The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Southwestern Briefs


the fiscal year beginning next July /.
Arizona received g1.7si.s47.
With the closing OF the First State
bank OF Mountainair. n. NJ. recently.
Torrance county is left without a
bank. according 10 II. P. Jones. presl-
dent and majority stockholder.
z, Ray Cowden. Phoenix livestock
man. pioneer and Arizona director Of
the Regional Agricultural Credit Cor.
poration. has been named 10 the d.
rectorate OF the Valley Bank and Trust
Company.
A check for $4,000 was recently
forwarded 10 the county treasurer Of
Rio Arriba county. n. NJ, represent
ing collections Of delinquent taxes, ac.
cording 10 Byron o. Beall. chief tax
commissioner.
An aerial survey OF the ella river
watershed above Coolidge dam will
be started soon. as one OF the major
steps in the governments soil erosion
control campaign in eastern Arizona
and western New Mexico.
The New Mexico federal housing
administration viii be divided into
two divisions. with J. V. Duffin. pres
ent state director heading one and
Paul Schultz OF Roswell. named to
head the other group.
Plans have been completed by Off
cials OF the Indian bureau at Fort
Wingatc. y. NJ. for survey OF the
Navajo area TO determine the relief
requirements of needy and jobless
tribesmen on the reservation.
Stockholders OF the Valley Bank and
Trust Company viii meet in Phoenix
Jan. Is to ratify acts OF the board Of
directors In conversion OF the instltu.
ton from a state TO national bank,
according 10 a recent official notice.
Terracing is rapidly gaining in i'm.
portance in New Mexico and the work
OF conserving moisture has shown
more progress during 1884 than at any
other time in the past. according to
@. r. Quesenberry OF State College.
Arizona's 1884 lettuce crop has
brought an estimated sss0.O0O. the
|. s. Market News service reported
recently. Since harvesting began, l..
i72 cars have been shipped from the
state. bringing from $3.50 to SO a
crate.
Miss Margaret Reeves. New Mexico
relief administrator. said recently II
would be extremely difficult for New
Mexico 20 meet the relief situation
with any less help from the federal
government than Is now being made
available.
Work has started on the demolish
INK Of the old electric light plant ir
Las Cruces. y. NJ. under FERA super
vision. the salvage from which wil
be used in the Welfare League add
tion building and the Boy and Cir
Scout headquarters.
The executive board OF the New
Mexico Cattle Growers Association
held their quarterly meeting In Lords
burg recently. at which four states
were represented. with Hon. A. d
Brownfield. state representative OF
Dsming. acting as chairman.
a specially designed farm record
book. providing an easy form for use
OF farmers In assembling and keepinl
information on farm operations, Il
now available 10 signers OF crop pro
duetion adjustment contracts. II wat
announced by the State College 'exten
sion service.
Regarded as specific indication OF
increased business turnover. combined
checking transactions OF all Phoenix
banks for the month OF December ex
ceeded the total for the corresponding
month Of last year by SS7 .97S. ac
cording to a report by the Phoenix
Clearing House Association.
Reservations from wool growers OF
thirty-six states have been received
for the annual convention OF the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association. &C
cording 10 Jerrie W. Lee, secretary of
the Arizona Wool Growers Associa
tion. The convention viii be held In
Phoenix January 20. 30 and 81.
The year just passed held little for
the farmer and livestock man in New
Mexico who suffered from the worst
drought in the history OF the state.
Millions OF dollars OF federal money
were poured into the state to buy cat.
tie and sheep and 10 help unemployed
farmers by giving them work on va.
rious relief projects:
The Arizona Highway Commission
has awarded contracts calling for ex.
penditures Of s92.66953 on two north
ern Arizona projects. One is for oil.
ing twenty-three miles OF U. S. 66 be.
tween Ash Fork and Kingman, and
the other the job for grading, drain
ing and oiling ten miles Of U. s. SO
between Flagstaff and Cameron.
Tragedy took over a half hundred
lives in New Mexico during 1884. A
concise review Of the year just passed
disclosed that over fifty persons met
tragic deaths. or this number sixteen
were burned 10 death. seventeen mur-