Arizona republican., 1922-06-17
RECENT EVENTS IN
AJO AND VICINITY

monthly meeting OF the AJo cnainpel
of commerce on Monday evening II
was voted to discontinue the monthiy
meetings throughout the months Oh
July and August owing to the not
weather and the fact that a. great
many people will be out OF the city
on their vacations during those
months.
Sam Clark has returned from Tue
son where he has been attending to
some legal matters for the past sew
eral days.
Lee Scott and Mrs. Scott and the
bows were a part of a party who
motored to Sonoyta last Saturday,
returning Sunday. While in Sonoyta
the men of the party hunted quail
and were very successful, bagging
approximately $50 of the birds. They
report them very plentiful in the
wheatfields at Sonoyta where there
is no law for the protection of them.
A meeting was held on last Satur-
day night Of a number of citizens
for the purpose OF discussing plans
for the Fourth Of July in AJo Ihe
celebration will be arranged along
the lines which have been followed
in the past few years and II 1t is
possible to do so it will be made even
ing forward to a very pleasant time.
W. B. Hager, who has been in the
hospital for the past two weeks. has
returned to his home somewhat I'M
proved in health.
After laying off from his work for
the past three weeks, while suffering
from a bruised finger. Roy Stanford
has returned to his work.
C. Y. Walker has returned from his
vacation in California.
Richard Fitzpatrick, brother of Mrs
Charles Luke, is visiting the Luke
family
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Flitcroft en-
tertained a number of friends very
pleasantly on Tuesday evening of this
week.
J. n. TAFT made a trip to Tucson
this week on business.
The young daughter of James
O'Mara. sister of Mrs. George Brueg-
ger, has arrived from Michigan
where she has been attending school
and will spend the summer months
visiting relatives here.
Hans Nelson and Fred Ekman have
returned from a trip to the northern
part of the state and to the site of
the proposed Boulder dam and report
a busy but very pleasant trip.
James Brown is on a vacation IN
Colorado.
D r. Griffiths who has been con-
fined to his home for several months
with sickness is again able to be out.
George Bradley and V. Hromadka
have recently sold their mining
claims in the New Gunsight district
to some parties from California and
the new owners expect TO start de-
velopment work on the property in
the fall.
William Miller a rancher near Ajo,
shipped several more cars of cattle
the latter part of last week. This is
the second large shipment of cattle
which Mr.. Miller has shipped in the
past two weeks. He states that the
range is overstocked and that he
finds it necessary to dispose of part
of the cattle which are now in very
good condition for shipment.
Emogene Thomas, DAUGHTER of H.
B. Thomas manager of the Ajo
branch of the Valley bank. has re-
turned home from Tempe where she
has been attending school.
John W. Mayes. attorney. has just
returned from Tucson where he spent
the past week on business.
A. A. Spurgeon made a trip to So
noyta, Mexico. by automobile on bus
mess on Thursday of this week. H.
3. Thomas of the Valley bank ac
companied him.
T. r. McNeilis is iii and has been
confined to his home for several
days.
w. r .Dennison of the Ajo I'm
provement company, reports that the
work of laying the extensions to the
water and sewer lines is progressing
nicely. Four blocks OF the water
lines are completed and five blocks
more of the ditch is finished. This is
approximately one half of the work
which will be done at this time Three
blocks of the sewer is completed and
about one-third of this work is fin
ished. which will be done at this
time