The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU Mexico
 and ArizOna

ceived when he fell from a Santa Ft
 electric repair car twelve miles nortl
 of Prescott and was run over by the car.
 Ramon Apocada of Albuquerque was held up by two highwaymen as he was returning to his home, and when the thugs found he had no money one Oi them beat him over the head with his gun, inflicting a bad scalp wound
 The coroner's jury inquiring into the
 death of Owen s. Barnett at Bisbee brought in a verdict that the deceased came to his death from gunshot wound under the left eye from a pis- tOl held in the hands of Walter L. Bai- ley.
 William A. Denny, former employe of the Rio Grande Oil Company at Globe, AriZ., was arrested in Long Beach on telegraphic instructions from Globe. A complaint has been filed against him at Globe charging embez- clement of S1 ,295.4S of company funds.
 Mrs. F. D. Nelson is believed to be dying at a road camp near Las Vegas as result of a bullet wound, self-in- flicted, officers said, after she made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate her husband by firing a shot into d tent where he and several other men were spending the night. The bullet went wild.
 There are three known dead in the fire which destroyed a large warehouse on the Chambon estate at Socorro Mrs. Jose Crespin, wife of Jose Cres- pin, who perished together with his son, COrnelio, is in a hospital here crit ically ill. She had been i'll, but the news of the death of her husband and son has caused relapse and doctors fear she will not live.
 At Tucson the experiment station has just published Timely Hint on Early Baart Wheat" This will be sent to all wheat growers in Arizona who are interested. This circular gives a short history of the introduction and distribution of Early Baart wheat in Arizona by the experiment station and of its displacing the common Sonora wheat. Early Baart wheat is the most valuable grain crop grown in Arizona now.
 Contrary to the opinion that most of the cattle in the southern part of New Mexico have been shipped out, it is said that there are still many for sale, most of them being in prime condition. Many announcements of cattle ship ments from the southern counties have been made but the fact is that only q little over 11,000 head have been shipped to other pastures, and this is only q small part of the total which are on the ranges.
 Word has been received in Wagon Mound, \. M., to the effect that the Santa Fe railroad will erect large stOckyards at Levy during the coming year for the benefit of the local cattle and sheep men. The matter has been approved by the Corporation Commis- sion and an appropriation will be made by the Santa Fe for this purpose dur ing the winter It is thought that the [. ai 0o NAAi bC itstdy IOA lhC SDllA- shipping.
 Judge R. s. Stanford of the Super for Court at Phoenix has set Dec. II as the date for the trial of C. \. Staff ford, president, and E. Stafford, vice president, of the old Central Bank of Phoenix, indicted by Maricopa coun- ty grand jury recently on charges growing out of the failure of the in stitutiOn. Judge Stanford set Dec. s as the date for the trial of Phil Lewis, former president of the same bank, al- so indicted in connection with the same series of transactions.
 The auto dealers and merchants of Las Vegas are planning for the big auto and style show the last of March, 1923, the dates having been set for the 29th, 3Oth and 3lst. The big show will be held at the armory and all the lat est models in automobiles will be shown at this time. Good music will be provided for the three days and q big dance will be given each night. HIS IS HUN dl III IIc city and is said to be one of the best displays of it's kind in the state.
 According to the reports of the Cot ton Growers Association, most of the cotton grown in the PecOs valley in New Mexico this year will run over $100 to the acre. A large part of the hns hnnn mil -AI in the fields and the price has been grad Cally going up for some time until now the growers are getting the top nctch figure for the product. The big gin which was partly destroyed by fire some time ago is running again and there is every indication that the sea son will he busy one. The gin at Hagerman is running full time and is turning out about twenty bales per day. in Arizona have refused to pay the taxes levied against them on the ground that the taxes were based on valuations in excess of the full cash value. These companies are the United Verde Extension and the United Verde, both of Jerome, and the United Eastern of Mohave county. This failure to pay the taxes was not on account of inability of the compan- ies to pay, but the claim was made that the mining properties had been assessed for a greater sum than their | full cash value.