The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-19
Southwestern Briefs


needy.
The Arizona state tax commission
reported collections from the state
privilegesales tax during November
the largest monthly collection since
the law became effective.
The city of Holbrook, Arizona filed
with Howard S. Reed, federal public
works engineer, an application for
$4,000 federal public works loan to
finance installation of steam heating
plant in the county court house.
One thousand men are working for
the erosion control service in the SAT-
ford and Duncan districts. 1t is the
first unit of the civil works program
for protecting 100000 acres of New
Mexico and Arizona land from erosion.
Lynn Lockhart, Arizona state air
port supervisor announced that air
ports at Phoenix, Ajo, Douglas and
NOgales have been selected for i'm
provement by the United States de-
partment Of commerce under the civil
works program.
The Holbrook, Arizona, Chamber of
Commerce has applied to federal au-
thorities for loan of $4,000 to finance
Three sites are available and the
chamber has asked that the govern
ment send an engineer there to select
the best one
A. Leicester Hyde of Santa Fe an
nounced recently he would receive
qualifications from architects and ar
chitectural draftsISen from Colorado,
Utah, and New Mexico for employ
ment in the historic American build
ings survey as part of the civil works
program.
The attorney generals office in
Phoenix announced court action would
be taken early in 1884 to obtain judi
cial Interpretation of the state law re-
quiring payment of taxes in currency.
The suit will be directed against Yuma
county to force it to pay s33, ,449.9S in
state taxes in currency instead of in
state warrants.
If the state public works board and
the national public works administra-
tion approve applications for loans
submitted from Las Vegas more than
$350,000 will be brought into this COM
munity to be spent for civic improve
ments, the money going to relief I'M
employment and for materials. All
materials possible will be purchased
locally.
Alleging that valuations placed on
grazing lands by the state tax COM
mission were unlawful and in excess
of their value. the Fernandez cattle
company of San Mateo, N. NJ, filed
suit against the commission in Santa
Fe recently requesting an Injunction
to restrain the commission from GER
tifying the value of the lands to coun-
ty assessors.
Applications for public works loans
totaling more than 100000 have been
filed with the Arizona public works
board in Phoenix. The board of state
institutions sought $55S,370 including
funds for construction of a pentien-
tiary for juveniles in connection with
the state prison, and Holbrook asked
for S4S,200 with which to construct a
water works system.
]. j. Dempsey, Santa Fe, N. NJ, busi-
ness man, has been recommended as
state director of the national emer-
gency council for New Mexico His
appointment, originally urge by the
Democratic state central committee,
also has the endorsement of Repre-
sentative Dennis Chavez. Democratic
national committeeman from New
Mexico, and Senator Hatch.
Further government aid for the live
stock industry is needed to put the
cattle market of Arizona and the ma
ton back on its feet, delegates to a
conference called by Governor Moeur
in Phoenix declared recently. Besides
asking for aid that would put them on
a parity with other branches of live
stock, the cattlemen endorsed Presi-
dent Roosevelt's monetary and recon
struction programs.
The fight over wire fences which
disturbed the western cattle country
"A quarter-century or more ago is re-
verberating today in the mountains
and canons of New Mexico. In the
modern drama, however, the position
of the cattleman who formerly op-
posed fences has been reversed and
his "foe" is no longer the big land
and cattle syndicates or small settlers
but the United States government.
Prospects for the location of two dis
tilleries, one at Cimarron. N. NJ, and
another at Hobbs, N. NJ, and recti-
flying plant at Albuquerque were re-
vealed recently by S. P. Vidal, internal
revenue collector. Vidal said applica-
tion for a permit to erect distillery
at Cimarron had been received as well
as for rectifying plant in AlbuQuer-
que. Information regarding the es-
tablishment of a 450-gallon distillery
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