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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-16

49, 10y ~ shdHy SeCLlOIS OF the
three states, those of the bibulous nom
a1ation who GENE this way sometimes
remain long enough to satisfy their
cravings for alcoholic thirst-quenching
beverages, with the result that some of
them fall into the hands of the police
and are assessed $40 for attractions Of
the Jones-Works excise law.
Ia several of the police stations
there are supplies of "wet" goods
taken from persons from the dry
states, and it was because the police
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-16
Young Secret Service Men Guard President

BE President Wilson during these
Americans
Each agile panther and capable
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-16
Uncle Sans Queer Expenses in Foreign Lands

r Ud States annually thousands of dollars
trading is generally thing of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-16
Washington's Excise Methods vex a virqinian

AsH1NGTo NReiden
Maryland making
~ad the support of the District
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-16

The Uruguayan women are said TO
be more beautiful even than the wom-
en- of Chile. They are more democrat
ic. more inclined to the new order of
things than the women in most Latin
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
NEW BANK SPEAK s VOLUMES
FOR EFFICIENCY Of CLINTON
CAMPBELL, THE CONTRACTOR

The new Salt River Valley Bank at
Mesa stands another monument to the
contracting ability of Clinton Campbell
of this city. Mr.. Campbell was the
general contractor for the new bank,
which is regarded as one of the finest
structures on the sOuthSide.
The building, an entirely fire proof
structure from basement to roof, is
constructed of re-enforced concrete,
brick. marble. tile and marble wains-
cotting. Much of the work was done
by day labor, thus assuring the high
est grade workmanship possibel
All concrete work was done by day
labor. Contractor Campbell was di
rectly in charge of this work. The
contract for furnishing the brick was
handled by Vernon L. Clark of Phoe-
nix.
The exterior of the building, on the
north and west fronts, is finished in
marble to a heighth of about four ana
one-half feet. The exterior finishing
for the remainder of the building is OF
a high grade pressed brick. known as
cream brick There is marble base
over all.
The banking room has tile floor
and is finished in quartered white oak
The bank, naturally, contains all neces
sary vaults and safety deposit boxes
The walls are handsomely decorated in
oil colors.
All partitions are of imported Bel
GUM marble, thus assuring a fire proof
construction as we'll as durable and
Iong-laSting walls.
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
JOHNSON-PE Co.
CROWS OVER NIGHT

F-om a very small place, from almost
nothing to be exact, to one of the lafg-
est wholesale produce houses ii Arr
iona. within the past four years, is the
remarkab BILE record made by the john
son-Pearce company of Mesa.
Last May this firm moved into its
new quarters, which occupy a floor
space of so feet frontage by $50 depth,
with large yards for articles Of trade
in thu rear.
The Johnson Pearce company spe-
cializes in fruit. produce of ali kinds
and poultry and eggs. The supplies
handled are bought here and shipped
out principally to the mines, when
such articles are being produced in
the vicinity of Mesa, and when they
are not they are shipped in here in
large quantities and then distributed.
At present apples and oranges are be-
ing handled from other sections
through this house for the mines and
for local consumption.
The poultry and egg business is a
big feature with this firm. Beside
shipping heavily to the mines they
ship out of the state. During the fig
season shipments from this house out
of the state are numerous and large.
The stock goes to New Mexico, old
Mexico, Texas and California. The field
for shipments is rapidly growing.
The johnson Pearce company makes
specially of snow white eggs. The
| firm has Snow White as its brand,
| shipping out selected, candled eggs,
i all of the white variety, in cases
branded Snow White" This brand has
/ become noted, with the result that
! there is an ever increasing demand for
! such eggs. All kinds of fresh eggs are
/ brought from the ranches and every
! egg leaving the firm is guaranteed by
the Gambling method.
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

