The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-06-09
Southwest News
From All Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
(western Newspaper Union News ser,ice.)

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erection of a new city hall, which
when completed will cost over $4,000.
DIR. A. G. Shortle, founder of the
first sanatorium in albuquerque and a
national figure in tuberculosis work,
died at Albuquerque recently.
| In spite of the heavy loads carried
| by the Carrizozo banks during the late
war, the recent statements issued
show that they are all in the best pos
sible condition.
| Sheepmen in the vicinity of Fort
| Sumner, n. NJ, report that the recent
hail storm there killed more than 200
lambs. Little damage was done to the
fruit and crops.
| A. e. Henning, pioneer ranchman
and stockman of western New Mexico,
was almost instantly killed when he
fell from the top of windmill tower
the first of the week.
j. l.. Regain, o. and Ely VutsanO-
vich, 80, miners, were killed recently
| by cave-in at the Southwest mine at
Bisbee Regan's body was recovered
a few minutes after the crash.
| Engineer AL Jenkins of the state
road camp at Fairbank, AriZ., has stat
ed that he expects to have the Fair
bank missing link of the state high
way finished not later than Aug l.
| 1t is reported that the Victor Hugo
| of <lo iY, no Dnx n wi r.
| have been bonded to the American
Smelling and Refining Company for
$4,000. The property is south of
| PaysOn, Ariz.
The U. S. Indian school at Toadlena,
| n. NJ, under the San Juan agency near
| Shiprock, now has over $50 pupils.
| Athletics is one of the big studies of
| the school and a crack baseball team
will soon be organized.
Denial that Americans residing in
| the Yaqui valley in the state of Sono-
IA, Mexico, are fleeing to the border
for safety was made recently by bust
ness men from Cajeme and other
| points in the Yaqui territory.
After celebrating for only fifteen
minutes the jury in the case of Paul V.
| Hadley, alias William S. Estaver, re-
| degree murder and recommended that
the death penalty be imposed.
Resumption on a larger scale of OPP
erations than was originally intended
is announced by the United Verde Cop
per Company at Jerome The plans
call for 5,O00,000-pound production
with about 1000 men employed.
w. FL. Hargis, a farmer living near
State College, N. NJ, ended his life by
swallowing poison. He came to this
part of the state last fall and intended
to buy some land, and it is believed
that death was caused by financial.
troubles.
According to the driller in charge,
| the estimated flow of gas from the
number two oil well of the Midwest
Refining Company near Aztec, n. NJ,
is over 25,00O,0O0 feet per day. The
eight-inch casing has now been set to
the depth of over 1890 feet and the
first of the six-inch will be started
soon.
AT the recent meeting of the Kiwanis
Club of Tucumcari, the principal sub
ject for discussion was the fair which
may be held during the early fall. 1t is
believed that if $1,000 can be raised it
will go a long ways towards staging
the fair and it is planned to begin
work on the raising of this fund at
once
The sale OF the property of the Con-
sOlidated Arizona to the Southwest
Metals Company at Humboldt was
held up by government officials for al
legged unpaid federal taxes. This has
been settled and the resumption plans
are proceeding.
Governor Thomas E. Campbell of
Arizona has conducted an investiga-
ton into the membership of the Ku
klux Khan in Arizona and has discov-
cred that it numbers almost 900. Three
hundred OF these, he said, reside in
Phoenix
The output of the Copper Queen
smelter at Douglas for the current
month will be about 100000 pounds,
due largely to accumulated stocks of
ore. The Copper Queen mine is pro-
ducing about 100000 pounds per
month, according to P. G. Beckett, gem
eral manager.
According to reports received at
Clayton the new highway from Clay
ton to KentOn, Okla, will be started
in the next thirty days. With the best
of roads to the north, west and south
this will provide Clayton with connect
Ing links in all directions that will be
as good as any in the state.
George G. Winkler, proprietor of a
large cleaning and pressing establish