The Snowflake herald., 1922-10-27
Southwest News
From Al Ouer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

ScIIluR
scarce in Arizona. Feeder cattle are
coming into Yuma and Maricopa coun-
ties, Arizona
Friends of Robert Anderson, vet
eran mining man and owner Of the
Oldest mine in New Mexico, who died
in El Paso hospital recently, are
searching for his relatives, who are
heirs to fortune estimated at from
$15O,0OO to 100000.
E. E. Miller, of Hope, N. NJ, has a
new steam Gamer at work which he
claims will turn out over 5000 cans
per day, and is now running on pears,
apples and tomatoes. Mr.. Miller SAYS
he is going to put up new building
for the canning factory.
Inheritance tax collections in Ari-
zona for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1922, amounted to $65, 5,1O4.3S. ac-
cOrdlng to report made to Raymond
X. Earhart, state treasurer, by Nori
Osborn, Jr., Inheritance tax collector.
This amount was credited to the gen
eral fund
George White, an employee of a paw
ing company in Bisbee, fell into pot
of boiling asphalt, and was seriously
burned. White screamed for aid as
he fell from a plank into the asphalt
and was pulled out by l.. A. Sullivan,
a fellow employ6. Physicians say he
will recover
The Fort Apache, Arizona, military
reservation containing approximately
1900 acres, has been declared useless
for future military purposes and
placed under control of Secretary Fall
of the Interior Department The res
ervatiOn has been since 1877 under
war department jurisdiction.
Neri Osborn, Jr., state tax inheri-
tance clerk of Arizona, has been cho-
sen state adjutant of the American
Legion to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of ID. A. Little accord
in Phoenix by Celora NJ. Stoddard, tax
commander of the legion.
The Sisters of ST. Mary, of Gallup,
are busy with the plans for a new ad-
ditiOn to the hospital which will be
used for contagious diseases, and
added over $500 to the building fund
during the Indian fair by giving a tag
day. The new structure will be so
built that at any time additions can
be added to take care of more pa
tients. When completed the structure
will cost $4,000.
The cotton gin at Roswell was
nearly destroyed by fire recently and
the loss is estimated at over $1,000,
which was covered by insurance. Five
bales of cotton were also burned with
loss to the owners of about $125 per
bale. The fire started in the press
room, and Chief Chas Whiteman is of
the opinion that the static conditions
of the atmosphere, and friction from
electrical machinery caused the blaze.
By the time the department reached
the gin it was a mass of flames.
In further effort to help the live
stock industry in the drought-stricken
districts of the state, the Santa Fe
railroad telegraphed the state cOrpo-
ration committee that the freight on
feed stuff would be reduced One-half
The reduction will apply on cotton
seed cake, meal and hulls, corn and
articles taking corn rates hay and al
falfa. 1t will be applicable from Santa
Fe points, in Texas, Oklahoma, COlora-
do and Kansas; also from Kansas City
and st. Joseph, Mo-, to all Santa Fe
IN ho
has been approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and became eff
fective October 20.
Playing through two matches in the
morning and then facing a younger
opponent in the finals for the mems
singles championship in the tenth an
nual Border States Tennis Tourna-
ment, concluded at Tucson, Ferguson
of FL PasO, defeated Hutchinson, of
Phoenix, Ariz., in straight sets, 6-1,
6-2, 81.
At a recent meeting of the city
council, the order to pave the main
street of ArteSia, n. NJ, was passed
and it is planned to begin work as
soon as the contract is let. If the
present plans are carried out the
work will be finished after the first
of the year and will do much toward
relieving the labor situation during
the winter months.
L. G. Latham, owner of several
claims in the Black Range in the vi
cinity of Kingston, recently discov-
cred a fine vein Of silver, which it Is
said will run over $1,000 to the ton of
ore This is one of the best strikes
in that section of New Mexico for
some time and plans are being made
to develop the property after the first
of the uaar In the nrASnactinO work