The Snowflake herald., 1922-08-04
Southwest News
From All OUer
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

A special election was held in Will
lard to vote on bond issue of $4,000
for the erection of new school build
ing.
The Golden Link mine in the Mo-
COLON mountains, near Silver City,
has been taken over by L. HI. Foster
and plans are being made to put it in
operation at an early date.
The plant of the Four States Seed
Company, which burned to the ground
some time ago, is to be rebuilt, accord
ing to a statement of one of the Off
Gals of the reorganized company at
Clayton, n. M.
The New Mexico Cattle and Horse
Growers Association will hold the fall
Cruces, some time in October or Sep
TENDER. Plans are being made to ham
die large crowd at this time.
The big box factory which for some
time has been under construction at
the mills of the McGaffey Lumber
Company in the Zuni hills, near Gal
lup, n NJ, will soon start operations
and begin filling the large number of
orders now on file.
Thomas Hopper, employed as a
teamster in the construction of a new
swimming pool near the city pumping
station of Douglas, was struck by a
hrI+ 0f oh V0iy al OF mt u
killed. A Mexican working with him
was knocked down, but was not in
jured. The two horses were killed.
Robert E. Mills was sentenced to a
year in LeavenwOrth penitentiary by
federal Judge Sawtelle of Prescott,
AriZ., on charge of passing counter
felt dollars. He pleaded guilty to
passing one tin and lead nodded dol
had forty more in his possession when
he was arrested.
J. j. Huber, Mesa rancher, who re
Gently was indicted on a charge of
bigamy, surrendered at the sheriff s
office in Phoenix and furnished bond
Of $1,000. 1t is charged that Huber
married two women before the law
against polygamy was enacted in Ari-
IONA and has since continued to main
tain two homes.
On the Datil national forest it is
estimated that the costs of the fires
for the season up to June 80 has been
over $1,000, the Canon creek blaze
alone costing over $4,000. Of the
fifty-seven blazes which occurred in
the reserve, % were caused by care
lessness of campers or herders and "a
were started by lightning. In the %
blazes started by men, nine convictions
were secured in court, fines being i'm
posed which ranged from $40 to $50.
Forrest Fielder has opened an in
quiry at Silver City into the feud trag-
edy on the open range in which one on
each side, Bate Bradbury and John
Fulcher were killed in a gun fight
Attorney j. S. Vaughn has been re-
tanned to defend Mart Bradbury, ar
rested for completely in the shooting.
Sidney Fulcher, who suffered shat
tered right arm in the fight, is in a
Lordsburg hospital. He will be defend
ed by Attorney w. B. Watson of Sill
yer City.
Twenty-one parcels of state land in
Santa Cruz county were sold at pub.
lie auction in Nogales by Rudolph
Kuchler, state land commissioner. as
sisted by T. L. Mcleod, chief engineer
IF the department, and G. e. Ashley,
department sales manager The land,
which is mostly grazing lands, went
to nine purchasers, the total amount
received by the state being approx
mately $4,000. The money goes into
the public school fund and the fund
for the operation of state institutions.
Plans are being made for the re-
modelling of the Old Dominion mill AT
Globe, Ariz., and the increasing of its
capacity from $50 to 1000 tons daily,
The remodeling will cost about $50.
600 and will permit of lower costs and
higher extraction being obtained
The mill will not be shut down while
| changes are being made.
A verdict of suicide was returned
at the inquest into the death of Lee
Honaker, truck driver, who died al
st. Joseph's sanatorium in Albuouer
que as the result of bullet wound
| In his head. Honaker shot himself
after he had attempted to kill his two
| brothers-in-law, William L. and Harry
| U. DoBell, at their home in Albuouer
que.
AT a recent meeting of the direc
tors of the New Mexico chapter of the
American Mining Congress, ]. f. Wood
| bury, Silver City attorney, was named
as the secretary of the chapter, to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Burton Bunch. Mr.. Woodbury. will
take up his new duties at once, hand