The Coolidge examiner., 1935-09-20
Southwestern Briefs

. NAa'A VA q taAA4h ht0AAu Win ttNclpts
over $1,000 per year in New Mexico.
Las Cruces. y. NJ. has been given
$4,000 grant and loaned Si3l.O0O
for the installation OF a natural gas
system.
Registered Arizona state warrants
issued during the last fical year will
be paid Sept 20. according TO Nit
Sims. state treasurer.
Only 293 acres OF timber land In ma.
tional forests OF New Mexico were
burned this year, according 10 the re-
F gional forest office.
Governor Mocur designated Septem.
Der as safety month In Arizona. He
called attention 10 the death toll on
Arizona's highways in 1884. there be.
ing 205 lives "needIessly sacrificed.
+ l. " Wilson. Tucson. has been ap-
f. pointed field agent Of the Arizona
State Tax Commission for the Tucson
sales tax division. # was announced
7 by Thad NJ Moore. chairman OF the
commission
+ John A. Duncan. director OF the ArE
zona state temperance enforcement
commission. announced that more
7 than $500 liquor Licenses issued since
January have yielded $ll7.5O0 in
revenue.
/ The Santa Re railroad recently ac-
I cepted delivery OF new type $500
horsepower Diesel locomotive. which
officials said would be tested. and II
successful. put on faster Chicago
I California passenger run.
/ The Arizona state fish and game
commission announced that rules and
regulations for the deer hunt IN
Kalbab forest this fall will be the same
as those In effect last year. The hunt
will be held from oct is to Nov. Is.
Construction is scheduled to start
socn on the new girls dormitory al
Eastern New Mexico Junior College
at Portales. y. NJ. according TO Presi
dent Donald Mackay. The contract
went to G. y. Amis OF Roswell for
I Sl6si7 SO. lowest bid.
Governor Clyde Tingley OF New
Mexico named three delegates to the
National Metal Mining convention OF
the American Mining Congress in Chi
cago. Sept. 23.c7 They are Dr. r. II
Wells. socorro: r. Il. Tempest. Hur
| ley. and J. T. Matson. Tererro.
As part OF nationwide metropolis
tan survey just launched. studies will
be started soon IN Santa Fo and Albu
querquc 10 determine changes made In
fair trade practice standards since
termination of the codes. according tc
Ralph r. Davy. Sew Mexico state
NRA officer
The New Mexico state planning
board has announced Il is coutemplat
ing studies which may lead to gen.
eFal rules and policies on consollda,
ton q schools and school districts. a
work which would be undertaken with
assistance OF the department OF edu
cat.cu and county school authorities
Educational films supplied the U. S
soil erosion service al Gallup. y. NJ
BY the University Of Arizona exten
sion division. are being used in a
travelling exhibit being shown through
out the Navajo reservation in that re.
gion. where approximately 10000
Navajo Indians live on a tract OF land
covering 10000 square miles
DR.. II A. Hubbard. head OF the Unit
yersity OF Arizona department OF HIS
tory. has completed the editing and
revision Of an article on Arizona his
tory which will be included IN the
uew edition OF Britannica Junior. a
version OF the Britannica encycIo-
pedia for children which is expected
10 be published in January. 1886.
Deer and range in reserve are in
the best condition in years. II has
been announced following a survey OF
the KaIbab forest by George Wrench
state game commissioner: S. l.. Lewis,
game warden. and Walter G. Mann,
kaibab supervisor Foliage is plenti.
ful. the deer are fat. and hunting
should be good this year. Wrench
said.
More than 10000 bags of pinto
beans wiz be marketed in the Flag
staff. Ariz.. area this year. according
to +. G. Cooper local buyer. Excel
cent crops in other sections will tend
to lower prices this year Cooper said
Although the crop is not large. good
potatoes are being grown by farmers
in the Mormon Lake country, the
buyer reported.
Damage Of SS96.564.9O was reported
By County Agent Lee II. Gould after
survey Of the flood from the recent
mountain cloudbursts at Las Cruces.
His report was made to George r.
Quesenberry, state director Of the ex-
tension service The damage listed
was 10 crops. livestock. dwellings
barns, canals. roads and land levels
in Dona Ana county.
DR.. d. B. Harmon Of Arizona State
Teachers College at Flagstaff has an
nounced that the nationwide broad
cast Of Easter sunrise services from
the rim OF the Grand Canyon probably
VIII become an annual broadcast.
sponsored by the Federal Council of
7 Churches OF Christ in America. The
first such broadcast was held last