Arizona republican., 1913-08-20
MESh'S CONTRIBUTION
 ID THE NEWS 0F TIE DAY
AROUND TOWN


 Clarence Laib, trap drummer at the Coliseum. does not devote all of his time to making music for the public. 1 Tn connection with his brother, George, 1 he is interested in the ownership of a very desirable ranch east of town. Among other things in the farming line the boys grow watcrmclons 'as is melons" on Monday CIarance brought to town for exhibition purposes a mel on that weighed forty-one and three fourts pounds. It was of the Tom Watson variety and the growers are authority for the statement that the melons produced on their ranch are as good as they look. MT. Laib said they had one that would weigh at least twenty pounds more than the one he brought to town; but George could not withstand the temptation to stick q knife into the melon and he and a few friends proceeded to put it where ii would do the most good. Any section of the United States that can beat Mesa on melons, will be going some, to say the least
 The news brought to town by the dispatches in yesterday mornings Re publican ancnt the ultimatum of Hu- erta. caused considerable excitement. There are quite few refugees in Mesa who were driven out of the Mormon colonies in Chihuahua and Sonora. and the prospect of q general miXup between the L. $. and the neighboring republic would probably result in a long delay in getting their claims for damages allowed. In the absence of Captain Noble it was not thought nee y,1 I of ha tionaI Guards to stand guard around the town: but the boys keep their guns in fighting trim and are ready to re- spond whenever needed. Just now, the war spirit is very strong here. and Phil Nets is said to be willing to take command of a regiment. if needed. to go south and annex a portion of the republic for a cattle range
 A. FranC. who for years has been one of the main standbys of the vari- l ous telephone companies that have done business in Mesa, has recently | been promoted to a Onc-horse wagon 1 job for the company. It was formerly ! his custom to start out on foot, be- 1 cause he needed the exercise, but of 1 late he has acquired more luxurious tastes and is now content to ride be- hind Dobbin on his daily trips down
 .he line
 Misses Eva J. GIadieux, Elizabeth | Corcoran and Pearl J. James, three en- l terprisng ladies who hold positions | in town. have given notice that they will provcup on their hOmesteads east l of Mesa. next month. These ladies | made their entries in April, 1912. erect i ed houses and have made valuable inn provements on their holdings. They | have resided on their homesteads, driV- | ing to town every week day morning in an automobile and returning home at l night, cook their dinners and sleep on | the land By committing at the end of ! fourteen months residence, they short l en the time considerably; and will that 1 much earlier acquire title to their prop 1 erty The ladies have shown an en- 1 terprise and nerve greater than many 1 a member of the stcrner seX-some l of the latter having resided here for 1 years and permitted strangers to come
 in and take the best of the homestead | lands.
 Mir. Hastings. one of the original promoters of the Arizona Portland Ce-
 ment plant, reports that the cement trust has reduced the price of the El 1 TOro brand that has been used to so great an extent in this valley during
 the past The reduction amounts to practically B cents on every sack. This means a saving to the consumer and this saving is due to the estab- Iishment of the cement manufactory at
 home. It is MT. Hastings opinion that | if the trust can succeed in driving the local company out of business the prices of the imported product will be | again raised to the old figures. As
 the people of Mesa and other portions
 of the valley have furnished the capi-
 tai for the home plant, Mr Hastings
 thinks that it will pay tbc buyers of cement to stay with the local company by so doing they will not only encour- l age home enterprise. but will save money in the long run. The Arizona
 company are producing a quality of