Arizona republican., 1920-09-12
BUILDING SITE Is GIVEN LEGION POST
 BY MESA COUNCIL

MESA, Sept. 1f.-StrikinS out prac- tically all reservations previously made in the deed, the Mesa common council at it's meeting Friday night turned over the lot adjoining on the south the proposed city civic center to the Mesa post of the American legion with the one restriction that building to cost not less than s15,000 be erected on the property within three year period. M. J. Dougherty, commander of the Mesa post, appeared before the council and after pointing out to the body that the reservations placed in the deed would hinder the post in financing it's building, the deed was made out as orig inally specified when the request for the lot was first granted last spring
 The council at it's regular meeting also decided upon the purchase of ad- ditional equipment which will. when installed, practically double the present capacity to supply electricity. Cotton gins and other industries that will be running full blast this winter will utilize a greater amount of power than before and the possibilities of short age of electricity will be entirely over come before another year passes. The necessary equipment will be ordered at tn next regular meeting of the council.
 A request made by the Southwest Contracting company for 60-day ex tension of time for the completion of the paving on First street was granted The concrete foundation has already been laid on. the job and the pouring of the asphalt covering will follow within the time limit set
 Will Teach in Mesa
 Miss Beula Morrow of Littig. Tex, has arrived in Mesa 10 teach primary work in the negro building
 New Public Kindergarten
 The Mesa public schools will offer instruction in Kindergarten to the lit tie tots in Mesa for the first time in history. The age limit is as follows: Children who will be 415 years old be- fore Nov. l may be enrolled. Six-year- old children may be sent to the pri- mary school at the North building. Mexican children will all report at the Webster or south building. For the kindergarten work Miss Lorena De Lano and Miss Bessie Fox two well trained teachers, have been engaged. Miss De Lano is a graduate of the Milwaukee normal and directed kin dergarten for three years at Manito- woe. Miss Fox of Chicago graduated at the Ethical Culture school, New York, and has taught kindergarten in the noted Gary Ind, schools.
 Bike Race Sunday
 Nine boys of Mesa have signified their intention to enter in the Monrad bicycle race to be run Sunday after noon at o'clock from a point on the Tempe Mesa highway four miles west of here into Mesa A variety Of prizes are being offered to the winners in the race by sc. F. Monrad. Mesa bicycle man. under whose auspices the race is being promoted. Entries may be made l up to the time of the race. so there will likely be a score or more to make 1 the start.
 Wholesale Bicycle Dealer Apprehended for the theft of five bicycles, Francisco Rodriguez was ar rested Friday night and at his prelimi- i nary hearing Saturday in Mesa justice i court pleaded guilty to the charge o theft brought against him. Judgt i Newell bound him over to trial in the superior court under $500 bond Rod i riguez, 1t is said, was apprehendet l when the owner of one of the stoIeI ! bicycles identified a front wheel stoleI from him another bicycle. Investi gation led to the discovery of fou wheels that Rodriguez had in his pos session at his home south of town They had been torn down with ap parent intentions of reassembling th'