The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-03
Southwestern Briefs

he~- at Flagstaff in July. but the exact
date has not been determined.
The Katherine Mining Company,
with its chief place OF business al
Katherine in Mohaye county. Arizona.
has filed articles OF Incorporation with
the state corporation commission.
Arizona has stood at the head Of
the Federal Housing Administration
publicity list OF all states since Janu-
AIRY !. according to the records OF the
Washington office OF the administra-
tion
Arizona bank deposits have in.
creased Si0005 $50 since Dec. 81. 1882.
according to Y c. White. state super.
intondent Of banks. Total deposits are
S55.35i.5 $50 compared TO Sf5.0l5.GS3 "a
on Dec 81. 1882.
Miss Margaret Pardue. Fort Sumner.
senior at the University Of New Mex.
ico. has won the Marian Coons kind.
ness award. and Miss Grace Gholson.
( Albuquerque. has been awarded the
Coan history prize
Miss Mary 4. Perry has been
named supervisor of women's work in
the work division Of the New Mexico
relief emergency relief administration
She viii superinlend canning. sewing
and nursing projects.
An authentic history Of the Tonto
Basin war between 1855 and 1892 dur
ing which nearly all members Of the
Graham and Tewksbury families We're
killed, is to be written by Caldwell
Richardson Of Flagstaff. Ariz.
Normal or above prospects for
spring range in the northwestern.
north central and extreme southwest
ern sections Of New Mexico frightened
the recent livestock and range report
for the state released by Fred Daniels.
agricultural statistician.
Two bond issues have been approved
by the New Mexico State Tax Com
mission. one for S35 600 for a water
works system at Hagerman and the
other for SIS 900 for a Clayton refund
ing issue. per cent bonds being ex.
changed for per cent securities.
The entire faculty OF the New Mex.
Ico State Teachers College has been
re.employed by the Board OF Regents.
Miss Nannette Ashby. dean OF women.
was given a leave Of absence during
the month Of May to study at the ST.
Louis library for her thesis TO obtain
doctors degree.
Receipts from the new luxury tax
I law in Arizona amount TO approx.
mately $4,000 since II went into effect
I March q. according 20 II. II. Boyer.
+ director. For the corresponding days
/ OF the peak month under the old lux
ury tar law last year. the returns
amounted 20 $4,000.
! an old Spanish arrastra. relic Of
the days when conquistadores In
search Of gold forced Indian labor to-
I grind ore ia crude mills fashioned
4 from powders. was found by Robert
+ Dupuy. an Arizona prospector. on al
I sheep driveway between Ord Mountain
and the Round Valley district.
First steps toward actual beginning
OF the public works administration
/ ss55 600 Improvement project at the
Arizona State Teachers College were
I taken when the board OF education
authorized the preparation Of plans
and specifications for the first OF the
four buildings to be erected.
/ Farmers. county commissioners and
extension workers from twelve eoun-
/ ties in eastern and northeastern New
/ Mexico met al Tueumcari recently to-
develop a wind erosion program and
make application for federal funds to-
/ check. as far as possible. the serious
wind erosion which has developed In
I that section.
Tribal rivalry among northern Ari-
zona Indians is expected TO feature
/ the annual powwow in Flagstaff July
3 and 4. according to II. c. McQuat-
ters. Desert bred ponies of the Naya-
/ JOS and Piutes will compete with larg-
er horses raised By the isolated Hava-
/ supais. who live in the craggy depths
of Hayasu canyon.
/ At the close of the annual two-day
/ convention OF the Arizona Association
/ OF Postmasters. Miss Helen A McNutt
OF Prescott. vice president. was ele-
/ waited to the presidency to succeed
/ George H. Todd OF Phoenix Harry
/ X. Collins Of Tucson became vice pres
| ident. while J. H. Little OF Glendale
was reelected secretary.treasurer.
With more tests being started in
/ the fields OF Lea county. southeastern
/ New Mexico. that oil sector is in the
/ front rank Of active oil fields in the
United States and is bested only by
/ the East Texas field and the Fits
pool in Oklahoma in point of activity
There are at present ninety wells un-I
/ der way in Lea county as compared
| with sixteen year ago.
The story that elk herds are running
crops near Heber. Arizona. proved to-
| be erroneous. according to W. F. Will
liams. deputy game warden, on his
return from a trip of investigation for
| the game commission. Williams said
| that the ranchers near Heber denied