The St. Johns herald., 1922-10-05
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW MoxiCO
 and Arizona

Auditor John JOerns.
 Roy Calvin, IS, of Lavena, wounded by a ricochet bullet when Policeman George Harding shot at the tires of the automobile he was driving, died at Phoenix.
 One of the most disastrous fires in DeS MOines for many years occurred recently when the two large store houses belonging to B. B. Cory were destroyed.
 The new oil well of the Midwest Re fining Company between Pennington and Shiprock, is now down to the depth of 800 feet. The drilling is pro- gressing rapidly.
 NestOr Candelaria, a railway shop striker, died at his home in Albu- querque from injuries sustained in fight Officers are searching for shop worker who is said to have struck Candelaria.
 At work in earnest on the proposed railroad from Fort Worth to Tucum- cari, Col. c. Fl. Powel of Chicago is now sending out Questionnaires to farmers and business men along the right-Of-way. No recent work has been done on the road.
 The first Home Rodeo" to be held in Clayton took place recently when one of the largest crowds ever seen in Clayton was present Some of the best riders and rOpers in Union, Hard Ing and COlfax counties participated In the many events and special prizes were awarded to the winners.
 Harvey Burkett was found guilty of second degree murder in his trial at Fort Sumner, charged with the killing of Ora Hall, near Ricardo, Feb. 6, and sentenced to forty to fifty years in the penitentiary. His attorney gave notice of appeal. The men were' ranchers, and the killing followed a dispute over range land.
 The tipple at the Weaver coal mine at Gallup was burned recently. Indi- cations are the fire was of incendiary origin. Authorities are investigating The loss of the tipple caused a com plete suspension of operations at the mine, throwing TIP miners out of work temporarily. The damage was esti- mated at $4O,OOO.
 Committees are hard at work on the plans for the big Indian fair which is to be held in Gallup, Sept. 2S-29 and 30 in the City park. Ray Alrich and Mike Kirk, Indian traders, have lined up Indian dances as follows: The fire dance of the Navajos, the Comanche war dance of the Isletas, the Eagle and the Butterfly dance of the Hopis. The nude body of Guy Dernier, we'll known in Phoenix and throughout Ari- zOnt, was found floating in the Ari- zOna canal, near Black CafOn road, about eight miles from Phoenix. On the throat was found a deep abrasion and the chest was bruised in a num- Der of places. About half a mile up stream from where the body was dis covered Derniers automobile was found standing on the banks of the ca nal On the seat his clothes had been neatly arranged.
 Two brides in a double elopement who are being detained in Albuquerque following the arrests of their husbands on a charge of having stolen the two automobiles in which they came here on their honeymoon, requested officers to allow them to obtain work in AIbu- Querque and not be returned to their homes in Laramie, WyO. Authorities received advices to hold Leo E. Groat and James A. Holoday, the bride grOOms, for authorities at Cheyenne, WyO., where the automobiles are al- keged to have been stolen.
 Effective Oct. l, the wages of all employees of the Ray Consolidated Cop per Company who are paid by the day will be increased 10 per cent.
 Officials of the coal mines in the vicinity of Raton report that the 1921 wage scale went into effect the first of September. The step was made to make the wage scale the same as that of competitive fields.
 Preliminary statistics by the Depart ment of Commerce reveal a decrease of 3S.8 per cent in the lumber cut of Arizona and New Mexico mills during 1921 over the preceding year These figures are the reMult of careful cen sus of the lumbes industries in these states conducted by the bureau of the census, Department of Commerce, act ing in cooperation with the forest service. United States Department of Agriculture. New MexicO's output fell off 14 per cent, while that of Arizona has shrunk to almost one-thfrd of it's 1920 production estimate The falling