The Coolidge examiner., 1935-04-19
Southwestern Briefs

De the largest IN existence, is begin-
ming 10 blossom
Poutus II. Ross. director OF the
University OF Arizona agricultural er-
tension service. stated recently that
A~tzona's cotton outlook Is better than
NJ any time since 1929.
Births and deaths In Arizona during
February showed Increases over the
same period in 1s3s. according TO the
state health department There were
6i5 births and 5i4 deaths.
Arizona has taken the first step to
bring direct relief and Increased pay
ments 20 80 indlEeuts and unemploy.
ables through passage BY the twelfth
Legislature Of the luxury tax.
l. G. Griffith. formerly district en-
gineer for the northwest section OF
Now Mexico for the FERA. has taken
over the administration OF FERA for
san Miguel county He succeeds
Nathan Iaffa-
Miss Amy Thompson. Holbrook
sophomore. has been elected president
OF the Associated Women Students OF
Arizona State Teachers College at
Flagstaff Miss Thompson viii take
office next fall.
Plans for a three member Cactus
League circuit TO serve major league
baseball teams during the spring train
ing season has brought favorable com
ment from the Chicago White Sox
and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
According 10 =. H. Ross. director Of
the University Of Arizona agricultural
extension service. the AAA modifica-
ton OF restrictions on wheat planting
for 1886 viii not affect southern Ari-
roma. where the bulk Of the states
wheat L. grown.
Checks are beginning to come in for
the New Mexico Warm Springs foun-
dation and details are being worked
out for the application for FERA aid
in constructing the proposed hospital
for crippled children NJ Hot Springs.
the governor has announced.
Appointment Of Ned Gold as director
OF press and public relations for the
FERA In New Mexico. succeeding Mrs.
W. W. Nelson. has been announced.
Gold announced the FERA bulletin
will be issued once a month hereafter
with the 10th set as the publication
date
The New Mexico open season on
bass. crappie. perch. catfish. Bream
sunnsh and bluegiil opened April /.
and will remain open until Nov. 30.
according TO regulations issued By the
state game department. The general
opsa season on trout and salmon
starts May 90 and runs 10 Nov. Is.
Sulphur Springs valleys oldes, land.
maFk--a large frame building erected
In WILCOX. Aria. fifty.two years ago
and used as a morgue for slain ban.
dts. headquarters for peace officers.
dance hall aud warehouses; 10 be
removed. 10 will get 4 new founda.
ton. floor and roof FOR further ware
house service.
Navajo women would rather face
the evil Chindi spirits OF the dead
than make a speech. but just the same
they are the actual rulers OF this iarg-
sst Of American tribes. Mrs. Laura
McCabs. the only woman leader among
The $1,000 Nalajos in northwestern
New Mexico. declared that the women
gave the orders.
ArlxonA's three institutions OF high
er Learning have moved TO obtain
l.72e. 600 from the Public Works Ad.
minlstrailon 10 be used in extensive
Improvement and building programs
as a result OF the state Supreme
Courts decision upholding the eonsti-
tutionallty OF the law granting them
TO enter loan negotiations.
Whether or not construction on the
Red Bluff dam on the Pecos river
south Of Carlsbad. y. NJ. halted re-
Gently after a wide divergence in core
drill reports and actual formations
uncovered through excavations were
found. rests. II was reported reliably,
with government engineers. who have
been ordered TO inspect the project.
One OF the largest single tax pay.
ments ever made in Maricopa county
was announced recently by the treas
urer's office. Totaling Sels.373.s6. and
including state. county and irrigation
district assessments. the payment was
made by the Arizona Citrus Land Com
pany, with large holdings in the
.Beardsley project. near Phoenix. Ariz.
Bones enough 10 form possibly COM
pletely seventeen or more human skel-
etons were encountered recently by
CCC workers in the ground on top Of
Fort Marcy, piled into pit two feet
deep BY two feet wide and three or
four feet long. The bones were iden.
titled as those of Indians and later
removed to the laboratory OF anthrop
ology at Santa Fe.
University OF Arizona animal hCs
bandmen. who are pointing the bene
fits Of their breeding OF registered
Hereford bulls TO the registered breed
ers of the state. are justly proud OF