The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Southwestern Briefs

taxes produce $344,OO4.53 IN Febru-
ary.
An ore sampling plant will be
opened in Prescott soon, according to
announcement by the Brach brothers
OF Wickenburg.
Arizona State Entomologist D. G.
George announced that more than H.
600 citrus trees and ornamental shrub
berry were recently fumigated in the
eradication of red scale.
The animal husbandry department
at the University CT Arizona received
two cowhides recently on which will
be burned more than 200 brands IA
nous in Arizona cattle history.
Officials Of the Salt River Vallsy
Water Users Association, in Arizona,
announced that bids for the $4,500,0O0
Baxtlett dam, main unit of an improve
ment project, will be opened in Denver
April g.
A program of cooperation with the
Soil Conservation Service, crop rota-
tion and forest protection work was
outlined by the Otero county planning
board at it's organization meeting in
Alamogordo.
The Arizona State Highway Commis-
sion has awarded contracts aggregat-
ing $372,314,473 for oiling of the King
manBoulder Dam highway and con-
struction on two sectors of U. S. go
in the Showlow area.
James r. Wyatt of Tucson, Arizona,
with grade of 1925, scored the high
est mark in the Arizona board of bar
examiners test given to the Decem-
Der class, according to John l.. Gust,
secretary Of the board.
New Mexico is among the states
of appointments under the state ap-
porticnment plan of the Civil Service
Commission, according to R. E. Went
worth, local secretary of the board
of examiners.
Officials Of the mammoth St. An
thony Inc, Mining Company in Ari-
zona are of the opinion that increased
mining activity in the Mammoth dis
trict is a result of the company TAX
ing over the 2OO-ton gold and molyb-
denum mill.
Diego SalaZar, state motor vehicle
commissioner, said the automobile IL
cense receipts in New Mexico to the
end of January this year were greater
than for the corresponding period last
year, with $472,32S.O2 compared with
1869 ,16703.
The Arizona Press Club held it's
thirteenth annual convention in Phoe-
nix on March l, and elected William
Turnbow, capital correspondent of
the Phoenix Gazette, president. Ralph
o. Brown of the Republic staff was re-
elected secretary.
The commission for relief in Bel
gium has granted DR.. Fred Koenig,
French instructor at the University of
Arizona, fellowship for study abroad.
Koenig will seek years leave of ab-
sence to work at the royal library and
at Liege University in Belgium.
Arizona will receive title from the
government soon to 24,SO9 acres of
land in Maricopa and Yuma counties,
according to State Land Commission
er Charles P. Mullen. The title has
been in dispute and recently was ques-
toned by Secretary of State James H.
kerby.
A district home demonstration Of
flee service for Eddy and Chavez coun-
ties is to be established at Carlsbad,
New Mexico, with Miss Dorothy Yoast,
State College graduate, in charge,
according to announcement by W. A.
Wunsch, assistant director of agricul-
tural extension.
Members of the Chaves County
Archaeological and Historical Society
have elected H. M. Dow, Roswell, New
Mexico, attorney, president. Mrs. j..
P. Church was named first vice presi-
dent; Lucius Dills, second vice presi-
dent; Miss Annie l.. Snort, secretary;
Mrs. c. d. Bonney, treasurer.
DR.. P. H. Ross, director of the Uni
versity Of Arizona agricultural eXten-
sion service, reported that farmers
from the Woodruff, Joseph City, Wins
low, Snowflake and Taylor districts
in Navajo county are planning a CO.
operative purchase of superphosphate
fertilizer for use in soil improvement.
Dean Paul S. Burgess, head of the
University of Arizona Agricultural Col
lege and chairman of the state soil
conservation committee, has an
nounced that there are good pros
poets of having the upper Gila cen
servation district extended to take in
the San Pedro and Santa Cruz basins.
National youth administration is
sending approximately $4,000 a
month to New Mexico to assist in all
phases of the youth program. Ap-
proximately $4,000 is paid to youths
in high school and college and those
not in school employed on work prof.
ects. Approximate cost of admins
tration is $4,000.
Bells have been installed in the ad-
ministration building at the Univer-
sity of New Mexico which ring seven
minutes before the hour and on the