The Snowflake herald., 1922-02-17
Southwest News
From All OUer
Neu Mexico
and Arizona
western Newspaper Union News Service. }

has become SO pure that the chlorine
treatment has been stopped by the city
managers.
+. l.. Spriggs, county attorney Of
Graham county, AriZ., has been ac-
quilted of charges of misconduct in
office and violation of the prohibition
law.
Announcement has been made that
Col III. E. Whitledge, former COM
mander of the United States health
service hospital at Fort Bayard, N. NJ,
will again take charge Of the big in
StitutiOn.
A modern shoe factory will be put
in operation in the Arizona state pen
itentiary at Florence within month,
gar, secretary of the board of directors
of state institutions.
Failing to agree after almost twen-
ty hours deliberatiOn, jury in the
trial of Albert Nj. McCreary, charged
with the murder of J. NJ Dunn, was
discharged by Superior Judge Jenckes
Phoenix. The foreman reported that
the jurors stood hopelessly deadlocked,
to g.
Albert G. Simms of Albuquerque,
who has been in Washington attend
ing to matters of the New Mexica Loan
Agency, stated that he expected to see
about $4,000000 or more applications
for loans go through at once. Mr..
Simms said that the approving of the
applications had been speeded up and
that in the next six months he eX
pected to see at least $S,000,O00 in
loans go to the farmers and livestock
men Of New Mexico.
The second and third floors of the
main building of the Normal Univer-
sity at East Las Vegas, n. NJ, were
entirely destroyed by fire of unknown
origin. The stone walls are standing
and are unhurt. President Wagner
and the board of regents recently in
creased the insurance of the building
$4,000, bringing the total protection
to about S125,000. The loss is be-
lieved to be almost fully covered. The
Normal will continue to operate.
pany of Las Cruces, n NJ capitalized
at 100000, has closed its doors and
is in the hands of the state bank ex-
aminer 1t is the Oldest bank in south
ern New Mexico, having been estab
lished in 1884 and incorporated in
1910 Last summer the BOwson bank
merged with the Union Bank of Las
Cruces and was to merge with the
Bank of Hatch, N. NJ, and be known
as the Mesilla Valley State Bank.
Playing a whirlwind game, the ART
zona Wildcats recently defeated the
team from the N. NJ. NJ I. by score
of SO to 8, outplaying the institute
team at every stage of the game. The
cadets fought wonderful game, but
were Outclassed as to weight and size,
and for this reason did not seem to
play up to the usual standard. The
Wildcats are probably one of the fast
est teams in the entire Southwest and
it is likely that they will carry off the
basketball championship for the year.
The largest civil suit ever permitted
to be adjudged through default by
the defendant in Pima county Ariz.,
was concluded when Superior Judge
Samuel L. Pattee of Tucson awarded
tiff in the case of j. H. HuntsmaE
against the Dos CabeZOs Gold Ridge
Mining Corporation. The suit was
filed in the Superior Court Dec. %,
1921, and when, after due notification
and information, the Dos CabeZoS Com
pany failed to be represented in any
manner, Judge Pattee signed a decree
for the judgment sought by Hunts
man.
A petition has been circulated at
Naco asking the board of supervisors
to appoint 3. Beckman as justice of
the peace, Naco precinct, on account
of being transferred by the S. p. Rail
road Company to Mexico.
At recent meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the Mimbres Valley Canning
Association at Deming it was decided
to have enough of the farmers sign up
for a tomato crop to keep the big can
ming plant at Hondale in operation for
thirty acres Of this crop the factory
can turn out over $1,000 worth of the
product and together with all the veg
etables that are produced in that Sec
ton is looked forward to as one of
the biggest years.
Four persons are dead as a result of
a collision between an Arizona East
ern passenger train and an automobile
at Websters Crossing, near Globe,
Ariz. The dead are C. ]. Hatch and
Mrs. G. J. Hatch of AShurSt, AriZ., Mrs.
e. II. Bryce of AshurSt, Ariz., Andrew
Brown of Fort Thomas, AriZ. The par
ty had been attending church services,
young Bryce said, and were en- route
to their homes when the accident Oc-
Cured. The machine was completely
demolished in the collision.
A sixteen-mile stretch Of road from
IN; in Coohico cn11nty RI tho