Arizona republican., 1922-04-30
NEWS NOTES FROM
AJO AND VICINITY

and little son and Mr.. Murphy s
mother left Tuesday for New Jersey
where they will make their future
home. They have resided here for
some time and have many friends
who are sorry to see them go.
w. NJ. Graves and family leave
wednesday for Oxnard, Cal, to re-
side. Mr.. Graves has been the eff
cient Western Union telegraph oper-
ator here for several months and will
be greatly missed.
e. A. Diehl, local agent of the T.,
G. & G. B. railroad, who has been a
hospital, is again able to be about
and is back at his work at the depot
again.
]. r.. Rule of San Francisco. Cal,
was a business visitor with the New
Cornelia company here on last
Thursday.
DR.. E. I. La Rue preached at Gila
Bend on Wednesday evening to a
good congregation.
Miss Matte Griswold of Phoenix,
Ariz., is spending few weeks in AJo
on business.
c. B. Sheehan was here last week
from Mesa, looking after his mining
interests
Services at the Protestant church
were well attended on Sunday. DR.
Z. /. La Rue preached an appropriate
sermon from the subject. Removing
the Obstacles" Miss Stevens sang a
beautiful solo.
Mrs. G. Y. Walker came home from
the New Cornelia hospital Wednes-
day, where she has been patient
several weeks. We are pleased to re-
Milton Hawkins is now acting as
delivery man for the M. Schubert
Grocery. company of Clarkston.
Miss Hazel Randall. who has been
quite sick with scarlet fever, is re-
covering nicely.
F.. J. Schroeder has been spending
several days this week in Phoenix
as the chamber of commerce repre-
sentative from Ajo to the Good
Roads convention.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
next Thursday afternoon with Mrs
Frank c. Booth. A large attendance
is anticipated.
The chamber OF commerce win hole
their regular meeting Tuesday even
ing at the Oasis theater.
Mrs. Ercel Balboa is able to bt
about again after having been quite
sick for some time.
Bert Allen has resigned his posi-
ton with the M. Schubert Mercan.
| tile company of Charleston and he anC
his mother and younger brother hav,
gone to the Imperial valley in Cali.
| fornia.
/ Miss Evelyn O'Rella has so far re
/ covered her health as to returlf hom'
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! The New Gunsight Mining com
/ work rapidly and every indication
points to the finding of good veil
! Of gold soon. This company hal
been well supplied with the Yer,
4 best mining machinery and is pre-
4 pared in every way to thoroughly de
terInine the value of its mining prop
/ critics.
Miss Mary Balboa, who has beel
quite sick. is again able to be about
r. l.. Stallings of Bisbee, Ariz
has been awarded the contract TO pu
down the new water we'll near tn
present famous well, some sevel
miles distant from Ajo. The .futur
| enlargement of the New Cornelii
! Copper company will necessitate al
increased supply of water.
The swimming pool will be opene'
for the season on Monday. May
This pool is a great pleasure TO ou
people and scores OF people go dali,
to enjoy the cooling refreshing batf
/ Charles Luke of the Palace Com
/ mercial company was business Wis
tor to Tucson on Wednesday an
Thursday.
John Gallagher went Wednesda,
evening to Victorville, Cal, where h
has accepted employment. Later h
expects to move his family to tha
place.
The dates of the American legio
festivities at Aio, the purpose Q
which is to build an Everybody Wei
come American legion club house a
Ajo. having been definitely set 70
May Is. 10 and 20. headquarters her
have been established at the Al
barber shop and live program
fast being shaped into line.
The chamber of commerce is carry
ing out a complete canvass for ae
commodations for visitors and hav
been very successful The entertain
ing features are so arranged as t
make the hours pass like minute:
making the old young and the youn
younger.
The 40 camp. with its old tim
dance hall and bar. the big Mard
Gras, the chiIdrens May fete. tn
coronation of the festival queen an
other features extraordinary, full Q
life and attractively planned. Wi
prove most generally entertaining.
The trip planned by the New Cor
nelia Copper company at this tim
through their big modern plant is t
be a most entertaining one. A spe
cially arranged train is to take tn
visitors to the extensive open pit
of the copper company, seeing TIL
large steam shovels and mining il
operation and to see from a safe dis
tance an explosion of one Of tn
blasts put off, lifting hundreds o
tons OF rock. The visitors then, per
sonally conducted, viii proceed to TIL
plant. seeing first the giant crusher
swallowing carload after carload 0
the copper ore then the 5000-tol
teaching tanks and follow the pro
cess through to where it is finall
ready for. shipment as electrolyti
copper. No one who possibly ca
come should fail to be present at thi
American legion carnival
n Joseph Kapps of the meat depart