The Coolidge examiner., 1935-06-28
Southwestern Briefs


ers' College in Flagstaff. has an.
nounced that nearly zoo students are
enrolled for the summer session.
Arizona business during April
amounting to Sl5.2O0. .05753. the larg
est since July. 1888. produced Sls2.
1883 in sales taxes. IT was announced
by the State Tax Commission.
Work relief applications. for the
most part from federal agencies. are
piling up In the division Of applica.
,ions and information. one OF these
projects is the New Mexico Santa Fe
National cemetery $4,000.
Jack Laney. OF Phoenix, was
awarded the Gorgas Memorial lnsti.
yute prize for Arizona on an essay he
wrote pertaining 10 personal health
education. The essay was entered
in the national contest
Julia Southwell of Ration and Rob
eri Patton of Santa Fe were the win.
ners in the girls and boys divisions
~ the better housing essay contest in
New Mexico. These winning essay 5
will be entered as New Mexicos in
the national contest.
The Gorgas Memorial Institutes ma.
tional essay contest IN New Mexico
was won By Louis Henderson OF Sill.
yer city. Il nov will be entered with
winners from other states essays and
the remaining few viii be judged for
a national winner.
The University Of New Mexico con.
ferEed the degree OF Doctor OF Litera-
ture upon Dr. Rexford Tugwell. under
secretary Of agriculture and prominent
new dealer when BE came to Albu-
querque To deliver the commencement
address at the university.
The Arizona sales tax. from July !.
1888. 10 May !. 1885. yielded S2.5s6..
0SS.f9. II was announced by the State
Tax Commission. The tax was paid
on business amounting to S23i.930..
694-l4. OF the amoun, collected. s529..
ll0i5 was distributed 10 the counties.
Or. Ellis K. OFT Of Buffalo. New
York. has been elected Assistant Pro
feSsor uf Mathematics al the New
Mexico State College. He will TEN.
porarily fill the position Of Professor
". r. Heinzman. who has been
granted years leave for graduate
work
T.. W. kaltenbach. secretary Of the
Las Cruces chamber OF commerce,
vas appointed 10 the board OF di-
TectoTs OF the new Southern New
Mexico association. composed of cham
bers Of that section OF New Mexico.
The first meeting OF the organization
will be held early in July at Cloud
croft
A general all.round Improvement In
ranges. cattle and sheep over the state
OF New Mexico In reported by Fred
Daniels. agricultural statistician OF
the Department OF Agriculture. State
College. During the past month pros
poets for range feed have made the
greatest Improvement for any similar
period on record. he says.
The New Mexico State oil Conserya.
tlon Board IL headed by Clyde Ting.
ley as chairman. the selection being
made al the organization meeting OF
the board in Santa Fe. State Land
Commissioner Frank Wesley is sec
retary. DR.. T. II. Wells. state geolo-
gist and president OF the School OF
Mines. is the third member OF the
board
The emergency relief administra.
ton has spent close 10 Si.0O0.000 on
Arizona labor alone In its public i'm.
proyement and construction program
since its inception in the summer OF
1888. up TO May 1. according TO figures
released recently. Involved In this ex'
penditure is 1.335.1ss man hours. at
rates ranging from so cents for com.
mon labor TO more than 81 for skilled
labor.
A nine O'Clock curfew has again
been established In Nogales. One OF
the first moves OF the new administra.
ton, headed by Andrew Bettwy. was
TO establish the curfew law. At the
stroke OF nine each night the fire
siren on the city hall building sounds
three blasts. a signal for all children
unaccompanied by their parents to go
home. The curfew was discarded
here a century ago.
Forty years hence the national con.
vention Of the American Legion will
be held In Tombstone. once famous
silver mining capital OF the world. II
wishes OF the local post are fulfilled
When the national organization as
sembles in St Louis next September
Tombstone legionaries will appear in
the third unit of the parade, carrying
a large banner reading Tombstone
1875 Convention City"
That New Mexico national forests
will share literally in the allotment
OF $156. .29S 900 which the U. S. Forest
Service has asked from the Work Re
lief Administration in Washington
seems certain. 1t is more than likely
that the ella National forest in Grant,
Hidalgo and Catron counties will re-