Arizona republican., 1922-04-10
LATEST NEWS NOTES
FROM CASA CRANDE

| d. H. Birdwell and wife and Grady
Thurman were in on Tuesday. April
4. They drove up from here to at
tend = ..>ssting of the Standard Oil
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Duley left on Sat
urday last for Banning. Cal There
they joined Mrs. Duley's father. G.
z. Ray. who is in the auto sign paint
ing business.
Mrs Al Hoffman left on Thursday
morning for Aberdeen, Kan. Mrs
Hoffman accompanied her mother
back to their old home in Kansas
Her mother spent the winter here.
| MeSsrs. F. G. Templeton and S. J.
| Norman, w. ]. Davidson and John J.
Keating of Florence were all in Phoe-
nix on Wednesday last These gen.
| tlemen went up to the capital city
to meet with Engineer Cragin of the
| Salt River Valley Water Users as
sociation and determine the signing
| Of the contract. Before the gentle
men left Phoenix the contract for the
| new power was signed. S. J. Norman
has been busy since he returned from
Phoenix. going over the maps and
mapping out the location of the wells.
the depth of water In them, and also
making an estimate of the cost to
vote bonds for the continuation of
their work.
On Thursday afternoon. April S, at
the home OF Mrs. Lem p. Matthews,
Miss Bertha S. Doering, a very in
teresting young Swedish missionary,
met with the Woman's Aid society of
the Presbyterian church and also the
Ladies' Aid society of the Christian
church. Miss Doering is very in
teresting speaker. and although only
resident of Arizona for the past two
years, and having only been in the
United States for the past five years.
she has been conducting an earnest
crusade work among the Indians.
She first worked among the Seminole
Indians in Florida, and then among
the Navajos of the northern part of
Arizona. Now she is to be stationed
out at the Jack Rabbit mines. where
she is working among the Papagos
out on the reservation. She came to
this country from Stockholm. Sweden,
and after her course of nursing in
the hospital in Stockholm. She also
did a great deal of service for almost
| ten years in Lapland and the regions
about the arctic seas. During the
past week Miss Doering was the
guest of Mrs. Huldah Elliott in this
city. On Friday evening she left for
Phoenix, where she spent Sunday and
lectured at several churches there.
For one who has been in this country
so short a time, she has a wonderful
mastery Of the English language. On
her return the first of the week she
will go at once to the Jack Rabbit
mines to continue her work.
Hal Johnson of the Phoenix Flour
mills store here was in Phoenix on
business Saturday and Sunday of
this week.
On Wednesday of the past week
two carloads of fine grade cotton
were loaded at the local gin and made
ready for shipment to Liverpool, Eng
land.
Attorneys Lem p Matthews and
Robert Denton were in Florence on
Wednesday. April s, in conference
with Judge A. c. Lockwood. of Tomb
stone and Judge John H Campbell of
Tucson. The matter OF the adiudi-
cation suit of the local Water Users
association was taken up.
A meeting of the social service bu-
reau was held Monday evening. April
8. in the Dispatch office. The re-
sponse to the letters sent out asking
! tribute a minimum of SIS quarterly
| has so far met with fair response.
| The yellow Dog club turned over all
the funds they had on hand. amount
ing to about $40. The Catholic La
dies Benevolent society, represented
by Mrs. J. J. Kruse. who is also a
member Of the social service bureau,
donated $5. The city council has do
mated $40.
Mrs. H. d. Wilson, chairman of
the relief committee, reported aid
given to numerous local people and
also to three transient women who
were sadly in need of help. A total
of $77.S1 has been spent for relief
work. covering nearly five months,
SIS of this amount being donated to
the school soup fund.
v. z. Hicks Of Phoenix. travelling
for the Liggett & Myers Tobacco
company, was in town the forepart
Of the week.
Friday night, April Z, the members
of the local chamber of commerce
entertained at most enjoyable dance
in Bird hall. About 100 couples were
present and several out-of- town
guests. The local orchestra furnished
excellent music for the dancers. Cool
| ing drinks were served during the
evening. The proceeds of this dance
are to go towards the signing of the
roads from here to Tucson and also
Phoenix via Sacaton.
Messrs w. N. Mcleod of this city,
F. MORN and c. d. McNutt of San
Francisco, all representing the Trans
continental Freight Bureau of San
Francisco, were in Phoenix. Glendale
and Mesa the foreDart of the week
and at Eloy and Toltec on Friday.
The gentlemen were looking after the
weights and crates for the big lettuce
shipments which will begin here the
first of the week and have already
begun in the Salt River valley.
Mrs D. J. Spires OF Florence was
visitor here the forepart Of the
week.
S. C. Miller OF Glendale, CAL. form
erly doing real estate business in this
city, was in town the past week.
On Thursday evening at 10 o'clock
at the late home of the deceased in
the Drew addition, occurred the sad
death of Mrs. Warren Afford. Mr.
Afford has been connected with the
Casa Grande Commercial company 8
store ever since his arrival in the city
ten months ago. Mrs. Afford had
been III ever since coming here from
her husband two sons. Robert, aged
Is, and Marion, aged 3. She was a
woman of beautiful disposition and
character and bore her illness with
great fortitude. w. +. Moore of this
city was the foster father Of the de-
ce. sed Mr.. Afford and two sons ac-
colnpansed the remains on Friday
night 10 Hot Springs Ark. where
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