The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-09
Southwestern Briefs

OF AFlADAA ana treasurer OF thAk or.
ganizatiou. has announced his can
didacy for Judge OF the Superior
Court. subject to the Democratic pri.
mary.
Briefs in an appeal from Pima
County Superior Court decision. hold.
ing the Arizona minimum wage law
unconstitutional. will be filed in the
Supreme Court. according to an an
nouncement recently made from the
attorney generals office.
r. B. Williams. reclamation service
engineer. announced that Fred B. and
Frank G. Cannon Of Compton. Calf.
have been awarded the contract for
diamond drilling at the Balihache dam
site. Camp Verde. Ariz. The Can.
mons submitted a low bid OF s5.725.
The suit OF the Fernandez Land and
Cattle Co. seeking TO enJoin the New
Mexico State Tax Commission from
enforcing the valuations placed on
grazing lands. Is premature since as
sessmenis have not yet been made
on the land. a demurrer TO the com
plaint filed BY the commission. states.
Bids on three road construction
jobs have been opened By the State
Highway Department. The projects
involve oil surfacing OF fourteen and
oue-haf miles OF L. $. 26O between
Concho and ST. Johns; construction
OF small timber bridge on L. 5. SO
near Wickenburg. and reaIigument OF
L. s. SO through Tempe
Coal production in New Mexico
dropped off i2t.499 tons and suffered
a loss in value Of s769. 223 during the
year which ended oct. 81. according
10 figures contained in the annual re
port OF Warren Bracewell. state mine
inspector. His reports show that
during last year the mines produced
and sold i.l76.59l tons Of coal. valued
at S29ss.370.
Net gasoline tax collections OF $780,
975.85 for Demember in Arizona were
reported by the motor vehicle divi.
sion. Net collections in December.
1882. were S23S.f79.s0 Refunds to-
tailed S3s.lt390 or the net coliec.
tions. F25.22&79 went to the state vel.
fare relief fund s75.165.39 was appor-
toned among the counties. and $780,
5s5.27 vas credited to the state high
way fund
u. G. George, state entomologist,
has announced that the states new
quarantine inspection station az Globe.
AriE.. has been opened. William
wlndes OF solomonville is In charge
Of the station and his staff includes
walter Trench OF Phoenix and L. y.
Curtis OF Blsbee. The new station
was established 20 check movements
OF cotton from the Stafford district in.
TO Pinal and Maricopa counties
The only Wild bison herd at large
in SIS natural habitat in the United
States ran for cover Saturday. Jan.
20. as Arizona's annual buffalo hunt
started in House Rock valley. A
woman and five men. rifles ready
rode through the tall clumps of range
grass advancing into the winter feed
ing grounds Of the willy big beasts.
which are thinned under state super.
vision each year to prevent them eat
ing themselves out OF sustenance.
Speaking az the annual banquet OF
the First BAPTIST church in Albuquer
que recently. Gov. A. W. Hockenhull
expressed regret az the reek OF whis
ky 10 the hotels and cafes OF the state
The governor. an ardent dry. touched
but lightly on the repeal question.
cOnfining his remarks 10 a statement
that the people had been promised
the open saloon would never return.
but that now one Is confronted on
every side by the reek OF whisky.
The fourth annual conference OF
unit presidents and secretaries OF the
New Mexico department OF the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary closed in Al
buQuerque recently without the adop-
ton OF any resolution or statement
regarding the charter dispute in.
yolving the New Mexico department
& VI the itElUU- ne conference tOOk
no action in setting a date or place
for this years convention in order TO
avoid becoming mixed up in the con
troversy.
On the last day for holders Of gold
to turn IL in TO the government two
Tucson banks accepted for shipment
to Fl Paso approximately $4,000 in
gold. a. J. McKelyey. vice president
OF the Southern Arizona bank, said
the shipment effected virtually
I cleanup" of all gold in the Tucson
area. He said he had no way of
knowing. however, how much gold
might still be out. but that he be
lieved there is practically no gold
boarding now.
The proposed business tax. spon-
sored by the legislative committee OF
the State Federation Of Taxpayers
Association, comes as the result of
study and suggestions made by com
mittee Of professors at the Univer-
sity OF New Mexico. The committee.
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