The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-18
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeU MexiCO
 and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News seriOe.)

bile left mountain grade a mile from
 Bisbee and plunged tS the bottom of a ravine 100 feet below.
 The famous Vermijo Park ranch, near Springer, N. M., one of the finest
 in the entire West, has been sold to parties from Colorado and St. Louis. The ranch contains over 350,O00 acres.
 Brandy Brock, county jaiier at Gal lup, shot and killed himself in his room in the county jail following his indict- ment by a grand jury on statutory charge. He was 54 years old and un- married.
 The Grant county, N. M., Chamber of Commerce is now considering the advisability of circulating a petition in the county for a special bond cleo tiOn, for the erection of a new court house and jail in Silver City.
 Stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage while delivering an address to the Scot tish Rite Masons at their thirty-ninth reunion in Santa Fe, the Rev. c. M. | Collins, pastor of the Presbyterian church, collapsed and died two hours | later.
 Reports of a big gold strike, which has sent a large number of prospec- tors and mining men scurrying to the district, were brought to Tombstone, Ariz., by E. c. Bradshaw, mining man, who has taken an option on the mine where the strike was made.
 Arizona is to have state fair this year. As result of a general busi- ness revival throughout the state and the coming of more prosperous times, the State Legislature has appropriated money for the financing of an exposi- ton of state products and achieve ments to be held at the fair grounds at Phoenix next November.
 The great diversion dam in the Gila river known officially as the Ashurst- Hayden dam, will be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on the 10th day of May. Several speakers of na- tional reputation are expected to be on the program, and it is planned to make the occasion one of the greatest in the history of Arizona.
 The Arizona & Swansea Railroad Company, whose line is twenty-One miles long and whose equipment con- sists of rails, road bed and one loco motive, has been denied permission by the Arizona Corporation Commission to dismantle its road. The road ex- tends from Swansea to BOuse, where it connects with the California branch of the AtchiSOn, Topeka & Santa Fe.
 A requisition for the extradition to Arizona of J. M. Reynolds, Guy L. Rog- CTS and J. B. Cox, all of Albuquerque, N M., has been issued by Governor Campbell of Arizona. Indictments are pending against the three men in HOl- brook, Ariz. Reynolds and Rogers, president and vice president, respec- lively of the First National Bank of Albuquerque, are charged with per jury and conspiracy.
 Announcement of the dates of the rifle matches for the state of Arizona has been made by Maj. B. c. Linton, inspector instructor of the Arizona ca- det organization. The high school and normal cadet matches will be held at Phoenix, May 16, r, IS and 19. These will be followed on May 20 and 21 by the Arizona State Rifle Association matches, in which civilian and military teams from all parts of Arizona will compete.
 The New Mexico State Fair AsSOci- atiOn, capitalized at $30,000, with Ma than Salmon, president; John B. Me Manus, secretary, and Jake Levy. treasurer, was organized at recent meeting of nearly 15O prominent San- ta Fe men.
 A thief or thieves entered the test pens at the State University at Albu- querque and stole an experimental test sheep which was completely inOculated with all kinds of germs with the view of using its blood for scientific tests. Dr. O. c. West, city health officer, has sent out warnings to report at his of flee in Albuquerque at once, any per sons who may have eaten any of the flesh of the sheep.
 Arizona state tax anticipation bonds aggregating $1,5OO,OOO, bearing interest of A per cent per annum, and expir- ing in sixty days, were sold at par to the Bankers Trust Company of New York by the State Loan Commission. The sale followed a meeting of the | commission in Governor CampbelPs of