The Arizona copper camp., 1918-07-13
casa GRANDE NOTES


NEWS FROM AGRICULTURAL
aoENTER OF rPINAL COUNTY
NalIeyfBoys with Uncle Sam
| The following boys. are, now ineserv-
ice for, the U. S. government from this
district:
| John Anderson, D. E. Baker, Doug
las Barlow, Ramon G. Cruz, Charles
Cummings. R. v. Boyce, Chester A.
Brown, George Carnes, Joe. Curry, Her
bert A. Ellis, Emil sEnz, Joel Gillette,
Fred Humphreys, Louis Iselin,, Chindo
Lopez, Victor Montgomery, Dan T.
Peart, T. NJ Plots, John J. Putnam,
Conrad Bruderer, Leroy Pickens,
Harry Bryant, Elmer Lee, Wilbur
Whitcomb, W., G.. Rosenberger, Henry
Julius Starr, William Ralph Sheriff.,
Carl Stevens, William Henry Taylor,
Paul. Hobby, D. r.. Whitney,4R V.
Wills, George "A. Wilson, Perry U.
Wood, Roscoe " Young, Roy Gutter,
Robert L. Montgomery, Albin tIselin,
Howard Blust, Charles Eastman, Ber
tram Hebert, Ramon Armenia, III. c.
EBondurant, Edwin Starr, sly. DeFoor,
Louis F. Hammer Clarence Wilson,
EDnI Bernhardt and Harry Brandt
The local u. s.. weather observer,
LIP. Mathews, reports three inches
of rain since last Sunday. There has
evidently been more than: that in other
localities around Casa Grande, from
all reports. This will mean a great
ideal to the farmers of the Casa Grande
valley There will be "a large acreage
of milo maize planted, here during this
month.
Cotton is looking fine in this valley
now. The iOverfield, Davis, eTweedy.
White and many other ranches here
are specializing in cotton, and all in
dications are that they will make a
big production this year.
Water is again running in the canal.
Water Commissioner Woolsey of Flor
ence reports that the reservoir will be
full within three more days. All water
users from the Gila river will begin
to get the benefit from gravity water
now. This will assure all fall crops
where there is no pumping plant.
Mr.. Harry Mandell, of the H. Man
dell Dry Goods company, and wife, in
their new Dodge, accompanied by
their sister-in-law and Mrs Fordham,
proprietress of the Palms hotel, left
Monday for California. They expect
to go via Prescott and Grand Canyon
on their way over. Mr.. Max Weller
of Tucson and family are also in the
party.
Mr.. Roy Ward and family left Mon
day for California by automobile.
Mr.. Mark McNatt and wife and Miss
Ruby McNatt left Tuesday for trip
to the Grand Canyon for thirty days.
: The Humphreys family are leaving
this week for California for a months
stay.
Mrs. Frank Parish, wife of Mr. Par
!, ish, manager of the Casa Grande
Farms and Development company, has
gone to Oracle for the summer.
Prospects are good for, big, crops on
the big Trekell ranch, 8adjoinipg the
city. Il Mr.. Trekell has 800 acres, with
a 280-acre water right, also "a large
pumping plant. Mr.. Trekell is plant
ing big acreage tof milo maize and
beans.
Our local wheat raisers are com
planning about having ITO take 1880
per hundred for theirywheat delivered
in Tempe. This is considerably less
than thee$2 per bushel price as set by
the food administration in Arizona
This reminds us more fully of the ur-
gent need of "a loyal, chamber, of com
merce to go into these matters before
harvesting time. Unless we sget busy
now, we will have the same thing to
contend with this fall when cotton
picking time comes.
There is a new ,up-to7date restau-
rant going in next door to the De
Coursey soda fountain and pool hall.
: Dr.. c. Howard Davis, our represen
tative in the Legislature, was in town
on "Wednesday, July 9. DIR. Davis has
recently announced for supervisor OF
Rinal county.
Mr.. G. A. .Tweedy,l formerly tof Cali
fornia, who bought the S. P. Morgan
farm northeast of town, is installing
two new. centrifugal pumps with a, ca
pacity of 1000 gallons each. This will
make "a capacity of practically 5000
gallons of water per minute for this
cae plantation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Mathews
! are in Phoenix this week.
Attorney A. A. Jayne will leave in
! the ,aext few days for California con "a