The Coolidge examiner., 1934-05-11
Southwestern Briefs


levy OF $500 for outdoor relief.
Arizona's scent gasoline tax pro
duced S254. 1859 during March. +. NJ.
Whitworth. superintendent OF the mo
tor vehicle division. has announced.
W. W Mitchell Of Mesa was elected
grand master OF the Independent Or
der OF odd Fellows OF Arizona at the
nfty-frst annual state convention OF
the organization In Phoenix.
Fl Vado reservoir. TO be created by
the middle Rio Grande conservancy
dam on the Chama river in northern
Rio Arriba county. may become one
OF the best stocked public fishing wa
ters In New Mexico.
Civilian conservation corps officials
announced one corps OF workers sta
toned In Phoenix Mountain Park and
another in Papago Park would leave
for summer stations in the Maulpai
mountains east Of Kingman, very soon.
G. V. Clayton OF Artesia. district SUI
pervlsor for the federal emergency
crop loans. announced recently that
Eddy county. New Mexico. had made
the best record Of any county in the
Southwest in repayments Of 1888 crop
loans.
Home owners loans closed in Ari-
zona amounted to $50 and involved
S362.794. Evan S. Stallcup. assistant
manager OF the state branch OF the
Home Owners Loan Corporation. re-
ported. It brought the total to 1900
involving S3,s12.67s.
DR.. r. J. Brown. head of the depart.
ment OF economies at the University
OF Arizona. has been appointed head
OF the university's new school OF busi-
ness and public administration by
President II. l.. Shantz. DIR. Brown
has been at the university since 1916.
The Arizona state department OF
education has announced that Miss
Alice Windes OF Tempe. who taught in
Arizona schools for more than twenty
years. has been granted a pension.
The pension vas granted on account
OF physical disability.
New Mexico is entering the spring
season with a serious water shortage.
according to r. l. Hardy. head OF the
federal climatological bureau. Wheth-
er the shortage viii seriously affect
crop production is problematical de-
pending 10 a certain extent upon
4. . Eva
New Mexico has spent or obligated
s7.s per cent OF the federal funds al
loted for highway construction in this
state. according to records compiled
By the highway department. The New
Mexico allotment was S6.1s9.13s. OF
this amount g5.43s.19i has been either
expended or obligated through con
tracts.
Arizona schools viii receive S3s7.-
Sass In third quarterly school appor-
tionments. according to Herman f.
Hendrix. superintendent OF public In
struction, Allotments TO counties in
elude SIS. s.fsi.02 10 Cochise: Maricopa.
si4I. 10000. Pima. s50.1i1.sS: Pinal.
sI9. .15272: Santa Cruz. 81. .266.75. and
Yavapal. s24.163.62.
Bankers and their wives from all
over the state met in Albuquerque re-
Gently for the annual convention OF
the New Mexico Bankers Association.
Gov. A. w Hockenhull OF New Mex
leo: F. Marion Law OF Houston. Texas,
president OF the American Bankers
Association. and J. G. Williams. Kan
sas City banker. were among the prin-
eipal speakers.
Regular monthly sale OF state oil
and gas leases In New Mexico for
April brought bonuses totaling s16.-
074.s5. There were twenty-six tracts
offered and twenty were sold. Some
OF the land in the Hobbs district
brought bonus OF $40 an acre. The
sales are held monthly under the su-
pervision Of Frank Wesley. commits
sioner OF public lands. at Santa Fe.
The New Mexico state agricultural
somewhat OF a mathematical record
recently in alphabetically estimating
grasshoppers in the Salt River Valley
TO number 7.2l4,O00,OOO. The estimate
was made by c. ID. Lebert, who found
96.500 acres infested. OF the total
acreage intestation $4,000 was light,
10000 medium and 1900 acres heavy.
The Western States Highway Patrol
Association was organized in Phoenix
recently. and c. H. Mcdowell. superin
tendent OF the Arizona highway patrol.
was elected president E. Raymond
Cato, chief OF the California highway
patrol. was named vice president and
the convention instructed the presi-
dent to appoint a secretary-treasurer
within thirty days. Austin, Texas, was
selected as the 1885 convention city.
All courses included in the summer
school program Of the Eastern New
Mexico Junior College, Portales, will
have been approved as desirable
courses for the junior college by the
other institutions of higher learning