Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-16
GLENDALE
ENTERTAINMENT FOR
THE GLENDALE BAND
The Burning of a Barn-CondItion of
Desert Lands North OF
thc Arizona.

GLENDALE. Feb lJ.-The enter
tainmcnt last evening for the benefit
IF the band was very successful, both
financially and socially The band
shows great Improvement in its work
ard certainly deserves To- be congrat-
Ulatcd on its efforts. Mr. Wilder gave
pleasing reading. Mr.. Wells in his
II. gro nmpcrSonatiuu and his stich
tWirlinE act was especially clever Mr.
George Cox showed great skill in his
maucuVcrs with a chair The vocal
solos by Miss oliver and Miss Lois
Morrison and the piano solos 10y Mrs
d. Humm ard Miss Helen Fauber
we're each well rendered Mr. Moss
pleased the audience with mis- clos
dancing and dialect But what was
evidently the hit of the evening judy
ing from the applause il received was
tho comic opera sketch. The .. j
f. A." in which NJ Z. Merriam took
the part of manager. Mrs. G.. \ Cox,
soprano. Mrs. ~. T Cartmell. the
Irish chorus girl and Or J. VI. Pear
son. Dutch comedian. II was full al
humor and showed good work on the
part of the actors. The ladies' quar-
tet composed of Miss Fauber. Mrs
Carr. G. Coz ana Mrs +. Cox was
very much enjoyed
The small son of AR Perkins of
Peoria when building At bonfire this
morning started it in too close pr"N-
unity 10 the large hay barn. The
barn caught fire and burned to the
ground destroying the thirty tons of
hay it contained as wei as the en-
tire barn
r Murphy was in town today with
"a brass band auctioninE of loo bust
ness lots in the heart Of Glendale. \
large crowd enjoyed the band concert
and attended the sale. Sixty Of tn"
100 lots rerc sold
Fred Hanseu the well known en-
tertainer viii be az the l. .. .. +.
hau February 10. under the auspices
of the Woman's club. The proceeds
will 60 to the new club house fund.
Mrs. NJ. b Wells leaves tomorrow
for Simons. Ariz. To join her hus-
band there.
Miss Nav Thomson leaves tonight
tor Phoenix
daughter leaves tomorrow for Los
Angeles
Very little HAS been said of late
regarding the desert land north of the
Arizona canal. west of the Black Can
yon road Here are about 30 square
miles Of land most Of it as good. and
some better than most of the land
now under the Roosevelt dam. This
land is all taken up by desert and
homestead claims, all the holders are
making a desperate effort to prove
Up on these claims and now we infer
from the article that appeared in the
pages of this paper short time az"
that plan is ON foot To- make this
land the last To be brought under the
irrigation project in the vicinity Cthe
Rio Verde proicctD We also under
stand that the present Salt River
project will not be complete without
the Rio Verde project, which has
been taken from the Rio Verde Irri-
cation and Power company. The
above mentioned land can be irri-
gated from the Verde project. Now
why should this piece of desert De
laid aside and give preference to any
other i'm the valley? one thing that
is very misleading about this land
is the map. The map shows a large
part of the desert to be very rough
and to he almost small foothills This
is not so and what is more the land
which is shown so uneven on the
map is not as rough as much of the
land southwest of Glendale Speaking
for those interested in this land and
all the thoughtful people in this vi
cinity. don't any Of us let the coming
vote on this matter pass by without
due consideration. All those inter
cStcd i'm the prosperity of Glendale
should remember that the more land
there is around us under cultivation
the larger and buster Glendale should
be. All the people on this desert
north OF Glendale will find that their
nearest shipping point is here, there
fore their nearest source of supplies
is here Let us put forth every effort
to make Glendale bigger and buster
ia every particular.
Mrs PaySOn. Mrs Gump. Mrs. Al
len. Miss Simpson and Mr. Mcmillan
composed a party that started yes
terday for Roosevelt. They will make
y sight seeing tour aud return today