The Arizona copper camp., 1919-01-18
CASA GRANDE NOTES

Bob Frazier, county ranger, located
here, has taken a position at the pen
itentiary
Ben Peatty is the new cattle in
spector, vice Craig McNatt. Mr.. Py-
eatt is well nown over the southwest
as thoroughly posted in all matters
pertaining to the live stock industry
J. B, Steere, father of Miss Eva
Louise Steere, the teacher in the
Casa Grande school, has purchased
the furniture business of 2. L. Cox
Mr.. Cox will shortly take a trip to
Oregon, his former home.
George Newton Hall, owner Of u
fine farm here, now representing an
eastern mining company and having
quarters in the Adams hotel at Phoe-
nix, was a visitor here for several
days this week, coming down with
his family by auto.
Miss Rose Read, proprietor of the
Paris Cleaning and Dyeing Works of
Phoenix, has let out a contract to H.
G. SlOsser to do improving her land
i'll section 35, township 5, range z. Mr..
Slosser is also doing considerable
other work in the immediate vicinity
Frank Parish and wife now reside
iii Tucson, where Frank has charge
of the Post Santa Cruz Farms office.
Frank is a high clas realty salesman
and this position provides an oppor-
tunity for him to shine In losing
Frank the Casa Grande valley lost
thorough booster, but he still will
bring settlers to the Casa Grande soil.
He has greater opportunities for ad-
vancement in Tucson, for his firm is
promoting a big enterprise and
spending considerable money in do
ing so.
Casa Grande was we'll represented
i'll the county seat during the past
two weeks On business of one sort or
another, and all paid their respects
to the new officials. This end of P-
nal county is growing more import
ant as the years roll around and for
the next two years the boys in the
| court house will help us all they can,
that is with due consideration to what
is necessary to increase the taxable
wealth of the county, such as good
roads, repairs, etc.
The Gallagher brothers, of San
Francisco and San Jose, Cal, who re-
Gently purchased the Winkelman land
and other land in the vicinity of the
halfway house between Florence and
Casa Grande, are preparing extensive
development. Wells have been put
down, arrangements for pumping
plants made and land clearing will
soon be under way. These gentlemen
are well known in California and
mean business when they take over
land development. They came here,
investigated, and proceeded to get
busy.
w. S. Lawson of tn Lawson drug
store has had considerable improve
ments done on his and Mrs. Lawson's
land during the past month. Their
holdings are in the shallow water dis
trict northeast of Casa Grande, a
short distance from the big Tweedy
farm. Mr.. Lawson has been an en-
terprising citizen of this main line
valley metropolis for several years,
coming here from Phoenix, where he
conducted for some time a drug store
on the corner of First avenue and Ad-
ans street.
Ted Healy, owner of the Bulletin,
is having his neighbor, Mr.. Slosser,
put down large pit we'll on his land,
in the shallow water district. Water
has been reached at % feet and the
well, which is circular, is being ce-
mented. The tract is 160 acres in size
and adjoins the farms recently sold
by Messrs. Houch and Wilson. Be
sides the we'll other improvements
will be made.
The new extension made to the
railway platform to accommodate the
increasing business of the Southern
Pacific here is coming in handy, for
it is stocked with freight every day.
Mrs. Mable Balm, a land owner and
former resident in the valley, has