The St. Johns herald., 1922-11-23
Southwest News
 From All OUer NcW MexiCO
 and Arizona

hibit held in Wichita, for an out-Of- the-state exhibit.
 CelOra NJ Stoddard of Phoenix, state commander of the American. Le- zion, will be the principal speaker at the armistice day celebration in No gales
 Five hundred and forty babies, 279 girls and 261 boys, were born in Ari- zona during September, according to the birth records of the state board of health.
 The National Bank of Gallup, N NJ, which has been in operation for the past year and half, last week had it's name changed to the First National Bank of Gallup.
 The quarantine that has been in eff feet for many months requiring all cat tie entering Arizona from New Mex ico to be dipped under veterinary su- pervision, has just recently been mod flied.
 John C. Dunbar, publisher of a Phoenix weekly newspaper, was found not guilty on a charge of criminal libel by jury in Judge R. c. Stan lords division of the MaricOpa county superior court.
 The Old Ranch Inn, the popular summer resort of Watrous, N. M, has closed after one of the most success fuI seasons in history. Several sum- mer homes are to be erected near the inn next year.
 The new high school building at HillsbOro, N M., has been completed and will be occupied by the first of the month. The enrolment this year is the largest in the history of the school
 w. F. Lewis, business man of San Simon, reports that the residents of the northern COchise county farming center are at present engaged in boost ing for a road leading north from San Simon to Duncan.
 A new industry, which it is believed will grow rapidly in the next few years, was begun in San Miguel cOun- ty, N M, when ten cars of sugar beets were shipped to the Holly Sugar com pany of Colorado.
 Construction of the big dam at Red Bluff, near the New Mexico-Texas state line, will cost nearly $2,OOOOOO and the capacity will be over 100000 acre feet, according to the report of engineers.
 The committee in charge of the rais- ing of funds for the building of the railroad from the San Juan valley to Gallup, reports that over $3,50O,OOO in land subscriptions has been set aside for the road.
 Navajo City, the newest town in New Mexico, has been launched on the Shiprock road, twenty miles west of Pennington. The new location is the nearest possible townsite to the Mid west company's oil field and will do much to boost the field after the town is laid out
 E. A. Rogers, pioneer resident of Prescott and owner of the Courier for 40 years, died at his home in Prescott after a short illness Mr. Rogers, who was 6S years old, had. retired from active newspaper work January 1, 1920, selling his interest in the Courier tt that time.
 At a meeting of large number of the sportsmen in the vicinity of Gal lup a branch of the game protective association of New Mexico was formed with some of the livest wires in the county as leaders. T. F. Smalling, To- cal banker, was elected president of the association and the other officers are all workers for the betterment of the game conditions.
 Announcement has been made at Phoenix of the utilization of the Amer ican Woman's Overseas League, a organization composed of ex- service women who served overseas turing the World War with the WOm- en's Overseas Service League, the na- tionaI organization of overseas women.
 The ArlZOnd state Doafd or feglSLfa- ton for engineers has decided to join the national council of the state board of engineers and examiners. This move will make it possible for any Arizona registered engineer to obtain a reciprocity certificate in any state in which similar board is organized without the requirement. of additional examinations.
 A. B. McAIillen,e whose attorney de of the jury in his libel suit against Carl Magee, at Albuquerque that it set a figure oil the value of the of his client, is dissatisfied, with the ejury's instructed award. of one dollar. MT. McMillen asked dam