The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-09
Southwestern Briefs


city offices we're closed for the day
Feb. Il.
OF some s23. 900. 900 a year spent In
New Mexico for governmental flnc-
tions. only $1,000 1863 is budgeted. &C
cording TO Byron o, Beall. chief state
tax commissioner. and of this sum
only $S.S5s.o72 is levied for direct
taxes
Florence NJ Warner. state admin
istrator for the civil works admins
tration in Arizona. has announced
that passage of the congressional ap-
preparation measure saved 1900 Ari-
zonans from returning to the unem-
ployed ranks.
Application for authority 10 estab-
lish AT least five new branches in va.
rtous Arizona communities has been
made 70 the National Banking Depart.
ment in Washington. ID. c.. by the
Valley Bank and Trust Company. IL
was learned recently.
One hundred men working at the
municipal airport at Las Vegas were
thrown out OF work when civil works
officials received a telegram from
Santa Fe ordering the work 10 be dis
continued. Officials here were nj
loss 10 explain the action.
The State Highway Department has
called bids for construction OF two
concrete bridges on the YumaGlla
Bend highway in the vicinity OF Yuma.
10 be opened March 6. The bridges
will be sixteen and eighteen miles
east OF Yuma. respectively.
Four southern New Mexico counties
have indicated they too might take a
hand In airrnail Investigations being
made in Washington 10 demand an in
quiry into Why the original air route
from III Paso 10 the Pacific coast was
not routed by way OF Demlng and
Lordsburg as posted
J. X. Richardson OF Carlsbad has
recently been appointed BY the fed
eral government as safety engineer
for the New Mexico civil works ad
mlnistratiou The CwA is appoint.
ing a safety engineer for each state:
men who have had special training
in accident prevention.
A meeting OF the Sons OF New Mex.
leo Was held recently til Albuquerque
to complete organization details. The
organization will be statewide in
scope. At its first meeting approx.
mately nifty persons attended. among
them several prominent citizens. life
long residents Of Albuquerque.
Headed by Major General Alexan
der NJ. Tuthiil. commander OF the
Forty fifth division. more than a score
Of Phoenix military officers came 10
Tucson TO witness a demonstration
recently by the Old Pueblo unit of
the Arizona National Guard. in honor
OF Col. J. Prugh Herndon. command.
INK officer and other officials OF the
i5sth infantry.
Arizona wlil observe the frat ami.
yersary Of The state and national bank
moratorium with banks in excellent
condition. superintendent OF Banks
Y. G. White declared that the mora.
torium proclaimed March = BY Gov.
ernor B. II. Moeur was the creation OF
more confidence by Arizonans in the
banking institutions.
Gwinn Henry. former University OF
Missouri football mentor. win lead the
University Of New Mexico Lobos In
their 1884 gridiron season. Henry
WAS selected by the university board
I OF regents TO succeed Charles Riley.
whose contract was not renewed after
three years coaching here. Henry.
chosen from among 100 candidates
viii also be director of athletics.
While in Kingman. Ariz, for a
couple Of days recently on legal mat.
ters. Attorney r. w. o'SuIIivan met
and had long talk with his friend,
Senator Keen st. Charles. The sen.
ator related many stirring incidents
/ OF early days In the Black Hills, New
/ Mexico. and Arizona. wherein the sen.
atoT had participated. Keen" crossed
The Pecos river with a caravan of bull
teams nearly sixty years ago, and was
| nearly caught and scaIped by Indians
on several occasions.
New Mexico will seek to obtain an
increase in the present crude oil al
lowabie. through the states congress
sional delegation, State Land Commits.
sioner Frank Vesely and State GeoIo-
gist DR.. f. II. Wells have announced.
Police Chief C. A. Wollard of Tue.
son is on par with Mae West now.
Because he directed the capture of
the John Dillinger gang OF bank rob
bers. now awaiting trial in the middle
west. Chief Wollard has been made a
Kentucky colonel.
John Morrow, Sr., of Ration, former
United States congressman and ac-
/ tive in state and local affairs. has
been named by Gov. A. w. Hocken-
hull to succeed Clinton p. Anderson
OF albuquerque as state treasurer,
who resigned some weeks ago. Mr..
| Morrow accent Oh fha aunointrap, op