Arizona republican., 1922-05-05

UUIlUUL HULUU I'LL
1ST PUBLIC DEBATE
SCOTTSDALE May 4.-The big
gest night this year for the boys in
the high school was Monday night,
when the Beaver Debating club, COM
posed of high school boys, held the
last of a series of debates before
large gathering of local people. 1t
was the first public debate ever held
in this district and from the interest
shown by those attending, debating
viii become very popular here. The
following were the subjects debated:
Resolved, that military drill should
not be taught in Scottsdale high
school next year" Leslie Sullivan,
affirmative; j. Convey, negative.
Negative won. Second question was:
Resolved that the honor system of
taking examinations should be in
stalled in the high school,. Affirm
ative, Torrey Smith; negative, NJ
Collins. Negative won. Third ques-
ton was: Resolved that the wear
ing of skull caps should not be al
lowed in Scottsdale public schools"
Affirmative, W. Smith; negative, B.
Vanderhoof. Negative won. Fourth
question was: Resolved, that girls
attending the Scottsdale high school
should not be allowed to use powder
and paint. Affirmative. C. Embry:
negative, NJ. Chestnut. Negative
won. Four girls were then selected
to debate on the question: 'Resolved,
that the powder puff is more useful
than the rolling PIN" Miss Virden
and Miss Vanderhoof proved the
question. while Miss M. Miller and
Miss Pierce had the negative. The
judges were Mrs G. +. Loomis. J.
Merkley and Principal L. o. DuRoss.
Coach J. r. Sandige of the debating
club announced that during the sum-
mer the club would take up outdoor
activities, such as hikes, etc. Any
boy now in high school or who is
going to be in high school next fall
is eligible for membership.
A special meeting of the local farm
bureau has ben called by the officers
for Tuesday night, May 8, at o'clock
The purpose of the meeting is to
adopt a plan for marketing hays.
Several speakers from Phoenix will
be present and tell of the plan that
the farm bureau has in mind for the
approval of the members. Every one
is urged to be there regardless of be-
ing a seller of buyer of hay
The high school students under
the directions of Principal L. o. Du-
Ross will give a rural comedy the
latter part OF the school term which
viii end the 18th of this month. The
title of the play will be THE Valley
Farm" 1t will be full of pep and
ff-lcs mt l.
ciated at this time of the year. Spe-
cial feature of this play will be the
fact that it will be staged outdoors.
A stage will be built and seating ca
pacity for 1000 people will be pro-
vided. This will enable all to enjoy
the play, for the auditorium is too
hot for play this time of the year.
The final winners in the gopher
trapping contest, as announced by l..
l.. Lyathe of the biological survey.
We're Ralph Convey, first prize; Theo
Starkey, second prize, and Anuol Hi
duhorich, third prize. The entire con-
test throughout the valley was a sue
cess, over $4,000 gopher tails being
turned in by the boys
Friday night will witness a new
departure in the series of events
they have been staging when they
open the new arena for the middle
weight wrestling match between In
dian Tommy Burns and The Masked
Marvel of Prescott. Several good
preliminaries will precede the main
event. The popular price of % and
80 cents will pack the arena.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 3. Sullivan We're
the guests at a deliciously served
dinner given in honor of their fif-
tieth anniversary. Among those
present We're Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Sui
Ivan and Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sullivan
and many friends.
Mr.. Saxton of Los Angeles. Cal,
moved to fScottsdale yesterday.
The first newspaper ever published
| yesterday at the news stands. The
name of the new paper is the "Scotts-
| dale Bulletin" The editor is Roy
i George. the playwright. The editor
| did not state how often the paper
| will be published. or for what pur-
pose it is published. but it contained
many witty and enjoyable items and
another appearance will be welcomed
by the local people.
A big baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. a. CRUZ sunday night. The
baby and mother are doing nicely.
The following were Phoenix Wis
lIOrS yeSleTuay on business ana pea :
sure: MIR. and Mrs. Jorden, Walter
Dom. w. r. Smith, Mrs. Mouse. Mr..
Kahle of Arcadia and Mrs. A. 3.
Collins.
]. A. Wilson killed a five-foot rat
tlesnake yesterday near his irriga-
tion headgate. This is the first rat
tier of the season in this. district.
Charlie Dean and Miss Verona
Lane of this district were married
in Phoenix Saturday afternoon. They
win make their home in this dis
trict.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden, Mrs. Will
liams and A. A. Evens motored to
Miami Saturday over the new high
way.
Z. A. Watckins, who has been Wis
iting j. NJ. Wickware. left yester-
day for his home in Bisbee. He is a
prominent business man there.
The local 3. Y. p. U. will give a
party Friday night at the church in
honor of their guests, the B. Y. p. u
of the Madison district. a large at
tendance is expected.
When Mr.. Mcdonald returned from
a picnic party at Granite Reef he
found a dog in his yard that had
hydrophobia and he shot it.
HE WOULD WORK THEN