El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-12
DOUGLAS TO FORCE
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
Copper Queen Shelter Organizes Safety
First Association; Women to Lift
Country Club Debt.


Douglas. Ariz.. Sept. 12-The city
health board has ordered a general clean
ing up of Douglas for the week ending
September II. Prosecutions are prom
ised in case the order Is not Obeyed.
The city is already showing betterment
of condition as a result of the order.
Special wagons have been put on IN the
garbage service to collect the weeds,
trash, etc, from the various premises
in the city limits.
4 safety first association has been
organized bv the employees of the Copper
Queen smelter. Both safety and first
aid to the injured work have been car
ried on at the smelter for sevral months,
but there has been no regular Organlza-
ton heretofore. The central committee,
as appointed bv general manager S. W.
French. consists of Forrest Rutherford,
chairman; W E. McKeehan, safety in
spector and secretary; a. X AdamsOn,
A. d. Frost, James Sullivan, James Nc
Elligott, A. J. Cleveland, R. o. Fitch.
The central committee appointed the
following subcommittee
ShOps-R. o. Fitch, chairman; A. Y.
AlcNeese. J. A. BlcDermott, John Peter
son and W. B. BIillil- IN.
Smelter departmenJ-Ja McElli-
gOtt, chairman; R. F. Fisher, a. F. Bal
linger.
Yards-A. D. Frost, chairman; Adrian
Torres, David Davis.
Bulletin boards and suggestion blanks
VIII be distributed among the various
departments. ANY employees suggestion
as to safety methods or devices, viii be
given strict attention by the committee
and, if feasible viii be acted upon. In
order to secure new ideas W. f. Nc
Keehan, the safety inspector, viii leave
for Pittsburg to attend the convention
OF the Cooperative Safety congress. The
company viii take care of the salary
of the safety inspector and general sec
rotary.
The Douglas Country club. which will
have a debt of almost $1,000 hanging
over it when contemplated reDairs have
been made, has appealed to the women
of its membership to aid in raising that
amount bY>variOus entertainments. The
first of these viii take place on Septem-
Der 16, when a country barn dance will
be given. The "fiddlers three" will fur
nlsh music for the event. Refreshments
will consist OF pumpkin pie, cider, sand
wlches and country sausage. The COM
mite IN charge is composed of Mes
danes /. J. futile, William Eichbaum,
Albert Paul, George Dave and Charles
R. Scott
Charles Hanson, the authorized agent
OF the Douglas chamber of commerce and
mines, has commenced raising the fund
Of $500 for the city's portion Of the
Borderland automobile race. from FL
PasO to Phoenix. during the state fair
Mr.. Hanson will probably have little
trouble in raising the amount, as he has
had good success up to this time.
An Innovation in the Douglas schools
has been made in the announcement of
a lecture course of five numbers. 10 be
delivered during the winter. arrange
ments for which have been perfected by
superintendent Lutz. Two concerts a
cartoonist and two scientific lectures viii
comprise the offering.
Order No. 80. of the Arizona corpora-
ton commission, regulating the rates of
the Douglas Traction and Light company
Ior hight and power, has been resolved
here and viii be in effect immediatoIv
The rates VIII be generally reduced bv
virtue of it