The Coolidge examiner., 1935-07-26
Southwestern Briefs

distinction ot owning the first airplane
manufactured in New Mexico. 10 gain
a license from the L. S Bureau Of Air
Commerce.
Arizona. with S.34S births during
1884. ranked tweuty-third among the
states as to its birth rate. according
20 announcement from the state health
department
The State Game Warden Elliott Bar
ker announced that ths books OF the
New Mexico Fish and Game Depart
ment showed balance OF S23 900 at
the end OF the tweuty-third fiscal year.
The appointment OF Or. c. W. Ger
bcr. director Of The Dona Ana County
Health Department. as one OF the five
district health officers for New Mex
leo. Was approved at a meeting OF the
State Board OF Public Welfare.
The new sl5o.ooO highway from No
gales. Ariz.. TO the Santa Cruz river
has been opened for traffic, according
TO announcement BY the state -hway
department The new road brings the
river within five miles OF NoRales.
County school superintendents In
New Mexico have been urged in let
ters by Gov. Clyde Tingley to make
immediate surveys OF rural school
needs with a view to utilizing some OF
the federal money available for new
school houses
The New Mexico cotton acreage in
cultivation Up 10 the present time is
estimated at 10000 acres. an increase
OF 10 per cent over that OF the same
period last year. according to an
nouncement by Fred Daniels. agricul-
tural statistician
The New Mexico State Supreme
Court has held that a business cannot
be penaliEed for doing large volume
OF business. The so-called Chain
store" or occupational license tax with
the rate graduated on volume OF bust
aess has been held invalid by the high
court because OF inequality.
Workers employed on projects OF
the works progress administration will
be paid from 81 TO S73 a month. IL has
been announced The wage scale in
Arizona viii be among the highest in
the nation. II was said. The country
has been divided into five districts
with varying wage scales for each re
gion
Eighty representatives OF eighteen
northern Arizona cities and towns
gathered in Prescott and heard w. j.
Jameson. Ahrona. adshinistrator OF
the works progress, explain the pro
cedure for making and handling appli.
cations for federal money under the
new public works program. or WPA.
which replaces the ERA the first OF
August.
All relief work projects in Cochise
county, Arizona. viii be discontinued
effective July 81 Such was the in
structlon received by j. B. Bailey.
county relief administrator. from Miss
Frances Warner. state FERA admins
traitor. The relief organization will
continue 70 operate through the month
OF July on direct relief basis. how
ever. Bailey announced.
bona Ana county's per capita cost
Of education during the past school
year. In public elementary and high
schools. 1884 10 1885, was slightly be
low that OF the majority OF the other
counties in New Mexico. II was re-
vealed in a report released by the
Taxpayers Association OF New Mexico
RIO Arriba county presented the low.
est per capita cost OF $3.50.
Office and warehouse space has
been rented at Tucson for the opening
August OF Civilian Conservation
Corps quartermaster department head.
quarters for southern Arizona. Along
with salary and other expenses ap-
proximately $3.50 600 is expected TO
clear the office monthly. Twenty Off
GERS. sixty enlisted men and thirty out
side workers viii compose the staff.
Application for a canning plant for
Las Vegas. n. NJ. has been submitted
TO the Works Project administration
in Santa Fe and its approval is ex-
pected. according 10 l.. G. Griffith.
local Works Progress administrator.
The plans would take care OF produce
from San Miguel and Mora counties,
including produce from the four com
munity gardens at Las Vegas. Mora,
Pecos and Villanueva. and also will do
share canning for individuals from
both counties
Mai. Gen. George Z. Leach. national
commander OF the National Guard. lost
several hours in the Arizona desert
after he parachuted from a burning
airplane. was found by a sheepherder
and brought safely to Kingman. Borne
by strong desert wind. the general
was carried several miles before COM
ing 10 ground on the Jack Trembeck
ranch near Seligman. Ariz. He walked
five miles over the desert before en-
countering the sheepherder. w. c.
Benny. who led him TO Kingman.
Inspectors have been named for four
New Mexico port OF entry stations re-
Gently authorized by the bureau of
revenue. The inspectors: Carlsbad
Stanley w. Barker, Artesia; William
B. Grammer. Carlsbad: George Turner
Carrizozo. Jal: F. w. Love. Loving