Arizona republican., 1921-07-08

his attorney. c. T. Reddington of Phoenix, that the commissioner of the general land office has rendered a de- cision in his favor upholding the verdict some time ago by the Phoenix land office. The case involved the validity of the claims Rustler Nos. l to and Winner Nos. l to 6, as mining claims. Residents of Gibson had sought to secure a government town site, which would have embraced portion of Gibson's land. They al- legged that the lands claimed by Gib- son were filed on as mining claims when it was his intention to use them for townsite purposes. It was further alleged that the claims were not valid mineral claims The land office made an investigation, sending engineers and investigators who act ed as prosecutors. Following the hearing here the Phoenix land office rendered a decision in favor of Gib- son, wherefore J. P. Lavin. attorney. for the contestants, appealed to the general land office at Washington.
 MT. Lavin has filed notice of appeal, or has asked for hearing before the secretary Of the interior, asking
 that the arguments be oral Gibson.
 through his attorney, now seeks to prevent the appeal.
 Gibson, in his objection, will pre-
 sent novel argument. He claims he
 will present an affidavit signed by all
 but one of the contestants now .'esid-
 ing in the district. to the effect that
 they are not now and have not been
 for some tim6 m6interested in contesting
 the land
 The Fourth of July celebration in
 Ajo was one of the most elaborate
 1o1d of a no vra
 large, many coming from Gila Bend
 and other places. The weather was
 ideal and the entire list of events was
 of such character as to attract keen
 interest. Twelve hundred pounds of
 the best of beef was used for the
 barbecue and it is said that the meat
 was the best ever served on any sim
 liar occasion here. Everybody was
 abundantly supplied with roast beef.
 bread, pickles and watermelon. The
 business houses. band stand and park
 we.c elaborately decorated. The day light and night fireworks. were a feature. and perhaps the most beau tiful display ever seen here An or chestra under the direction of MT. Wallenstein, furnished splendid mu- sic.s The address of the day was de- Hvered b7 pr. E. I. LaRue. Games, contests. swimming contests, boxing, dancing and various amusements kept everybody busy.
 Harvey Thompson of Phoenix was | a visitor in Ajo the first of the week. H. B. Thomas, manager of the Ajo branch of the Valley Bank, was a business visitor in Phoenix Wednes- day and Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. H. w. Newland left Ajo Wednesday evening to spend several weeks on a vacation at Coro-
 nado Beach and other places in Cali fornia-
 Mrs. Gall Thomas and little daugh- ter of Phoenix, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Claude Fenner.
 The. board of supervisors of Pima county has appointed Horace T. Lynes constable of the Ajo district. William Warrell. watchman for the New Cornelia Copper company, is spending his vacation in Los Angeles. Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Sampson have returned to Ajo after spending a va cation on the coast.
 F. R. Williams returned "Wednesday from Los Angeles where he has been for the past month Mrs. Williams and mother will remain for a more extended visit.
 Mrs. J. E. IsAlstein is reported seri- ously i'll in hospital in Yuma. She went there last week for an opera tion.