The St. Johns herald., 1922-01-19
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and Arizona
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| uOpSu JndC IL VIII De ready TOT Occu- pancy shortly. The building is mod
 ern in every way and is a credit to the city.
 An arena with a seating capacity of TOO, and ring unexcelled in COchise county, Ariz., has just been completed at Camp Harry J. Jones in the old service club near the K. & R. office, at Douglas.
 Earl WintOn, wanted in Los Angeles in connection with the murder of a DO liceman, shot and killed himself when he was surrounded by a posse in sec ton foreman's house nine miles west of Ashfort, AriE., according to word received.
 At a recent meeting of the city com misSioners, sitting as a board of if nance at Albuquerque, 1t was decided to pay off $45,OOO of the city's debts this coming spring. This, it is said, will reduce the bonded debt to about SSOS, S,OOO.
 Information is to the effect that the Inspiration Copper Company has aban- dOned all development work at Kirk land in Yavapai county. All machinery and equipment have been stripped from the mine at that place and shipped to Miami, AriZ.
 John A. COwan, an old-time resident of Gallup, N. M., was fatally injured when he was struck by an unruly horse which was being ridden across the street by native. Mir COwan was crossing the street when the horse ran over him, resulting in injury to his skull, causing uncOnsciouSnesS, from which he never recovered.
 The Pennington, N. NJ, committee carrying on the drive for funds for the southern railroad. outlet has up to date total of $111,000 signed up in land contracts. Several land pools of the business men are not included in this amount and it is likely that it will be some time yet before the entire amount can be made public.
 A tract of land of nearly 2,000 acres will be brought under irrigation in the vicinity of Wagon Mound, N. M, if the plans which are now being worked out are completed. A survey of the Turkey mountains and Turkey creek Is being made to increase the amount of water in the OptimO lake, and large dam is to be erected on the southern side.
 San Francisco capitalists have or ganized the Painted Desert Mining Company to develop twenty-five mar ble claims in the Golden Rule, sixty miles from Douglas, AriZ. The com pany is amply financed and will com mence work in January with force of at least fifty men. It is declared that every kind of marble known to man is found in the quarries to be developed
 The confession of Manuel Martinez, laying bare the identity of the Mexi- cans who robbed the Ruby, Ariz., post office and murdered the postmaster and his wife bids fair to bring the per petrators of this outrage to justice. County Attorney DeRiemer of Santa Cruz county has worked increasingly on the case, determined that the men who were responsible for the crime should not go unpunished.
 William Martin, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Stella Martin of Las Cruces, N. M., died at his home as the result of the accidental discharge of gun in the hands of d playmate with whom he had been hunting. William and his friend, Burton SinnOck, had been hunt ing and upon their return were. taking | the shells out of their guns, when the l gun in the hands of Sinnock was dis | charged, the full charge striking the l Martin boy in the abdomen.
 After a careful test of the gas from the big well at Aztec, N. M., it is said | that it is not suitable for the manu facture of gasoline. Denver parties | had intended to put in a large plant | if the gas was of the right quality.
 After scalding the jailer and beat | ing him into inSensibility, six prisoners | escaped from the county jail at East | Las Vegas, N. M When Ricardo Un- | barri, jailer, took the mems supper in | the cell house, the prisoners threw a | bucket of hot water which they had | obtained at the sink into his face, blinding him, after which they at tackled him with sticks of wood ob | tained from the wood box, beat him se verely and escaped
 COchise cOunty's cOffers were en- riched by the receipt of $35, ,7025S paid | in by the four bonding companies GOV ering the dedication of w. F. Walker, | former deputy county treasurer at | Tombstone. Early in August County | Attorney J. F. Ross brought suit | against three bonding companies on the bond of County Treasurer Guy c. Welch. the fourth cOmnanY holding the |