The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-25
Southwestern Briefs

The Phelps Dodge Corporation will
show an operating profit for the year
1888, according TO information re-
ceived recently.
A station OF the state highway pa
troll has been established at Quartz
site, Ariz., being removed from Hope,
where it formerly operated.
John P. Dougherty of Globe, Ariz..
resigned from the State Senate to be-
come an assistant United States dis
trict attorney, with offices at Tucson.
Herman Mann and F. d. Hamilton,
, Tucson real estate statesmen, were
fatally gassed in the Helmet Peak
mine, twenty-one miles southwest of
Tucson, Ariz.
The Central Arizona Light and Pow
er Company asked the State Tax Com
mission to reduce its assessed valua
tion S2,600,000. The present valua-
ton is approximately S7,000,O0O.
Forty people recently lived with
neighbors, the result of flood which
swept down upon Rincon, N. NJ, to
inundate 800 acres of crop land and
do approximately $4,000 damage.
The Arizona Fish and Game Com
mission has started a movement,
through which it seeks federal coop
Grafton. to clean all artificial lakes of
the state of carp and suckers.
inIn 80
brought the greatest number of ar
rests in Arizona during July. The to-
tai arrests were 373, of which 262 were
made by police and sheriffs officers.
Arizona first impeachment trial
came to an end few days ago. with
the acquittal of Charles r. Howe, state
corporation commissioner, on charges
contained in sixteen articles of i'm.
parchment.
Bone dry" for eighteen years, Ari-
zona recently became the twenty-first
state TO ratify the proposed repeal of
the eighteenth amendment of the ma
tional constitution by vote of more
than three to one.
The Roswell police department has
been equipped with two submachine
guns since two officers, one of them
member of the force, were killed
in recent gun battles with bandits in
and near Roswell
Petitions are being circulated over
San joan county. N. NJ, requesting
the county board of commissioners to
hold a local option election on Sept.
10. the date of the special state pro-
hibition election.
First degree murder charges were
filed by Sheriff Rex Meador of Tor
rance county against Jack Layman.
paroled convict, in connection with
the fatal wounding of deputy sheriff
at Mountainair, n NJ, July 28.
The New Mexico motor patrol took
TO the highways a few days ago, the
men going in pairs to each of their
five districts. The first week was
spent touring each district TO get ac-
quainted with peace officers.
Many hundreds of miles of fence on
the public domain in New Mexico will
be removed during the coming win
ter The order of Secretary Ickes
that the fences be removed, is ire
yocable unless by act of Congress.
Permission was given by the State
Corporation Commission to the Rail-
way Express Co., to reduce its rates
on fruit and vegetables as much as
one-third on shipments throughout
New Mexico from Dona Ana, Las
Cruces and Mesilla Park.
Fishermen may bring home only one
days limit in trout, whether they have
been fishing day or a week, under
a new regulation adopted by the New
Mexico State Game Commission. State
Game Warden Elliott Barker said the
one-day limit is 25 trout, or 15 pounds
| plus one trout
J. F. Mcdonald, state criminologist,
Supt. c. r. Mcdowell of the Ari-
zona state highway patrol, reported
| to Governor Moeur that patrolmen
made ten arrests and collected 49,
S16.48 in fees on foreign motor ve-
hicles during July. The arrests were
made for reckless driving and illegal
operation.
]. H. Jett, Roosevelt county IN. M
rancher, charged with first degree
murder in connection with the death
of j. j. Sanders in August, 1880, win
be given his second trial during the
next term of court in Roosevelt coun-
ty, which probably will be some time
next month.
Machine guns were mounted recent
ly at the Dona Ana county, N. NJ,
courthouse and Jail, where Jess Wag.
goner, bank robbery suspect, was
held prisoner, and deputy sheriffs
were armed with tear gas bombs The
precautions were taken, said Sheriff
Dick Triviz, to prevent a second at
tempt to burn the building.
Navajo Indians and others of the
twenty-three tribes that annually trek
to Gallup for intertribal ceremonials,