The Coolidge examiner., 1934-06-29
THEY SOWED THE SEEDSs
Southwestern Briefs

ut4k teAAA k"b ultttb uuf III ui 1luNlFt
n. 81, during a severe storm. The
hailstoncs we're not large but were of
sufficient sire to NOW the crop down
There is every indication that the
enrolment for summer school this
year at the New Mexico Normal, in
Las Vegas. will exceed that OF last
year The enrolment last year
reached the $50 mark.
The Sl35.000 teachers relief alloca
ton made TO Arizona by the govern
ment will be used 10 pay rural teach
ers' salaries for April and May. IL has
been announced by Herman Hendrix
state superintendent Of public lnstruc-
ton.
Revenues from the New Mexico
liquor stamp tax. which became ef
fectiye June /. totaled more than SI4.
600 the first three days OF the month.
J. c. Pillow. executive secretary OF
the State Liquor Control Board. an
nounced.
The Department of Agriculture re-
Gently advised United States Senator
Bronson Cutting Of New Mexico that
Il viii start a cattle buying program
in the drouth stricken New Mexico
counties OF Union. Harding. Quay and
Curry soon.
The executive board meeting OF the
New Mexico Cattle Growers Associa
ton. held at Las Vegas June rs. was
Of unusual interest 10 the livestock
men. as reports were made OF the
status OF bills brought before Con.
gress which affect the livestock In
dustry
According to word reaching Santa
Fe. the Senate has reduced the $780,
600 900 request for continuation OF
highway construction work in the
United States to $500 100000. which
means that New Mexico's share viii
be cut TO 100000 from the approx
mateiy s5.OO0.O0O obtained last year.
Arizonas emergency relief admin.
istration allotment for June is one
nth less than received for May. IT
was said by II. l. Ryder. chief audi
tor. For the work and relief program
in June. 100000 has been apportioned.
Ryder said the curtaIlment would not
result in curtailment OF the present
work.
Fire recently burned out the heart
OF the Duncan. Arix, business district.
destroying seven buildings. causing an
estimated loss OF $4,000. and for a
time threatening the entire city. Vol
unteer fighters. handicapped by lack
OF fire protection. were compelled to
obtain water from the Southern Pa.
cifie
Cotton growers IN the Salt river
valley in Arizona signing the govern
ment crop reduction programs have
received 800. 900 and an additional
5000 is on the way. Harry A. Stew.
art. county agricultural agent. an.
nouneed. The payments represent
sums OF $50 to $4,000 paid to 474
growers.
A copy Of the pamphlet issued by
Oklahoma City University concerning
the Taos summer tour, which brings
Oklahoma students through Ration.
has been received at the Chamber OF
Commerce. The pamphlet contains
pictures OF Ration and vicinity and is
another OF ways in which Ration is be
ing advertised
Miss Rose Azar, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. r. II. Azar OF Ration, has
Just received word from the dean OF
New York University that she has
been awarded fellowship to their
university in the school OF retailing.
She has also received a fellowship
from the University of Pittsburgh. bur
has decided TO accept the offer at New
York.
Phoenix will send one OF the young.
est" bands In the nation to the ma
tional convention OF the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars In Louisville, KY. Aug.
20 TO Sept. l. The Juvenile band. its
membership made up OF boys from 4
20 IL years Of age. will parade with
the veterans OF Louisville. and later
win be guests OF Gov. Eugene Tai.
madge OF Georgia at Atlanta
Representatives OF the 70 Highway
Association from Yayapai and Coco
nino counties appeared before the Ari-
zona highway commission recently
and asked that action be taken in the
1s34-35 budget TO improve that route.
Grace Sparkes. secretary OF the
Yayapai County Chamber OF Com
merce, pointed out 10 the commission
that the road is the gateway to nine
national monuments and other scenic
attractions.
Ruins Of the old Franciscan mission,
built in 1880 at Quaral. eight miles
northwest OF Mountainair, N. NJ, are
to be preserved by the work of TWEEN.
ty civilian conservation corps men.
Built OF red sandstone, the walls of
the old mission stand forty to fifty
feet high on a forty-acre tract owned
by the University Of New Mexico. DR..