Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11

rural inhabitants of Arizona may flnd
a great deal on which to base the
most sanguine hopes Of greater pros
perity and comforts of living. There
is every indication, judging by the
sentiment of the people of this state
and by the effort toward highway
improvement that Arizona will. in
the course of the next ten years, have
a highway system unexcelled by none
that has been constructed in the
more populous eastern states.
Equally earnest attention is being
devoted by AriZona's citizenship to
the improvement and upbuilding of
the public schools and institutions OF
higher learning. 1t is my personal
hope that, as the years succeed one
another, the public and normal
schools, and the University of Ari-
IONA, will render a greater and more
direct service to the young men and
women who live in rural communi-
ties. Through university extension
work a great deal of good is already
being accomplished, and what has
been done in the past along these
lines may be regarded merely as a
beginning of the task which lies be-
fore the educators Of this state l
confidently expect to see the day
when advanced instruction in GER
tain courses will be at the service Of
every young man and woman who is
prevented by circumstances, financial
or otherwise, from leaving the home
to attend the university or normal
school. II the young people are I'M
able to attend an educational insti-
tuition of higher learning, it should
be perfectly feasible to bring a part
of the desired instruction to the rural
community by holding night classes,
or establishing short tenn courses of
study under the direction of unlVerS-
ity professors, in neighborhood houses
or in the ordinary cross roads school
house. A step in this direction, and
one calculated to directly benefit the
agricultuI lists, is about to be under
taken by the University Of Arizona
under the beneficent provisions Of
the so-called Lever bill, by means
of which the state may, upon requi-
sition, obtain annually from the
United States government sum
! ranging upwards from $4,000 for the
purpose of offering both young peo-
lple and adults in farming commune
| ties such scientific agricultural in
struction as they most desire to OBJ
tain. l may add, that in this praise
worthy movement the farm women
| of Arizona are not being forgotten,
for it is highly probable that the
university will devise a part of this
| work TO meet the needs of the worthy
women who constitute such a con-
siderable and important element of
our states rural population"
The Awards
Best two bales alfalfa; first, NJ. A.
Enright. Tempe; second, same.
| Best sheaf alfalfa: first. Ernes!
Hall, Blue Ribbon Ranch.
Best two bales beardless grain
hay; Paul Aepli. Tempe.
| Best bale alfalfa; Phoenix Board
of Trade prize, NJ. A. Enright, Tenn
pc.
Best bushel alfalfa seed: NJ A
Enright, Tempe.
Best bushel wheat; first, Paul Aep
H. Tempe; second. Kisto Brown. Sal,
River.
Best bushel oats; Paul Aepli, TEN.
pc
Best bushel barley: first, NJ. A. En-
right, Tempe; second. same.
Best bushel rye; first. NJ. A En-.
right, Tempe; second, same.
n
]. Edison. Phoenix; second, V. A
Vanderhoof, Scottsdale
Best bushel any other grain sor
ghum: first, NJ. A Enright, Tempe
second. same
Best dozen ears green corn; frs
Geo. H. Connally, Phoenix; secon,
and third. Levi H. Reed. Phoenix
Best matured corn; first and third
Levi H. Reed, Phoenix; second. V
a. Vanderhoof, Scottsdale.
Best half dozen pound sections o
honey; B. S. Patterson. Phoenix.
Best light amber honey; B. s
Patterson, Phoenix.
Best mesquite honey; NJ. A. En-
right, Phoenix.
| DOot bccto, NILE j. H. w nlttOf
Phoenix
Best Irish potatoes; first, Geo. +
Connally. Phoenix; second, Allen Z
Kelley Glendale: third, f. J. Fiocl
Glendale
Best Satisfy; Mrs. B. A. Leal
1olleson.
Best matured onions; Ernest Hal
Blue Ribbon Ranch.
Best green onions; first. Ernes
! Hall, Blue Ribbon Ranch; SECOND
Mrs. A. Sie:vogel.
. Largest watermelon; first, E
Flock. Glendale second, T. B. Pull
, ma. Phoenix.
Best six watermelons; Jim Blacl
Phoenix
( 'kleckly Sweets" grown from as
ISOLATION seed; T. B. Pullins, Phoeni,
t Best single watermelon; f.
Sutter Phoenix; second, T. B. Pullin
r Phoenix
Best half dozen tom Watson
8 melon; I. B. Pullins, Phoenix
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