The Coolidge examiner., 1933-07-14
Southwestern Briefs

during the coming year.
Mrs. John T. Alexander of Coro-
nado, Calf, was instantly killed in an
accident on the Taos high
way west of Alcalde.
Twenty-nine counties in the state
$50 at the summer session of the Uni
versity of New Mexico.
William Rowland, well-known Wick
enburg, Ariz., prospector and miner,
died in the Wickenburg Hospital after
an illness of eight months.
The Foxworth- -Galbraith Lumber
Company yard and property at De-
ming, N. M, was completely destroyed
by fire recently. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000.
Navajo County, Arizona, has a clean
slate in the matter of tuberculosis in
dairy herds, it has been announced
by County Agricultural Agent c. R.
Fillerup of Snowflake.
Dates for the sixth annual Eastern
New Mexico state fair have been
changed to October 1921 from October
lila in order to accommodate live
stock growers of the southwest.
Yuma cantaloupe packers have
moved about 700 carloads this season.
The Associated Theatres, Inc, of
Colorado, named Mark Berkheimer of
Las Vegas as its New Mexico agent.
l. N. Curtis of Quemado, N. NJ. has
leased a portion of the state Saline
lease at Salt Lake, N. M, in north
western Catron County and will begin
operations soon for the production of
salt.
Senator John G. Bratton, Democrat,
New Mexico, officially ceased to be
New Mexico's U. S. Senator when he
took the oath of office as judge of the
Tenth Federal Circuit Court of Ap-
peals.
While necessary repairs are being
made following cave-in, the Magma
smelter at Superior, Ariz, was closed
recently. Men employed in the smell
ter will be laid off from one to two
months.
New Mexico will have between sew
en- and half and eight million dollars
available for highway work, Governor
Arthur Seligman said, under the allot-
ment in the public works bill and 9th
er sources.
An executive order by the Associa-
tion of Land Grant Colleges and Uni
versities at Washington, which be-
came effective July /, will reduce
funds of the University of Arizona
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House Bill 21S, the eight-hour law
for male employees, suffered its sec
ond setback within two weeks recent
ly with the granting of an injunction
stopping enforcement of the law in
Curry County, New Mexico.
DR.. Homer Leroy Shantz, president
of the University of Arizona, has been
selected as one of the national author
tiles to pass on institutions granting
the doctors degree by the American
Council of Education.
Dr. Grady Gammage, president Of
Arizona State Teachers College at
Flagstaff for seven years, has been
named president of Arizona State
Teachers College at Tempe, succeed
ing DR.. Ralph Swetman, resigned.
New Mexico and Arizona national
forests received $691, ,45O of the $5,OOO,-
600 made available July l for forest
road work under the national recov-
cry act. OF this amount, New Mexico
will receive $244,450 and Arizona $347,-
GOO.
The New Mexico Sheep Sanitary
Board voted to continue the present
10-mill levy on sheep for maintenance
of the boards operations. The board
also authorized it's president and secre-
tary to approve the budget for the
year.
A certificate of incorporation was
granted the Southwest Mines, Inc,
of Prescott. by the Arizona Corpora
tion Commission. Capitalization is
$1,000000. Incorporators were T. j.
Syrne and Helen Won Kleeek, both of
Prescott.
Because the Zuni Indians thought
they were being drafted to fight an
other war against Germany, it took
government reservation authorities
sixteen days to get 1872 Zunis to take
the Indian Conservation Corps physi-
cal examinations and enroll in the
Presidents war on depression.
Passengers on the Southern Pacific
will enjoy two cents per mile rate
for three-month period, which will
begin July l. The commission granted
request of the Southern Pacific to cut
their rate for coach service and tour
ist Pullman service from sc cents
per mile to meet bus competition.
Harry E. Shuart, editor of New
Mexico, the official state magazine,
said twice as many tourist inquiries
are being received this summer by
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