ever Mesa needs, she gets, hence. the
first of this year, the Commercial
club selected it's slogan for the year
and it was "a hotel for Mesa" After
one or two hot air meetings to arouse
enthusiasm, the club suddenly
dropped the talk and proceeded to
work. The following committee of men
were appointed as a committee to
incorporate and act as directors of the
Mesa Hotel Company" Max Vault
of the Mesa Milling company; J. l..
Lesueur of the Lesleur Grocery com
pony, c. Fred Bracket of the A & B.
Grocery company, Geo. A. Johnson of
the Toggery, O. S Stapley of the @.
S. Stapley Hardware company, J. G..
Spangler of the Mesa City bank and
w NJ Beach of the Salt River Valley
bank. These men represent a bunch of
! money and a far bigger bunch of
push, enterprise and progressiveness.
They at once filed the Incorporation
papers and now are at work on the
matter of location. Mesa will have a
hotel because Mesa people have said
so. and that is all there is about the
matter.
Another work which is being pushed
and for which credit must be given
j. W. LeSueur of the LeSueur- Spills
bury company is a bridge across the
Salt river at Lehi AT present the In
dams and other settlers wishing to
get to Mesa, a distance Of only four
or five miles. have to go to Tempe
and cross the bridge there. making a
fifteen mile trip each way. Under the
direction of the Commercial club Mr.
Lesueur made a trip to Washington
in the interest of this bridge, and
there is every prospect of a successful
termination of the effort He also was
placed in charge of the completion
of the Pine Air road. leading to what
will be most delightful summer re-
sort in the mountains. Mr.. Lesueur
reported on his return that the forest
ry department at Washington eX
pressed their Willingness to cooperate
if the county or state would aid in
the expense. This is a live issue and
will be kept alive until something is
accomplished.
Ocotila Rubber Company
Readers of The Republican are ia
miliar with progress of the Ccotilla
Rubber Producing company, or rather
the Chicle Gum company. A number
of responsible men of Mesa are inter
ested in this company and L. E.
johnson states that the work is going
steadily forward. The company has
purchased lot here and it is intend
ed, unless their plans should later b.
changed, to have a refining plant here
and possibly shoe heel and sole
factory located on the same grounds
TIE Council
1t hardly would be fair to the mem
bers of the city council TO leave I'M
noticed the work they have been do
ing and are planning to do for the up
building of the town, Paul Baxter Be
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
BRONZE FIXTURES
INSTALLED IN NEW
BANK INSTITUTION

Electrical fixtures for the Mesa
supplied and installed by the New
State Electric Supply company Of this
city. Probably no other institution in
this community has a more perfect
and beautiful lighting system than the
new banking home.
The bank proper will he lighted by
the semi-direct system, recognized as
the most efficient and practical meth
cd of artificial lighting. This system
properly diffuses the stronger light
rays that are SO injurious to the eyes
and scatters a soft light with radiar--
ing effect throughout the entire room
In the banking quarters, three beau
tlful bronze chandeliers are suspended
from the ceiling. The bowls of these
chandeliers are Is inches in diameter
Around and above the cages, about
40 feet of rejecting boxed lights were
installed. These lights are constructed
with mirror reflector above and
ground glass diffusing plates below
By this method. tellers, clerks and
other employees will be afforded excel
lent light minus the harder and more
injurious rays too frequently caused
by artificial lighting methods.
in each office of the building, bronze
chandeliers with Pinch bowls were
installed. These chandeliers are equip
ped with a 20-inch reflector pan. The
system in the offices is also semi
direct.
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
JIM ROOFING IS
USED To COVER
BANK BUILDING

