Graham guardian., 1915-04-02
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The Stafford Chamber of Commerce,
at the request of our local transfer men
and large shippers of freight, petitioned
Superintendent Williams, of the Ari-
zona Eastern Railroad, to remove the
posts which we're installed by his orders
at the west end of the freight shed sew
eral weeks ago. The space inside these
posts was not considered by local meE
large enough to permit the turning
around of a two-horse team without the
loss of considerable time. Superlnten-
dent Williams in letter to this office
states that it is impossible for him to have
posts removed, on account of the danger
of accidents at that point, as there has
been several narrow escapes only re
Gently, which were averted by the quick
work of engineers on trains, but he had
| instructed Assistant Superintendent
| Gilbert to build a crossing at the rear
end of the freight shed which would be
the best way of entrance and not work
any hardship on the shippers as ne was
| only to glad too cooperate with the
citizens of Stafford in everything.
The crowd of local boys and girls and
men who make it practice to gather
| at the depot at train time, has been
| complained of time after time and Sup
erintendent Williams has cal led the at
tention of this Office to this crowd, as
they are in the way of passengers and
/ trainmaH, and as there is only limited
amount Of room near the depot, 1t is
very important that we all make it our
business to cooperate with the railroad.
men and not be in their way at train
time.
Young boys and girls should be home
helping the old folks instead of trying
to catch the eye of some travelling man.
The habit of loafing around street cor
ners, or any public station, is not con-
ducive to the good morals of our boys
and girls, and as we are proud of the
young people of Stafford, we do hope
that they will not congregate at the
railroad station in the future. If Joe
Sullivan sees you there, he might speak
to you about it and then we will know
who are the guilty parties. Everyone
has had fair warning and from now on
the depot at train time is a very un-
desirable place to hang out. A word
to the wise is sufficient.
By Smith has donated five large jars
of fruit preserves to the Stafford Cham
Der of Commerce exhibit. Every little
bit helps and adds to the attractiveness
of the office. There were many callers
last week who were surprised at the
progress the Stafford Chamber of Com
merce is making and the neat appear
ance of the office. Out Of town school
teachers have invited the secretary, Joe
Sullivan, to visit their schools and talk
to the children on raising prize specimens
of corn etc, for the county fair and
State fair exhibit next fall. This is
move in the right direction as the school
children of today are the farmers of the
future, and the more we study the soil
the greater prosperity we will have, as
the soil is the real basis of all wealth
and the one occupation of our people.
The $3l9.5 so which was collected for
the Aravaipa road from the business
men in the Gila valley, was turned over
last week, less $3.50, which was re-
turned by the committee, as one sub
scriber donated $500 and 81. so was
plenty considering her means. The
check was made payable to the Aravaipa
Road Fund, which amounts to over
100000 and work on this road has al
roady started.
The Incidental county seat fund
amounted to SIT. So Sam Foote is to
be commended for the hustling spirit
he has shown in collecting this amount
of money and the buSiness-like way
that he accounted for every cent of the
same, sacrificing his time with out pay. |
The list of subscribers will be found in
detail in this issue of THE GUARDIAN. !
1t was money we'll spent and Judge
Fonda, who was chairman of the com !
mittee, did his work well in every way, !.
and his advise was invaluable in regard
to out of town petitions. Knowledge
is power and mistakes cost money, ex-
perienced men is what we have on all ,
committees and the results !
speak for themselves.
There is at the present time in SAT- |
ford many good people who are owners
of high class dogs, and they have good |
reason to be proud of their well groomed |
There is a time and a |
place for everything and lecture, or at
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show your dog off to advantage; besides,
they are great annoyance to people
who have paid for the right to listen in
comfort to the speaker of the evening
and not have to keep their eye on some
stray dog that is rambling around the
house looking for his mate. Everyone
can help to stop this stray dog nuisance
by tying a good strong rope around his
neck before leaving home, and if he
can break away from the rope, he de-
serves to go to any show.
The Stafford Chamber of Commerce
has board of directors that is second
to none in the West when it comes to
good sound horse sense, and whenever
they see fit to do anything, you can
bet your life that there is a reason for