The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-11

cable adjustment all around. He cited
court decisions holding flour mills,
planning mills and cotton gins not a
nuisance per se., and suggested that
any effort to remove the lumber wards
and planning mills would result in lit
igation and defeat the OBJECT of the
petition.
Captain Alexander was followed by
Mr.. ]. E. Wise on behalf of the petit
ioners who commenced with stating
that he would have liked 70 have had
read the names of the signers of the
petition, that all might see the estrong
public sentiment in favor of removal.
Mr.. Wise stated that he did not be-
lieve that community the size of
Nogales anywhere, would stand long
ber yards to be right in the heart of
for such lines of business as the lum-
hte city, facing first class hotels, ex-
tensive business houses, etc. He ci-
ted the proposition of the Southern
Pacific to erect handsome freight
depot on Morley Avenue at a cost of
100000, which had been opposed and
defeated by the very interests now
fighting to keep in the heart of the
town enterprises that are really un-
slightly and Objectionable. He cal
led attention to a $4,000 hotel right
across Grand Avenue from the lumber
yard, which is the first thing to sal
ute the sight of a guest arising in the
morning; and he stated that attor-
neys in building across the street
from the planning mill in one lumber
yard mentioned to him that the noise
made interfered with their consuiJa-
tions with clients, dictation to steno-
graphers, etc.
Mr.. Wise stated that he had con-
versed with owners of the lumber
yards, and they admitted them an an
omoly in the heart of growing town,
but that they had said they will not
get out until they are pried OUT
Whereupon he had told them that for
the benefit of the city they ought to
go out, and that for that reason he
will devote himself to doing all pos
sible to prying them out. (That sa
was greeted with applause and laugh
ter). Mr.. Wise stated that the owners
had admitted they had bought prop
erty outside to which they intended
moving their yards when pried out.
Mr.. Wise touched also upon the al
legation that one of the concerns had
been upon the ground wenty-eight
years, which he thought did not count
very much. All present know that he
had been ousted off from the Baca
Float grant after living there forty
years, and obtaining patent for the
land he occupied. applause and
laughter.)
Mr.. Wise averred that the matter of
removal of the lumber yards is but a
small part of the work the Nogales,
Improvement Association has under
taken: 1t is moving to cover rne ar
royo to the international bridge, and
to work with the municipality of No
gales, Sonora, to extend that con-
struction from the bridge to the Bo-
nillas bridge giving broad esplanade
all the way from the plaza and GUS
tom house an the Mexican side of the
line 20 the federal custom house site
on the American side, distance of
several thousand feet. That assoc
iation, said Mr.. Wise, is working also
for a federal building in Nogales, Ari-
zona but we want something else be-
side public buildings: 1t wants to
beautify Nogales and make 1t a desir
able city in which to live.
When Mr.. Wise had finished AL
derman Harrison stated that in his
mind there is some doubt whether
the council has any right to proceed
on the lines indicated in the petition,
and the resolution presented; and he
expressed desire to hear from the
City Attorney in the matter
City Attorney Purdum stated that
he had not piyen the subject the con-
sideration it should be given, as it
had not come to him yet as an Off
cial matter requiring attention; but
he recalled a similar matter in Calf
ornia where orange orchards had
grown up about and in the vicinity of
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