The Coolidge examiner., 1935-02-15
Southwestern Briefs

About % per cent OF the population
OF New Mexico OF 10000 cases. is on
relief. according 10 Major f. 0.
Braught. acting Federal Relief Admin
istrator. he also said the condition
was worse in this state than In many
others
Navajo county, Arizona. will not
benefit from the Supreme Court de.
cision which ruled that the ex-service
man is entitled 10 tax exemption on
only half OF community property ac-
cording to County Treasurer George
Stevens.
Arizouas lettuce crop this year.
described as the best since 1929. was
worth $1,000 600. according TO A. F..
Pugh. OF the government market
news service. Shipments from the
Salt River valley were valued al
Sl.50O.000
Representatives OF Elks lodges Of
New Mexico. meeting in Albuquerque
recently re-organized the previously
inactive New Mexican Elks Associa.
tion to work with the Elks national
foundation and increase Elks benevo-
lenoes and community service in the
state
There is considerable talk that Con
gress viii be asked by the Arizona
house OF representatives to draft
more stringent immigration laws. in.
crease the present border patrol to
protect the rights and homes OF Amer
lean citizens and deport all aliens
now In this country.
Gov Clyde Tingley has applied TO
the federal government for S313.6S6
aid in paying New Mexico teachers
salaries Gov. Tingley said he had In.
formed Harry L. Hopkins. FERA ad.
ministrator, that amount was neces.
sary to operate schools in the state
for the normal term.
New Mexico's new federal relief
building in Santa Fe was dedicated
Jan. 30. Mrs. David Chavez, secretary
Of the Public Welfare Board. presented
the building to the state and FERA,
and Gov. Tingley accepted on behalf
OF the state and Mai. f. o. Braught
on behalf of the FERA.
Winslow residents interested in
I Arizona's dramatic educational past
are offered an opportunity to view the
states first historical pageant drama
tization OF education In Arizona. when
the Arizona State College at Tempe
presents It's Golden Jubilee Historical
fete" pageant March 30, on the college
campus.
Increased aid TO Mesa. Arizona
farmers in paying their water assess
ments has been obtained through the
I Agricultural Credit Finance Corpora
/ ton. Il was learned from l.. G.. Gal
land. treasurer OF the Water Users
Association. as the total amount OF
loans made TO valley farmers for this
I purpose reached s142.324 on December
I 81. 1884.
/ Grazing regulations, as contemplated
under the new Taylor act, credits
/ drouth relief. promotion Of wool con
sumption. control of wool substitutes
and wool marketing problems were
among the important matters consid
/ cred by the delegates to the seven
tieth annual convention of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association in
/ PhoeEix.
Tumacacori mission, Tubac, Ariz.
I stormpoint OF many an Apache attach
in the pioneer days. was besieged re
Gently by a horde Of fortune hunters
Discovery of priceless gold bell and
other relics rich in gold and silver
content in excavations being con
Quoted by the government has given
birth TO a little boom town of some
200 inhabitants.
A monthly payroll OF $4,000 is be
ing spent by the government in main
tenance OF Its soil erosion service and
Civilian CO Iservation Corp camps in
the Stafford Ariz., vicinity. The wages
of enrolleei and supervisory staffs Of
the five CCC camps at Pima, Artesia
Duncan, Red Rock and ella, amount
10 $4,000. while $4,000 is being ex
pended by the soil erosion service in
the upper ella drainage district.
Income from investments, State
Land Office, state school from coun
ties, District Court and justice Of the
peace sources was greater in 1884
than in 1888 with correspondingly
greater sum TO the state common
school tund and current school fund
according to the New Mexico state
treasurer. Additionally, there was In
come from the liquor board and re
tail dealers licenses which did not
exist in 1898.
The future Of the cattle industry
shows an optimistic future, according
to D. L. Mullendore, Wichita, Kan
president of the Production Credit
n Corp, speaking at a recent meeting
in Albuquerque, New Mex. Higher
prices for cattle during the past month
have cheered u.s." Mullendore said.
Improved pasture conditions in Kan
sas and Colorado has been noted and
here in New Mexico conditions are
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