Arizona republican., 1910-12-26
TODAY IN GLENDALE AND
 TOMORROW
CA Story for the New Year.)

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 Glendale faces 1911 with smile
 ne look back reveals a pleasing ar. ray or things done-an there's cheer. fuI confidence in what lies ahead.
 This is to be just a rough sketch "f the advance in 1910 and q snap. shot at the near horizon. with mor, detailed account of some of in. larger matters
 A marked increase off new blood and new money has been added to the Glendale country during the past year. Just quiet. continuous flow without any fuss or fan fare. lis me early reaping of the word that mas gone abroad to the producer who seeks the most favorable conditions of soil and climate. and to the man or leisure who would found a pleas ure place in Sun-Land.
 There has been a notable growth In population during the past year if scholastic figures give the right line up The average attendance in our schools during the first three months oI ISIo shows a fifty per cent in crease over the same period of 1909 To accommodate the overflow the trustees were forced to secure tenn porary quarters outside of the school building
 There was time when this same building seemed over large. That was in the grim years before the Tonto Dam. when the desert. Gray Mother of the Long Silence. crossed the Arizona and hung her thornv in slgnia on the very gates of the town And 1t is recalled that a certain cat tlenan. who at leisure times was 4 sidewalk purveyor of Appeals to Req son, spread the boast that he would some day brand his yearlings in the Glandale school house"
 Now folks are talking of a Union high school for Glendale. And con ditions indicate that the demand for such institution will soon become i'm perative
 Approximately s1OO.OOO has been expended in new buildings in the town and the country tributary dur ing the past year. There is good promise that 1911 will easily double this total
 The mercantile interests of the town
 
 position and are reaching out for the trade that belongs to Glendale bv every right. The new Overland Tel ephone system is serving effectively m this direction, especially the line that has recently been built into the Cartright and West End districts. to connect with the Glendale system. Complete new equipment will he in stalled in the Glendale central office as soon as material arrives. and other important extensions and bet terments are in prospect for 1911.
 The Glendale Hay & Grain Com pany. organized during the past year. ! provide facilities equal to any for the marketing and storage of grain | and seed This company. of which 1 Lafayette Myers and Dr. j. C. Norton ! are leading members. has duplicated the warehouse purchased from Alex Silva and is in possession of resouces sufficient to ensure successful oper- :. ation.
 That the town has banking faciIi. l ties equal to any is d tribute both to | the management of the Glendale State Bank and to the loyal support of the community The bank was organized two years ago with a cap |, tal of s10,00O. The average deposits f have reached s5O.OOO under the ef- ficient direction of w 1T Slaughter. and his active interest in everything If public import has made the bank i } growing factor in the upbuilding of he town.
 town canot be said to have aC- Iuired any particular individuality Intil its organization as a political entity. Glendale is now the arbiter If her own local fortunes. having been incorporated June IS, 1910 The first officers of the town are. Mayor A w Bennett: Councilmen. John Marks. c. L. Gillett J. D. Garber md J. H. Tuckey: treasurer. w. H. clerk. V. F. Messinger.
 In the short space since organiza- ion but little could be accomplished ,eyond marking out fundamentals, md getting the machinery of the gov rnment well started. It were trange if some mistakes were not 1 1ade but all has been done with an 1 we single to the up- building of the own and the development of the ( ountry from which must come the { one and tissue of future growth.
 Especially is this to be noted in {; he granting of rights for ,the con- I truction of electric light and water l 'orks. When applications for these [ ghts were considered. many citizens {