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Arizona republican., 1919-05-16

or business buildings, and the active and insiStent demand for more store rooms has started d building boom in the business district, evidenced by sev- eral new structures already completed and number more yet to be erected. 4 building for the First National Bank, another Chandler institution, which with the splendid bank now in exist ence will give to the cotton city, two potent forces for development. A ne~, home for the Reliable Hardware com pany and one for the Leader, one of Chandler's dry good stores, will be erected in the immediate future. Dr. Gilbert is building commodious of flee building, while Vance Bros. win put in a complete and up Jo date bakery in a substantial room erected for them and on which they nave a five-year lease. A substantial block has been erected one room of which al ready is occupied by the Arizona Arrow Pharmacy.
 Residences are springing up every where, and about each or them there is some little something that is "diIfer- ent" and distinctly Chandler like in charm. There are not many rent houses in Chandler. The people own their homes and the result is flowers and gardens and shade trees, all add ing their part to the appealing sense or beauty felt by each visitor to the town.
 Chandler is quite some child-and destined to grow rapidly and surely. In fact one enthusiastic citizen literal ly bluffed the writer off his feet the other day by flourishing a roll of bills and offering to wager them all that Chandler will be the largest town of the south side in ten years. an endeavor was made to get the booster to include Phoenix in the odds and he came near ,Jnsprr
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16

of course, but no such growth as that enjoyed by the Bank of Chandler was even hoped for. Especially in the last ten months has the growth been ex- ceptional. Deposits on March of the present year were about 250 per cent larger than in June, 1918, or ten months earlier. In fact, the total resources of the institution were little more than doubled during this period.
 Growth of the bank is also evidenced in the increased capitalization. On December 31, 1918, the bank was cap itaIized at s25.000. the capitalization being doubled on March of this year
 The Bank of Chandler was organized November B, 1912, by Dr. A J. Chand- Ter, John Anderson, H. D. Clark, J. b. Halstead and R. M- Turner.
 Present officers and employees of the bank are A J. Chandler, president; c. A. Baldwin, cashier; George E. Taylor, assistant cashier; Miss Kuchnel, Mrs. Winters, Miss DeBolt, Miss Humeston and F. L. McCammon.
 The institution transacts Q general banking business along conservative lines, loans money on cattle, dairy cows, cotton and other crops; is Chandler agent for State Mutual Building and Loan association of Los Angeles, which enables it to supply money for home building in Chandler or to improve those already built; writes fire insurance, automobile in surance, crop insurance fidelity bonds, and negotiates real estate loans.
 Following are the comparative state ments of the bank since August g. 1913, to March 1. 1919. both inclusive:
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
THE PALACE
 OF DREAMS
DR. 4. ]. CHANDLER

The sacred writer has said, Where there is no vision, the people perish" and equally true is the converse, "Where there is vision, there also is the potentiality of accomplishment The San Marcos hotel located in the tpwn of Chandler is the ouJgrowtf Of the most audaelous. the most absurd dream ever brought forth from the imaginative mind of artist or poet Given a desert, where sage brush and cactus alone can thrive, where long gaunt jack rabbits and deadly ratJiers alone find nourishment sufficient for their lean existence, given a desert where the sun shines pitilessly down upon the dwarfed and distorted vege- tation of WaterIess land. and then to imagine in the midst of this desert a palace where no want expressed by the most eXacting guest goes unqualified, where roses bloom in winter time and every hue and fragrance of powered beauty delight the bewiidered senses; where men and women of wealth so great that they may choose rom all the vaunted beauty spots of earth, their winter dwelling places, come joy ously, to while away the days of soft Arizona winter. and grow young once more under the wondrous starlit Ari
 zona nights;-Was ever such a dream as this? Was ever man so full of spend
 thrift ideas of folly as to Gare a pala
 tial hostelry in the midst of a south western desert,-and if so daring, who so foolish as for one moment to believe in the success of the project of the dreamer.
 This article is not maudlin attempt at flattery of Dr. A J. Chandler, the dreamer of the dream, the builder of the palace, for when this Anniversary edition was first broached, he stated 1 that he wanted as little as possible said about either himself or his hotel The purpose of the writing is just to say what the writer said to the doc tor. Tt was the widest dream ever conceived and had you failed you most reasonably would have been ciassed to use only the gentlest of language, as a wild fanaticH For after all who is
 there who can today look at the San l Marcos hotel, it's wide reaching arcfd- 1 lecture, it's honey yet majestic sug- 1 gestions. it's wealth of beauty and cou1- | fort in the interior, it's wonderful gar dens, unsurpassed in proper season even in California, land of flowers, and at the same time be bold enough 70 have placed one dollar into an enter prise wherein failure seemed so sure
 and success such a hopeless prophecy
 It was done,-done boldly,-there ! was no skimping, no attempt at economy, no hedging The dreamer
 knew that to get the people he was
 after, money must not be considered
 It lnust not be q matter of bed and board, of hot and cold water. of well
 cooked meals. It must go further and surround that guest with everything needed for comfort, it must show him
 delicately. though surely, that host
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16

