Arizona republican., 1922-01-08
ARIZONA ORANGES
AND GRAPE FRUIT
SURPRISE To EAST


to the quality of the oranges and
grapefruit raised in the Salt River
valley by f. S. Deubler. superinten-
dent of the Penshurst Farm at Mar
berth, Pa, in a letter to L. B. and
L. A. Johnson, orange growers and
ranchers in the Mesa district.
The two Mesa men took occasion
to remember Mr.. Deubler with box
of citrus fruits at Christmas time and
the reception accorded the present is
vouched for in the following letter
received from Narberth:
Messrs. l.. b. and L. A. Johnson,
Mesa, Arizona.
Gentlemen:
The box of fruit arrived yesterday
morning, just in time for Christmas
dinner, and / surely was surprised at
the contents. l have never seen nicer
oranges and tangerines and the grape
fruit were of excellent quality. In
fact, no such fruit comes to these
markets. l lived in Florida for lS
months. and during my residence
there never saw such nice oranges as
those you sent.
! will confess to being entirely lg-
norant of the fact that Arizona pro-
duced such splendid fruit. My con-
ception of Arizona was a rough state
with roc ky canyons, desert and SAND,
but this fruit and picture of the corn
you sent were a tremendous surprise
to me. My mother and brothers anu
sister were at dinner with us and they
were as astonished as / at such fruit
from Arizona.
l do not know how to thank you
and can only say that the whole fam
lily appreciated your splendid Christ
mas present. / believe that the quail
ity of our Ayrshires compares with
your products. and | hope that some
time we may send you larger sam
Pile, and would like very much to
show YOU our herd.
You may be assured OF my heartiest
good wishes and cooperation at all
times.
Yours truly,
+. S. DEUBLER.
Check Artist Sent Up
Pleading guilty to passing series
of forged checks during the past
month, o. Z. Urea Friday afternoon
was bound over to the superior court
when he was srraigned before Justice
OF the Peace r. A. kingsbury in the
local court. Checks totaling about
800 were said TO have been forged
by Urea. who used the names of c.
S. Steward and George Siddle. for
mer employers of his. The checks
were passed on various local business
houses. Constable o. L. Pickens and
Deputy Sheriff r. S. Mendoza were
successful in apprehending Urea this
week after a lengthy search for the
guilty party and comparison of his
handwriting with that on the checks
finally led TO his arrest and later
confession of the forgeries.
Find Evidences of Still
Officers from the sheriffs office in
Phoenix and local officers Friday
evening found evidences of a still I'm
the brush of the river bottom near
the old Sacks ranch northwest of
Mesa. The operator of the still had
taken his departure sometime prev
ious. A small quantity of bootleg
was found in some Of the neighbor-
ing Mexican homes. No arrests were
made.
Social Club Will Meet
The Eastern Star social club will
meet at the Masonic hall Monday aft
ernoon at 9 o'clock Members of the
order are cordially invited to attend.
Musicians Club Meetings
The Musicians club of Mesa will
hold it's regular meeting Monday
afternoon at o'clock in the guild
hall. Richard Wagner and "The Mu-
sic Of the Future" will be studied
Mrs. William Menhennett will be
chairman of the evening. A special
meeting of the club will be held on
Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, when
Mrs. Herbert Bradstreet will be
chairman. Modern italian composers
will be studied at the meeting.
Fire Destroys Store
Fire thought to have started from
defective wiring, completely de-
stroyed the store and contents of
Wilkinson and Kinney, located on the
Clemens ranch, seven miles south
west Of Mesa. The flames broke out
about o'clock Friday night and had
gained sufficient headway to cause
total loss before help could be sum
moned The loss is said to be about
| $500, practically all Of which is COW
cred by insurance.
Sunday Services in Mesa Churches
! Baptist church, F. f. Hawes, pas
tor: Bible school, 9:45 a. m: T. b.
| Croswell, superintendent. Public
worship, II a. m. and 1880 d. IN.
Morning subject THE Power of an
Efficient Church" Evening subject.
1.-TWO Builders" The choir under the
direction of A. DeFoe Miller win fur
nish special and appropriate music
for both services. B. Y. p. u. at $50
| p. m: Katherine Tice and Luella
Barkley. leaders. Sunday evening
prayer service at 7 o'clock. The Bap-