The Arizona copper camp., 1919-09-06
BIG BOAT TO SLIDE
DOWN WAYS
soon
Miss Barbara Gates to Chris
ten Big Vessel Named by
This County; Launching to
Be Auspicious Occasion. e


During the Fourth Liberty Loan
Drive from September 2S to October
19, 1918, Pinal county, Arizona, made
the following remarkable record:
Amount of subscription ..$791 .250a0
Quota assigned .!.................... 23S.8OOO0
Percentage subscribed .:...... 331.34
Number of subscriptions. 1870
Population Census 1910).... 9,045
Percentage population sub
scriling ... 43.89
At the time of the opening of the
campaign, the publicity department
of the Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis
trict, at San Francisco, announced that
the county making the largest over
subscription would be given the honor
of naming tank on the battle front.
Pinal county easily entered and main
tanned first place, owing to the ef-
forts of the committees and the hearty
patriotic responses by her citizens.
BY the time the figures were an
alyzed and the accurate results known,
and before the arrangements could be
made for naming a tank in honor OF
Pnal, the armistice brought cessa-
ton of hostilities and as tanks were
no longer in vogue, or necessary, the
government suggested those counties
who had won the coveted positions
that they name a merchant ship in
stead of tank.
This was acquiesced in by PinaPs
chairman, and the name Of "Pinal"
was suggested, but he was later adj
vised by the committee that he name
"Pinal' was already in use and there.
fore some other should be submitted
AS copper is one of the minerals guam
|titively produced in this county, and
as the copper industry has assumed
such proportions as to rank among the
most important industries not only in
the county Eut in the whole state, the
name "Cuprum," being the Latin word
for copper, was suggested, and on
July 2, 1919, the name was accepted
by the U. S. Shipping Board. The
hull of the "Cuprum" is being built
by the Pacific Coast Shipbuilding COM
pany, at San Francisco, and the hull,
number 947, waste have been launch
ed on September 27, 1919. 1t is not
known just at this moment whether
the hull will be completed by that
time, but due announcement will be
made later.
Miss Barbara Gates, daughter of Mr..
L. S. Gates, formerly of Ray, is to be
the sponsor and will attend the
launching.
Mr.. Gates, the chairman of the vari-
Gus loans in Pinal county, was recent
ly advised, at his Salt Lake office,
that the custom prevailing is for the
counties who have the honor of NAM
ing a ship to present to said ship
silver service.
Pinal, not to be OutdOne in her ef-
forts to obtain the honor, was not dis
posed to lag in small matter of
silver service. Immediately upon re-
ceipt of advice that this was custo-
mary, the word was passed around to
a few of the leading industries and
organizations, with the result that the
required amount was raised practical
ly with little or no effort, again DEM
onstrating the willingness of the in
dustrial concerns to keep old Pinal in
first place.
In giving the facts and figures to
support the enviable financial position
of Pinal county, as regards the Liberty
loans, especially the fourth, which is
the only one discussed here, the re-
markable record made by Pinal as re-
CARDS her men who went to the great
war should not be overlooked, for she
is Just as proud of her men and her
position is just as tenable among
those showing high class perform
ances as regards men and their results
as her position in the financial work
done by those who were not privileged
to go but stayed at home.
Here's to the best of luck to the
Cuprum and Pinals good and brave
men.