Great is the mule-when he kicks he kicks with emphasis; when he brays he brays enthusiastically and when he works, he works when he wants to.
 This is an essay on the mule. A plain unvarnished mule of the desert, and his one and sole business In lie was to turn the machinery that pumped the water into a tank near where Chandler now stands, that the desert cattle might not forget altogether how water tasted.
 When this mule was busy he was a steady, dignified laborer, and there was in him no guiie, but when he was idle he was a combination of COW boy after the spring round up and Ford with a back fire. He was an l. w. w. with a red card and a wicked eye.
 This mule belonged to Dr. A J. Chandler the same Chandler who built the San Marcos-funny combina- ton isn't it? Mule and San Marcos.
 In happened that in his energetic moments the mule easily pumped the well dry, and the fertile mind of the
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16

of trained servants: that a cultured themselves men and women of the highest type of breeding, were con stantly striving to make him just a little more comfortable, and endeavor- ing to have his stay one of pleasure to which he would turn again when the bite of winter made itself felt in his bleak eastern home. This was the way and the only way that a great tourist hotel could ever be built any where, and of all the things 10 be done and which would be demanded under more favorable surroundings, the San Marcos must do in just little better way.
 Wherein the underlying basis of this dream seemingly so wild. so prepos- terous? The answer, to be true. must be to deny at once and for all the claim that the vision was folly and the dream a falsity. For after all it was simply foresight,-that fortunate gift of looking into the future. the same spirit that makes the financier see as before him the right move to a future goal; that makes the poker player play his cards alright, and in the artist, re- vealS to the creator or the sculpture just what his finished work will be and how it will look. So the builder of the San Marcos had faith in himself, but infinitely more faith in the desert, for deserts may be made to blossom as the rose, and green alfalfa fields assert their right over dust and sage, while graceful pepper trees and climbing roses put to shame the thorny cactus and the dwarfed mesquite. This build CT knew that in all the far reaching stretches of this wide lana Of ours. there is no cline where the winters are fairer, and the nights more beautiful. He knew the wichery or the desert just
 beyond the cultivated areas. and how that same desert, revealed to the com- ing guests through visits to it's edge
 would call them back again and vet again with lure irresistible and so
 well known to every son of the wide spaced west. These things the builder knew. and so there came forth the i fruition of his dream, and the San 1 Marcos exists, it's one great problem of 1 today being where it shall find a nlace i to house the ever increasing tide of weary city dwellers, who look out from windows in their hedged in offices. and
 see again the little city of charnins
 beauty and the wide arcade and biz
 arm chairs of San Marcos. their next
 winters home.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
CHANDLER GRADUATES FROM PRIMARY CLASS
 INTO REAL SCHOLAR
Thriving Southsde Town Grows So Fast That Seams Of Knee Trousers Begin to Gap and Crack-Lusty Seven YearOld Lad Has Outgrown Practically All Of It's Last Year Garments and New Ones Must Be Provided

Chandler is just the right age to start to school. Just the age that Tommy's mamma takes the future president of this great republic by the hand and leads him to the teacher there to explain that Tommy is an un usual child and should not be treated just like common every day kids.
 So Chandler is just right to go into the first grade. Just a little lad when 1t comes to years, but my, how the seams are gaping and the threads cracking as Chandler grows. There is hardly an article of wearing apparel owned by this lusty seven year old that is not entirely too small. Her schools were built for a three-year- and to- day are just half large enough. She is buying a new suit of schools and ere another year this new S125,00O suit will just about fit. Her telephone system IS good as far as it goes. but the S. o. . ;, has already been sounded and a nice new switch board is en route and more operators will have to be installed. As 10 her hotels and rooming houses- Say it's a joke to try and find a room in Chandler in winter, only the joke is on the seeker after d place to sleep. Crowded, everything crowded. The stores are bothered for room. Any merchant in Chandler will tell you that he cannot handle his trade to best ad- vantage in his present quarters. Even the big San Marcos has been turning down applications for reservations during the past two years. Chandler is indeed a lusty child.
 This wonderful little south side city is progressive to the last degree. It Was laid out with a view both to beauty and future growth, hence around the spacious park known as San Marcos place -o -et is ~ccm for a ntlranei.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
CHANDLER SCHOOLS
 ARE UNSURPASSED