T. ]. Smith, manager of the Phoe-
nix Roofing company, had the con-
tract for giving the banking home a
hat that would be in keeping with
other parts of the structure and he
fulfilled his duty in a most accepta-
BILE manner.
1t was necessary that the roof be
of fireproof materials and of suffi-
cient durability to last for years, so
Mr.. Smith applied the famous JIM
roofing, which is the Johns Manville
roofing.
This roofing is an all-mineral, all
asbestos material and is guaranteed
by the manufacturer as we'll as the
local agent Being an all-mineral, all
asbestos roof, it is, of course, fire
proof and thus conformed with other
parts of the new bank.
The roof of a structure, it is rec
ognized, is equally as important as
the basement because without a sat
isfactory covering, fine works in a
building can easily be destroyed by
the elements. 1t was therefore neces-
sary that a good roofing material be
used, so JIM roofing was selected.
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

The first floor of the structure will
be occupied by the bank proper and
large store. There is basement under
all. The basement is of REINFORCED
concrete.
The second floor of the building is of
similar construction to the main floor
with the exception of the interior fin
ishlng. All floors are tile and partitions
are of imported Belgium marble. The
interior finishing is in oregon zine with
a natural finish.
The floor is divided into several of
fices, both en- suite and single. Each
office has its individual lavatory.
A steam heating system has been in
stalled in the structure together with
vacuum cleaning system. All in all,
the structure is one of the finest and
most modern in the valley All ma
terials used in construction are nom
inflamma BILE except doors, windows and
cashes.
The building proper was under con-
Struction about four months, being
completed about two months ago insc-
far as local contractors were concerned.
The interior decoratin~ of the bank,
however, has consumed an additional
TWO months thus delaying the opening
of the new banking home.
All concrete used in the structure was
supplied BY the Southern Portland Ce.
ment company of this city, OF which
Bert Clingan is the local manager The
Ell Toro and Victor brands were used
exclusively
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

bile is mayor, and the other council
ment are Robert Scott, president of
the Salt River Valley bank. w. NJ.
Beach, vice president of the same in
stitution; Max Vault. owner of the
Mesa mill; w. A. Riggs of the Light
ming Transfer company; Frank Davis
of the Allison Hardware company and
Fred Maier owner of a considerable
quantity of Mesa realty. During the
past eleven months these men have
put in a great deal of time and effort
in figuring on the purchase of the
gas plant and other needed improve
mentS for the town. At nresent they
have before them for consideration
the paving of the four principal blocks
of the town, the purchase of an i'm
proved fire fighting equipment, cluster
lighting of the business district and
an addition to the city hall which will
give additional office room beside
providing a rest room for ladies and
quarters for the Commercial club The
sidewalk question also boos UP occa
sionally and there are hundreds of
citizens who hope it will keep on bob
bling until the entire town shall be
provided with this much needed bless
ing.
Finally-Mesa's Needs
No town ever has all it needs so
there are a few things yet necessary
to round out the little city and fill up
the gaps. First of all a hotel. This is
going to be a paying proposition and
is a good opening for some investor
Second, cotton seed oil mill There
is no earthly reason why in section
where there are so many dairy cattle
and where thousands of head of beef
cattle are pastured every winter and
where vast ranges lie to the east. that
mill would not pay big dividends.
Then too Mesa needs a good steam
laundry, not somebody to come here
and try to get the citizens to put up
the money No promotion scheme. but
somebody with sufficient capital to
finance the matter and run it as a
first-c laundry should be run.
And rent houses-how we need
them There have been hundreds of
people turned away this last winter
who would gladly have remained in
Mesa could they have found neat.
comfortable four or five room cot
tages. There is good opening for
profitable investment in rent dwell
ings.
The Best for the Last
We have saved the best for the
last Mesa is on the Arizona Eastern
railroad. A good little road by the
way, with most accommodating local
agent in the person of L. H. Stewart,
but for all the service given the town,
the A & e doesn't go everywhere,
hense the Mesa folks hailed with JOY
the first announcement last summer
that the Mesa -Clarkdale road would
be built Il means that the rich valley
Of the Verde will find an outlet
through here and means very prob
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

