Arizona republican., 1922-06-08
SCOTT NEW
MAYOR Of MESA AS
NAMED BY COUNCIL

MESA, June robert Scott.
president of the Salt River Valley
bank and now entering on his fourth
consecutive term as a member of the
common council of Mesa, was chosen
mayor of the city at the initial meet
ing of the new council Tuesday night
Reappointments of George w. Sill
verthorn as city attorney and C. NJ.
Gerard as city clerk were also made
by. the new aldermen.
Prior to the session of the new
council the outgoing members held a
short meeting to clear up their Off
cial work for the past term. Pre-
ceding the motion for adjournment
the outgoing mayor, Dan Kleinman.
was called on and in a few short
remarks he told of his pleasant rela-
tions with the council members dur
ing the past two terms. He wished
the new body equal success In the
handling of the city's affairs and de-
clared that even though he was re-
firing from office he was still for
Mesa and was ready to lend any aid
possible.
The new councilmen were sworn in
by the city attorney. Reelected al
dermen are Robert Scott, E. G. Alta
way and D. L. Stapley, while the new
members are II. C. Holcomb, J. E.
Asher c.. r. Clark and G. A. Johnson.
Selection of Mr.. Scott as mayor
was the first official act of the new
body, the motion being put and
passed unanimously. Appointment
of the city attorney and clerk fol-
lowed in quick order, with motion
for adjournment shortly thereafter.
A number of applications for differ
he r,sf sfxyr ~ Ia
but consideration of them was de-
ferred until the next special meeting
to be held on Thursday. June Is.
The mayor announced that appoint
ments of the various committees will
be made at that time.
Stores Close; Baseball
Closing of the Mesa stores on
Thursday afternoon in observance of
their first weekly half holiday dur
ing the summer months and the Sun
day school league ball game between
Lehi and the First and Second ward
teams will go hand in hand. Business
houses Wednesday displayed an
nouncements stating they would close
Thursdays of each week at 1880, the
first closing being effective this week.
The Sunday school league is taking
advantage of the holiday by speeding
up it's games. Lehi and the First and
Second ward team. both strong con-
tenders for first place in the league,
are scheduled to meet this week and
a hard game is expected. Lehi will
use its old standby battery of Biggs
and Sinpkins. Play will be called
at o'clock as usual.
Many Sign in lehi
With 55 farmers signed to date and
a total of more than So or 20 expect
ed, the Lehi farm bureau has been
successful in putting over the cam
paign for membership in the four CO.
operative marketing bureaus. AL
though getting away to late start,
Lehi has come up from behind in
fine style and larger percentage of
the farmers of the district have
signed up to market their crops whit
the other farmers of the valley.
Plans for the Lehi district fair, to
be held early in the fall, are already
under way and the farm bureau has
issued request to the farmers to
save exhibits Of their grain now be-
ing threshed. They ask that sheaves
of about 25 heads each be secured
now and laid aside for the fair, to-
gether with a quart or SO of the va
rious threshed grains to be used for
exhibit. The fair will be held this
year prior to the state fair in order
that the prize winning exhibits from
the district may be selected and sent
to Phoenix as the Lehi entries.
"Eliza Comes to Stay
The Second ward M. I. A. does not
hesitate to say that they are going to
afford Mesa and vicinity the oppor-
tunity of seeing the best play of the
season in the style of serio- comedy
in three acts, entitled Eliza Comes
to Stay" in the l. d. S. auditorium
on Friday night. June 8. The play
was chosen by the professor OF dra-
matte art in the B. Y. university of
Utah. Professor Dury led the orches-
ira for the same play in one of the
biggest theaters in London, where it
made a run of "a consecutive months.
He declares it to be a roar in every
sense of the word.
The participants in the local farce
are equal to the task; they have
mastered their parts well and Di-