Arizona republican., 1921-04-04
MESA ROTARY CLUB
 WON CUP ON COAST

MESA. April s.-The Mesa Rotary club won the attendance cup at the Pacific district convention of Rotary clubs held in Long Beach the past week end, according to telegram re- ceived in Mesa from one of the dele gates Saturday. Members of the club who were unable to attend the con- vention are preparing a grand well come to their brother members on their return Sunday night or Monday morning.
 Mesa's representation at the con- vention was 90 per cent of the total membership, and it's claim to the cup presented to the club furnishing the largest membership met with prac- ticaIly no competition. Eighteen of the 24 members in the Mesa club at tended the conference.
 Record Book for Farm
 Record books for the farm, intend- ed to give the farmer a place. to re- cord every item of income or expend- iture and to keep an accurate accoS nt of everything that transpires, have been secured and are being distrib- uted by the Salt River Valley bank to all who call for them. The book is complete in every respect, and if used will give the farmer a year S record from which he can tell in de- tail what he gained and lost, and whether a crop or other venture paid for itself or yielded profit. Sections | in the book are given to cash ac- count, fertilizer bought, cotton ginned, picked and bales sold, mis- | cellaneous hired labor, daily record | of labor for each month, poultry
 breeding record, egg and poultry pro- duction record, stock breeding rec ord products of farm for the year l inventory of stocks, tools and crops planting and miscellaneous record fol all crops, orchard and fruit acreage and production and all other items
 The books are being distributed free
 by the bank
 | O. E. S. to Meet Monday | The regular meeting of the Mesa Order of the Eastern Star will be helC
 in the Masonic hall Monday night l The hour of meeting is changed from 7:30 to S:15.
 | K. P. Valley Session in Mesa Monda, l The biggest and most interestinl
 session of the year is planned fol l Monday night by Damon Lodge Nc l 19, Knights of Pythias, when. visitors | from the Phoenix, Chandler Ei Tempe lodges to the number of mor' than so will be here to witness th' | conferring of work in the third ran and to participate in the social even ing to follow.
 Chandler has a class of more thai a half dozen candidates ready for tn
 third degree and, lacking suitabl
 meeting hall. due to the loss of it
 room when the Freeman hall was de
 stroyed by fire a month ago, the lodg
 will come to Mesa to confer the work
 Tempe also has several candidate
 who will be added to the class to talk the rank of knight here.
 The Chandler and Tempe lodge
 have advised Mesa officials that a
 least 30 from each lodge will be her
 Monday night, and delegation iron the Phoenix lodge also is expected
 Conclusive to the initiatory work am business session refreshments will b : served.
 Electric lnoubators {, Changing from the old time sys i, tenn of the kerosene lamps. whic : have been used for years to heat in
 cubators in matching baby chicks. tn i. Mitchell Poultry farm in Mesa, tn largest hatchery in Arizona. ha adopted the electrical system of heat ing After trying out one incubato electrically heated and getting
 good hatch, Mir Mitchell decided t
 equip his entire hatchery according ly. Eleven machines now are bein' heated by electricity and the other will be operated under the same pla as rapidly as the installations can b . made. An on and off contact is useC
 providing for the current to be turne loff when the right temperature i
 reached and for it to be turned O 5 when more warmth is needed Tn s system works automatically and, ac cording to MT. Mitchell reduces tn s work in the hatchery fully 50 pc ! Icent.