porker are mortgage filters from way
back and hogs, Holsteins and hay,
particularly alfalfa hay yet uncut in
the fields form combination hard to
beat
Mesa is noted also for its canta-
loupes. These come to maturity earlier
than the famous Rocky Ford of Colo
RADIO and the excellence of the Mesa
product is known all over the east
About thirteen hundred acres were
put into cantaloupes last year and re-
turned most excellent profits to the
growers. Fruits of all sorts both decid-
uous and citrous thrive here and with
in twelve miles to the east there are
now nearly two hundred acres in
citrus trees. from those planted this
season to three year oldS beginning to
bear.
Small fruits do well. strawberries
growing freely and blackberries bear
ing most a0undantly. The Thompson
seedless grapes netting owners over
one hundrde dollars per acre seem to
find in the Mesa section their natural
home.
Mention should be made of the gar
dening district of Lehi. the thriving
settlement two miles north of Mesa
and situated on the Salt river Here
both American and Japanese truck
growers produce very early vegetables
of every desired variety and their
products find ready sale at satisfac-
tory prices. A considerable portion of
this garden produce is now being
shipped to the mountain towns and
this thought brings to mind the fact
that the Wells Fargo Express COM
pany office at Mesa is a very busy
place. H. C. --Holcomb, the local agent
has been here for seven years and the
town is fortunate in having a most
genial and accommodating official in
charge of the company's business.
Five years ago the business showed
receipts of $4,000 and last year 1885,
900. The difference does not show to
advantage until it is remembered that
rates have decreased nearly half in
that length of time the real growth
being $4,000 in the five year period.
Until last year the company was able
to handle the work with large wa
gon, but now the service of q big
truck, with trailer frequently attached
is in constant use.
Theaters
The town has two moving picture
theaters both completely furnished
and up-to-date in every respect. These
are we'll patroniZed and offer a pleas
ant means of recreation both to the
town residents and the auto owning
ranchers who after milking time in
the evening drive in and rest while
they revel in the smiles of Lillian
Walker or the antics of Charlie Chap
lin.
Prospe ctive improvements
The one thing needful is a first
class hotel, a combination tourist and
commercial proposition. And what
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

numbers about sixty members. with
W. r. Stewart as president. The club
has weekly practice at the range east
of town. The Commercial club is a lit
tie unusual in that there are few
towns in the United States, no larger
than Mesa that maintain rented rooms
with a secretary employed for all his
time and carrying on a work which
for expense and breadth usually is
found only in much larger places.
This work is made possible through
the liberality of certain citizens num-
bering around one hundred who in
donations monthly of from one to ten
dollars furnish the funds to carry on
the work. During the past the club
has been identified with every forward
movement in the city and at present
has in course of progress several mat
tiers of extreme importance.
1t may be said of this institution
that it deserves and has the respect
and cooperation of the city council,
the schools. the churches, and in fact
every worth while institution and in
dividual in the community. For while
there are those who will disagree with
the writer he maintains that there is
less jealousy and faction among the
Mesa citizenship than ordinarily is
found in small towns The Commercial
club finds great satisfaction in the
cordial relationship existing between
the other organizations of like nature
in the county. 1t is not known to
many outside that when the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce receives an in
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

ably that the E. P. & S W. will build
from Tucson into Mesa and the two
roads connecting will go on to Phoe-
nix. there to find an outlet to the
Pacific furnishing main line for
Mesa and the other valley towns 1t
would be a waste of space to en-
phasize all that this will mean to
Mesa and to the entire valley Be it
said however that the Gate City would
at once begin period of expansion
and growth unequaled in its history,
and that those who have lived and
labored here should enter more fully
into the reward of their labors Only
few days ago the Mesa -Clardale
road applied for permission to sell
bonds, and the petition stated that
work would commence al once so the
prosperous little country town bids fair
to take its place and with the other
towns and country places of the val
/ ley of the Salt, go on from one good
thing to another until the people of
the east and west shall visit and won
der and then-Sell out and settle here
Mesa
Mesa. meaning table land" level
land the plain. plain. where
spread the fertile fields and where
flow the wide canals of the great
Roosevelt project, level land where
its men are on the level and where a
man is taken for what he is and what
he can do and not for how loud he
can talk. Table land" truly table
wherein is spread feast of the good
things of life, where peace and plenty
reign, and where the cold viands of
the bracing winds of our Arizona win
| ter make US relish all the more the
| hot dish served up by the Arizona sun
| in summer time.
! A great old town in a great old
country in a great old state Come
| thou with US and we will do thee
! good"
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11

