The Coolidge examiner., 1935-02-22
Southwestern Briefs

I Sale OF liquor licenses in January
brought Arizona 500 $50. the State Tax
T Commission reports.
Road contracts aggregating Sl37..
/ 5223S have been recently awarded by
the Arizona State Highway Commis-
sion
Registration al Arizona State Teach
ers College in Tempe for the second
semester Is i6 per cent above the en-
rollmcut for the second semester last
year.
with the opening Of the second
semester. the new stadium building OF
the University OF New Mexico Is to
BE- used for class rooms and offices.
The exterior and the first floor Of the
interior have been completed
Approval has been given by secre-
tary Of Interior lckes TO one OF the
largest land conservation programs OF
its kind in the nation. covering some
1l.5oo.o00 acres. exclusive OF the ma.
tioual forests. in the Rio Grande wa
tershed
Gov. b. b. Moeur Of Arizona has
named James +. Harrington. Prescott.
and Thomas W Bent. Phoenix. mem
bers OF the State Veterans Relief Com.
mission. They succeed Frank a. Pey-
ton, Tucson, and Charles d. Appllug.
Phoenix
A hawk killed near Carlsbad. y. NJ.
recently. was found TO have a Catho-
lie crucifix attached TO the birds neck.
The crucifix. OF the ordinary sterling
silver variety. measured two by four
inches. The inscription was &C. b. ".
1884. n. Mex"
Albert Il. Crawford. Prescott. Ariz.
attorney. has been notified OF his ap-
polntment by Gov Il. p. Moeur TO the
University OF Arizona board OF re
gents. Crawford succeeds Mrs Theo
dora A. Marsh OF Nogales. whose term
has expired.
Organization OF the Dental Tech.
nicians Society OF Arizona waa ef-
fected in Phoenix recently. Charles
S. Slough. Phoenix. was elected presi-
dent. Charles Lathrot. Tucson. vice
president. and Fred Burr. Phoenix.
secretary-treasurer
All eyes of the western oil fraternity
are forcusing on the Amerada Petrol
cum Company's important wildcat at
the Monument high in Lea county. n.
NJ. The well 10 drilling ahead at 3.5o3
feet. apparently in the Caprock lime
everything the soft pay zone.
II. " Watson. manager OF the Art
roma Livestock Loan Company. return
ing recently 10 Flagstaff from a sur
roma. said stockmen OF those areas
were very optimistic" because OF the
marked rise In the cattle market
Problems Of vital interest TO Navajo
county and other northern sections
came up before the twenty-third an.
nual meeting Of the Arizona Good
Roads Association In Phoenix. A
large delegation from the north at.
tended Frank r. Goodman. president.
presided.
or the s64 partially or full lighted
airports In the United States. New
Mexico has thirteen. the bureau OF air
commerce reports. The report shows
total OF thirty-seven airports in the
state. seven municipal. five CONNER
eial. ten intermediate, twelve auxil-
iary. one army and one private.
Columbus Giragi. northern Arizona
publisher and president OF the State
Press Association. was recently named
as the third judge on the committee
10 select the prize winning manuscript
In the contest that is now being held
BY Arizona State Teachers College for
the Summer Pageant TO take place
this coming August.
Lieut. Joseph NJ. Maxwell OF the
l03rd division, army organized reserve
corps. headquarters in Denver, has
been ordered 10 active duty with the
civilian conservation corps at Globe.
Ariz. Lieut.. Charles A. Davis OF La
Junta. Colo. has been ordered TO ac-
tive duty with the civilian conserva-
ton corps at Santa Fe, n. NJ.
The Arizona citrus growers esti-
mated that damage TO crops in Salt
River valley by freezing weather will
not exceed 10 per cent. The loss was
placed at not more than fifty cars.
Market prices for both oranges and
grapefruit are reported better this sea-
son than last year because proration
agreements are being observed.
In the opinion OF the New Mexico
State Game Department officials quail
and prairie chicken have never before
leen confronted with such perilous
conditions as at the present time. Con-
tinued drouth has begun to have its
| serious effect upon the birds, 1t is
pointed out. with the result that arti-
ficial feeding is necessary in order TO
save breeding stock.
The National Wool Growers Asso-
| citation, in session at Phoenix, went
on record as favoring government
regulation Of the wool industry. At
the final session delegates adopted a
report fayoring wool marketing