The Coolidge examiner., 1934-11-02
Southwestern Briefs

Arizona highway commission.
The Arizona Game Protective Asso-
citation az the close OF It's annual meet
ing In Stafford. reelected G. W Per
sons Of Bisbee as president.
Dorrance Roderick of Fl Paso is the
new district governor OF the Kiwanis
Clubs elected by the district conven.
tlon AZ It's recent meeting IN Santa Fe.
A big brown bear. the first one seen
in the Las Cruces, \. NJ. region in
half a century. was shot recently by
a farmer The animal weighed 300
pounds.
The Arizona State Chamber OF Com
merce viii hold a meeting in Phoenix
in November. II has been announced
By Henry Norton. secretary. to elect
officers for the new year.
New Mexico. along with six other
states in the Union. has one graduate
nurse for every 500 persons Arkan
sas. Oklahoma. Mississippi. Alabama
South Carolina and Kentucky are the
other six states.
Retail jewelers. In the seven north
ern counties OF Arizona met in Phoe-
nix recently TO perfect organization OF
the Northern Arizona jewelers. AsEo-
citation for operating under the Ma.
tional Jewellers code.
The Farm Credit Administration
has announced eight additional eoun-
ties had been included in the primary
drouth area. Three counties In Ari.
zona. two In Idaho and three In Mon.
tana were added 10 the list.
Navajo. Apache aud Coconiuo coun.
ties. the last three in Arizona TO be
admitted into the drouth area. are per.
fecting their organizations 10 handle
the surplus cattle and those which the
range cannot keep alive during the
winter
October 26-27 has been set aside
by the New Mexico Normal University
for the annual Homecoming celebra-
tion a football game In the afternoon
OF October p with Adams State Teach.
erB. Of Alamosa. Colorado. is the chief
attraction.
Hundreds Of Boy Scouts. working
under the direction OF the Phoenix.
Arizona. fire department. recently in.
spected Phoenix homes for fire haz
ards. The inspection was done as part
Of the national fire prevention week
campaign.
Three hundred cattle. practically the
county's whole quota under the drouth
service program. and 1900 head OF
sheep have been bought so far In Nc.
Kinley county. New Mexico. according
10 d. L. Mowrer. county drouth seyy.
ice manager.
The next district convention OF the
Kiwanis Club viii be held IN 1885 In
Tucson. Ariz. IL was decided at the
meeting in Santa Fe. ~ NJ. OF clubs
from El Paso. Arizona and New Mex
leo as they concluded this convention
b. oiecIing officers.
United States Senator Bronson Cut.
ting has advised Lee Evans. president
OF the New Mexico Cattle Growers
Association. that drouth relief officials
in Washington had approved the pur.
chase OF an additional 100. 600 head
OF cattle In the state.
Sidney p Osborn. collector OF in.
fernal revenue for the Arizona district,
and unsuccessful Democratic candi-
date for the United States senate in
the September IL primary. has an
n0unced that he has rendered his res.
lgnatlon TO President Roosevelt.
Word has been received that the
suggestion advanced by the Chamber
OF Commerce in Arizona for govern.
ment purchase Of surplus bean crops
in Navajo and Coconino counties. TO
be distributed by relief agencies. has
been taken up with the proper authori-
ties.
During the New Mexico Educational
Association meeting in Santa Fe early
In November. alumni and former stu
dents OF the Normal University will
gather in La Fonda ar the annual
Normal University breakfast. This has
been scheduled for Friday morning.
November 2.
A new alignment OF highway Sc in
New Mexico from the Valencia county
line TO the Fort Wingate crossing.
thirteen miles east OF Gallup. will
eliminate five railroad crossings. short
en- the route and eliminate dangerous
curves. state engineers who have been
employed on the project revealed.
The time limit for government cat
tie purchases under the drouth pro-
gram OF the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration has been extended to
October 81. according to word re-
ceiyed from Washington by Pontus H.
Ross, director of the Agricultural Ex-
tension service OF the University of
Arizona
Gilbert N. (Happy) Moran left Gal
lup. New Mexico, to hike to Holbrook,
Ariz., where he expected to acquire
his 153rd fire department badge. He
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