The St. Johns herald., 1922-12-21
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexicO
 and ArizOnQ

their escape with goods valued at over
 $1,OOO.
 The 3O0OOO acres of the Salt River
 valley compose the single largest agri-
 cultural section in Arizona, but almost
 every county has some farm lands.
 The Yuma project, the Gila valley, the
 Florence-Casa Grande district, the Tue
 son district-all have rich farms. In
 the northern and some of the south
 eastern sections there are large dry
 farm tracts.
 Two charges of embezzlement
 against R. L. Pinyan, former chief of police of Globe, were dismissed in Su- periOr Court. The charges were dis missed upon a motion made by the county attorney. MT. Pinyan was charged with embezzlement in cOnnec- tiOn with shortage in city funds at his disposal, which he failed properly to account for, 1t was alleged.
 Wade Hampton Marshall, cotton broker of Phoenix and Tempe, was fa- tally injured, and Roy Stephenson, re- ceived minor bruises and cuts when an automobile in which they were rid ing and driven by Marshall overturned on the Tempe highway, about six miles east of Phoenix recently. Marshall was taken to a hospital at Phoenix, where he died two hours later.
 Ted Muller, son of Fritz Muller, as- sistant state land commissioner of New Mexico, and Leo Lorenzo have been arrested on warrants issued by a justice of the peace charging them with an attempt to set fire to an ice plant in Santa F9 Assistant District Attorney A. M. Edwards, who pre- pared the complaints, declined to state the evidence on which his charges are based
 Spurning modern methods of travel via the Pullman, auto and airplane, eighteen families of Apache Indians reverted to the mode of transportation of their ancestors when they removed from Fort Apache, near Globe, to Fort Huachuca, their new home, recently. Headed by scouts on horseback, the travellers in rustic covered wagons of the early days of the plains made their way over mountain and desert.
 Former Governor Miguel A. Otero, who was assaulted in the Capital City Bank of Santa Fe, by Eduardo M. Otero of Los Lunas, on Nov. IS, has brought suit against the latter in the District Court at Santa Fe to recover $10,000, half for punitive damages and half for costs. The bill of complaint alleges that the defendant did "wrong- fully, unlawfully, maliciously and wan tonly assault, beat, bruise, maim and wound" him.
 The Venus group of mines near the site of the Last Chance in the Lords burg district, is now producing a good lot of ore which runs heavy in silver with a touch of gold. Over fifteen cars of ore have been shipped, much of which will run 10 per cent of silver. It Is reported that some of the ores talk en from the mine have run as high as 1,500 ounces to the ton, which is one of the best showings in New Mexico | for some years.
 Following the signing of the Colo | rado river compact by commissioners | of seven states at Santa Fe, another | water controversy of long standing | was amicably settled when the states | of Colorado and New Mexico, through | their representatives, Delph B. Car penter and Stephen B. Davis, IT,, signed an agreement, subject to ap- proval by the respective State Legis- latures providing for the equitable dis tributiOn of the waters of the La Pla- ia river between the two states.
 The beautiful home of MT. and Mrs. C.. S. Melton of Fort Sumner was com pletely destroyed by fire recently. The house and contents will be almost total loss.
 Adoption of plans for a statewide campaign which will assure the erec- tion of a new athletic stadium at the in time for the opening of the football season of 1923, and the decision that the University of Ari- zOna Wildcats will meet the Utah Ag- gies in a post-season game to be played at Phoenix on Christmas day were the results of a recent meet Ing of the university board of athletic control.
 Thirty-five years ago the Vizna mine was one of the richest silver produc- ers in the then famous Tombstone dis trict Since then several shafts have been sunk on adjoining properties in he hope that the Vizna vein would be but none found the ore. Recently a six-inch vein of ''hOrn sill 7er," equally rich ore, was found but ! few feet beneath the surface of the