Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
FLORENCE NOW HAS
 BANKHEAD BRANCH

FLORENCE, Sept. 26.-A branch 1 of the Southwestern Bankhead High way association was organized in Florence Monday afternoon with A. c. Wrenn, president; Dugald Stew art, retary-treasurer, and Earl V. Brown, M. o. Benscoe and Steve Bra baman, members of the board of di- rectors.
 l The object of the organization is to work in cooperation with the parent organization, the Southwestern Bank head Highway association. organized at Douglas last May. to promote greater travel over the Bankhead highway.
 Maurice Clark, field manager for the state organization, was present and addressed the business men of Florence at the meeting held in the lobby of the Florence hotel. MT. Clark told of the large number of cars passing over the northern route through Arizona.
 At the conclusion, of Mir. Clark's talk the local branch of the South western Bankhead Highway associa- tion was organized, and the following business men enrolled their names upon the membership roster: A. c. Wrenn, B. F. Thumm. H. Schewel, H. H. Freeman,s w. Y. Price, w. B. Young, E. H. Doty, D. M. Robinson, ljC. T. Henderson, M- O. Benscoe, George E. Truman, D. O. Martin, H. E. Billingslee, J. c. Heating, D. J. l Spires, Carl Tisor, E. B. Devine, E. L.. Green, MandeH Brothers, Don Sing company, Steve Brabaman, R. l.. Burns, Arizona Garage, H. G. Rich I ardson, O. Rosan, Joe Smith, J. R.
 Feat, Dugald Stewart
 The monthly dues are one dollar.
 The local organization will contribute
 S25 a month to the state organization
 as it's share of the general expense
 Florence Canal to Serve Lands At a meeting of the stockholders
 Of the O. T. canal held at the court house last Saturday it was decided te
 join forces with the Florence Casa
 Grande canal stockholders and have the farmers operating committee
 serve theiI with water. Water is now delivered to the O. T. canal through i, the Florence canal heading and car ried through the Florence canal for 2
 distance of some two or three miles
 and then turned into the O. T. and
 from there carried to the O. T. lands
 There are some 1900 acres under tht
 O. T.. and in view of the fact thal
 the O. T. canal is in need of cleaning
 and enlarging and the further fac that as soon as the diversion dam ana
 big canal are ready for use all water will be carried through the big canal the stockholders of the O. T. feel it i.
 economy to throw in with the Flor ence canal people.
 , In return for this privilege the o T. stockholders voted an assessmen
 of 50 cents an acre which will b'
 used to widen and otherwise repai . the Florence canal so that a large volume of water may be carried. the farm operating committee is serving wate
 to the land owners at 40 cents al hour, but as soon as all outstanding
 accounts have been met it is certail
 that lower delivery cost will prevail
 Increased Attendance
 The second week of the ~Florenc
 schools opened Monday with a ma I terially increased attendance owe
 that shown on the first day of schoo
 Sept. 12 The total enrolment for tn = grade school on the opening date wa II 341 while one week later the enroll | ment was 3S2, or an increase of 4 | In the high school an increase is als shown, the enrolment the beginnin | of the second week being 75, a | against 69 on the opening date. Tn grand total of the city schools is nov 457, as against 40 on the openin | date.
 | In the grade school the first, sec ond, third, fourth and fifth grade are under the direction of a corps c nine teachers, with Mrs. Roach a principal. The attendance is as fol lows:
 Sixth, Mrs. Nolan. 3S.
 Fifth, Miss Woods, 34.
 Fourth, Mrs. Borden, 67. Third, Mrs. Reynolds, 35.
 Second, Miss Collins. 30. . Second, Miss Benson. 36. First, Mrs Roach, 29. First, Miss Sweeney, 2S. First, Mrs. McCann, 24 = The seventh and eighth grades al quartered at the high school and al III receiving instruction from membe y. of the high school faculty. a. It will be noted that there are tv j- divisions of the second grade al !. three divisions of the first grade, al - the enrolment of CT pupils in u 'I fourth grade makes it necessary
 provide another teacher for tn