Arizona republican., 1920-06-05
MESA PLANS BIGGER
 AND BETTER COTTON
 CARNIVAL NEXT FALL

MESA, June 4.-Plans for bigger and better King Cotton carnival in
 Mesa this fall were put under way yesterday when the directors of the
 Mesa Commercial club at their weekly luncheon business meeting launched their first steps for the 1920 festival and appointed an executive committee of three which will have direct charge of all arrangements. w. R. Stewart president of the Commer- ciaI club. is chairman of the commit tee and has as associates John Cum mard, who was in charge of the car
 nival as president of the club last yetr, and Dan F. CoHett, the present secre-
 tary.
 The three day cotton carnival staged last year by the Mesa district under
 the auspices of the Commercial club was a distinct success and even with its close the club declared that it should be an annual event and made bigger and better each year. Prelimi- nary plans were laid by the directors yesterday and will be gradually fol- lowed up by the committee in charge through the summer with an active campaign to start early in the fall.
 X full week is to be given to the carnival this year, opening on Mon day. oct 9. and extending through to Saturday, the 30th.
 Will Aid Road Work Anxious for the completion of the Tempe Mesa highway, which lacks now but a little over half mile of being finished, the Mesa Commercial club directors yesterday endorsed a move to aid if possible in securing the necessary amount of cement from private sources to complete the job. Work on the remaining amount Of pavement to be laid. it was pointed out to them. is being held up because nf a ina nF Ina rfa fa fr frtV aiell the contractor with cement. By se- curing the cement temporarily from private concerns and repaying it when the states supply comes in, the work can be completed at once, the directors ascertained and the necessary move
 to this end will be made at once. The pavement on the Tempe Mesa high way has now been completed to four and a half miles west of Mesa. Work ing east from Tempe a half mile has also been laid, leaving now but a little over a half mile to connect up and complete the seven miles between the two towns.
 Observe Fourth Here An observance of the Fourth of July rather than a ceelbration of the day will be made in Mesa on July ,. the Mesa Commercial club has planned, and q move for an absolute cessation of all business activities on Monday, the 5th, will be put under way at an early date. No elaborate plans for q celebration of Independence day will be made, but in observance of the day a program of music and speaking will be arranged to be given under the shade trees in one of the local parks on the afternoon of the 5th.
 Carrier Boys Celebrate Southside carrier boys for The Re publican joined with the half hundred and more other boys of The Repub [ gs .Y.~a-s- 4s~,., r,k Riverside park in Phoenix. The occa- sion was in the nature of a reward to the boys for their work last Wednesday when over 200 new subscribers to The 1 Republican were secured. Forty three [ of these orders were taken by the tsouthside carriers. Taking in the ceIe- l bration yesterday were Herbert Krucker from Chandler Norman Stoddard De Motte Pomeroy, Russell ! Kesterson. Alton Fryer and Lloyd De 1 Fries from Mesa. Charles Churchill.
 Arthur Brosius and Foster Brosius
 from Tempe.
 Girl Breaks Arm
 | Elaine Altman, 9-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. George Altman Of l South Robson street, sustained broken arm and bad cut on the fore | head. while at play yesterday after
 noon. The little girl was standing on 1 Q high water cooler in the back yard. when she accidentally overbalanced and fell to the ground. The broken | bone was set and it was necessary 10
 take a stitch in the cut on the fore head
 Cooley Funeral
 Funeral services Of the late J. F. ! Cooely, who sustained fatal injuries
 when diving into one of the Mesa 1 canals last week, were held yesterday | afternoon. Interment was made in the 1 Mesa cemetery.
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