The Coolidge examiner., 1934-09-21
Southwestern Briefs

announced recently hnAL the olA Nou-
panies. builders Of Boulder dam. viii
pay an Arizona income tax OF some
where between $4,000 and $4,000.
Cash Austin OF Pennington was
elected the first department command
or OF the newly organized department
OF the Veterans OF Foreign Wars at
4 the conclusion Of a recent two-day en-
campment In Albuquerque.
First OF a series OF irrigation prof
ects which viii make use OF all avail
able waters from the San Juan river
is under way on northern Navajo res
ervation 10 provide water for 500
acres and support for 1875 Indians.
4 Z. II. Ross. director OF the Univer.
sity OF Arizona agricultural extension
service. said he had received word
from the agricultural adjustment ad-
ministration that Arizona wheat grow
ers will be asked TO reduce their acre
age only 10 per cent for next year.
+ Colorado stockmen driving their
sheep and cows into New Mexico are
destroying what range. grass and TO
llage the New Mexico livestock inter
ests are dependent upon. according 10
J. d. Lamb. state corporation commits
sioncr. IN a recent letter to Gov. A. w.
Hockenhull.
Contract for construction OF the
Parker dam across the Colorado river
near Parker. AriE.. has been signed
by the United States reclamation bu-
roau in Denver and Six Companies.
Inc. which Is building the Hoover
dam and which was low bidder on
the Parker project.
Navajo county. Arizona. was given
first rank By the department OF edu-
cation in spelling contests held last
April. Out Of approximately 10000
grammar school students who took
spelling examinations. 3.3 per cent Of
the I.lss Navajo students involved re-
ceived grades OF 100 per cent.
Capt. l. c. Way OF Tucson. Ariz..
supervised the construction Of two
monuments. erected on the site where
Gen. Wesley Merritt. in command OF
the Fifth United States cavalry, con
quered 500 Cheyenne Indians on July
II. 1876. The monuments. al Mont
rose. Neb.. were dedicated recently.
Dr. c. VI. Harrison. national research
fellow. has been assigned TO the lab
oratory OF DIR. william G. McGinnies.
head Of the department OF range ecol-
ogy OF the University Of Arizona. He
has Just returned from a trip TO Eng
land and Wales. where be has been
visiting grass experiment stations dur
ing the past two months.
A $4,000 plnon crop vas harvested
in Eastern Navajo reservation in New
Mexico. supt S. F. Stacher announced.
A checkup q traders figures for sup
plies and cash given Indians was made
20 determine the pinon purchases. The
plnons were harvested from three or
four townships In the area near Ma
riano and Smith lakes
While employees we're working in
another portion Of the building. few
yards away. thieves carted away a
safe containing $3.50 in cash from a
service station near downtown Phoe-
nix recently II was several hours
before the safe vas missed Sheriffs
deputies said at least two men would
be required TO carry the safe from
the building.
Age was no bar TO triumph In the
beauty contest at the thirteenth annual
lntertribal Indian ceremonial near
Gallup. " NJ Cloni Bitsui Nitsi, GO.
from Ganado. was declared winner OF
the annual Navajo beauty show. She
resolved from the hands Of Oliver La
Fargo. author. the annual cash purse
for the best Navajo costume at the
ceremonial.
simultaneously with the approval
BY the federal government OF the ST.
SOC, 900 public works administration
loan 10 the city OF Phoenix, the city
commission again put In motion the
preliminary work on the projects
which was halted Aug. Is after the
commission had received information
from Washington that certain tech
nicalities were holding up acceptance
OF the bonds.
A worlds record as the youngest
squaw dancer has been claimed by
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Roberts OF Gallup,
". NJ. for their e-months-old daughter.
Abi Roberts When tom-toms beat.
the youngster holds on to her fathers
hand and keeps time to the rhythm
with her feet. She cannot walk alone.
Baby Abb. Of course, is wearing
squaw skirt and Navajo jewelry which
probably constitutes some sort of
record also for having the tiniest
squaw dress.
John Collier, U. S. Indian commits
sioner, told 400 southwestern Indian
bureau executives meeting in confer
ence at Fort WiRgate Navajo voca-
tional school they had a cultural mis-
sion to help the Indians preserve the
best Of their traditions as descendants
OF the Assiatic race. Mentioning the