The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-08-11
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona

Albuquerque will open the bids on
the $4,000 bonds the latter part of
August. The money will be used for
new water mains, sewage disposal
plant and storm sewers.
At the meeting of the New Mexico
State Farm Bureau held in Clovis,
Charles Adams of Union county was
chosen as the president of the organ
ization. Fred Davis of Roosevelt
county is the new vice president.
Over 100000 pounds of wool have
been shipped from Wagon Mound dur
ing the past ten days. Many Of the
sheep men claim that the crop will
run Is per cent under the clip of last
year will bring over $1,0O0,0O0.
The highest price paid for wool in
the state this year was received by j.
III. Clements and company of Roswell
when the company sold 10000 pounds
for Al cents per pound. The clip to
be sold on the Roswell market this
year.
Robert Kealey of Cochise, Ariz.,
was bitten by rattleSnake few days
ago. He put his hand in a can and
was bitten on the finger He was hur-
ried to Wilcox to a doctor for treat
ment and is getting along fairly well
with the exception of badly swollen
hand and arm.
Announcement of the appointment
of Dr. Frank W. Schwartz as super
intendent of the Arizona state hospital
for the insane has been made by Gov
ernor Campbell. The appointment
was made to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of DR.. Ray Fergu-
son, several days ago.
Mayo Simpson, Prescott barber, was
found guilty by Federal Court jury
on six of eight counts of an indict-
ment charging him with dealing in and
possessing narcotics. Judge Sawtelle
sentenced him to twenty-five months
in LeavenwOrth penitentiary and then
dismissed similar indictments against
the mother and brother of the defend
ant.
j. d. Written, held at Globe, Ariz.,
on a warrant from Angleton, Tex,
charging murder in connection with
the killing of a supposed Ku Klux
Klansman in Texas, was liberated fol-
lowing failure of Texas authorities to
reply to kilograms sent by the local
sheriff and inQuiring whether they
wished the prisoner detained longer.
Written was arrested July 49,
The raise at the Calumet and Je-
rome, near Jerome, Ariz., has been
completed to height of $50 feet and
it is planned to commence drifting to
the south soon. The country opened
by the raise is said to be of a highly
promising nature and much interest is
felt as to what will be opened when
the crosscut reaches the ore disclosed
by the diamond drill hole that was put
down a couple of years ago.
Actual work is under way on the
fifteen-mile stretch of state highway
between Silver City, N. NJ, and the
Mangas, to cost over $4,000. The
contractor, N. J. Skousen, has a force
of forty men and numerous teams en-
plOyed in the work. The new link,
when completed, will provide first
class road between Silver City and
Cliff, a distance of thirty miles.
Tor Soma fipoo IN @hn AIo
mogordo unit of the New Mexico Ma
tional Guard seems to have waned and
there is possibility that the guard
will be disorganized in the near fu-
ture. Adjutant General Brown visited
Alamogordo recently on an inspection
trip, and after discussing the matter
with a committee of citizens, stated
that in all probability the troop would
be disOrganized at once.
Vocational men in training at the
New Mexico College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts and ex-service men
in Las Cruces have completed plans
to open a cooperative commissary at
Las Cruces for the benefit of veterans
of the World War and other wars.
The provisional directorate consists of
the following named persons: James
Hugo, general manager; cara H. Nc
Donnell, treasurer; Fred Sandoval,
salesman; g. H. Thompson, James T.
Ferguson, Samuel Clark, J. NJ. Cor
dova. J. Cameron, J. B. Foster, J. A.
Livesay and M. Serna.
If the present plans are carried out,
the New Mexico insane asylum will
soon have new addition which, when
completed, will cost about 100000
The addition will be two stories in
height and will be composed of brick
and concrete. G. w. Barrett, the
architect, has announced that the
buildings will be ready for occupation
by February /. One of the buildings
will be in connection with the wom-
ems dormitory and will provide space
for at least fifty-fOur more beds. The