The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and ArizOnQ

COnpany III MOuntaln, N. M., was en tered by robbers recently, who made their escape with goods valued at ovel S1,OOO.
 The 3OO,OOO 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 IT 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 oi police of Globe, were dismissed in Su- perior Court. The charges were dis missed upon a motion made by the county attorney. Mir. Pinyan was charged with embezzlement in connec- ton with a shortage in city funds at his disposal, which he failed properly to account for, it 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 or 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 Fe. 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 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 $10OO0. 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 Tn the Lords burg district, is now producing 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
 
 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 E. 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- ta river between the two states.
 The beautiful home of Mir and Mrs c. s. Melton of Fort Sumner was con- pletely destroyed by fire recently The house and contents will be almost a total loss.
 Adoption of plans for a statewide campaign which will assure the erec- tion of a new athletic stadium at the university 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 Az gies in post-season game to be played at Phoenix on Christmas day were the outstanding 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 CTS in the then famous Tombstone dis trict. Since then several shafts have been sunk on adjoining properties in the hope that the ViZna vein would be encountered, but none found the ore Recently a six-inch vein of morn sil- ver," equally rich ore, was found but a few feet beneath the surface of the main street in Tombstone when exca- vations were made for a cement curb ing. Mine men say the vein is un- doubtedly the long-sought Vizna vein.
 That he did not own an old Spanish grant but only leased the supposed grant for ninety-nine years, was the discovery made when the safe deposit box of John Slaughter, wealthy Doug las man who died last February, was opened by the administrators, accord ing to Neri Osborn, Jr., inheritance tax collector. The thirty-ninth annual convention | of the W. c. T. U. was held at the | church in Raton, Dec. ?, | 3 and 4. Many of the speakers from the world conference, which was held | at Philadelphia were present.