The Snowflake herald., 1922-02-03
Southwest News
From All OUer
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News ssr,ic.. ,

1nrOugn the e1fOrtS or the Roswell.
n. M, Kiwanis club a big program has
been provided for this year for the To-
cal Boy Scouts, part OF which is the
erection Of large cabin In the Captain
mountains.
The Mesilla Valley National Farm
Loan Association was formally organ
lied at a meeting I'm the temple Of ag-
riculture at Las Cruces, N. NJ, Jan. 10,
when these officers and directors were
elected for the year.
Banks in the southern part of Ari-
zona are in satisfactory condition,
according to Charles w. Fairfield,
state auditor and superintendent Of
banks, who has made an inspection Of
the state banking institutions.
A movement has been started in
Carlsbad, n. NJ, to form new paving
district and have all the work done
this year while the main street paving
is in progress. II the plans are carried
out all the principal streets Of the city
will be paved.
AS far as its financial resources are
concerned, Silver City, N. NJ, stands
in the front rank with the other cities
of the state, according to the recent re-
ports given out by the banks Of the
city. The combined resources Of the
three banks of the city are now over
$3,000OO0 and the combined deposits
total up towards $2,OOO,O0O.
Contempt proceedings against the
Arizona Eastern Railroad Company
were instituted by the Corporation
Commission at Phoenix on the ground
that the railroad refused to permit a
representative of the commission to
inspect its books. Officials of the
company were directed to appear be-
fore the commission Feb. Is.
Attorney General w. ]. Galbraith Of
Arizona, in an opinion, outlined the
procedure to be followed by members
of the Legislature who may contem-
plate resigning. Any one who may
wish to resign should do so In writing
to the presiding officer of the House
of which he is member and the pre-
siding officer should in turn transmit
it TO the governor, Galbraith said.
Work preparatory to resumption Of
mining and smelling operations will be
commenced at once on the Old Domin-
ion Company'S properties at Globe,
AriZ., it was announced by w. G. Nc
Bride, general manager of the COM
pany. In normal times, the company
hne oh E00 tsIyo
and has produced about 100000
pounds of copper bullion a month.
Judge Sam G.. Bratton of Clovis, N
NJ, has six murder cases in his district
Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca and Quay
counties. The peculiar features Of
most of the cases is the factt hat near
ly all of them have grown out Of quar-
rels between kinspeople and three of
them are where the brotherS-in-law
have been killed.
Robert A. Rogers, former district
ranger of the Coronado national forest
reserve, is now at the head Of the fed
eral horticultural board which is To-
Gated at Nogales, Ariz. The duties Of
the board will be the inspection and
regulation of importation of hOrticul-
tural products from Mexico with a
view to preventing the influx Of dis
eased plants into the United States.
Organization of the first reserve
army of Mexico has been completed,
and, according to a Mexican War De-
partment bulletin received at NogaleS,
Ariz., it includes 1873 generals and 725
regimental field officers, all retired
from active service, but subject to call
in time of need. Provision also has
been made for the retirement of other
veteran officers and their addition to
the reserve force.
At recent fire drill at the schools
of Carrizozo, N NJ, all the pupils were
out of the buildings in Al seconds. The
drills are held every week and in case
of fire 1t is thought that this would be
plenty of time for the children to get
out of the buildings.
Without any further examination,
Ernest Ruth, Jr., of Ration, N. M, will
enter the United States Naval Acade-
my at Annapolis, Md, on the credits
he received at the Colfax County High
School, All the credits he made in the
local schools have been accepted and
Ruth will enter the school some time
in June. Mr.. Ruth brings honor not
only to himself, but to the county and
to the school from which he graduated
The Strumquist Engineering Com
pany of Albuquerque has been award
ed the contract for the heating and
plumbing in the new hotel which is
now being built by Charles Clay at
Jemez Springs The new hotel is to
be Pueblo type, will be called the La
Esperanza (the Hope) and will cater
to all-the-year around vacationists. 1t
the present plans are carried out the
new hostelry will be completed in time
for the opening of tourist business next
spring.
According to word received from
u;,- +ho fr;o1 Of MrC Hattie