The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-13
Southwest News Items

who was slugged and robbed by two
men in Albuquerque, died of frac-
tured skull in Santa Fe hospital.
During the past three years Melrose,
N. NJ, has witnessed a 100000 devel-
opment program which includes the
construction of new business houses,
homes and other projects.
Enrolment at the University Of
New Mexico at Albuquerque has in
creased 80 per cent during the past
four years, according to statistics pre-
pared by the registrars office. There
were 1920 students enrolled.
During September 16 hunters for
the bureau of biological survey in
Arizona slew 14S predatory animals.
according to report received from
the Phoenix headquarters of the sur
vey.
The Arizona state Supreme Court
upheld conviction of criminal libel in
the Apache county Superior Court.
Wahl was fined $3.50 for having
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county resident was guilty of robbery
and subornation of perjury.
Sid w. Ellerey, manager of the
Miami branch of the Old Dominion
Bank, has been named state superin-
tendent of banks for Arizona by Gov.
| George w. P. Hunt of Arizona, sue
ceeding James B. Button, who re-
signed.
New Mexico national guard officers
will have special 1882 automobile Ii
cense plates, but they will pay the
regular fee for them. The numbers
of the special plates, Adjutant Gen
eral Osborne G. Wood said, will be
from 1 to 100.
Jessie L. Patterson, express mes
senger, was arrested in Tucumcari,
N. M, recently on a charge of rifling
mail pouches by Post Office Inspector
A. w. Deming and w. ]. Griffith, spe-
cial agent for the Railway Express
| Company.
Jumping from a milk rating of A
per cent in 1880, Clayton, N. M, has
increased it's raw milk rating to 81
per cent to make the largest increase
in rating of eight New Mexico cities
recently examined by the. United
States public health service.
National Wool week will be OBJ
served from November 9 to IA. Talks
and demonstrations ON wool materials,
fibers and how they should be cared
for, washed and ironed, etc, are
planned. Retail stores have been
asked to cooperate during this week.
Homestead" a COW owned by J.
C. McCarty of Las Cruces, N. M, took
first place during the month of Sep
tember in the Mesilla Valley Cow
Testing Association rating. The COW
rated 2,1S1 pounds of fat, and had an
average test of Al and 96.7 pounds
of butter fat.
Hustin Zazzy Begay, Navajo goat
and sheep raiser of Northern Arizona,
apparently is a believer in trade
names. In any event. birth certifi-
cate filed the other day with the state
board of health in Phoenix listed Be
gays sons name as being Ben Many
goats.
The railway line which the Santa
Fe is constructing from Felt, Okla,
to Colmor, N. NJ, virtually is COM
plete from Felt to Gladstone, N. M,
distance of rs miles, and will be
ready for operation by the middle of
November. the Santa Fe railroad has
announced.
First prize of SIS in the Arizona
scenic photo contest was won by
N. R. Garrett of Prescott with one of
collection of striking northern Ari-
zona views. Second prize of $40 went
to w. S. Eisenlohr, Tucson. Third
prize of S. was awarded to R. H.
Smith, Phoenix.
Mrs. w. A. Welty is being held in
connection with the Staying of C. C.
Nelson, under indictment for boot
logging. The coroners jury in Albu
querque returned a verdict that Mel
son came to his death "by reason of
gunshot wound inflicted by the hand
of Mrs. Annie B. Welty."
Charles Mann, horse wrangler of
Dewey, was sentenced in Superior
Court in Prescott to serve from 20 to
80 years in Arizona state prison at
Florence for the Staying of Walter
Dewitt Dewitt was stabbed during
an argument at party. Mann was
convicted of murder in the second
degree.
j. c. Baker, who is charged with
fatally wounding Sherlock Brand,
Erick, Okla, cowboy, pleaded not
guilty to the charge when arraigned
in Tucumcari, ~ M He will be held
to await action of the grand jury.
Brand was killed after he and Baker
had been in an argument over watch,
officers said.
John ]. Sweeney filed suit in Su-
perior Court in Phoenix recently seek