quiry from some one who states that
he is interested in the Mesa section,
his letter is at once forwarded to the
Mesa secretary for attention and that
letter goes from the Phoenix Cham
Der of Commerce, to the inquirer tell
ing him that he will hear from Mesa,
and this courtesy is returned from all
over the valley whenever occasio- re-
quires. There is little of community
jealousy among the different com
mercial organizations. They are en-
valley with good families and in do
ing this they viii help every town
within the valley limits The officers
of the Mesa Commercial club are,
President c. Fred Bracket: directors,
.. S. Stapley, Geo. A. Johnson. S. l.
Doughty. G. c. Sherwood, Mont Vance
and R. E Steele
Around About
The same agricultural conditions
surround Mesa that are found in the
other valley towns. Alfalfa, until last
year, was considered as king of
crops" in the Salt River valley, but
there lay sleeping in the soil the I'M
stirred potentialities of the snowy
staple and when last year hungry
world offered fifty cents per pound
for such cotton as this valley alone
could produce, the ranches awoke and
placed upon the throne "Old King
Cotton" and this year he is destined
to nod his white head over more than
thirty thousand fertile acres in the
entire valley and something like six,
thousand of these will be almost I'M
der the shadows of the giant pepper
trees of Mesa. But it will not do to
form hasty judgment and swear all
too prompt allegiance to this last as
pirant to the throne. for long has it
been a matter of common knowledge
that the dairy COW and the lordly
Arizona republican., 1917-06-11
MESA, GATEWAY
CITY, SUPPLIES A
TERRITORY OF 10000

Continued from Page Four
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
To Those Who
Can Not Go

It Is estimated that a. mil
lion American troops will be
in France by winter. They
represent US. Many Of them
haven as much to defend
as far as worldly posses
sions go, as we have, who
are at home. We can not
give them much that is
proof against the enemy's
shot and steel. But we can
give them warm clothing
that is protection against
pneumonia, trench foot and
other illnesses common to
troops engaged during the
winter months in trench
warfare. If you expect to
be comfortable and warm
this winter, give to someone
who is exposed to the rigors
of outdoor life in a severe
climate because they have
answered the call of their
country in need. Our sol
diers are fighting; but the
war is not alone their war
but our war. We can help
equip them. Do so by send
ing check for wool to Mrs.
Blood or Miss Laura Alton.
KEOKUK CHAPTER,
American Red Gross.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
.L|T7. BROTHER
FOR SOLDIER
Each Boy Scout in America to
Act for One Soldier
While on Duty in
France.
WILL WRITE LETTERS
Adopt Lad In Khaki as Big Brother
and Call on His Family
TwIoe Every
Week.
WILL WRITE LETTERS
UNITED Pres. Leased Wire Service.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. 49,
9@A Each Of the thousands OF
~ boy scouts in America is go
- ing to be little brother to
an American soldier in France. The
scouts began laying their plans today
to adopt their big brothers from
among the men who have been select,
ed for service in the new national
army.
Each scout will call at the home OF
his "big brother" at least twice
week to learn whether there is any
thing he can do for the family. In
addition he will write the soldier from
home, keeping him informed Of his
visits to the family and giving him
news. progress Of baseball and races
and other topics the young soldiers
might be interested in but which the
home folk might overlook.