pres
ent.
DR.. r. G. Hight, state veterinarian,
inspected the Mcdonald Brothers cat
tie, near Douglas, part of which were
| moved into Arizona from New Mexico.
DR.. Hight said that a quarantine ex-
| listed in Arizona to prevent the com
ing of cattle unless dipping has taken
place. The quarantine is necessary on
account of the prevalence of scabies in
| New Mexico. Arizona livestock are in
| excellent condition with here and there
little blackleg, but no more than is
| always found in cattle raising districts,
| according to DR.. Hight.
Roy Gardner, human eel' mail ban
dit, hopes to regain his liberty by sub
mitting to a surgical operation which
he says will prove his criminal tend
encies were due to pressure of a bone
on his brain, the result of fractured
skull suffered years ago, according to
information received by the United
States district attorney. The bandits
young wife, Dolly Gardner, is anxious
to pay for the operation with money
she has earned as motion picture act
ress, it is understood
B. M. Douglas and G. A. Clements,
both of Belen, were instantly killed
when the Ford truck in which they
were riding was struck by the Santa
Fe train at the Tasayas crossing, near
the city limits. The men had just left
| the Clements home about two blocks
from the tracks and attempted to get
to the crossing before the train
| passed, and were in the middle of the
tracks when the engine struck. The
truck was torn to pieces and the
mangled bodies of the two men were
dragged for some distance before the
train was stopped. Clements was an
| employe of the car shops and is sur
vived by his wife and five children.
According to ]. Parke Charming, the
Miami Copper Company is making
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