Arizona republican., 1919-12-30

HOTEL IN FLORENCE.
 FLORENCE, Dec. 27.--Qne of the best meetings held by the chamber of the chamber of commerce luncheon last Tuesday noon. The subject occupying
 the most attention was that of the building of a suitable hotel for Flor ence, and a committee consisting of w
 Y. Price, Twain Clemans, A. C. Wrenn and Judge o. J. Baughn was appointed
 to feel the local pulse with reference
 to subscriptions to the hotel fund and
 work out a tentative plan for a suit able hotel in Florence Several mem
 bers of the chamber have been doing missionary work along this line for
 some time and have succeeded in in-
 tersting outside capital to the extent
 at least of asking questions and writ
 ing for further information. It seems that there will be little trouble, if any.
 with an attempt to interest outside capital.
 Roads convehtion at Tucson on the
 18th of next month was discussed and a large delegation will attend from
 here.
 The committee on the matter or 1n- ducing the board of supervisors to
 make a donation towards the holding of county fair reported that they had
 waited on that body and that while the board was favorably impressed and expressed favorable attitude, no promises were made as to whether they would donate or not.
 c. R. West who lives 12 miles south west of town was in town Tuesday for supplies. MT. West is a new arrival in the valley and is going about the de- velopment in a business way. A 20->I 240 feet and pump of 2.000 gallons capacity has been installed. The land is being levelled and made ready for cotton planting in the spring. when Mir. West contemplates planting 1S0 acres to Pima cotton and the rest to alfalfa. Water was found on the West farm at 37 feet and the we'll is perfo- rated at 150 feet. The water now stands 37 feet.
 Miss Mary Morrison is spending the holidays with her sister Jaw Mrs. Braxton Morrison. She is a student at Tempe Normal.
 Howard Powell returned to Florence Wednesday morning after visit of several weeks duration with his sister, l Mrs. Nelson Bolin. in California.
 The pupils of Mrs. Ben Thum's mu- sic class entertained their mothersl with a recital at the home of Mrs. B. l F. Thum last Saturday afternoon. A l very excellent program was rendered.
 c. K Wildermeuth,<co country farm ad- visor, and Professor Anderson of the | high school are calling meeting of the farmers at the high school Satur- l day afternoon, January 3. The object is to arrange for a short course for | farmers.
 The Michael Arballo company has | purchased the stock and fixtures of the i Peoples store, formerly owned by Juan Augilar.
 Dave Davis of Douglas was the guest | of his brother Jimmie Davis of Flor | ence for fw days last week.
 A. F. Rath, Jr., of the office of the county engineer, left last Saturday for his home in San Rafael California, where he will spend the holidays with his parents. He will be gone for about two weeks.
 Miss Frances Wrenn is spending the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. c. Wrenn. She fs attending the of Arizona at Tucson.
 Mir. and Mrs. Byron Fine have moved to Los Angeles where they will make rheir home.
 MT. and Mrs. Miller have moved into the Wooten home formerly occupied by the Pipes.
 Miss Fillmore Devine is spending the holidays with her parents. MT. and Mrs. E. B. Devine. Miss Devine is at ending school at Hollywood California. Her brother Edward is also home from Santa Clara college of Santa Clara. California
 Misses Anna and Virginia Powell and Margaret Hall are home for the holidays. They are attending the Flagstaff Normal school
 John Huffman is home from Tucson where he is attending the Tucson High school.
 Mart Riggs is visiting his sister, Mrs. VI. G. Knight. Mart is attending the University of Arizona and will be here turing the holidays.
 Herman Wedgeworth is building a lome in Douglas addition near the new hospital of Dr.. George Huffman.
 Harry Rimmer. athletic director of he Pacific fleet was due to speak donday night at the Isis theater, but afied to arrive.
 The county is now advertising for ids for the construction of roads un- er the new $1.O0O,000 bond issue.
 Several organizations of charity of were behind movements for he purpose of making merry the of many of the fatherless oys and girls of Florence.
 The step father of Norman F. Forbes he ex-soldier Whose dead. body was ound several weeks ago near the Ari- ona Eastern tracks at Sacaton Cross ng, came in lase week and identified he body as that of his step,son. He aft late Saturday night for his home n Oklahoma, taking the body with i'm. Several of the members of the Iperican legion. took it upon them elves to help the father who, owing 3 his financial distress, could not get he body home ana pay the embalming ill here.
 County Recorder Mary McGee re- 1rned last week from New York city There she was subpoened as a witness l the case of Louis and Harry Left ovitz, charged by the federal govern rent with using the mails to defraud frs. McGee took some of the Pinal ounty records of certain mining laims with her.
 The building owned by J. c. Keat- lg and formerly occupied by the Flor nee bakery is being remodeled.
 Some of the machinery for the tmu- lcipal electric light and water plant