The Coolidge examiner., 1934-08-03
Southwestern Briefs

prepared to receive applications for
drouth relief loans TO aid dairy cattle
owners.
Condemnation OF the practices OF
the New Mexico emergency relief ad-
ministration was voiced at mass
meeting held recently al Espanola
John b. McManus OF Albuquerque
has been appointed warden OF the
state penitentiary He succeeds Ed.
Swope. who resigned to accept the
wardenshlp OF Mcneil Island. federal
prison
The San Mateo reservoir project In
Valencia county has been formally ap-
proved as a FERA work project and
construction will start within a short
time. according TO Tom Mcclure. state
engineer.
c. W. Pickrell, field manager. an.
nounced that more than 1853 cattle
have been appraised and purchased
from Arizona stockmcn under the
agricultural adjustment act drouth re-
lief program.
Generally improved Arizona bust
/ ness conditions have brought about an
increase OF S6.326. 6G7.63 In bank de.
posits during last year. according to
Y. c. White. state superintendent OF
banks.
After a shut down Of little more
than two years. the Globe (Ariz.)
Foundry and Machine Company re-
sumed operations with the employ.
ment OF ten men to supply orders by
the Miami Copper Company
McMurry College OF Abilene. Texas.
has been given a $4,000 summer
school campus site in the Sacramento
mountains. twenty miles south OF
/ Cloudcroft. y n. By the New Mexico
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. South.
Featuring the dedication OF the New
Mexico exhibit al the court OF states
at the Chicago Worlds Fair Exposi.
ton. klah. Navajo Indian medicine
man. chanted a blessing which was
translated by Rufus Dawes. president
/ Of the exposition.
/ Buying road machinery TO replace
equipment now used on rental basis.
the Maricopa county. Ariz. board OF
I supervisors has announced the pur.
I chase Of 1.000-gallon bituminous dis
tributor and a road sweeper. The
I equipment is used in building "oil
I cake roads
Total acreage OF important crops
T In New Mexico on July showed 4
decrease Of approximately l6 per cent
7 from the harvested acreage OF the
same crops in 1888. according to the
monthly crop report. issued by Fred
Daniels. agricultural statistlclan. u. s.
Department OF Agriculture.
A A. Tony Johns OF Prescott was
reelected president OF the Arizona
/ Wool Growers Association for his
/ eleventh consecutive term. during the
I closing session OF the organlzation's 8
foriy-eighih annual convention at Flag.
staff. which brought more than 200
sheepmen from all parts OF the state.
The oft-described "silvery" Rio
Grande Is now nothing but a golden
streak OF sand winding its way
through north and central New Mex
I leo. Extremely dry weather. coupled
/ with a winter which saw but little
snow In the high mountains, has
caused the river TO run completely
/ dry in this part Of the state.
All New Mexico now is designated
In the drought area. with only six
northwestern counties in the secon-
dairy zone. FERA offices at Santa Fe
have been advised. Santa Fe and Va
/ lencia counties have been changed
from secondary to primary zones. en-
titling the areas TO cattle and crop
loans and livestock relief.
Apportionment OF s365,311.5O of
4 Arizona school funds for the first
quarter OF the 1934-35 fiscal year. was
announced at the office OF H. z. Hend-
rix. state superintendent OF public In.
struction. The apportionment was on
the basis OF s47S for each enrolled pu-
pill. slightly less than one-fourth of
the yl9.Ss allowed for each pupil for
the scholastic year.
New Mexico's exhibit In the court
OF states. Century OF Progress. is In
/ tull swing following the colorful open
ing dedication ceremony. Accepted by
Rufus c. Dawes. president of the
show. with the comment, ut is so
authentic and beautiful that ! feel as
though had stepped into New Mexi-
co itself" The exhibit was character
lied as the most striking of all in the
court Of states.
The snake dance, most famous and
dramatic OF Hopi prayer rituals, viii
be held this year at three villages on
two OF the three mesas OF Hopiland
in Arizona. Definite dates will not
be announced by the snake priests un-
I'll the first week in August. but the
performances nearly always fall be-
tween August II and August q. Snake
| priests arrive at exact dates by cal