Arizona republican., 1921-02-16
G|V AT FLORENCE
 QUITS FOR SEASON

FLORENCE. Feb. 15-The Salt River Valley Cotton company's gin here sus- pended operations Saturday alter a season of four and one-half months. The operations this year have been far more successful than last year. Last year but 400 bales were ginned While this year 1,060 bales were turned out. Of this amount over 300 bales are In storage in the Salt river valley or here. The Hanson ranches alone have over 800 bales in storage and numerous small holders have better than 200 bales stored The Graham, Pratt and Mai zager ranches have all stored their cotton on the respective ranches. Most of the cotton from tbs ranches of the Salt River Valley Cotton company has been disposed of, either to put with other lots from the Salt river valley or to go direct Seventy three bales were shipped direct to the Bedford mills in Massachusetts The Hanson ranches also sent a consignment of 72 bales to Rhode Island mills.
 The gin has been an esset to Flor once Tor 1t has not only distributed q large weekly payroll here but also has made the transportation cost of mar ! keting a little less for the growers of this vicinity Since the first of Oc- -tober the gin has been closed down but | three days aside from Sundays and | holidays. For two months three shifts were run and the monthly payroll av- eraged s55O0. The payroll of the com i pany for picking was approximately ! 1000 a week up to the first of the year.
 But very little lost was sustained 1 through fire or accident. Two bales were burned in the yard and three fires occurred in the gin, but none oi
 them were seriou-msnd the damage | there did not exceed s1.200, all of which
 was covered by insurance.
 Two special events are scheduled tt
 mark the week of song which is being | observed throughout the land at pres ent and both aim to stimulate spiri
 of mutual cheerfulness and to instil
 anew the love of some of thz. old ia
 vorite songs. Monday afternoon thu
 high school boys and girls under tn
 direction of the head of the music de partment, Miss Vernaz, marched dow
 to the business center of town sing
 ing and then sang on the main cor
 ners to interested and cooperating
 crowds. Thursday evening at the higl school there is to be a big communft song service at which the old and ia
 miiiar songs will be sung and to whic all the town is invited. There will b a few special features also. All will b in charge of the high school music de
 
 The sixth, seventh and eighth grade of the grammar school and the fresh : man class of the high school had , real sure nuf'' valentine ball at tn ! grammar school auditorium Saturda
 night. It was a costume ball with
 real grand march and no one wa . allowed who 5sas not in costume. A
 sorts of costumes were on review fro1
 the raiment of the devil to a charmin little queen of hearts effect. The part l was held under the direction of Mr 1 Nolan.
 . Joel Smith. the paroled negro wh i two weeks ago attempte0p the life h both his wife and himself, was stuff : ciently recovered to go to the peniter c tiary Saturday. He will be held hel . for violation of his parole until u
 next session of the supreme court, whe 3 he will be tried on a second charge 1T attempted murder. Smith still ha = over three years to serve on his O = sentence. His wife is improving slov | ly and will soon be out. Her conditit 2. was very serious for some time, hoy Q ever
 q new and modern service station
 putting in its appearance at the co
 ner of Main and Eleventh streets. ,s O. Benscoe is the builder and own II and he. intends to have an up to da le5 statiov with a good line of accessorie