The border vidette., 1932-05-28
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

partly or wholly unemployed,
will not suffer for food this SUN
mer, according to A. B. Ballan
tyne, assistant director of the
Agricultural Extension Service
at the University of Arizona.
who returned this week from an
inspection tour.
Mr.. Ballantyne was greatly
encouraged over the work in
Cochise county, declaring that
instead of lying around idle the
unemployed of that area are out
in the fresh air of the fields,
planting. hoeing aud watering
garden crops.
The gardens are the result Of
of team work under the direction
of G. G. Pidgeon, chairman of
the Bisbee Community Relief
Committee MIR. BAllantyne re
ported that the Phelps Dodge
Corporation furnished the land
and water and that County
Agent Armstrong mapped and
laid out the bitches, plots. etc
and preparing the planting
sched ules and directions for the
care of the crops.
1t is reported that practically
every request has been supplied
and that the one-sixth acre plots
are nearly all planted; most OF
them having much truck grow
ing, ,-radishes, lettuce, spinach,
beets. carrots, onions, cabbage,
tomatoes, peas, beans, and corn
Any city, declared Mr.. Ballan
tyne, would be infinitely better off
if provision could be made for
meeting local conditions, even if
that method costs as much as
direct relief.
Realization of the fact that
gold finding and winning is the
most tlourishing extractive in
dustry in time of economic de
preston has brought represent
atives of nineteen Arizona cities
to the University of Arizona this
week for the short course in
struction in gold mining.
Through the Arizona Bureau
of Mines and the college of mines
and engineering, the University
has been attempting to relieve
the economic tension of many
communities by making informa
ton of gold prospecting avail
able to everyone. The course at
the University is Intended to
supplement field work that has
been carried on all year.
First day classes at the Uni.
versity witnessed an enrolment
of 1853 interested prospectors.
The Arizona communities repre-
sented included Tucson. Phoe
nix, Thatcher, Ajo. Nogales.
Tempe, Coolidge, Glendale. Flag
staff, Douglas. Bisbee, Miami,
Clifton, Superior, Casa Grande,
Florence, Buckeye. Arivaca.
| Morristown and Hayden. Repre-
sentative miners from FL Paso,
Texas, were also in attendance.
County scholars for twelve
of Arizona's fourteen counties
were named today at the Uoiver
sity of Arizona following con
pletion of competitive examina
tions for the scholarships.
Alternates for eleven of the
county scholars we're also chosen.
These scholarships are effective
for the fall of 1882 and continue
for four year in each individual
case.
Scholars d 10 g d included:
Apache, ,Corinne Cowley ;Cochise,
William Edward Holzhauser;
Coconino, Edward Joseph Nor
an; ella, Martin Bellinger;
Greenlee. Hubert Won Staufen;
Maricopa, Frank Menefee; Mo-
have, Dora Shelton; Navajo,
Billie Hennine; Pima, Frark
Caleb Kelton, Jr.; Pinal, Enhel
B. Powell; Yavapai, William
Charles Kuzsll, aud Yuma. Wes
ley K. Orendorf.
| The alternates who will re
ceive scholarships if the winners
fail to attend the University are:
Apache. 1nez Udall; Cochise,
David Joseph Farber; Coconino,
Eugene E. Maxwell; Gila, How
ard Clifford; Greenlee, Benjamin
Laird Cody; Delbert John Geor
Re; Mohave. David Dean Grozier;
Navajo, Seth Lagrahde Warner;
Pima, David SHELBY Warner;
Pinal. Louise Mae Stoll, and
! Yavapai. Gordon Nj. Luepke.