The Coolidge examiner., 1933-11-03
Southwestern Briefs

before it for approval.
Acting Governor James Kerby ad-
dressed the 300 expected delegates to
the twenty sixth annual national tax
conference which opened in Phoenix
recently.
S. L. Lewis, Arizona state game
warden, addressed members of the
Bisbee and Douglas Game Protective
Associations at a joint meeting of
the two bodies held in Douglas re-
Gently.
Skidmore Field, the new Arizona
State Teachers College gridiron at
Flagstaff, was dedicated October IA
in connection with the homecoming
game between the Lumberjacks and
the New Mexico Aggies.
The navys big dirigible Macon lost
nearly four hours time on its trans
continental journey to it's new Sunny
v Calf, base when, straying from
its course into the Arizona mountains,
it was forced to turn back eighty
miles.
Two addresses were given in Santa
Fe by Phil LaFollette, former COVER
nor Of Wisconsin, when he came to
New Mexico to visit Senator Bronson
Cutting, whom he termed "a great
leader" LaFollette spoke at meet
ing of the Rotary Club and at Co
Il bus Day meeting.
Work on the road from highway sc
in New Mexico to the Charles H
Burke Indian school will begin soon,
Superintendent E. B. Dale announced.
Final approval of the work has been
granted and $4,000 will be spent.
The road will be graveled and one
piling bridge built.
There has been a revival in drilling
operations in New Mexico in recent
weeks, in both the proved fields and
in wildcat territory. While most of
the activity is in the shallow districts,
new work has also been starting up
recently in the Hobbs and other deep
er producing fields.
A group Of young men from Ration
have been chosen from those who
registered for the second six months
Of the C c camps. The boys reported
at Las Vegas October 10, for enroll
ment at the Rio Gallinas camp which
is situated five miles out of Las Vegas
on the Gallinas river.
Distribution of state income tax
blanks will start shortly. it was an
nounced by Emmett NJ. Barry, admin
istrator of the income tax division of
the Arizona tax commission. The
blanks will be sent to persons and
companies who have paid federal in
come taxes and others who are exempt
under the federal law.
A check for s1S2,650.77 handed to
Frank Devinney. Clark county, New
Mexico, assessor, by an official Of
the Six Companies, Boulder dam
builders, marked settlement of three
year controversy. The check was in
settlement for three years taxes on
property belonging to the contractors
and poll tax collected from dam work
men.
Because the gravel hauling IL
cense and mileage fee makes it diff
ficult for New Mexico truck owners
to obtain employment" the motor
transportation department of the state
corporation commission will forego
enforcement of the law. This an
Douncement was made in letter from
]. d. Lamb. chairman of the commits
sion, to G. d. Macy, state highway
engineer.
Excavation work in the great pueblo
ruins at Kinishba near Fort Apache,
Ariz., has resulted in what DR.. Byron
Cummings, University of Arizona
archeologist, believes will furnish
link between the modern and ancient
Hopi Indians. The 1000 and more in
habitants of the prehistoric city, es-
timated to have been at its height in
1860, observed tribal rituals similar
to those of the present-day Hopi
tribesmen.
Deer hunting season opened in
Arizona October 16. In addition to
the usual hunting grounds, four game
preserves were thrown open to big
game for the duration of the deer sea
son only. They were the south half
of the Yavapai-Coconino refuge south
of Williams; the Copper basin refuge
near Prescott; the Walnut Creek ref
uge near Prescott, and the blue refuge
nort1 of Clifton. Bear could be taken
in these preserves but they were
closed to hunting of wild turkey.
After a twentyfour-hour hunger
strike" seven National Miners Union
strike leaders, held in a military
stockade, on a charge of interfering
with enforcement of martial law in
the coal strike area at Gallup, broke
their fast and accepted bread and
water October IA, but continued their
refusal to do work required of them
as military prisoners. The strike lead
ers contend they are political prison
ers and not military prisoners, but
military authorities rafI1ca fc