The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-08-18
Southwest News
From All Over
NpU Mexico
and Arizona


ing, carried by a large majority.
The $4,000 sewerage bond issue,
voted at special election at Artesia,
N. NJ, some time ago, has been sold to
the International Trust Company OF
Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Maud Lenfesty has been In
stalled as acting pOstmistress Of the
office at Pennington, taking the place
of Mrs Ella B. Taylor, who has held
the position for the past eight years.
Thomas Fulcher and Sid Fulcher,
his son, were both placed under arrest
recently by federal officers. charged
with the robbery Of the Ell Paso q
Southwestern train near Clifton, Ariz.,
last May.
According to the report Of the bio
logical survey, nearly a quarter of
million dollars has been saved for the
stock growers of New Mexico during
the past year by the killing Of the pre-
datory animals.
The Vaughn News has recently in
stalled a new electric lighting plant
and is now operating all its machinery
by electricity. The new camp ground
is also being lighted by this plant,
which is big Improvement.
Guadalupe Ortiz, son-in-law of JAS
per Ortiz, well-knOwn merchant of
Tres Piedras, n. NJ, killed his wife
and then shot himself dead with 80
q
double tragedy has not been ascer-
tanned.
Another chapter was added to
Texas feud of long standing when j.
w. Anderson and w. w. Chraein met
in the court house at Phoenix. Chrae-
in, unarmed, was wounded twice when
Anderson opened fireon him with a
shotgun.
Mrs. George J. White, widow Of the
sheriff of Santa Cruz county, Arizona,
who recently was killed in an automo-
bile accident while taking Manuel Mar
tinez and Placido Silvas, convicted
murderers, to the state penitentiary,
has announced her candidacy for the
Republican nomination for county SUI
perintendent of schools.
Opposition to the extension of the
five-year period for fixing the valua-
ton of mining property in Arizona was
voiced at the tax conference held in
Bisbee recently, when j. s. Dull, sta
tistician, charged that the commission
was arbitrarily extending the five-year
period in order to continue to use the
1916 production fixing values.
Production of copper at the Interna-
tional smelter will reach a total of
about 17,5OO,OOO pounds for the month
of July, ,cording to Supt. L. o. How
ard. This is the average monthly out
put of the smelter since resumption of
operations five months ago. The last
Of the huge pile of surplus copper at
the plant was shipped two months ago.
Federal aid in developing the Black
Mesa coal field north of Holbrook is
being urged by the Holbrook Chamber
Of Commerce, which states that all
proximately 15,OOO,OOO,OOO tons of coal
will be available through development
Of the field. The coal is said to be
a good quality sub-bituminous. Hopi
and Navajo Indians are available as
labor.
Praise for the proposed Glenn Canon
damsite was voiced by Governor Camp
bell on his return from a trip of in
spectiOn as a guest of the Coconino
county board of supervisors. Con-
gresham Carl Hayden and State Wa
ter Commissioner w. S. Norviel also
were members of. the party of eighteen
who made the journey to Glenn Cafion
on the Colorado river.
Alvaro Obregon, president Of Mex
leo, has honored the Social Club de
Aqua Prieta by the gift of an auto
graphed photograph bearing hearty
good wishes for the success of the
club. The directors are greatly pleased
with his gift, which was placed in the
hands Of Secretary D. G. O'Neil by
Roberto Pesquiera, who brought it
from Mexico City.
Road excavation work by the Verde
Jerome Copper Company recently I'M
covered hitherto unsupported ledge
which came to the surface, with the
exception of dirt Overburden, close nv
the shaft. The ledge, ten feet wide
were exposed, carries black mangan-
csc, copper in the form of malachite.
and gold. Massive black manganese
is unknown elsewhere in the district
Herman Dietrich, bridge toll collec-
tor for the street railway company at
Ell Paso, is reported missing. Dietrich
had been stationed on the bridge over
which Mexican immigrants pass and
was collecting the head tax of So on
aliens entering the country by street
car He started for the company's Of
flee with between 81 900 and So, 400 but
never reached there. 1t is feared that
he was waylaid.
Contractor Heather has Just COM