The Snowflake herald., 1922-11-03
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona


extended on into Tombstone, Arizona.
The automobile belonging to DR..
Wylder, of Albuquerque, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire when it ig-
nited during pleasure ride on the
Tijeras road.
Workmen from Ell Paso are busy
setting the big stills at the Tucum-
carl Oil refinery and it is believed that
the plant will be in operation by the
first of December.
L. S. Bowen, pioneer merchant at
Webb, twenty miles northeast of Bis
bee, Ariz, was burned to death when
his store, in which the Webb poStof-
flee was located, was destroyed by fire.
T. e. Butler and Paul Hunter, of
Clayton in a serious condition as the
result of burns received at fire which
came near destroying the Butler home.
The Silver Bell Columbia mining
property, II miles southeast of Su-
perior, has been sold to George p Man
gus of New York, for $4,000, accord
ing to announcement by the former
owners.
E. NJ Otero, rancher of the Mag
delena IN. NJ country, made ship
ment of over 10000 sheep a few days
ago. The train contained SO cars and
went to the Western Feeding company
of Colorado.
At meeting of the board of regents
of the New Mexico State Normal, Prof.
A. o. Bowden, of Baylor college, Bel
ton, Texas, was selected as the presi-
dent of the Normal, to succeed j. f.
Chamberlain.
The big fair which was held at
Whitewater, New Mexico, was the best
ever held in that part of the state.
Hundreds of people from Gallup and
other points in the southern part of
the state attended.
According to the report of the oil
experts of the Midwest Refining COM
pany, which brought in the big oil well
in the Shiprock country, the oil is the
best quality ever found in New Mexico
and possibly in the whole country.
Harwood J. Simmons, vice president
and managing director of the Eel Paso
Times, died at his home in El Paso Il
few days ago. Mr.. Simmons formerly
was vice president and general man
ager of the Eel Paso and Southwestern
railroad.
The Little Butte Amalgamated Mines
Company is preparing to resume deyel-
opnfent of it's properties near Bouse,
Arizona, taking up the work where the
United Mines company left off during
the war period, and continuing the
shaft to the sulphide ore.
At the regular meeting of the Joe
Quesenberry post of the American Le
gion, held at Las Cruces, n. NJ, the
following new officers were chosen :
Edwin l.. Holt was elected as post
commander, George r. Quesenberry
was elected as vice-post commander,
and Frank f. Lucero was reelected as
post adjutant and finance officer. Dr.
II. K. Mcbride was the principal speak
er of the evening, his subject being
"Americanism."
A suit in equity involving the title
of the Calumet and Arizona Mining
company to eight of its most valuable
claims in the Warren district, and ask
ing for an accounting of all ores taken
Io; Il
to be valued at approximately $50,000,
900, was filed in federal court at Tue
son, by Patrickia Julia Cunningham
Kennedy and Lyle e. Kennedy, her
husband. and Mary Aileen Cunning
ham Morrison and John NJ. Morrison,
her husband.
James NJ. Lennox, former United
States commissioner at Sentinel, Ariz.,
was taken into custody at Indianapolis,
Ind, in an Indictment charging com
plicity in an alleged soldier land
fraud" in which eX-service men and
disabled soldiers were alleged to have
lost approximately S2,5OOOOO, accord
ing to word received at Phoenix by
federal officials.
Nearly 30 years ago through causes
unknown, two of the bonds issued by
MaricOpa county, Arizona, for the
building of a railroad from Maricopa
to Phoenix disappeared and have never
turned up since, according to Raymond
r. Earhart, state treasurer, and Char
les W. Fairfield, state auditor, who,
with Attorney &. B. Wilson, of Flag
staff, representing four counties in the
county bond case, are now engaged in
making preparation for the reimburse
ment of the counties for the bonds in
accordance with the provisions of the
enabling act The missing bonds were
part of an issue of 100000 put forth
by Maricopa county nearly 40 years
ago, and are numbers 149 and $50 of
the issue. Each bond was for $1,000
and was made payable to the bearer.
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