The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-13
Southwestern Briefs

chaFteT IN Tau Kappa Epsilon, ma
ional organization. has been formally
installed.
With the arrest OF eighteen persons
In Phoenix, Yuma. Tucson and Flag.
staff. federal agents announced they
have practically ended statewide
dope ring after a four months cam.
paiEn.
Milo Reno. president Of the National
Farm Holiday Association. spoke AT
Albuquerque recently. Reno also
spoke at Clovis and Portales and Roy
and Tucumcari before coming TO Al.
buquerque.
The Arizona State Banking Depart.
mcut. acting on a formal order by su.
perior Court Judge Henry c. Kelly OF
Yuma county. took possession OF The
intermoun,ain Building and Loan As.
sociatiou Of Arizona.
Saying he could not see how schools
could be kept open. Gov. A. w.
Hockenhull announced the call Of the
twelfth session OF the New Mexico
Legislature. a special session TO con
veue in Santa Re April ..
State Game Warden S. L. Lewis an.
nounced recently that the game com.
mission had revoked the hunting.
fishing and trapping license OF r. l..
Davis and Frank Davis. both OF Bis.
bee. for Illegal possession OF deer
meat.
Laundry owners OF New Mexico met
recently in Albuquerque to discuss the
laundry code. c. F. Wilson OF Des
Moines. president OF the National
Laundry Owners Association. in
terpreted the code approved by the
association.
Favorable reaction 10 the sugges
tion that New Mexico carry It's own
fire insurance has been received.
Governor Hockenhull has announced.
The governor IL considering including
this provision In his call for the
special session OK the legislature.
Whether the Elephant Butte irriga.
lion district viii lend It's support TO
finance a s2.500.0 900 TO $4,000 900 hydro
electric power development plant at
Elephant Butte and Caballo dams was
10 be decided al a meeting OF the dis.
trlct board OF directors In Las Cruces.
y. VI.
Louis Miller. who as special repre-.
sentative OF the National Comptroller
OF Currency was instrumental In bring.
ing about the reorganization OF the
First National Bank at albuquerque
last fall. has been appointed an In
spector for the Deposits Insurance
Corporation. IL was learned recently.
x.Presldent Herbert Hoover, his
secretary. K. sexson. and Henry NJ.
Robinson OF Los Angeles. passed
through Yuma recently. en- route to
Chandler. The party were travelling
by automobile Sexson said the for.
mer presidents visit to Arizona was
only a pleasure trip OF only a few
days.
The Arizona Highway Commission
recently considered the awarding Of
three contracts for construction OF box
on L. S. 50 and widening OF
one miles Of U. 8. 60 and $50 between
Miami and Globe The contracts in.
yolve an expenditure OF y43.305.52. OF
which more than SIS. 900 wiz be spent
In MaTicopa county.
Florence NJ. Warner. state emer-
gency relief administrator. has re-
.eived authority to add six Arizona
districts and communities TO the
eleven cities previously designated
where work under the NRA viii be
centralized. The new areas and com.
nunities are the Hayden-W Winkelman
district. the Clifton Morenci district,
flagstaff. Winslow. Yuma and the
superiorRay district
Gov. b. b. Moeur Of Arizona is
pioneer physician Of the state. An old
lime friend. Mrs. Albert Bacca. 10. OF
Tempe was critically i'll. but refused
TO undergo an operation until the
governor can attend me-" Governor
Moeur dropped affairs Of state. With
1 motorcycle escort he speeded TO
Tempe in twelve minutes and per.
formed the operation. which was pro-
nounced successful.
town may change the routing OF
federal aid highway through its incor-
Dorate limits the Supreme Court ruled
recently in the case OF Lee Tomlin
and Jennis Tomlin vs.. the Town OF
Las Cruces. Tomlin had sought an in
junction against the board OF trustees
changing the routing of U. s. so 10
AXE IL away from his place Of bust
ness. The lower court dismissed the
suit and the Supreme Court upheld
he action of the lower court.
Gov. B. B. Moeur recently sought
he aid of ten western governors in
adorsing the bill introduced in Con
,ress by Senator Henry F. Ashurst
or 10 cent per pound tax on all i'm
,orts of copper. The telegram further
that the state officials aid |