The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-05
Southwestern Briefs

uduO, N. M, Vicinity nave DdUQSu To-
gether to trade among themselves and
store their wants for the winter.
New Mexico liquor boards revenue
to date is $13,138.72, which is half the
license fees collected. Individual per-
mits money does not come to the state
at all, and half the regular license
fees goes to the collecting county or
city.
Express companies in New Mexico
may accept liquor for COD. ship
ments within the state, the corporation
commission announced, but between
state shipments of liquor, express
COD. charges are illegal, the commits
sion said.
The federal emergency relief pro-
gram recently put 600 additional men
to work in the six drought counties on
the east side of New Mexico, Miss
Margaret Reeves, director, announced.
This brings the total number of men
at work to 1900.
M. r. Wells, agricultural extension
SNe1loIAOleiA AOl lllC Ill
Phoenix, declared recently that rapid
drying of feed and the shortage of sur
face water has caused Arizona ranges
to show a slight decline in condition
during November.
Approval has been given by the
State Corporation Commission to the
New Mexico Baptist Schools, Inc, for
incorporation in the state. It is a So
ciety to promote Christian education
and will operate Montezuma College
at Montezuma, N. NJ.
Gas and electric companies in New
Mexico must pay the occupation tax,
provided under chapter 73, laws 1888,
commonly known as the chain store
bill, Comptroller Juan N. Vigil an
nounced, following an opinion from
Attorney General E. K. Neumann.
After Jan. l the telephone COM
panies of New Mexico will no longer
make charge of 25 cents per month
for use of the hand set telephone,
after they have been in continuous
use for thirty-six months, the corpora
tion commission announced recently.
The board of regents of the New
Mexico State Teachers College voted
recently to file an application with the
public works administration for loans
to construct a new administration and
library building at a cost Of $115,00O
and a new gymnasium to cost S45, 900.
Roy Wayland, manager of the Ari-
zona branch Of the Home Owners
Loan Corporation, told members of
the 2030 Club in Phoenix recently,
that relief of home owners faced with
possible mortgage foreclosures, is be-
ing carried forward as rapidly as pos
sible.
Strong and Grant and A. o. Thorne
of Springville, Utah, with a figure of
$1S7 ,460.99, submitted the lowest bid
to the Arizona State Highway Depart
ment foI the contract to reconstruct
23.6 miles of U. S. highway sc, be-
tween Kingman and blackberry in
Mohave county.
Smashing of a counterfeiting syndi-
cate which spread bogus $5 bills
through three states, was completed
In Albuquerque recently, when one of
ten prisoners taken in the roundup led
a U. S. secret service agent and local
officers to where $4,750 worth of fake
bills had been concealed.
The federal civil works administra-
ton has granted $24,180 to the Arizona
National Guard for improvements at
Fort Alexander M. Tuthill, near Flag
staff. This was in addition to $26, 5000
made several weeks ago. Approximate
ly $4,000 of the new grant will go for
wages to men to be taken from the
Coconino county relief roles.
c. NJ. Graham recently resigned as
president of the board of directors of
the New Mexico state insane asylum,
but will continue as a member of that
board. Hiram Dow of Roswell, recent
ly appointed to the board by Gov. A.
w. Hockenhull, will succeed Mr.. Gra-
ham, who has served as president of
the board for five months.
Arizona State Treasurer w. M. Cox
received check for $94,768.83 recent
ly, from the federal government, rep
resenting Arizona's share from collec-
tions in the state from rentals and
leases of forest lands. The money
will be apportioned to thirteen of the
fourteen counties for use by school
and highway departments.
The United States government plans
to establish two Subsistence home
steads" in Arizona, Gov. B. B. Moeur
has been advised by M l.. Wilson, di-
rector of the project. Tracts of land
will be bought by the government and
subdivided into acreages, with fam
lilies being placed on them and given
financial aid to start farming.
Two new credit associations, whose
combined resources will afford Ari-
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