The Coolidge examiner., 1935-12-20
Southwestern Briefs

The Arizona Tax Commission Sc
lected Yuma for the annual meeting of
Arizona county assessors, held Dec. IL.
New Mexico gasoline tax collections
for November totaled $276,303.41, &C.
cording to report from the collection
department.
Revenues from the state sales tax
on sales made in October amounted
to 1921, ,S76, according to report is
sued by the sales tax division.
A 9.8 per cent increase in automo-
bile registrations in Arizona during
1885, was anticipated by the state mo-
tor vehicle division.
Cases of communicable diseases re-
ported in Arizona for the week ending
Nov. 80, were fifty-seven fewer than
for the corresponding period last year.
The American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administrators has been in
Wited to meet in annual convention in
1886 in Santa Fe by Gov. Clyde Ting
ley.
Albuquerque Legion Drum and Bu-
gle Corps will play host about Dec.
23 to the boys of st. Anthony's Boys
Home at the fourth annual Christmas
party.
Approximately $5,OOO,OOO worth of
cattle, 100000 head, will have been
pastured and pen fed in Maricopa
county, AriZ., by Jan. l. Farmers will
receive $2,OOO,OOO this year.
Greenlee county, Ariz.. livestock
men shipped 4,838 head of cattle dur.
ing the season ended Nov. l, exceed
ing records of the last ten years, it
was reported by Fred E. Johnson, cat
tie inspector.
Building permits in Phoenix the first
eleven months of 1885 totaled $1,102,-
IT'S, nearly $4,000 more than the COM
bined permits for 1892, 1888, and 1884,
according to report by the Chamber
of Commerce.
The state of Arizona will be nearest
to a cash basis since early in 1881
with the payment Of $532 900 worth of
registered warrants. The warrents to
be redeemed were issued in August
and September.
The Arizona highway department
will call for bids soon on realignment
Of the grade crossing at Coldwater,
seven persons have been killed in the
last four years.
Adj. Gen. Oscar F. Temple of the
Arizona National Guard has announced
that 1t John R. Evans of Gilbert has
been promoted to captain and assigned
to the adjutancy of the S9th brigade.
which has headquarters in Denver.
Earl Chase of Prescott has been
named valuator for the FILA, and
Harry Keffer of Phoenix has been Sc
lected assistant to Leslie J. Mahoney,
chief architect, according to Thomas
]. Elliott, director of the FILA in Ari-
zona
Arizona cotton growers have been
issued $552,S96 in rental payments on
land contracted to the government
this year, it was announced by Dr.
George w. Barr, acting director of
the University of Arizona extension
service.
c. U. Pickrell, animal husbandman
of the University of Arizona agricul-
tural extension service, has announced
that the 1936-37 corn-hog adjustment
contract has been approved and appli-
cations will be offered Arizona farm
ers in January.
Planning to make headquarters at
the state college, in New Mexico,
Linus R. Fike, Phoenix attorney, will
soon become assistant attorney for the
federal resettlement administration.
He will have New Mexico and Arizona
under his Jurisdiction.
Benefits amounting to $338,14S were
paid to Arizona farmers from the AAA
corn-hog, wheat and cotton programs
during the first quarter of the 1886
fiscal year, according to 7. H. Ross,
director of the University of Arizona
agricultural extension service.
The Thomas Bate Construction Com
pany of Denver, low bidders on two
PWA projects in Las Vegas, New
Mexico, has received contracts for the
construction of gymnasium-audi-
torium for the high school and a IL
brary building for the New Mexico
Normal University.
DR.. Benjamin Sacks of the New
Mexico University history department
will speak at the annual meeting of
the Pacific coast branch of the Amer
lean Historical Association at Santa
Barbara State College, Dec. 27-2S. His
subject will be "The Independent La
Dor Party and World Peace Objec-
tives"
Ever since the CCC was first organ
lied two and one-half years ago, the
work accomplished by the boys in the
forest service camps has been done
with only eight to ten forest service
supervising personnel for the average
company of 200 boys in each camp,
was the statement issued by M. M.
Cheney, associate regional forester
Albuquerque.
Tom c. Foster, state mine inspector,
has approved working conditions on
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