The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Southwest News Items

Hart of Douglas has been named vice
chairman.
Unofficial plans for a large produc-
tion unit. capable of producing 5000
tons daily of potash for the United
States Potash Company, were made
known at Carlsbad, N. NJ. few days
ago.
With the beginning of construction
work on U. S. highway sc from Tu-
cumcari east to the state line of
Texas, business leaders of the terri
tory sent out warning that there
would be no work available to out
side labor. Only local men will be
employed by the contractors.
The committee or fish and game Of
the Arizona House of Representatives
in a majority report filed in Phoenix,
exonerated the State Fish and Game
Commission and the state game war
den Of charges of misconduct of Of
flee.
A quarrel over the grazing OF cat
tie near Cuba, N. NJ, resulted in a gun
battle in which twelve shots were
fired, and in which William Mantle
was shot in the abdomen. Jess Moore
was taken to the county Jail at Ber-
nalillo, ~ NJ. charged with the shoot
ing.
Use New Mexico Normal Univer-
s1ty basketball team received the of
ficial championship banner OF the
state intercollegiate conference in
recognition of the successful season
just closed. The Cowboys are the
first team in the state to receive this
honor.
John Easterday, 35 years old, Michi-
gan World War veteran, who was
thrown from speeding freight train
near Sentinel, Ariz., died in a hospital
at Phoenix. Easterday and Herbert
Race of Iowa were tossed out of
freight car by a group of men, be-
lieved to have been five in number.
when they refused to give up their
money and small amount of food.
Pioneers of Arizona are invited to
attend the eleventh annual Arizona
pioneers reunion in Phoenix on April
z and s, sponsored by Charles A.
Stauffer, publisher of the Arizona
Republic. There is only one condi-
tion-the old timers must have re-
sided continuously in Arizona since
before 1890. Membership in any pio-
neers or historical society is not
necessary to be eligible to attend.
A verdict awarding $2,5OO to the
plaintiff in the case of c. E. Berry of
Winslow VS.. Tom Pavatea of Polacca
was rendered in the Superior Court
of Navajo county by a jury after
four hours of deliberation in a damage
suit in which Berry was asking $685.
600 for alleged criminal negligence.
The case grew out of an incident in
which Berry was wounded by a bull
let from a gun In possession Of Pava-
tea
w. w. Lane, Arizona state engi-
neer, recently announced S325,000 has
been agreed upon between Arizona
and California as the purchase price
of the present toll bridge over the
Colorado river near Blythe, to make
Of 1t free bridge. A down payment
of $231,250 is to be made Jointly by
the two states, on a fifty-fifty basis,
on July l, 1881, Lane said, the re-
mainder to be paid over a period of
seven years.
The outlook for dairying in New
Mexico is for increased production
and low prices during most of 1881,
says E. E. Anderson of the New Mex
leo Agricultural College. This pre-
diction is based on the fact that there
are more dairy cows on the farm at
the present time than a year ago; that
the number of yearling heifers shows
a decided increase over the average
for the past six years; that compare
lively little culling has been done and
there are more of the beef type of
cows being MIXED than commonly.
and last, but not least, the ample sup
ply of cheap feed
The industrial employment survey
report, recently issued in Denver by
the .. S. employment survey of the
q. S. Department of Labor, states
that a surplus of labor continued in
New Mexico throughout February,
and industrial activity remained be-
low normal. Operations in connec-
tion with metal mining and allied ac-
tivities, numbering, and in the manu-
featuring establishments, continued
on curtailed basis, and a further re-
duction is noted in the metal mining
industry. There was a slight in.
crease in the volume of building, with
a more noticeable expansion expected
during March. The railroad shop and
transportation forces worked on the
usual curtailed winter schedules;
however, a seasonal increase in rail-
road maintenance of way and con.
struction forces should occur in the
next thirty days. An increase in agri-
cultural work and other outdoor ac-
tivities is expected, which will mean
omOlOVn1pnf for pnpnboy of