The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-06
Southwestern Briefs

James H. Kerby. secretary OF state.
Representing part of the March col.
lections. S29,ssI.69 has been turned
over 20 the treasurers office by the
Arizona state corporation commission.
4 monument commemorating the
surrender OF the Apache Indians under
Geronimo TO Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
win be dedicated east OF Apache
April %
Presidents OF Arizona's colleges and
Junior colleges were called to d confer
enee in Phoenix by Herman f. Hen
dirk. state superintendent Of public in
struetIon. The conference viii be held
Al the state house April s.
A total OF S76Os was collected by
canyassers in the drive conducted for
the St. Mary's Hospital in Gallup re-
Gently. with collections from the
Round House expected to swell the
fund to 800. II was announced by
those in charge.
School budget hearings viii start in
D. Baca county. New Mexico. on April
30. and will continue until June q with
the final hearing In Rio Arriba county
on that date. according 20 an itinerary
prepared by Educational Budget Au-
ditor II. II. Grissom.
Without a dissenting vote Pueblo
Indians voted approval of the Wheeler.
Howard bin pending before Congress.
The pueblos voting approval were
Iaguna and Zuni. two OF the largest.
and 2ia. San Juan. Tcsuque and
Nambe Poiosue Taos
Two truck loads OF trout fingerllngs
have been planted in Blue water res
eryolr near Gallup, n. NJ. by the state
game department. and one truck load
in McGaffey dam. according TO John
T. Smith. president OF the Mckinley
County Game Protective Association.
Sufficient mosquito netting to pro
tect Arizona's National Guardsmen
from attacks by Colorado River mos.
.
Adj. Gen. oscar Temple OF the Ma
tional Guard announced enough net
ting TO cover the guards beds had
been purchased.
Arizona peace officers made 120
fewer arrests during February than
in January, j. +. Mcdonald. state Grim.
inologist. recently reported. His Feb
ruary report showed 346 persons fin
gerprinted by city and county officers
and fifty-nine by the United States
immigration service.
April 9 has been set by Governor
A. W. Hockenhull as the date for con
vening the twelfth session. a special
session. OF the New Mexico legislature.
The governor had planned an earlier
time. but first found Holy Week inter
fering. then discovered municipal elec.
tons would come during the session.
The curfew has sounded a death
knell on late drinking in Arizona.
Liquor stores and other establishments
where beer and wine are sold by the
drink must close their doors at mid
night under an edict issued by State
Enforcement officer John Duncan.
The emporiums may reopen in the
morning.
Governor Moeur was asked by
several ella county school boards
10 call special session OF the legisla-
ture TO change laws paving the way
for cashing OF warrants. The chief
executive requested Herman f. Hen.
dirk. superintendent Of public instruc-
ton. TO go 10 Globe and confer with
the officials and report to him.
The New Mexico State Board Of
Nurse Examiners will hold their ex-
aminations at st. Joseph's Hospital
Albuquerque, April 10. 90 The board
will meet April q. IN Santa Fe. N. NJ.
TO approve applications. All graduate
nurses who have not registered in the
state must have their papers in before
this date. Miss z. ]. Bartlett. secre-
tary. said.
Returning from an extensive survey
of the Navajo reservation, during
which he attended several councils
OF Navajo headmen. Walter Lind
bloom, told members OF the Rotary
Club in Winslow. Ariz., that the town
of Ganado in Apache county will un-
doubtedly be selected as the site for
establishment OF a Navajo central
agency.
The Arizona attorney generals Of
flee has ruled the state land commits
sion has no power or authority to dep
utize state game wardens as deputy
land commissioners. Assistant Attor-
ney General John Francis Connor in
the opinion to State Land Commits
sioner Howard j. Smith said there was
no provisions in the state code for
such an exercise OF power.
The s5.O0O,O0O released by the fed
eral surplus relief corporation for the
purchasing of wheat, corn, and oats to
be distributed among needy farmers in
drouth areas Is of particular value to
seven New Mexico counties. Miss Mar
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