The Winslow mail., 1923-09-07
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

WelI' near 1ularoSa, Will be resumed
| September 10.
Announcement was made at Gallup
that the property, known as the Candy
Shop, has been purchased by the First
National Bank, for about $4,000
James Gassaway, a switchman for
the Santa Fe in the yards at Hurley,
was instantly killed when he fell from
the engine of the train.
The three cuttings of alfalfa on the
farms of the Storrie project this year
will yield over 1000 tons according to
report made by T. w. Conway.
DIR. A. NJ. ChaveIIierm of Gallup, has
leased tract of land to operators
from California, and drilling is to be
started as soon as the tools can be
| shipped.
AS the result of near cloudburst in
Dog canyon near Alamogordo, about
| one mile of the main highway from
| Alamogordo to Eel PasO was washed
away. About fifty autos were stalled
in the mud and garage men spent the
entire night trying to get some of the
tourists out of the mire
One young man was burned to death
and his companion perhaps fatally
| burned in an explosion on the Charles
| Springer ranch near the farming com
| munity of Miami, fifty miles north
east of Las Vegas when Virgil Meter
| and Fred Turtle attempted to pour
n q iohtn
Impressive ceremonies marked the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
! club house of the Silver City Lodge
| No. Alb, B. p. O. Elks recently. The
| plans of the new building call for one
! of the finest structures of the kind
| in the southwest and when completed
| it will cost over $4,000 exclusive of
! the furnishings.
Formal application was asked of the
| International Rotary for charter for.
a Rotary Club in Silver City. G. A.
| Martin, district governor, of Ell PasO,
| visited the city to help promote the
organization. The business men are
very enthusiastic over the new club
and it will start with a charter mem
! bership of sixteen.
In a cavern at the property of the
| Cooperative Mining Company, fifteen
miles northeast of Silver City, six men
were trapped. The men were working
| in drift at the bottom of a 130-foot
| shaft when the accident occurred A
| large crew of men working in fifteen
minute shifts reached one body, iden-
| titled as Peter Jones of Central, n. M.
One of the features of the big In
dian ceremonial, which is to be held
in Gallup September Ii to Is. will be
the st. Michaels Indian band of twen-
| ty-five pieces which has delighted Gal
lup audiences on several occasions.
| The band is one of the finest in the
southwest and all the musicians are
Indians who play under the direction
of Prof. Rivera.
The body of an unidentified boy
about Is years of age, with the head
and one arm cut off, was found one
mile west of the Santa Fe rOundhOuSe
at Deming, lying beside the Southern
Pacific tracks. No papers or marks
body. Report of corOner's jury indi-
| Gated that death must have resulted
| when the boy fell from the rods in
freight train.
Suit asking $4,000 as actual and
punitive damages was filed in District
Court at Albuquerque by Samuel &.
Lewis, against State Prohibition Direc-
tor d. w. Snyder, his son, d. W. Sny-
der, Jr., and Thomas J. Brooks, pro-
hibition agent as a result of search
which was made on Aug. 16, in Lewis
rooms in the VendOme hotel. The COM
plant says the officers ransacked the
room and did actual damage of $50.
Public funds in the Plaza Trust and
Savings Bank at Las Vegas, which sus-
pended, appear to have been fully
safeguarded The state had $4,000
there and the court of San Miguel $10,-
006.65, according to the county treas
urer's last report to Comptroller r. H.
Carter, dated July 81. Both deposits
were protected by surety bonds,
amounting to $1,000 in the case of the
state and $4,000 in the case of the
county.
The magnitude of the business that
goes through his office is reflected in
State Auditor Juan n. VigilS report
for the first and second quarter of the
eleventh fiscal year, closed May 81. 1t
shows receipts amounted to $1292,
BITS for the first quarter and $1,722,-
S4259 for the second, and disburse-
ments to be 81 $1.423623.65 for the first,
and 81. .3S3, ,S79.66. The balance on hand
at the close of the second quarter, May
81. totalled $5,1S9,34915.
The Springer Kiwanis Club was or
ganized at a banquet, held at the Man
haitian cafe. The following officers
were elected: President, w. B. Blake
vice president, L. I. Taylor; secretary,
F. T. Adams treasurer, w. U. Ether
edge.