Chandler may well be proud of it's schools. Six years ago the town had one teacher and a handful of pupils; today it has Is teachers in it's grammar school and six teachers in its high school. Last year the scnooi cen sus showed TAT children of school age in the district this year there are 1e6S. It is expected this same ratio Of in crease will be maintained for another year.
 In addition to the conventional courses of study, manual training and domestic science, are taught, besides which. departments in agriculture and commercial training are maintained. No pains are spared to employ the best teachers obtainable, and to that end liberal salaries are paid. Grammar school teachers receive from ninety to one hundred and fifteen dollars a month: high school teachers $12se to S220o year.
 PsreutheticsIly it may be mentioned that Chandler is the only single dis trict in the county to maintain a high school.
 To take care of the rapidly fncreas- ing number of children bonds for s12s.- 900 were recently voted in Chandler to purchase grounds and consGruct in addition to the present structures C grammar and high school building that will be one of the finest in the south west
 The school session this year ends June 9th.
 The superintendent is H. A. Keeley. an exceptionally able school man, who took the place of Merton \. Rice. al present an officer with the 4. E. F. in France, who also made splendid rec ord in the Chandler schools.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
CHANDLER CELEBRATES 7TH ANNIVERSARY
Festivities Planned To
 Mark Step With Progress
 Of Thriving Community

Tomorrow. Chandler will celebrate seventh anniversary of its official birth. And to mark step with the most progressive, the most prosperous year of the seven, residents of the commun ity will gather this afternoon in an old-fashioned celebration that will give impetus to even better and greater things nj the years to come
 Community spirit-the spirit that has been paramount in the forward march of the district-is that which prompted of the districts that which be a get-together, have-a- good-tim proposition from start to finish.
 And as is customary with Chandler residents, they're going to do the things up right. No shirking, no denial Of this or that. It's going to be a real birthday party. if you please, and ev- eryone is invited. You don't even have to bring any presents. Just so long as you furnish your own "eats" you will be counted in everything.
 In the brief period of seven years. Chandler has grown and broadened to the point where 1t demands a place Of importance in the Salt River valley. It is no longer a mere village" l. has long since outiived that stage. Today, it is a town of real live men and women, of progressive merchants. of far-sighted business men. In fact 1t has the every requisite of a city of the first class.
 But unlike the average community.
 Chandler has not forgotten, in the hurry and bury Of present day life. | the ties of yesteryear It has not as
 stunned the swell head in other words. And so, today. they're going to get to | gether like they did in the days of old they're going out and celebrate the fac that they have biossomed into a full fledged town-and they ask you |, come and celebrate with them
 As stated previously. there has beer
 no stinting of funds in planning thu: 1 anniversary celebration. They're go l ing to do it ~up brown" as it were The festivities will start at 3 o'cIoct | this afternoon with a concert by tn,
 Indian School band. Shortly after thu
 concert, baseball game will be playec i between two of the fastest teams oi i the valley.
 Starting at 4:15 o'clock, an old | toned fire hose competition will be ' held, prizes to be awarded the winner 1 This event consists of running a cer- ! tain distance, attaching the hose and i throwing water.
 A sport program for young and old
 men and women, will be in order from l 4:i5 until 6 o'clock At the latter hour l a picnic supper will be served. music ! and just plain sociability 10 be enjoyed until S:S0 o'clock.
 At S:30 o'clock. the merrymakeri : will transfer the scene of their activi
 ties to the Arcade. where the eveninl
 hours will be whiled away in dancing
 both old and new steps being include
 on the program. A jazz orchestra vii
 furnish the music and, take it from us 1 it will be some music"
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
More Than $200,0O0 Worth Of Construction Work Is Planned For Summer And
 Fall Months, It Is Said

Chandler is today on the brink of the greatest building boom in it's history. But it cannot be called a boom, for Chandler has not been builded on such a principle.
 Rapid growth and an exceptionally healthy financial condition has re- suited in many new projects being un- dertaken in the town of Chandler. These projects have pointed in the di rection of building activities, larger and better business section with more than a score of new dwellings.
 More than a half dozen new business blocks will be constructed in Chandler during the coming months if present plans carry. The cost of these will ap proximate s75,o00, to say nothing or a new high school building, soon to be constructed at a cost of $125,000.
 Bonds for this new high school were recently voted by the district and it is expected that ground for the structure will actually be broken before many weeks pass There is little probability Of the school being completed in time for the opening of the fall term. It will be one of the best and most complete educational structures in the entire state and is designed to fill the needs
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
ROY GALDRA|TH

