Arizona republican., 1920-01-11
STAPLEY BUILDING IS
 ID BE FINE ADDITION ID TOWN OF CHANDLER

1 CHANDLER, Jan. 10.-Lescher & Kibbey, the prominent PhoeniA archI- l tects, are busy preparing plans Tor the
 new building to be constructed here | for the o. s. Stapley company of Mesa.
 B. Leblanc, the well known local con | tractor, has been awarded the con tract The new building will be 5Ox | 120 feet in size and will be constructed 1 fireproof, with brick walls, metal cell | ing, with steel trusses and cement floor The front of the store will be of white enamel brick, and one of the | features of the new building will be the large display windows. The office | of the company will be located in the center of the store. The prevailing ! pergola effect in Chandler will be placed in front of the Stapley store also.
 C. Of c. in Important Meeting A very important meeting Of the chamber of commerce was held on Friday evening at the local chamber of commerce hall The first subject discussed was that of the establish ment of a landing place for the Ma tional Air Line association here, and it was referred to the board of direc-
 tors, who will make their decision
 later. The next subject discussed was
 that of a plan to light the town. Mr.
 Davis of the Southside Gas and Flee
 tric company of Mesa presented sev-
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 among the merchants of the town.
 Road improvement was the next question up, and County Supervisor w. k. Bowen was present and gave a talk on federal aid and it's connection with the bond issue. He stated that if
 the Maricopa county highway com
 mission was unable to secure federal aid, that some of the roads would
 have to be left out.
 The next question taken up was that of incorporation. Letters were read from L. NJ. Laney and from the
 Maricopa county highway commission
 or the subject of incorporation. A
 committee consisting of Messrs. $. A. Meyers, Works and Price was ap- pointed to look into the incorporation matter and make a report at the next meeting.
 A Sunday closing committee was appointed to wait on the merchants who do not close Sundays. The com
 mittee was composed of Messrs. Lewis, Taylor and Pickrell, to make investi- gations and report to the chamber of
 commerce at their next meeting
 Rev. Roberts of the Methodist church addressed the meeting and
 brought up the question of making arrangements for a city cemetery for Chandler. The idea was indorsed by the meeting. News Notes Ralph Reynolds of Tucson has ac- cepted a position with the Chandler
 Improvement company. Mir. Reynolds started on the duties of his new posi- tion on Friday.
 A number of farmers from Cochise county, accompanied by c. R. Adam son, the Cochise county agricultural agent, are visiting Chandler and vicin- ity for the purpose of buying dairy
 cows to be shipped to Sulphur Springs Valley in Cochise county. to be dis tributed among the various dairies there.
 George N. Peabody of Paso Robles, Calif., has arrived in Chandler for d
 short visit and is renewing old ac-
 quaintances and friends.
 The Chandler high school basketball | team journeyed to Gilbert Friday aft ernoon and were defeated by the score of 20 to IA. The feature of the game was the stellar basket shooting of Allen for the Gilbert team. Williams
 and Gray played a good game for the local team. Inasmuch as the local
 team had defeated the Gilbert team before this season, it was arranged to play return game in Chandler in the
 near future.
 MT. and Mrs. Marsden Coates, who have been guests at the Suhuaro hotel for the past two months, have re-
 moved to their new bungalow, recently
 erected for them near the San Marcos golf links