The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-01
Southwest News Items


suggested to the Arizona state fair
commission that the exposition be can
celled this year.
District Judge NJ. A. Otero, Jr., OF
Santa Fe, N. NJ. will soon be called
upon to decide If curb pumps may re-
main on the streets of Gallup-a deci-
sion which may fix the law for the
rest of New Mexico.
With their watchword economy, city
and county officials all over the state
of New Mexico are rolling up their
sleeves and are trimming operating
and maintenance expenses for the
coming fiscal year to the limit.
Low bid for construction of SO miles
of road on Highway No. Sc between
Flagstaff and Riordan, Ariz., opened
<by the state highway department, was
offered by H. L. Royden, Phoenix con-
tractor, who proposed to do the work
for s53.3S9.30.
Governor Hunt OF Arizona declared
recently he has in course of prepara-
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to the people," in which he will lay
down an economy program as a sug-
gestion of a way out OF the states
present financial dilemma
DR.. Robert II. Goddard, noted scien-
tist, announced at Roswell, n. NJ, the
rocket experiments to explore upper
atmospheres would be discontinued
Immediately because of lack of funds
of the Guggsnheim foundation. which
has been financing the project.
Will Rogers, noted newspaper col
umnist and motion picture star, said
he may attend Winslow's Meteor City
Roundup. He said he hoped to visit
the cattle ranch of Fred H. Bixby.
located forty-five miles south Of Wins
low, Ariz.. and would like to be there
for the rodeo.
The first trip of the 'get-acquainted
squad" of the women's organization
for national prohibition reform, was
made recently TO the Pecos mines
when a motorcade of six cars led by
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tied Terrero for an informal confer
ence on the prohibition question.
Headed by DR.. Byron Cummings, ar
chaeologist with the University of Ari-
zona. group of graduate and under
graduate students left the campus of
the university for three weeks work
in the Big Chino valley in the north
ern part of Arizona where they viii
assist with the pueblo excavations.
Increased vegetable shipments from
the west coast of Mexico have been
reflected in Nogales, Ariz., bank clear
ings for May, business leaders here
believe bank clearings during May to-
tailed $5.125, ,145.12. as compared with
S3,S44.556 for April, Nogales ranking
third in the state in May clearings.
A good will" committee of the Bis
bee. Ariz., chamber of commerce is
seeking to find new sources OF reve-
nue. for the Bisbee district, including
promotion of tourist travel, develop
ment of climatic resources, and coop
Grafton with the United States army
gin enlarging activities at Fort Hua-
chuca.
Major General Roy Hoffman of Okla
homa City, commanding general of
the 45th division. U. S. army. inspect
ed the encampment of the 120th En-
gineers, New Mexico National Guard.
a unit Of the division at Camp Luna.
General Hoffman said the site for the
camp is one of the most ideal in the
country.
Juan n. Vigil, state comptroller of
New Mexico, appeared before the state
finance board to plead for money for
the department. When he took office
only recently after several changes
in the comptroller's office, he found
the office in severe financial straits
He viii ask for more money to tide
the department over.
Supervisors OF ella county, Arizona,
in a statement recently issued, indi
cate that very drastic cuts in the budg-
cts for all departments are to be
made. Every possible expenditure Is
being investigated with view to re-
duction. This was brought about by
the usual list of demands and the seri-
Gus problem presented by the budget
for the coming year.
Plans were discussed in the copper
mine communities of Arizona recently
for using up surplus supplies of the
metal to allow the recently enacted
4-cent tariff to show its effect. Cover
nor Hunt made public letter he sent
to the governors OF the copper pro-
ducing states, asking them to urge
use of copper and copper products so
that the 450,OO0-ton surplus may be
depleted as soon as possible.
Audit of the comptrollers office was
ordered recently by Governor Selig-
man of New Mexico. The audit is a
routine matter of checking out ]. NJ.
Lujan. resigned comptroller, and