The photos of the business section of Chandler were taken by MT. Roy Gal braith, Mesa photographer. Mir. Gal braith has been found to be most obliging in his work for community development. giving of his time gen erously in photographic work for his own home town and now leaving his business to aid in portraying some thing of the growth of Chandler. Com ing quietly to Mesa, without bray of trumpets or unnecessary noise.. MT. Galbraith by careful conscientious and efficient work has built up q mos; satisfactory business.
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
INCREASED DEPOS|TS IN BANK IF CHANDLER
 BESPEAK PROSPERITY
Prosperity of community is meas

Prosperity of a community is meas ured by it's bank deposits.
 And, with it's bank deposits as @ basis for so measuring the Chandler district that community must be re- 4arded as one of the most prosperous of all Arizona.
 Probably no city of Arizona has shown such remarkable growth, pro portionately. as has the Chandler dis trict, in it's bank deposits. In the brief period of two months and four days, from December 31, 1918. to March 4, 1919, the Bank of Chandler noticed gains in it's deposits approxlmating 55 per cent.
 Founded six and one-haf years ago the Bank of Chandler has grown stead fly with the community until at the present time, total deposirs are ap- proximately 15 times greater than on August 9, 1913, the date when the first bank statement was prepared.
 A natural growth is to be expected
Arizona republican., 1919-05-16
Trying To Keep
 The Mule Busy

builder of hotels and cities conceived the brilliant idea that if the well were dug deeper, the water supply might in crease, and the mule kept busy, thus adding to the piety of the driver.
 It was done-down went the we'll and when the digger struck the under ground ocean that is below the sur face of the entire Chandler country he almost drowned before they could pull him out. Strange, but true that thus was revealed the wonderful possi- bilities of the pumping plants south of Chandler, that have pushed back the desert and transformed the barren regions into fertile fields. There you have the combination-Dr. Chandler and mule. Result-The Goodyear company's 5000 acres of long staple cotton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-08
PROF. BALLOD SAYS GERMANY CAN'T PAY BRITISH FIGURES

LONDON, Jan. 6.-"We cannot pay the 4S0,O0O. O.OOO,000 marks ($120,000,- 000000) Lloyd George wants us to pay" said Professor Ballod of Berlin. Before the war, the total National wealth of Germany was 95,000,000,- 900 marks ($48,750,00 000O), exclus- i've of the railroads, which, he de
 clared represents the working capi
 tai of the country. Herr Ballod de- clared that figures contained in the Ste;nmann Butcher, in which the Ma tnon1l wealth of Germany was given at from 300, 0oO,00O,0O0 to 100000
 100000 marks ($75, 100000 to
 $1o0, 1000, ,000,000) were false, and giv- en out merely to encourage German public subscription to war 1oans He said the harvest this year is better
 than last, but that unfortunately half a million tons of cereals have been stolen by civilians. However we could still get on until May 15, of next year." he continued. "If we could reduce the bread ration 20 per cent. Today the meat ration is only one-fifth the part of the amount consumed in peace, and the fat ra tion is only one-fifth normal"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-08

in a combination of moral force that is ir- resistible. It is moral force as much as physi- cal force that has defeated the effort to subdue the world. Words have cut deep swords.
 "'The knowledge that wrong has been at tempted has aroused the nations. They have gone out like men for a crusade. No other cause could have drawn many of the nations together They knew an outlaw was abroad and that the outlaw purposed un- speakable things
 "Tt is from quiet places like this all over the world that the forces are accumulated that presently will overpower any attempt to accomplish evil on a great scale. It is like the rivulet that gathers into the river and the river that goes to the sea. So there come out of communities like these streams that fertilize the conscience of men and it is conscience of the world mean to place upon the throne which others tried to usurp.'
 He was visibly affected as he resumed his seat after the address
 The Bishops Address.
 "The Bishop of Carlisle then read an ad dress in which he thanked the President for his visit to your ancestral city and for your presence at worship in this sacred house, halowed to you by association and bonds of filial piety.'
 "'We recognize, with the whole of the God fearing world the Bishop continued, . the splendor of your ideals and the greatness of your achievements on behalf of humanity for the promotion of righteous freedom, peace and international brotherhood among men. We thank God that he has endowed in you the purpose and the power to bring these di- vine ideals to the entrance gate of practical realization and that he has sustained you by the mighty concord of the American peo- pie in association with ourselves and allies
 . I've feel it of priceless benefit to man. kind that amid all the cares and burdens pressing upon you in this fateful hour, you found the time to come to the city of your grandfathers ministry and the birthplace of your sainted mother. May you, sir, and your consort be brought in safety back to your beloved land. God bless and guide you, sir "