The Arizona copper camp., 1919-03-22

sillery Of the Forty-second division,
A. e. F., and spent three months in
France before the armistice was
signed. Mr.. Blust owns a farm south
CT town and will devote his time there
since his release
Hon. Harry Jennings of Bisbee, rep.
resentative from Cochise county in
the fourth legislature, was a. visitor
to Casa Grande this week. Mr.. Jen-
nings is interested in land in this val
ley.
Clifford and Dudley Clements, sons
of Banker w. P. Clements, who ara
attending Tempe Normal school, were
weekend visitors to their parents, re-
turning on Monday.
The following Phoenix people were
here Monday and Tuesday: T. w.
Wimberley, w. A. Shaekly, R. H.
Whyman, Mr. and Mrs. l. B. Luther,
Barnard Lavera, j. T. Woolsey, G. l.
Henry.
Work has been temporarily held up
on construction of the plant of the
Texas Oil company on account of
some defect in title to the property
purchased from the Copperosity Min.
ing company.
Will McDaniels of Portales, N. M,
has rented the Phillips farm, adjoin-
ing Casa Grande, and will immediate
ly start work on ten acres of canta.
loupes and other crops. This place
has an old water right as well as a
pumping plant.
Mrs. Maize Fordham Cf Tucson was
Casa Grande visitor Monday and at.
tended the ST. Patrick dance. Mrs.
Fordham was formerly manager of tb.,
Palms hotel here and now is manager
of the Hotel Tucsonia.
]. Fred Brown, owner of the Brown
Ranch company, is shipping four car
loads of hay to Tucson this week. He
is also unloading a car of cement pipe
to be laid at his ranch, ten miles east
on the county road. Senator Brown
is one of our best farmers and has
one of the best ranches in the valley
The Brown Ranch company has also
shipped a number of cars of wood to
Tucson recently.
The people of the Casa Grande val
ley are glad to see the water code
passed and approved by the governor
This will mean that Casa Grande will
get her portion of the water here
after. At the present time there are
a number of farms with crops burning
up for the reason that no water il
available, yet the Gila at Sacaton is
SO high that automobiles cannot cross
1t is shame to lose this water, bu
under the present management there
is worlds of water going by every
year.
Judge w. T. Day, merchant O
Quijotoa, sixty miles south of Casa
Grande, for twenty-five years, is erect
ing a large business block in Cas-;
Grande. Ground was broken for this
building Tuesday of this week and is
located on Sacaton street between
First and Second streets. This build
ing will be one story, 75x120, with
four store rooms 40 feet by rs. vii
! be modern, fire-proof and in every
particular first class building, am
Casa Grande will be proud of this
structure. This building will have
strong enough foundation to carry
Side tracks are now being bull
west of the town for the purpose Oi
unloading material for the Sacatol
bridge and diversion gates, which will
be started at once by the United
States Indian department, located a
Sacaton, on the Gila river. This
bridge will be one of the best in the
state and will mean a saving Of a
least forty-five miles between Tucsor
and Phoenix via Casa Grande. Ths
people of Casa Grande must get busy
| at once and take advantage of th'
| road law and have a road constructed
| from Sasco to Sacaton, thereby con
Meeting Tucson and Phoenix with {