Arizona republican., 1911-01-21
TEMPE TO ADOPT
 MOUNTAIN TIME NOT OFFICIALLY BUT BY MA
 JORiTY VOTE. The Change Will Go Into Effect on the First of Next Month.

Tempe has concluded after due and mature deliberation to fall in line with the rest of the towns of the valley and adopt Mountain or fast time as Tempe time Not officially, however. for the council has once turned the matter down, but purely as a voluntary .matter on the part of large majority of the business men and institutions for the sake of their own convenience The following mem orandum tells its own story:
 We. the undersigned merchants. business men. firms. institutions and individuals. owing to the continual confusion and inconvenience occasion cd by the use of Meridian time. Mountain time. and Pacific time, in Tempe. hereby signify our willingness and intention of adopting Mountain time or fast time. the same as now in use in Phoenix and Mesa as rem pc time. on and after the first day of February 1911, provided that a ma jority of the business men in Tempe shall sign this memorandum 1n -pr before February lst. 1911
 tSigned Pacific Creamery Co. J. F. Cook. supt.; Tempe Postoffice. J. Q. Mullen. postmaster; Tempe Nor maj School of Arizona. A. J. Mat thews. president; E. H. Scudder F. J. Sullivan, Charles wooIf. Price Wickliffe. Tempe National Bank. w. II. Wilbur. cashier: A. Nielsen & Co. r. C. Aver, J. H. Woods. Julius Her man, T. !. Goodwin. Birchett Bros c. A Goodwin, The L. w. BInn Lumber Co, Tempe Land & Improve ment Co. by Theo Dickinson. Hyder Bros, A. NJ. Harmer. Arizona Mer- cantile Co, H. w. Miller. manager: Frank La Mont, jeweler; Tempe Com mercial Co, A. A. Celaya, Tempe News by C. w. Miller. manager; F. Schmidt, J. F. Peck. George N. Gage w. Lukin Cash Store. R. L. Alexan- der, E. E. Moeur. F. c. Brechan. " D. Britton, R. H. Alexander. c. A. Corbell, James McVey, John Jensen. South Side Gas & Electric Co by Ii. L. Chandler: Charles P. Arnold. barber shop; F.. Lohman. Rowand Bros. Con OsterlOh. Marquis Rich tailor and cutter; Tempe Motor Co., Tempe Garage. s. C. Long. SoweH & Sailor. F'inch's Stable by G. R. Finch. Bucks Stable by D. c. Buck. w. C. De Wore, w. A Moeur, A. F Cum mings. Kennith Horrall. F. F.. Empey. J. w. Comtons Confectionery. Pion- eer Market, J. w. Branch. photog- rapher; J. w. Cummings. T. J. Par ry, Teeter Bros, F.. H. Spain. Chas Alexander. R. l.. Creal, H. w. Ryer. per w. $. Johnston, manager; Tom Ping Co, l.. D. Crook, Olive Hotel. by Mrs. Halbert; Consolidated Tele- phone. Telegraph x Electric Co. by Roy Beck. manager; sam Brown. R. A. Windes. Herbert Ballou. F. w Griffen, A. J. Peters & Co. by A. J. Peters.
 It will be noted that the above was signed by practically every business house in town: there were really only three classes who declined to sign it: 1st. the saloon men who are natur- ally opposed to any measure that will further restrict their hours of busi- ness; End. a few who are in accord with the plan but who for reasons of their own do not care to politically SO announce themselves. and 3rd. a few, who by virtue of their natural dispositions are opposed to changes of any kind and who it was not ex- pected in the first place would lend their aid to a movement like this. looking toward the settlement of question that has perplexed the com munitv for a long time
 So far as the saloons are concerned this change in time on the part Of the business men will have no effect on