Arizona republican., 1921-05-17
BODY OF DROWNED MAN IN
 THE TEMPE CANAL

MESA. May 16.-The body of Fe- lipe Romero, 24 years old, who was drowned in the Consolidated canal northeast of Mesa Friday afternoon was discovered Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock in the Tempe canal, more than two miles below the scene of the accident by a Mexican woman who was washing cldehes on the canal bank. The body was lodged in the bottom of the canal with the feet caught in some old roots and was later recovered with a rope by the police authorities whom the woman had notified.
 The drowning occurred Friday when Romero was in swimming with d party of friends and was overcome with cramps. Water was turned out of the canal at Granite Reef that night and deputy sheriffs and more than a dozen men put in a greater part of Saturday searching the Con solids-ted and the Tempe canal above and below the division gates for the body, but their efforts were fruitless. The search had been abandoned and it was by chance that the Mexican woman discovered the body Monday afternoon. It had floated more than two miles down stream, going down the Tempe canal at the division gates instead of continuing in the Consolidated as had been generally believed it would do. The body was recovered about 200 yards above the screen at the power house north of Mesa.
 A coroner's jury was empaneled by Judge R. A. kingsbury following the recovery of the body and after in vestigating the case a verdict of acci- ne rx-os ,rondarpd
 w. c. T. U. Musicale and Lecture
 A musical program and lecture by Mrs. Lora $. LaMance, national organizer and lecturer, will feature the meeting of the Mesa W. c. T. U. to tte held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. w. w. Dob son. Mrs. LaMance is an author, traveller and campaigner and her de- voted work in the cause of the w. C. T. U. has made it possible for her to be thoroughly acquainted with every phase of her subject A musi- cal program is also being arranged for the meeting. under the direction of Mrs. U. N. Bradstreet- A Real Birthday Present
 Monday was the birthday of John Curnmard, Mesa realty dealer and member of the presidency of the Lat ter Day Sanits church, and he was the recipient of most unusual and none the less wonderful birthday present Mrs. Cummard presented him with a fine 10-peund baby boy the family, there having been a for mel- membership of one boy and four gir,s in the family circle.
 Offending Autoists Are Fined | Two offending automobile drivers paid their respects and their fines of l s500 each to Police Magistrate Wm | Newell in the Mesa court Monday morning. Paul Burrell was found guilty of speeding and Billy Clemans was found guilty of the historic GUS tom of driving on the wrong side
 of the street. In Oakland they put them in jail for such offenses, Clem- ans said, and he felt lucky to get of
 with the minimum fine for the frs 1 ofsense.
 Deming Editor Here
 F. R. Vallandigham editor of tht l Deming Headlight and the Columbu. Mirror. was a visitor in Mesa Monday
 as a guest of Ralph A. Lynd, loca newspaper man.
 Says Scout Conference Big Thins I A more confirmed booster of bo,
 scout work than ever and amply en 1 thusiastic over it's possibilities to i'm part the good thing to other member of the council. George A. Johnson | president of the Apache Council O I Boy Scouts of America. returned t | Mesa Monday morning from SaI 1 Diego where he attended last weel the four day session of the reglona conference It was a big meeting according to MT. Johnson, and tn big men who were there and the oii
 things that were done. makes nor
 apparent to him than ever the pos
 abilities of scouting work. A meet
 ing of the recently elected executiv
 hoard of the Apache council was hell
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