The Coolidge examiner., 1932-12-02
Southwestern Briefs

Charles w. Murphy of Mount Dora,
N. M, filed a voluntary petition of
bankruptcy in Federal Court Muir
ply listed debts of $1O,O8O.2O and as
sets of $5.621.64.
E. X. Neumann, attorney general.
said that the plurality of 10000 votes
given Gov. Arthur Seligman. "is the
biggest ever given a Democratic can
dIdate for governor"
Eighteen thousand acres of land
northeast of Wickenburg. Ariz, will
be opened to homestead entry January
5, 1888. The land lies both in Mari
copa and Yavapai counties.
A. N. Kewly of Yuma was elected
president of the Arizona Association of
Commercial Secretaries. Joe Kolby
of Bisbee was elected vice president
and Ella Browden, Douglas, secretary
treasurer.
Elliott Barker, state game warden.
said that a special season on does and
antlerless deer in a restricted area fif-
teen miles southeast of Alamogordo,
will be opened Dec. l for a period of
fifteen days.
A bar of gold weighing approximate
ly 100 ounces and having value of
about $1,5OO, was shipped to the mint
by the Bank of Arizona for the Vul-
ture mine. near Wickenburg, operated
by A. B. Peach.
Tho nj Ctofoc nF
Agriculture reports $4,000 bales Of cot
ton had been ginned in Arizona up to
Nov. l. The estimated yield is $4,000
bales. or 356 pounds to the acre as
compared with 313 last year.
While former Governor R. c. Dillon
was speaking to a Republican politi
cal rally at Gallup, ~ NJ, Joe Baca,
%, shot and killed his uncle, Juan M.
Baca, as, on the steps of the American
Legion hall, where the rally was held.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Schneider, AL
buquerque, field suit in District Court
against Juan Sena and Camilo Chacon,
Guadalupe county, for $4,000 for in
juries she incurred Oct. 27 in an auto
mobile accident near Santa Rosa.
J.E. Owens, tax agent for the Santa
Fe railroad. said the railroad, in order
to enable schools and other depart
ments in the state to meet their obli-
cations, probably will pay the first
half of the 1882 taxes the last of this
month.
I - Hn Tn,
gineering Company of Chicago and
Boise, Idaho, through W. r. Sayers of
Skull Valley, Ariz., has taken an OPP
ton on a large placer deposit in
| Spruce canyon, a mile southeast of
Ramsgate, and reached by road from
Skull Valley.
The State bank of Alamogordo
closed It's doors few days ago and
notice was posted that state bank
examiners would take charge. Heavy
Withdrawals caused the officials of
the bank to decide to close 1t, they
said. A statement the officials issued
said all deposits would be paid.
4 Fifteen thousand sheep for per cap
ita distribution to Jicarilla Apache In
dians in New Mexico, to replace losses
| incurred last winter, was grouped in
one bunch near Dulce. The distribu-
tion has begun and will continue until
all Indians have received their sheep
An average of twenty-four head each
will be issued to 666 Indians.
Efforts of the New Mexico Live
stock Association to obtain drOuth
rates for its members from the Santa
Fe railroad have been successful. The
railroad company advised that it
would grant a drouth rate to shippers
of cattle in the northern part of the
state who wish to ship cattle to pas
lures in Sandoval, Socorro and Va
lencia and will apply only in New
Mexico.
Lloyd Thomas, state superintendent
of banks of Arizona, filed in Superior
Court at Phoenix a petition seeking
approval of his action in rejecting and
allowing certain claims against de-
posits of the closed Arizona bank sys-
TEN. The bank superintendent would
allow thirty-nine of the 109 priority
claims filed against the bank, totaling
S39, 9,023.O3, and reject the others.
amounting to S47,691.41.
The finishing touches on a map in
connection with the proposed erection
of dam ON one of the Verde river
tributaries, north of Prescott, AriZ.,
for the purpose of impounding water
for a fish lake, were executed in the
office of County Engineer Richard L..
Merritt at the request of joint Pres
colt Fish. Game and Forest Protec-
ton Association and Yavapai county
Chamber of Commerce.
Four prisoners were taken to the
Arizona state penitentiary at Flor
ence recently by Maricopa county
deputy sheriffs. They were Frank
Leonard, convicted of second degree
murder and sentenced to ten to fif-