The Coolidge examiner., 1931-01-02
SOUTHWEST NEWS
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The cornerstone was laid for the
$4,000 Phoenix Hellenic Orthodox
Church community house, recently.
Much land has been sown to winter
wheat on the eastern plains and the
northern highlands of New Mexico.
The early sown grain is up to an ex-
celent stand
The third quarterly executive board
meeting of the New Mexico Cattle
Growers Association was held in
Santa Fe, N. NJ, recently.
c. n Miller, assistant national di-
rector of Boy Scout work told state
wide conference of Scout executives
in Phoenix, that an expansion program
involving Arizona's Indian population
was being planned.
Keen interest is being shown by all
parts of Arizona in the big essay con-
test on the subject of the value of
dairy products in the diet, which is be-
ing conducted this month by the Ari-
zona Dairy Council.
Waldo Kreiger, prominent through
out the state for his activities in All
Club work, died in Phoenix from in
juries suffered when he was gored by
an enraged bull on his fathers ranch
at Cartwright, Ariz.
Dedication of the library and admin
istration building at Northern Arizona
State Teachers College, Flagstaff, was
conducted a few days ago. The build
ing was constructed at a cost of $780,
600, issued in an appropriation by the
| State Legislature.
Consolidated Gold Mines Company,
| Ltd, of Bisbee, filed articles of incor-
poration in Phoenix recently. c. w.
! Gabrielson, A. F. Sword and John A.
| Campbell were named as incorpora-
| tors. The company has an authorized
capital stock of $2,5O0,00O.
The conviction of DR.. Milton A.
| Grissom, Roswell dentist, was upheld
| by the New Mexico Supreme Court
in an opinion by Justice Watson.
Grissom was found guilty of perform
ing an illegal operation which caused
| the death of a Dexter widow.
Presidents and other executives of
at least sixteen United States rail-
| road systems are expected by the con-
vention committee to attend the twen-
| ty-seventh annual convention of the
| Western Fruit Jobbers' Association of
| America in Phoenix, January 13 to 16.
The Santa Fe, N. NJ, City Council,
| by unanimous vote, accepted the new
schedule Of electricity rates for Santa
! Fe, as recommended by the citizens
| committee of the council. The lower
| rates will mean a saving of around
| $4,000 to the people of Santa Fe next
| year, and greater savings in 1882.
Gov. R. c. Dillon issued statement
in Santa Fe in which he said that
New Mexico's unemployment situation
was causing little difficulty at the
present time, but that some difficulty
was being experienced in taking care
of the transients who cross the state.
| Henry A. Morgan, United States
| land office register at Phoenix, re-
ports that 11S applications for home
steads were filed in Arizona during
| November and fifty-two final proofs,
or patents were issued. Most of the
| applications covered land in central
and south central Arizona.
Nine additional suits against seven
major oil companies, asking damages
totaling $990,OO0 and election, were
filed in Federal Court at Santa Fe re-
Gently by persons in the Lea county
oil area who claim that they hold title
to minerals underlying state land
which they purchased. All of the
suits seek to eject the oil companies
from the lands.
Dudley J. Hamblin, former Apache
county treasurer, pleaded guilty to il
legal loaning of county funds and was
sentenced at st. Johns, Ariz., to serve
five to ten years in state prison.
Thirty-four other counts, charging en-
bezzlement and misapprOpriation of
| funds, were dismissed. Sentence was
pronounced by Judge Charles A. Weld
Ter of Yavapai county, sitting for A.
S. Gibbons.
Montezuma Baptist College at Las
| Vegas has been closed on action of
the State Board of Missions, because
of insufficient finances to complete
the term. The school, which is sup
ported by the Baptist churches of
New Mexico, had not been meeting
expenses for some time and suspen-
sion was decided upon to permit the
board to raise $500 during January
to pay back salaries of teachers and
other expenses.
Perfection of automatic devices to
ride in rockets and take a scientific
peek into the atmosphere fifty miles
from this old world are now occupy
ing DR.. R. H. Goddard in his rocket
camp near Roswell, N. NJ. DR.. God