The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-24
Southwestern Briefs

business done IN Arizona during
March produced the largest amount
of sales tax revenue collected since
the Law went into effect In 1888. It
was announced by the State Tax Com.
mission.
Through the aid Of the Arizona
game and fish commission and the Las
Vegas. New. chamber Of commerce.
approximately 10000 bass will be
placed IN Boulder Lake. II was an
nolnced By state Game Warden 5. l..
Lewis.
Thirtytwo liquor licenses were Is
sued In Naricopa county. Arizona. dur
ing April. the state temperance en-
forcemcut bureau announced. There
were seventeen additional licenses is
sued 10 other counties with total fees
being ss.5S75o.
Fred Wilson. former automobile
company executive. was named city
manager OF Phoenix IN q reogEanizA-
ton which saw abolition Of seven posi-
t.ons, creation Of two others. discharge
OF sixteen employees. and appointment
OF eleven others.
G. Z. Mcdonald. Phoenix. vas re-
elected head consul OF the woodmen
OF the World at the fourth biennial
camp convention held ia Phoenix A.
y. Lahey. Phoenix. and 4. NJ Sanders.
Tucson. were chosen head advisor and
head clerk. respectively
Liquidation Of the defunct Bank OF
Commerce OF Glendale. Arizona. has
been completed by the state banking
department Final dividend checks
were mailed to depositors in the bank.
which closed April 30. 1880 The diyi-
dend brings the total paid to 53i4 per
cent
Initial construction work on the Uni.
verslty OF Arizonas $Si5.000 public
works administration program prob.
ably viii get under way before July /.
according TO school authorities Arch.
itect's plans for two Of the six build.
lngs are being completed and bids
viii be advertised shortly.
More brilliant and spectacular than
ever was the 10th annual Masque Of
the Yellow Moon pageant, LA Rosa
Espanola.f vivid narrative iealing
with the romantic traditions that have
come down TO modern Arizona from
the days Of the old Spanish dons. pre-.
sented recently In Phoenix.
The twenty fifth anniversary cele.
bratlon OF the founding OF the Boy
Scout movement In America. 10 be
held IN Washington. August 81 10 80.
sill be attended by more than 100
Arizona Scouts. according TO George
n. Miller. executive leader Of the
Roosevelt council IN Phoenix
A SIS 900 900 increase in Phoenix
transactions In comparing correspond
ing four-month period OF 1885 and 1884
has been reported. Transactions OF
four local banking institutions from
January / through the week ending
May / totaied 1923 3,s74.175. according
20 figures OF the Phoenix clearing
house.
New MeIico's nurses in their an
nual convention adopted a resolution
asking Gov. Clyde Tingley to include
plans To relieve the oyercrowded con,
dition at the State Public Health Lab
oratoiy in call for any special session
OF the legislature. Mrs. Eleanor Ken.
nedy Berchtold, Santa Fe. was elected
president.
There Is no reason why Aohave
county should continue under Pacific
coast time, Attorney General John L.
Sullivan has ruled. We Just won the
Colorado River suit" Sullivan as.
serted. "and SO Arizona owns the time
on the east OF the river. therefore.
Mohaye county time should be Arizona
time and not California"
New Mexico's allotment for oil pro
duction for May has been set at 81 500
barrels daily, according to a wire TO
Gov. Clyde Tingley. from Harold L.
Iekes, administrator for the petroleum
industry. made public at the governors 5
office. The allotment Is based on a
net national consumer demand for the
industry OF 1851, 200 barrels daily.
Plans for a gigantic celebration OF
the 400th anniversary OF Coronado's
entrance into New Mexico. which oc.
Cured in 1870. are progressing salts
factorily. Congressman ]. J. Demp-
sey will introduce a bill soon. provid-
ing s15O.0O0 appropriation for the
celebration expenditures. A member.
ship drive is TO be launched. Mem
berships will be. student 81. auxiliary
$40, sustaining 500. patron $500 and
1000.
New Mexico scientists received the
bulk of the offices in the southwest.
ern division OF the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
with the presidency going to an Ari-
zona man. DR.. Harold s. Cotton. OF the
Museum Of Northern Arizona at Flag
staff. More than 200 scientists
gathered at the meeting in Santa Fe.
and the discussions have covered a
wide field. The New Mexico Public
Health Association met jointly with