The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-23
Southwestern Briefs

Figures compiled by tie New Mexi-
co State Tax Commission show oil
production Jan. to March 81 in New
Mexico was 2,542,126 barrels.
One hundred and seventy-eight de-
grees were awarded at the annual
commencement exercises of the Uni
versity of New Mexico June 5. DR..
James F. Zimmerman, president of
the institution, delivered the COM
mencement address.
Request that no additional tax be
placed on gasoline to raise revenue
for the public works program of the
federal government has been made in
telegram sent by Gov. Moeur of Ari-
zona TO Lewis w. Douglas, director
of the budget, in Washington, D. c.
The State Board of Health is facing
a crisis in maintenance of county
health units throughout Arizona, For
rest E. Douchette, executive secre-
tary, recently said when he received
word the United States public health
service had withdrawn federal aid for
l933-34.
Mountainair, n. NJ, boasts of a
bank balance and new city hall and
fire station, while thousands of mu-
inequalities are head over heels in
debt. Mayor Marshall Orme, in a re-
cent statement, said that the town has
a balance of $4,000 on hand, with all
debts paid.
John H. Coleman, Tyrone, N. NJ,
has been recommended for appoint
ment as cattle inspector for the Sill
yer City, n. NJ, area, to succeed John
w. Turner, JT., who resigned. Cole
man was selected as candidate for ap-
pointment at a recent meeting of cat
tlemen in Silver City.
Special consideration for bids from
companies proposing to use copper
wire in construction of the Los An
geles Bureau of Power and Lights
transmission line between Boulder
dam and Los Angeles, has been asked
OF E. F. Scattergood, chief engineer,
by Gov B. B. Moeur of Arizona.
BY executive proclamation, Gov. B.
B. Moeur of Arizona set Aug. as the
date for a special primary election
and Oct for a special general elec-
tion TO name a representative from
Arizona TO Congress to fill the unex-
pired term of Lewis w. Douglas, re-
signed, to become national budget di.
rector.
Sale of assets of the defunct Ari-
zona bank at Phoenix to the Northern
Arizona Securities Company, has been
approved by the State Supreme Court.
Y. c. White. state superintendent of
banks, when informed of the decision,
announced $4,000, or about 40 per
cent of deposits, would be released to
creditors soon.
Gov. B. B. Moeur of Arizona told
veterans of the World War at a meet
ing of the Luncheon Legionnaires in
Phoenix recently, he would cooperate
in the campaign to prevent drastic re-
ductions in veterans compensation
The governor said he felt the pro-
posed reductions in compensation
were too severe.
Administration forces have discon'
tinued checking all referenda petitions
filed in the New Mexico secretary OF
states office, except the one on S. b
IA, the delinquent tax collection law
The highway debentures and the state
Doc fr1o nfc dn6
in this S. g. 144 petition, however
and the check will cover them.
Ira L. Wright, general manager OF
the Blackhawk Consolidated Mines
Company at Hanover, N. NJ, has an
nounced a pay increase amounting tc
approximately 10 per cent. Wright
said the increase would be contingent
on metal prices, but he expected it tC
amount to at least 10 per cent and
possibly more The mill at Hanover
is running to capacity.
Twenty-Five members of the Den
yer Junior Chamber Of Commerce
went on the goodwill tour through
southern Colorado, northern New Mex
| leo and Texas to stimulate friendly
relations between Denver and the
other cities and towns in it's trade
area Meetings were held in each Of
the towns visited. Taos was the frs
town visited in New Mexico.
Tombstone, Ariz, destined apparent
! ly to become another ghost towI
| after having blazoned its name acros!
pioneer history as the widest anC
largest mining Hell camp" of the
early West, is blossoming again. Tall
of bimetalism in the worlds grea
money markets has echoed across tht
sand and heat to fire prospectors anC
modern mining engineers into fever
ish enthusiasm.
The members of the New Mexico
Cattle Growers Association combined
business and pleasure at their execu
tive board meeting, on June II, hell
at the ] V. Taylor ranch, which il
just seven miles east of Oscura and
few miles south of Carrizozo. TIL,
meeting was open to all cattlemen
! whether members of the association