Arizona republican., 1921-02-18
LOSS OF S2O,000
 IN MESA FROM FIRE
 OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

MESA. Feb. 17-Fire of unknown origin which broke out in the Boston store, 162 West Main street, shortly before midnight Wednesday, destroyed practically the entire stock of mer- chandise in that store and did some door. The loss to the Boston store will aggregate s1S,000 to $20,oO0, nearly all of which is covered by insurance, which the loss to the Coffee Cup, es- timated at $1000. was unprotected by insurance.
 store short time before midnight by an autoist passing in the street. He turned in an alarm immediately and the fire department responded in quick order. S. Marcus proprietor of the store, in a statement Thursday said that he had no idea as to the origin of the blaze His son and a friend and the night watchman had passed the store but five or ten minutes be- fore and had ascertained that every thing was as usual inside.
 The blaze was confined to the in terior and rear of the Boston store and to the kitchen part in the rear of the Coffee Cup cafe. A greater part oi the Boston store merchandise was al- most completely ruined by the fire smoke and water, according to the proprietor, and the rear part of the building was somewhat charred by the | fire. The kitchen to the Coffee Cur was also badly burned, making it i'm possible for them to open for business Thursday morning. The building oc- cupied by both the Boston store ant the Coffee Cup is owned by Ernesl | Crismon of Mesa.
 U. s. Expert Is Here | Seeking general information as re. gards farming in the Salt River val ley, Dr. H. c. Taylor, chief of the farm management and farm economics bu reau of the United States departmen of agriculture, was visitor in Mes; Thursday afternoon and spent severa hours at the Commercial club room in conference with local citizens pr Taylor was accompanied here by Deal Working of the University of Arizona and attending the meeting were H. Heard and c. K. Wildermuth of tn lcounty farm bureau and H. L. Chand Ter. O. s. Stapley. L. P. North and Dal F. Collett of Mesa. Dean Working who is directing Dr. Taylor in his re search work in the valley, stated tha he selected Mesa for the session be cause of its being probably the mos
 intensive farmed district of the valle and the best suited to furnishing tn general information required. Dl Taylor before leaving said that he ha secured many valuable facts and fig
 ures concerning farming in the valle and that he felt well repaid for tn
 time spent in his investigations here.
 Play Glendale Sunday
 Mesa and Glendale will battle fo
 honors on the Mesa diamond this com
 ing Sunday, according to negotiation
 made by Manager Guy E.. Rice and tn
 Glendale manager. Rice figures ths
 the season is about ready to open an
 is lining up a series of pre-seaso
 games now in order to be in shape fo the big battles to come. Glendale Ina been playing regular through the win
 ter months and is expected to put u strong lineup in the game here. Sun day. Mesa will use Lush and Gill , the box with the rest of the lineup a usual. A new first baseman IS eS
 pected within the next few weeks an
 in case he arrives by Sunday he will b
 in the lineup.
 Rice and Gates Open Office
 The first office to open in the ne'
 Nets building, to keep company wit the Commercial club, which is occupy ing the rear portion of the room, ha {, been opened by Rice and Gates, in surance representatives. Guy E. Ric represents the National Life Insuranc company of the Southwest in this dis
 trict and George D. Gates handles
 general fire insurance business, thel : agencies being consolidated for atten
 tion in the one office.
 Girl in Pomeroy Home MT. and Mrs. F. K. Pomeroy of 4
 South Morris street are rejoicing owe f the arrival of baby oirl in their hom
 The little lady was born last Tuesda evening.
 Masons' Regular Meet
 The Mesa Masonic lodge will hol
 its regular monthly business meetin
 Friday evening in the Masonic hall Southside Theaters Today
 Majestic, Mesa-Harold Lloyd's spe
 cial comedy From Hand to Mouth
 Last chapter Phantom Foe" seria
 Pathe News.
 Gilbert-'"The Virgin of Stamboul, starring Priscilla Dean. Sunshine com edy, "Chase Me-
 Chandler-Alice Lake in "Shor Acres" Comedy, Park Your Car" Tempe-Brandon Bros. stock com pany.
 Hay for sale. Ellingson Warehouse W. 7th street. Tempe. WANTED to rent furnished apart ment or small furnished house, clos in. Phone PIT or call POP East Sixtl Dl