The Arizona copper camp., 1919-02-22
CASA GRANDE NOTES

CASA GRANDE. NOTES
I Bob Denton and Ramon Armenia
spent Monday in Florence.
H. Van Swearengen and wife of Salt
Lake City are visitors in the valley
this week.
The school children of Casa Grande
raised more than forty dollars for the
Armenian drive
Lemuel P. Mathews, P. D. Overfield,
A. A. Jayne and Scott Prouty attend
ed the land owners committee meet.
ing which was held in Florence last
Sunday
The following gentlemen were bust
ness visitors looking over the valley
this week from Chandler; John Han.
sen, Ben Farmer, P. c. Morgansen and
Chester Marsh.
Floyd G. Templeton, formerly OF
Phoenix, has purchased forty-acre
farm adjoining Casa Grande from AT
thur Elliott and will start at once ex
tensive improvements.
Sergeant Ramon Armenia has just
returned from France. Ramon is a
brother of Joe Armenia, who has lived
here for many years and been one OF
Casa Grande's leading business men
Merles S. Templeton, chairman ol
the Armenian drive, and Mesdame<
Elliott, Vance and Ben S. Wilson de
sire to thank the people of this vicin
ity for the aid extended them in secur
ing funds for the Armenian drive
The following are registered at the
Casa Grande hotel: Clara Mayhem, E.
Paso; C. w. Otey, Tucson; w. J. Sci
by, Tempe; W. A. Snyder, Whittier
M. E. Krentel, Los Angeles; D. M
Thomas, Phoenix; Miss Lockerd
Phoenix
Wesley w. Gates, deputy sheriff
went to Maricopa Monday to look fol
stolen property taken from a home
steader south of Maricopa. He fount
the goods located in house twelve
miles north of Maricopa. One Of the
parties implicated was taken to Flor
ence Sunday.
The new building which will bt
built and occupied by the Pinal count!
fair commissioner will also have quar-
ters for the local chapter of the sol
diers and sailors organization which
is now being organized here. This
building will be located on Second
street, next door to the Bulletin.
Ted Healy, immigration commits
sioner from this county, is in receip
Of the information that the Tucso1
chamber of commerce has started al
extended campaign for the immediate
building of the San Carlos reservoir
and through their system of advertis
ing they expect to enlist the aid O
people from all over the United States
Come on, Ray and Superior and Phoe
nix, and start something, for Tucsol
has gone you one better so far.
Robert r. Rogers, well-known OF
and well driller of Casa Grande. bu
recently returned from Peru, Sout1
America, where he has been drilling
wells for oil, is in receipt of lette
from Secretary O'Brien of the Hol
brook chamber of commerce, stating
that a number of oil wells are goins
down in that district. The Adaman;
Oil company, the Apache Oil com
pany, the Holbrook Oil company, ant
the Chevelon Oil company are al
drilling wells in that locality.
The Casa Grande city council ha'
approved report made by Tet
Healey, county immigration commits
sioner, on the San Carlos project ant
will Immediately have two Thousand
copies printed and distributed through
out the entire country, with the hope
that it will aid the building Of the Sal
Carlos reservoir at an early date. This
report is a very thorough and com
plete digest of the history and posi-
bilities of the Casa Grande valley i
water can be had for irrigation from
the Gila river.