The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-06
AN OLD, OLD STORY

r. "a ,onortpd that aft the meeting of the chamber
of Commerce Friday evening the President, Mr..
Bracey Curtis took occasion to depore the facolon
al strife" alleged to be affecting Nogales asserting
that it is hurting the town. m
In 25 wears experience in Nogales "Ihe OASIS
has heard that cry before. So long as certain ele
ments here are able to "put over anything they IKE,
WHY. everything is smooth and harmonious; but let
anyone else arise in protest against their rule OF run
methods then "the town is hurt.
Yet the town continues to grow right along we
can recall that in 1896 the issue in the municipal cleo
tion was disincorporation strong faction OBJECT
cd to the cost of running municipal government, ana
wanted to take step backward by abandoning that
form If government returning to precinct IN Plma
county and advertise to the world that Nogales hau
died in the she'll There put up against that ele-
ment decidedly vigorous opposition, and they were
defcate tfeir t1fcrt t, carry tie enctlof, Whlen
hey hoped to do that they might take steps necessary
- b.;no abont the disincorporation. The cry was
raised then that "the town was hurt by factlonal
d;scord which would not submit to being run over by
a reactonary minority e..
Then. along about 1899 there was flerce flgne
within the Republican party, wherein announcer crown
tried to put things over that ought not to De- mere
was another time when the cry was put up that the
"town was hurt" But the census Oh l9oo siio"oo
healthy growth.
Then the county was created; and for NUMBER
If years there was scrap over certain issues
AGAIN there was the old cry that the "town was hurt
bv factional fights And the fellows who were rals-
ing it were Away ready to back the fellows VINO
would come along and undertake to put over Tor
them those things that their fellow citizens reoeneo
against. They are the fellows that picked the un-
savo,y George K French, who was to be the Moses
to lead them out of the wilderness" They were
very glad to drop him, and he sought other pastures
affair." Several imitators Of Mr. French have arisen
and always the same crowd cluster about their ban
ners 1t is always those that oppose the Trenches,
they say that "hurts the town"
Some times these people come out into the open
and make the fight themselves. Then nothing is
ever heard about hurting the town." Upon such
occasions these gentry are working for the good OF
the town." That was what they doing when they
they worked tooth and nail to force George B. Marsh
Inc of the railroad reservation The Oasis recall
that Mr.. Curtis was member of the Town Board at
that time. The Board adopted resolutions and
urged the railroad to terminate the Marsh lease. For
time the railroad stood in with them and even went
so far as to file suit of ejectment. Nothing was
heard about hurting the town. then 1t all right
for Curtis Mix and others in the town board to make
fight woman That was not fractional fight
that did not "hurt the town.
And, glory be, Mrs. Marsh beat them, while her
business establishment is right there the ground
they tried to beat it off FROM
And we recall that when Councilman Geo. H.
Fielder voted to put up to the people proposition
to vote upon PROPOSED franchise for the Arizona
Gas & Electric Company, at the very next election
in the NOgales Fire Department. of which Mr. Curtis
ttular chief Just as he is perpetual president Of
the Noeales Chamber of Commerce Mr.. Fielder was
droppnd from the list of Assistantst to the Chief
Then. there was the scrap over proposed freight
depot on Morley Avenue. The railroad authorities
conceived the idea Of puttino fine concrete ';ldne
aon0 that street cost Of about S65 900 to extend
from Court Street TO Fast Street The railroad dvi-
sion engineer Mr. J. D. Matthews, with Division Sup