Arizona republican., 1913-08-17
CASA GRANDE NOTES

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 by auto Sunday of d prominent Tue son banker and capitalist with a party of friends started the rumor | that one of Tucson's banks was ar l ranging for the starting of a branch | bank in Casa Grande s. $. Morgan, a Texas banker, spent several days 1 looking over the banking situation, and was favoraby impressed. He left for Phoenix Friday, thence on to the coast and expects to return l to Casa Grande before the rush this fall.
 l Ali G. Wilcox, recent arrival | from Southern California, is prepar- ing to open a photo studio.
 The mercantile house of Joe Ar menta, one of the largest business 1 houses in Casa Grande, made exten- sive alterations during the past week and the store room has been increas- ed to twice it's former size. Goods arriving every day show that this enterprising firm expects a busy fall
 Sunday the Sacaton Indians de- feated the Casa Grande Browns and the crowd attending the game at the ball grounds were as fine an aggre- gation of enthusiastic ball fans as one would see anywhere. Next Sun day the local nine expects to play
 
 say it can't be did.' l Wayland Wood of the Arizona Mo tor Co, of Phoenix, motored down to this coming city last Thursday. What | MT. Wood saw while here caused him to remark that a Studebaker az ency carrying a full line of the pop ular autos and accessories would have 1 a place our business directory before long,
 Early this week another big well drilling outfit arrived in Casa Grande and went out into the valley under it's own power This makes eight outfits now operating in this field and another is on the way from Coalinga, California.
 Lots in the new townsite are chang ing hands every day and it will only be a short time before they are all | sold
 | Phoenix and Mesa people during the past week came down and acquir- ed land in this vicinity.
 | Drummers arrive on every train Someone must have told them there was something doing in Casa Grande. The Cotton Hardware Co. operat- ing one of the finest sheet iron works on the Pacific coast at this point with an equipment capable of turning out
 
 ranging from , gallons to 5O,O0O gal Ions are busy with new orders. They have another carload of machinery on the way and state their equip ment will be doubled within the next sixty days. The plant as it now stands is revelation to the visitor Go Casa Grande and it is d forcible advertisement of what is taking place in the development of the valley. 1 The McFate Land Go. has a deal on with California parties which when culminated will mean the ar 1 rival of large number of settlers in the valley. This realty company 1 is in daily receipt of many inquiries and it keeps the force busy sending. out information.
 | The greatest need of Casa Crande l at present is accommodations for the families arriving and houses for rent l for the people who wish to make homes here. Money invested in the building of houses is a good specula- tion for the demand for renting pro perty will be great A great many people now camping and sleeping out 1 will be looking for rooms when the first breath of winter sweeps over 1 the plateau.
 T R. C. Brown, representing the Tue
  Y Thursday here looking after the in | terests of his paper. MT. Brown has l owned four lots in Casa Grande for Il twenty-five years. He forgot that he was a property owner in this place until he heard there was a prospect of a boom before many moons and now he is pleased that he got in on the ground floor before there was any need for ground floor pro- position.
 II MessrS. Coleman and Maricopa Slim were granted a saloon license at Florence Friday and they will open for business in Casa Grande on September 1st. They are figuring whether they will name the new re- freshment parlor The Oasis" or Dew -DrOp-Inn."
 Last December Jacobson Bros, re- fugees from Colonia Diaz, Chihuahua Mexico, driven from that country by ] the revolution, settled on land six niles east Cf ATizCla sliding. Six months have hardly passed yet these boys have demonstrated what can be