The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Southwestern Briefs


The New Mexico state treasurers
office issued a $4,000 casual certifi.
cate of indebtedness to pay expenses
of the special election of September
10.
The sixteenth of September, Mex
ico's independence day, will be cele-
brated on both sides of the border at
Nogales and a patriotic program will
be offered.
George d. Corich, garage owner at
Clayton, N. NJ. filed in U. S. District
Court voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy listing debts of $3O,S61 and
assets of $7955.
Mrs. John Morrow, 61. wife of for
mer Congressman John Morrow. died
at the Miners Hospital at Ration after
falling to recover from an operation
performed recently.
Arizona highway department Off
cials made plans recently to get under
way by December 1 a $4,OO0,OOO road
program, estimated to give employ
ment to 1000 persons.
Irving A. Jennings, Phoenix, was
elected commander of the American
Legion, department of Arizona, at the
annual convention at Bisbee. Tucson
was selected for the 1884 convention.
Tony Posey. alleged to have shot
and killed his fatherin-law, Newt
Pendergrass, 55, Mayhill, N. NJ,
rancher. surrendered to officers and
was brought to the county Jail at
Alamogordo.
Thomas E. Campbell, former COVER
nor of Arizona and former president
of the United States civil service com
mission, will resume his former pro-
fession of hydraulic mining engineer
ing at Phoenix in October.
Approximately S1,5OO,OOO will be
made available soon under the ma
tional recovery act for forestry serv-
ice projects in New Mexico and Ari-
zona. OF this amount. New Mexico
forests win receive about 100000.
AHSOA POl dtlOh VI tIle Gdllup Oll &
Gas Co. for $4,000 has been ap-
proved by the state corporation com.
mission. Bruce Vaughn of Wingate.
N. NJ, and Rudolph Yorkovich and
Fred Mutto, both of Gallup, are di-
rectors.
The Pinion-Avis Angora Goat Asso-
citation sold its spring clip OF approx.
mately 145.0O0 pounds to a Boston
purchaser for S45,195. The sale was
made at Roswell, ~ NJ. The growers
received 40 cents pound for kid hair
and 80 cents pound for adult hair.
The federal government ordered
State Sanitary Engineer f. C. Roberts.
Jr, to inspect all Indian civilian con.
servation corps camps in Arizona. In
addition. he was directed to inspect
water supplies used by common car
riers in interstate traffic"
Refunds totaling approximately IS
per cent have been obtained by Finley
and Co. and w. H. Driggers from the
A. T. & S. F. railway on shipments
of cattle which moved prior to January
%, 1882. The shipments were made
from New Mexico to Colorado and
Kansas.
The Arizona NRA board has ap-
pealed to the federal government to
place this state in the western in
stead of the southern district in clas.
sification of codes. Such classified
tion, it was said, would place Arizona
in a higher wage bracket for each
code except agricultural processing.
Warrants aggregating S3,974 for the
month of August were mailed out
September l to Maricopa county's old
age pensioners. The board has ap-
proved 430 pension applications since
the states old age pension law be-
came effective in July 1t is estimated
that pensions paid during the current
fiscal year will total $74,O0O
Representative of the cotton indus
try in Maricopa county, Ariz., are en-.
deavoring to establish a sliding scale
of wages for cotton pickers. The pres.
ent wage varies between so and rs
cents per 100 pounds, but there is no
established scale. The cotton men
seek to set sliding scale in proper
ton to the market price of cotton.
Forty Allison, N. NJ, miners who
have withdrawn from the National
Miners Union. have organized a local
and applied for a charter from the
United Mine Workers of America.
Officers of the Allison T.. M. w. A. are
as follows: William Ferguson, presi,
dent; Claude Wylie, recording secre.
tary, and Charles Barker, secretary
and treasurer.
Arizona Representatives of organ
lied labor, several hundred strong
will convene in Phoenix September IS.
for one of the most significant ses
sions in the history of the Arizona
State Federation of Labor, L. E. Moye.
president, Tucson, announced. DuA
to the activity OF organized labor un
der the National Recovery Act. the
twenty-second annual meeting OF thu
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