The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-09
Southwest News Items

uOluluSS near DeS MONIES 10 j. Is.
Weatherby of Panhandle, Texas.
Wagon Mound N. M, was the scene
of a killing recently when Jess Moses
took the life of his former wife, by
shooting. The affair took place in the
cafe conducted by Mrs. Joe Medina.
Completion of a statewide survey.
announced in Phoenix by the Arizona
Cotton Growers Association, estab-
fishes that Arizona will not be able to
furnish employment for any more cot
ton pickers in cleaning up it's harvest.
Freight reductions averaging 25 per
cent on cattle and 10 per cent on
sheep were granted recently by the
New Mexico state tax commission in
response to the pleas of 10 cattle and
wool growers who declared that they
must either have some relief or go
broke.
The football schedule of the Uni.
versity of New Mexico for 1891 in.
cludes the following games: Occident
al college of Los Angeles, Oct. "a in
Albuquerque. Flagstaff Teachers, Oct
81, in Albuquerque. Arizona u, Nov
IA, in Albuquerque. Texas Tech, Nov
21, Lubbock.
Net receipts Of $6,S1O,996.23 were
taken in by the New Mexico gasoline
bureau from January l, 1927, to June
30, 1880, the auditors reported in
Santa Fe. Refunds and checks re
turned amounting to $3O,474.S9 were
deducted from the gross receipts tc
make the net.
The Arizona state motor vehicle
division reports gasoline tax coIlec
tions during November amounted tc
$240, 0,722.99 Net motor fuel taxes tot
aled S218,S28.92, after refunds Of S21,
S94.07 were allowed. OF this $136,
768.07 went to the state funds an(
S82,060.S5 was apportioned to the
counties.
Transcontinental and Western Air
Inc, won its fight against the state O.
New Mexico to avoid payment of the
five-cent gasoline tax on gasoline useC
in airplanes doing interstate business
District Judge Reed Holloman il
Santa Fe, held that any attempt t.
collect the tax on air lines doing in
terstate business was unconstitutional
Rhea Fletcher of Hobbs, N. NJ, wa!
found guilty of second degree murder
| at Roswell after the jury had delib
Grated for twelve hours. Fletcher sho
| and killed William Frese, 10, a
Hobbs, last August. Fletcher pleaded
self-defense while the state requested
a verdict of first degree murder ant
the death pnalty, contending tha
Fletcher shot without provocation.
A gun battle between three sheriff
deputies and Lowell Cobb, sought OF
a warrant, resulted in the death O
Cobb and the serious injury of Ramon
Farmer, deputy at Carrizozo, N. M
Only two bullets were fired. The dep
uties were attempting to arrest youn,
Cobb, who had been charged with au
tomobile theft. Cobb opened fire whel
the deputies ordered him to surrender
man and Superior.
J. F. Montgomery, veteran trappeI
and sportsman of Tucumcari, N. M.
has captured ninety-three coyotes ant
a number of bobcats this season, anC
he takes them from the traps alive
Killing the animals near the traps
he maintains, reduces the effective
ness of the trap sets in catching more
animals. They scent the odor of deatl
and avoid the scene.
DR.. Alan Alexander Sterling, soldieI
of fortune, successor to the earldon
of Sterling and one of the two heirs
to an s and one-half million dollar
estate, has asked the Arizona supreme
court to set aside his prison sentence
for bigamy. If he wins his freedom
he may become an important member
of British nobility. He married hi.
first wife to comply with the will Of
his grandfather, the sixteenth earl ol
! Sterling.
The Arizona state corporation com
mission has taken under advisement
the applications of two utilities fol
authority to establish gas plaEts il
several Arizona towns. The South
west Utilities corporation asked thu
body for a certificate of convenience
and necessity to install a plant al
Casa Grande. The application of the
Arizona Edison company asks for q
certificate authorizing that concern tc
install and operate gas plants at Gila
Bend, Florence, Casa Grande, Winkel
Mrs. Lima CHI '~k-Atany-Ja, a Supai
Indian, came out of her hut located al
the bottom of the Grand Canon near
Flagstaff, Ariz., to file suit for divorce
against her husband, because, she
charged, he was lazy. She said he
failed to provide her with the necessi-
ties of life, which are small enough
for an Indian squaw, and declared he
was too lazy to hunt and was negli-
gent toward her support. In making
the trip to Flagstaff she climbed to
the top of the Grand Canon afoot,