The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-04
Southwestern Briefs

Georgetown. KY. available 10 Phoenix
Junior College students. was made re-
Gently by Dean II. Il. Wyman.
Eighteen thousand depositors in de-
funct Arizona banks and building and
loan associations received dividends
totaling 1856. 1000 before Christmas. the
state Banking Department announced.
Gov. B. b. Moeur has signed procla-
nations granting pardons and com
mutations TO sixteen conyicts in the
Arizona penitenJiary. including Kath-
crime Encinas and Aubrey Robertson,
convicted OF murder
The estate OF the Nogales. Arir., Ma
tional bank has declared an S per cent
dividend. which represents $4,000. IL
WAS announced by W. J. Donald, re-
ccivcr Of the institution. The bank
went into receivership In Nov. 1881
Rated for 1900 barrels daily. the
Texas Company brought in huge
gusher in the Jalco pool. Lea county.
y. NJ. which rated that field along
with the HobbsHigh field as the most
prolific pool in southeastern New Mex
leo.
Tho Sierra Grande oil Company has
spudded in its first oil well in the
Des Moines. X 81. district at 1880
feet. Mayors from Amarillo. Dalhart.
Clayton. Texllne and several other
towns made talks just before the well
was opened
Las Vegas. \. NJ. is to have a new
completely modern theater. officials
OF the Fox West Coast chain have an
nounced The theater will be built in
West Las Vegas. to replace the Plaza.
which was Quilted beyond repair by
fire recently.
De Baca and Baker. Santa Fe. ". NJ.
contractors. were awarded the con-
tract by the board Of directors OF the
Fort Sumner irrigation district for
construction Of ditch laterals and ST.
phons in connection with the Fort
Sumner diversion dam
United Navajo reservation officials
have completed plans for survey OF
tho entire reservation to determine
the relief needs OF iobless tribesmen.
II was indicated that the survey might
show the need OF increased FERA al
lotments for the states OF New Mexico
and Arizona to care for the Indians.
Work on the Phoenix city sanitary
sewer system extension has begun
with 200 men being given employ.
ment The sewer extension Job. a
$4,000 project. Is the first to be
started OF four public works admin.
lstration improvements which will en-.
tail expenditure OF approximately ST.
ooo. 900.
Navajo Indians viii be encouraged
20 save their earnings from relief
agencies for purchase OF farm equip
ment. Improvement OF their homes and
their farm land. This program was
revealed following conclusion OF de
liberations OF the cabinet" OF the
United Navajo jurisdiction at Fort
Wingate. n. NJ. recently.
University OF Arizona freshmen who
forget TO wear their green "beanles'
or otherwise violate campus tradi
tions. will henceforth be locked in pill
lories Seniors are building wooden
stocks like the Puritans used. A stu
dent court will determine how many
hours the first year men and women
shall have their heads fastened in o
slot between two beams.
An additional allotment OF 500 00o
for the Caballa dam on the Ric
Grande river in New Mexico has been
announced by Public Works Admins
traitor Ickes. The additional money
makes provision to increase the height
of the dam at some later date in or
der TO make possible development Of
power at the Elephant Butte dam,
above the Caballo site.
The Arizona Pioneers Historical So
ciety at the University of Arizona has
received recently two donations from
residents OF Globe TO enrich their
files OF reference material on early
Arizona history. A gift from j. A.
Davis. Globe. is an old copy OF the
Great Register OF 1881. Dan r. VIII
hanson, also OF Globe. has given the
society photograph of his brother.
the late Alexander Williamson.
The Arizona State Highway Com.
mission recently defeated a proposal
10 designate the Horse Thief basin
route as a forest highway. Federal
roads and forestry officials. however,
informed the commission they were
going TO sponsor survey of the route.
r. L. Ormsbee, business manager
for the State Highway Department.
will become comptroller for the New
Mexico relief administration, accord
ing TO Miss Margaret Reeves, state
relief administrator.
Former Governor NJ. A Otero re-
membered that thirty years ago Christ
mas Day. triplets, said to be the first
born in New Mexico, saw the light of
day in Artesia, n. NJ, but he doesn't
recall promising them a section of
land each. The writer of the letter.
whose name was not divulged by U.