Arizona republican., 1922-04-17
MESA CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE To HOLD
MONTHLY MEET|NC

MESA. April 16.-The first of the
series of monthly membership din
ners planned by the Mesa district
chamber of commerce will be held
Monday night in the Rex Hotel din
ing room. More than IS members
of the club had spoken for places
at the dinner up to Saturday after
noon and it is expected that the
number attending will swell to more
than 100
Featuring the booster meeting will
be addresses by Harry Welch. secre-
tary of the Phoenix chamber of COM
merce and by George II. Maxwell of
Phoenix, well known authority on the
Colorado river project The secre-
tary will speak on chamber of COM
mere activities as an asset to the
community and Mr. Maxwell will lee
ture on THE Building of a State
The Arizona of Tomorrow"
J. C. Raymond. president OF the
Mesa chamber, will preside as chair
man of the meeting and musical
numbers and possibly other enter
tanning events will also be worked
in on the evenings program.
The Rex dining room has been en-
gagged in it entirety for the club
event and dinner will be served at z
o'clock followed with the program of
speaking.
Jury Awards 81 In Suit
A Japanese and a colored man who
had collided with each other in an
automobile accident and who each
sought remuneration from the other
for the damage done to their ma
chimes aired their troubles before a
jury in the local precinct court Sat
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awarded 81 for repairs to his car by
the jury Farra, the colored man Will
pay the court costs.
Following the accident which it
was said occurred about one o'clock
in the morning on the night of jan
uary on a road just off the baseline
south on Mesa, the Jap flied a COM
plant asking for 800 damages to his
car. The negro filed a counter COM
plant asking for $50 damages to his
auto. Evidence was introduced at
the trial showing that the negro had
sustained a punctured tire on his car
while out riding late that night and
had turned a corner onto the dirt
road off the baseline to fix it. The
Jap happened along a few moments
later. turned the same corner and be-
fore his lights focused onto the road
ahead he had bumped into the
negro's car. Both machines We're
said to be damaged. but both were
able to continue on home that night
under their own power.
AS a result of the trial the Jap
has decreased the expenses on his
car to 500 and the negro has aug
mented his repair bill OF sos by SIS
or $50 court costs.
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featured at the Majestic Monday. A
Pathe News and Mutt and Jeff COM
edy are also on the program.
LEAGUE Under Way
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The Mesa Sunday school league
has gotten under way with four
teams entered in the baseball series
which started last Thursday evening
with a victory by Lehi A console
dation of the first and second wards
the third and fourth wards and the
Baptists and Methodists has made
three teams with Lehi entering the
fourth which will comprise the base
bali league this season. Regular
scheduled games will be played on
Thursday afternoon of each wek at
the Jewels ball park.
The basketball series was a finan-
cial loss. ac ,ording to the league di-
ectors, but other means are being
undertaken to finance the baseball
season. Two hundred season tickets
are being issued and will be sold at
ST each which will include admiss-
ion to the IL games. Single ad-
missions win be 25 cents.
Easter is Observed
Easter Sunday was observed in all
of the Mesa churches on Supnday
with appropriate and beautiful SER
vices. The Christian church mem
bership following Sunday school
motored to Granite Reef where
Easter dinner was served. Baptis-
mai services were held on the river
bank in the afternoon. The Bap-
tist church choir presented its beau u
sunday evening. Appropriate ser
vices were conducted at st. Mark $
Episcopal church in the forenoon
Chandler for the evening service ~
the new guild hall which was officl-
a1lxy o,aonpd there