The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-30
Southwestern Briefs

Construction OF new post office
buildings IN Mesa and Sprineeryille.
Ar.z has been approved by treasury
and post office department officials.
Miss Veronica Power. a teacher In
the Arizona Public Schools tor forty
years. has announced her retirement
She had taught iu the Tucson schools
,hirJy.fve years.
G.. ". Wallace Of Po-tales number
one OF the four extra men who paused
every tcst in the State Police school
al Santa Fe. was appointed 10 the
force. He succeeds Donald Hughes
OF Taos
r. A. Berry Of Santa Re is The new
president Of the New Mexico Lumber
Institute. and chairman OF the orgaui-
zauon's directorate He was selected
Al the closing session OF the institute
In santa Pc.
The Arizona state gasoline taxes
collected during July netted $2S0.Il0.
il was announced by the state high
way department The counties VIII
receive SS4.2i3 OF the net collections
and the state the remainder
Charles Murray. OF Williams. Coco
nino county deputy game warden has
reported the largest hatch OF Wild tur'
key In the past nineteen years in the
territory adjacent 10 Williams. Ariz..
long known as ideal turkey country.
The Arizona state corporation com
mission has ruled that lodlans operat'
ing motor carriers for the government
from Flagstaff to the Hopi icstrva-
ton must pay a gross tax of pa Ter
cent for mileage off the reservation.
s. l.. Lewis. Arizona state game
warden. has announced that in the
event federal funds ars available two
fish hatcheries viii be established and
irnuroyements will be made TO the
Hunt bass hatchery near Tempe TINS
year
Arizona's 1886 automobile license
plates viii be larger aid VIII carry
The name Of the county In which the
pla,es are issued. according 10 higr-
way Department officials The 'ett"r-
ing will be 10 black OF copper co'ortd
steel tags.
According TO Or. r. D. Ball. Univer'
sity OF Arizona roologsL the 'monkey
rrasshopper. a native Of Mexico. has
invaded Arizona and has been found
on the south slope Of the Huaehuca
Mountains. The grasshopper lives en-
t.reIy Ia trees.
An motor vehicle operators u
r.ns.s. except those issued 10 chauf-
,rurs VII be- cancelled September l.
il was announced BY u. y. Huichins.
supcrintendent OF the motor vehicle
division. Arizona state highway de
paT'ment
A comprehensive survey OF agricul
u,raI conditions and possibilities. IN
the Middle RIO Grande Valley In Ne"
Mexico. appears necessary before any
great steps in its development can
b. made. according to Lyman W
Gleason new county farm agent.
Jcrrie W Lee. secretary oil the AT
roma Wool Growers Associs on. re
turning from an inspection trip TO
the northern part Of the state. said re
cent rains had improved 4nge condi
tions aud that sheep viii lind good
grazing until time TO move the flocks
for the winter
Works progress projects estimated
20 cost S2I54.59lS6 have been for
warded to date TO Washington by New
Mexico. il vas said By Gordon Her.
kenhoff. director Of projects and plan
ming An estimated 5.24o men and
women will be employees on the prof
ects
When Texas celebrates the centen-
Mai Of It's independence with an ex.
position Walter ID. Cline. director Of
the committee In charge. wants appro
pirate displays from New Mexico.
Colorado. Wyoming. Kansas aud Okla
homa. parts Of which were brought
into the Union with Texas.
The city o. Nogales. Ariz. tax rate
slumped from S2.71 on each hundred
dollars 10 an estimated % cents. when
the tentative city budget was adopted
by the city council recently. The
slash was due 10 a moratorium on
bond payments recently imposed by
Mayor Andrew Bettwy The budget
for the fiscal year carried an item
setting up per cent for interest on
the bonded debt
President Roosevelt has allotted
$l5,246,SS2 OF work relief funds for
IS per cent donations on fifty-fiye non
federal pWA projects. A grant OF
$2l,272 was made 10 the Barr irriga.
tion district In Rernalillo county, New
Mexico for canals, laterals, irrigation
structures, and a central pumping
plant for the service of approximately
500 acres of land
The Eastern New Mexico State
Fair. which viii hold its annual ex.
hibit October 2, 8. and in Ros-
well. was officially created by act Of
the legislature in 1882 from the Cha.
vez County Cotton Carnival. This in
stitution, started in 1922 by a group
OF Roswell business men, has con-
stantly grown to paying basis from
a gate attendance of about 1000 TO
an estimated attendance for 1894 of