Arizona republican., 1921-09-25
BUSINESS MEN IF
 CASA CYANIDE MEET

cafe which was a great success from every point of view. Twenty nine of the representative men of the city attended The meeting was presided over by J. F. Harmon of the Miller Brothers company. Talks to the point and on topics vital to the de- velopment of the community and val ley were made by Messrs. Peart, mayor of Casa Grande; l.. G. Wilson, Sargent, Swanzey, Layers, Matthews. Norman, City Engineer Bayless and Prather. Another luncheon will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, J. J. Kruse and Dan Birdwell being retained as an ar rangement committee.
 l.. A. Kieth has completed the in stallation of an electric gong system run by a clock in the units of the. Phoenix high school group. A cen tral clock is placed in the central building, all gongs being connected with it. Mir. Keith installed the same system here a year ago and it has proved very satisfactory.
 Some cotton has been sold here this week, most of it bringing S3 cents a pound and a few bales topping that price.
 S. c. Miller of Phoenix spent the week here on business with his part ner Floyd Templeton.
 Paul McGrath, who spent last win ter in Tempe, will be in Casa Grande this winter. MT. McGrath is an ex- service man.
 Miss Sarah Wilson left Sunday for the university and is at home in East hall
 Ranchers around Casa Grande who are interested in the poultry develop ment of the valley are planning to or lganize local poultry association | Tuesday afternoon, Oct 4, at 2:S0, in | the chamber of commerce rooms. 1 Those in close touch with the poultry 1 industry believe that, a large and
 early development is in sight in the valley.
 Judge A. A. Jayne, who has been
 with his sons in Modesto, Cal, for
 several months, returned home Sun
 day morning. The boys will remain
 in California, where each has good position.
 MT and Mrs. Norton of Denver. old
 schoolmates of Mir. and Mrs. Layers spent several days visiting in the Layers home last week.
 The Vekol mine south of this city,
 an old silver producer, has been leased and work will be started as soon as materials are in the ground
 The mine is owned by George Mank and George Elias of Phoenix and F. |
 The music department of the Woman's club will present the mu-
 sical sketch, "A Dress Rehearsal" in | the high school auditorium the even | ing of Oct 1. The cast of 12 prin- cipals IS being assisted by a chorus
 of high school girls. This sketch will
 be the first of the season in the city and tickets for it will be on sale this I week in both drug stores.
 | oI. se- fs 1 first program in the Christian church Saturday afternoon. Mrs. F IL. Da- wis, chairman of the home economics | department, will have charge of tht program The high school girls will be their guests. Miss Gallatin of thu faculty will make the talk of tn, afternoon, which will deal with hom, problems.
 The members of the city counci 1 met in called session Saturday aft ernoon, Sept. IT, for the purpose O opening and awarding the bids for tn,
 installation and enlargement of tn
 city's water supply. There wer'
 three bids offered. by Keith, Gross
 man & Mulrein. the Des Moines Stee
 company and by Claude Fisher O
 Phoenix. The bids were very close Il but the contract was awarded to MT | Fisher, who also will dispose of thu I bonds. the transaction representa-: | $120,O00 bonds selling at par and ac-
 crued interest.
 A steel water tank will be erected
 south of the present tank, the main. for distribution being cast iron O
 four. six and eight inches. The wort
 will be started as soon as materiall
 can be collected. probably within tn,
 next 30 days. The new system vii
 not replace the one now in use, bu
 will augment it, and the supply vii
 be sufficient to take care of q towI
 The electric supply will also b.
 doubled.
 Mir and Mrs. Robert Allan are leav.
 ing Casa Grande the first of October
 for Los Angeles, where they will mak'
 their home, Mir Allan having decided
 to conduct a wholesale business onl,
 and moving his office to the coas
 city Both have been prominent il
 civic and social circles and will b.
 missed. Mrs Allan has been identi fled with both the Woman's and Col lege clubs.
 Mrs. Mark Phillips of Phoenix i here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dal Birdwell, for a month.
 William Forester, with his wifi and baby, who have been in Pomona have returned to Casa Grande am are again on the Dr. ForreSter tracl which is planted to grapes. The College club held its frs meeting Wednesday afternoon at tn home of Mrs. E. l.. Hudson. Thirtee members were present. The program which was a review and open discus sion of the recent book, "The Growt of the Soil" was in the hands of Mir: l Robert Allan. Papers were read b 3 Mrs Allan and Mrs. F. D. Overfiel 3 and character discussionslled by MT: c. H. Prather and Mrs. Rober I Denton.
 Friday has been designated a girls day at the high school nata
 torium, when Miss Woods and Mis- Gallatin will have charge of the poo On Wednesdays the high school an junior high school will meet in 3 general assembly, at which time tn T faculty will endeavor to bring some T thing unusual before the studer 5 body. Last Wednesday A. s. Bailli 4 of the English department gave chalk talk which was greatly en joyed.
 The high school boys are bus practfcing under the direction Principal Iselin and Mir Lay, the fir: basketball game of the season bein