The Coolidge examiner., 1934-06-22
Southwestern Briefs

Approximately 100 visiting firemen.
their wives and fire college instruc-
tors, held the annual convention OF
the New Mexico State Firemens AS
sociation and Fire College in Las
Vegas. y. NJ. recently.
Members OF the engineering units
OF the New Mexico National Guard
have started encampment at Camp
Maximiliano Luna. Twenty-Five Off
GERS, four reserve officers and 263 en-.
listed men are in attendance.
Lee Evans, president OF the New
Mexico Cattle Growers Association.
believes that recent scattered rains
over the state have relieved many
cattlemen from the necessity OF ship
ping in feed for their livestock
A budget providing 1893 .23404.
including carry-over, road mainten-
ance. and overhead expenses of the
highway department. for Arizona
highway work during the 1934-35 fis-
cal year, was adopted recently by the
State Highway Commission.
Arizona State Engineer T. s.
O'Connell recently certified 10 the
State Tax Commission that the antici.
pated revenue for the highway depart
ment for the fiscal year 1934-35 will
be more than s11.500.00O All of the
anticipated revenues. II was said. will
be expended in the next budget.
/ Arizona State Treasurer W. NJ. Cox
recently paid off more OF the 100000
worth OF registered warrants. on a cali
which is to clear away $453. 400 in
warrants. The warrants paid were
registered up TO Nov. 80. 1888. but do
not include school warrants registered
Oct. 13. 1898. these having been paid
several weeks ago.
/ Grant OF an additional $4,000 to the
public schools OF New Mexico to en-
xoie them to complete their normal
school terms this year. was announced
by Mrs. Grace Corigan. rural school
supervisor, following notification by
/ Senator Carl A. Hatch that the grant
had been approved by Harry l.. Hop
kins. federal relief administrator.
The New Mexico state Highway De-
/ partment. under G. ID. Macy, state en-
gineer. and F. ID. Hawley. district en-
gineer. have recently completed new
/ road from Ramah to FL MORO by way
of the U. S. Department OF Commerce
/ landing field and now have a crew at
work between Ramah and Gallup.
Ditching. bridge repair, smoothing and
culvert placement is going on.
r. b. Mitchell. winslow milk deal
er, was elected the citys mayor in the
municipal election. The second larg-
est vote In the city's history was
polled. G.. p. Sughrue. Eugene Syl-
vester, z. r. Thornton. r. d. Nc
Gregor and o. L. Murray. all railroad
men. were elected aldermen, and ]. II.
Holm and c. d. Anderson were tied
for aldermen. and recount ordered.
The Arizona Highway Commission
/ has awarded the contract for official
publication OF the 1934-35 budget TO
fourteen newspapers. one in each
county. Those receiving contracts in
clude: Cochise county. Bisbee Re
view, 75 cents: Yavapai. Prescott Eve
ming Courier. rs cents: Pima, Arizona
Daily Star. Tucson, so cents; Santa
Cruz, Nogales International. 30 cents.
Miss Alice Conway. senior at the
University OF New Mexico, who has
made a notable record during her four
university years. plans to spend 'the
summer In Albuquerque completing
/ her course at Albuquerque Business
/ College. This fall she has perma
nent position in the state health labor
atories. where she has been working
part-time during her four college
years.
The first quarterly executive board
meeting OF the New Mexico Cattle
Growers Association will be held at
Las Vegas June IS. Hon. A. w.
Hockenhull, governor OF New Mexico;
/ F. NJ. Butcher, president OF the Fed
eral intermediate Credit bank of
I Wichita, Kan. and ID. l.. Mullendore.
I president of the Production Credit
Corporation Of Wichita. Kan, will at
tend and address the meeting.
The Arizona State Highway Com
mission recently awarded the follow
| ing contracts: Grading, draining and
surfacing OF IA miles of U. s. 26O-
w. E. Hall Company, Phoenix, on
bid OF s6s,s11.60. Widening of Buck
eye streets, Arizona Sand and Rock
Company, Phoenix. on low bid OF
$S,473.42. Furnishing materials for
oiling washington boulevard from
Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth street,
Phoenix, Arizona Sand and Rock Com.
pany, on a bid of s5,595.72.
New weather reporting stations will
be established at six points between
FL Paso and Pueblo as soon as word
Is received concerning the date for re
sumption of airmail service between
those two cities. E. L. Hardy, direc
tor of the weather bureau at Albu.