The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-16
Southwestern Briefs

II one is called.
Ciyll works administration officials
announced the Arizona payroll dis.
tributed Jan. 20 totaled S3l7 .10777,
the largest Of record in the state.
Motor vehicle accidents on Arizona
highways during 1888 brought death
TO 155 persons. the State Health De
partment announced In a detailed re
port to the United States bureau OF
census
The New Mexico Federation of Tax.
payers Associations. meeting at Albu.
querque, took formal action on a pro
posed legislative program prepared By
the organizations special legislative
committee.
Residents Of Albuquerque reported
seeing a falling star burst into bril-
lance lasting several seconds. recent
ly. The falling object. believed to
have been a meteor. was seen direct
ly south Of the city.
Assistant Attorney General John
Francis Conuor OF Arizona has com
pleted a brief which be viii present
to the State Supreme Court. declar
ing the states minimum wage law is
legal and enforceable.
Herman f. Hendrix. state superin.
tendent Of public instruction in Ari
zona. has apportioned a total OF S56.
6749S TO thirteen counties from fees
collected in national forests IN the
state during the past year.
Harry ". Moore Maricopa county
Ariz., treasurer. reported revenues
from all sources received by Mari.
copa county during 1888 amounted &c
S5.36S.72Sl0. while disbursements for
all purposes during the year totaled
1851 .0s5.si
Winslow. Ariz.. will have only three
places where liquor can be bought by
the drink unless other applications
come in later. according to Chief Rube
NELL, who reported that thus far only
three have slgnifieG their intention 70
take out the $500 year license.
New Mexico has the smallest Aum
Der OF closed banks and the smallest
amount OF money tied up I'm defunct
institutions OF any state in the Union
r. l. Olson. special representative OF
the United States Home Owners Loan
Corporation. announced recently.
A back to the land movement. op
Grated by the government and prl
marily outlined as an auxiliary meas
ure IN continuing livelihood. has been
placed In operation here by +. V. Ful
Ter. field representative for the De
partment OF the Interior In Arizona.
Out Of Si.562. 500 for new Indian hos
pitfalls and sanatoriums. S305.O00 will
90 10 two reservations adjacent "a
Gallup. y. NJ. II was announced by
+ Commissioner John Collier Zuni is
10 receive sl25.000 hospital and
Eastern Navajo $4,000 building al
Crown Point.
Despite the fact II was unable tc
reach an agreement on a proposal tc
consolidate counties. the New Mexico
T Federation OF Taxpayers Associations
adopted "a fifteen point legislative pro
gram calling for business tax and
{ delinquent tax collection law similar
TO that in force in Arizona.
Clinton r. Anderson. New Mexico
state treasurer. who sent his resigna
( tion 20 Gov. A. w HockenhuIl. said
I be was willing TO continue as treas
urer. at 81 a year salary II necessary
under the same conditions as in the
/ past IL it is in the interests Of the Of
I flee that he remain IN charge.
The city Of Williams. Ariz.. over
whelmingly approved an $4,000 bond
issue 10 permit construction OF s119.
/ 600 water improvement program. A
I total Of lO5 votes was cast in favor
OF the proposal. with 80 opposed, out
OF a total registration OF 167 property
owners, according to official tabula
tons.
/ W. II. Powell and Lester Cooper
4 vi tNfAFfAn Vi AA&f Il ~ 81 lAEo Dam
& Trust Co. OF Albuquerque. will re
main IN full charge of affairs OF the
bank under a decision OF the State
Supreme Court. making absolute a
writ of prohibition against Judge NJ
a. Otero. Jr.. in litigation concerning
/ the bank.
The fight over the suspension of the
New Mexico department Of the Ameri
can Legion went into the courts again
recently. when the department asked
the court OF the first judicial district
to declare the suspension null and
void. The plea also asked that the
national headquarters OF the Legion
be ordered TO recognize the New Mex
ico department and officers as being
In good standing
Scenes OF frontier days were re-en
acted in Clayton, ~ NJ, for three
nights, January 25. 26 and 27, when
the American Legion's Old Western
Dance was staged for the fifteenth
time. The Old Western Dance is a
three day and night attraction where