Arizona republican., 1916-05-01
CASA GRANDE

Anna FOTDdcn went tO mcsd oila Weu- nesday to attend the w. c. T. U. convention.
 Mrs. Fred ALmistead of Toltec, gave a surprise party to her sister Mrs. Powers of California. who stopped off for a weeks visit en route from a winter sent in the east, on Saturday night. Mrs Powers left on Saturday.
 W. P. Clements of the Casa Grande Valley bank spent Sunday with his family in Phoenix. Mrs. Clements and the boys will move over to Casa Grande when schools close in Phoenix.
 The Cruz building on the corner of FrLlorenee street and Railroad avenue is nearing completion and will be oc- cupied by Ramon Cruz storLe and FL mer Lee will install the fine soda fountain which he purchased from w. s. Lawson in another section, while the uper stories will be fitted up as a hotel.
 Danny Peart has a house almost ready for occuancy, and the houses building by Allerton and Carlson are going up rapidly.
 Roy Ward is putting in a small pumping plant at his ranch in the suburbs of Casa Grande and other wise improving his place, MT. Man dell is having improvements made on his residence while nearly everybody is looking to make improvements now when Casa Grande has a chance to get her own water supply. Miss Tula Humphreys has appointed Byrum Clark in the postoffice since the promotion of Casa Grande to a position of a third class postofficc. the postmaster is entitled to an as- sistant
 Geo. Barrows whose accident some time ago, has so far recovered as to he able to be moved from his room 1 in the Palms Annex to his ranch near ! Toltec
 Anew family Go Casa Grande are Mir. and Mrs. Vernon Davis who are 1 with Mrs Davis'L mother Mrs. Guth- re Mir. Davis arrived from his home in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday q. m, Mrs. Davis having come sometime ! earlier when her mother was i'll. i Robert Wilcox of Colton is in Casa | Grande the guest of the A. L. iPerce | family who formerly lived at Cotton. | Mrs. F. c. Layers arrived from Long eBach Sunday and joined her ! husband here, the two then going over | to Phoenix for a stay of few days, returning here where they will re- side
 | MT. and Mrs. o. c. Garner of the ILndian department, spent the week end in Phoenix.
 | Geo. D. Werden La Mesa. Jo F | Noble and "Dode" Morris were visi- tors in town the first of the week | from Mesa.
 Messrs Frank Plotts and Grover C Quick made final proof on their homesteads this week.
 sLcscCpvF ssFmenLi GluxFpark mp.
 John R. ReLilly of Tucson who owns q fine ranch. well improved 1T the east part of the valley. spent Thursday in town. MT. Reilly las de- cided he does not care to sell as he had though: of doing for the Casa Grande valley is coming into her owr fast.
 l.. A. Martinez received carload of thoroughbred Jersey COWS. whicf have all been tested and proven free of tuberculosis. from Calexico. or Thursday; also received car of fue oil.
 Q R. Young shipped q car of horses from Casa Grande to Detroit. Mich this week
 l. fu gbf of cattle from Sacaton siding.
 H. c. Miller is spending a few day! in Phoenix.
 Mrs. Leighton has returned to he home near Toltec from a visit t Phoenix. Mir Leighton has recent. made final proof on his homestead.
 Mir. and Mrs. Richard Waite vii spend the summer in Redlands. Cal.
 L. F.. Saunders of Mesa, was visitor to the valley this week.
 Mrs. Fred Eberhart has returne'
 from q visit to Los Angeles.
 Mrs. ". J. Schulze and Mrs. Wey
 rich were in from their ranch oi
 Tuesday. reporting having in progres
 and fine gardens.
 Mrs. A. E. Bourne of Phoenix wa
 business visitor here this week.
 Bids for the construction of tn
 municipal W ter, light and ice plar
 will be opened at Casa Grande Ma
 first.
 n Holders of the old water rights :. this end of the valley were irrigatin :, this week from the Gila.
 MT. and Mrs. M. M. Carpenter wh |, spent several days in town from Il = Vekol, returned to camp Friday. aC n companied by Mir Barnhart. 5. Mrs. Myron A. Walker. a sister @ Mrs. F. M. Leonard spent a few da, at the Lakeshore Mine with M @ Leonard. Mrs. Walker is en rou
 from her home at Niagara Falls. Ne (, York, to join her husband. who is eI 1t gneer for the Cerro De Pasco Minir t. company in Peru. with her 1.-two chi : dren. Mrs. Walker will spend sever i, weeks with Mrs. Leonard in Tucs' ,r before sailing from San Pedro. Cal
 Harry Duey is in town from t = House Property" where reports ha been verified and there Is lots of go o. ore, MT. Duey states that in thirt - one days of work, 110 ten of good 0 r. were taken out. Messrs Duey, Pier D. and Nieser are shipping more ore tf Id week
 10 On Tuesday J. J. Kieth. chief tra
 cling auditor for the S. P. system: IS, Q. Lesley of Tucson, chief traveli q | auditor and E DWVer of Fl Pa