Arizona republican., 1922-05-13
WATER SUPPLY IS
DISCUSSED BY THE
SCOTTSDALE COZ C..

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SCOTTSDALE, May 1.-THE first
regular meeting OF the Scottsdale
Chamber of Commerce was held al
the chamber of commerce room Tues
day night in the bank building and a
large attendance was present regard
less of the rain. Among the import
ant business that was taken up was
the water question for Scottsdale and
a committee was appointed OF when
Walter Dom was chairman to de-
termine if securing the water from
well in Paradise valley would be the
best thing to do. Coach Sandlge OF
the high school suggested swimming
meet tc be held at Scottsdale next
fall The meet would be in the nature
of the annual track meet held at
Tucson every fall and would include
races for girls and canoe races. the
suggestions were reported favorable
and will be investigated by the Or
ganization. The question of secur-
ing a central for this district was also
referred 10 committee for inyesti-
cation.
There was a short meeting of the
local farm bureau last night but due
TO the failure Of the speaker from
phoenix not arriving the meeting was
adjourned after a short informal dis
cussion.
The third meeting last night of
the Scottsdale Athletic association
was held at the school house. The
members were all present and very
good meeting was held. 1t was de-
cided to continue the wrestling
matches for the first one given was
very successful. The next match will
be a return match between Indian
Tommy Burns and the Masked Marvel
of Prescott. A good card OF prellmln- :
aries has been arranged and the card
that viii be presented Friday May 19
will be better one than the FIRST
card. Due to the fact that extra boys
have been engaged to box from Phoe-
nix the expense viii be greater and
the price has been raised to Csc. soc
and 75c. The highest price seats are
ringside seats. This price is far be-
low what the other clubs are charg-
ing but the card will be UP to top
notch. The club also decided to dis
continue the dances for a few months
and to buy some equipment for the
baseball team. Arrangements are also
being made to import several players
10 fill weak places on the team.
The Beaver Debating club of the
high scnool in appreciation for what
the members of the school board have
done in securing a new high school
for ScottsdaIe elected them ana
Principal l.. o. DuRoss as honorary
members of the club. To further
show their appreciation each member
was presented with a gift. Charles
Miller and Walter Dom were each
given a small white gold Masonic pin.
Guy Loomis was given a gid tie
clasp with his initials engraved on II.
The action of the debating club rep
resents the sentiment of the people OF
the entire district for no school board
of this district has ever devoted as
much time to the betterment of the
school system and accomplished as
much as the present one. Their pol
lev from the start has been efficiency
with economy and that the best IS
none too good for the children of this
district.
The many friends of Mr.. Van Cleek
will be glad to know that he is inn
proving from his recent illness ana
is able to be up.
Most of the farmers in this district
were well pleased with the rain yes
terday, for they had replanted their
cotton and it needed the rain to bring
it up. There was very little hay down
here as most of the farmers had
harvested it some weeks ago.
Miss Leota Kahie. Leslie Sullivan
and Jewell WHY were Phoenix vis-
itors Yesterday on business and
pleasure.
The Adams children, who have
been absent from school for four
weeks, due to a case of scarlet fever
in the family, returned to school yes
]. 4. Wilson, employed by the
ScottsdaIe Ginning company, is build
ing a modern house in West Scotts-
dale. This makes the fourth build
ing to be constructed this month.
Tommy Burns, niddleweight wrest-
ling champion of the Southwest, VINO
injured his head in fall last match,
is entirely we'll now and is training
daily for his coming match with the
Masked Marvel next week.
The Scottsdale cafe. under the ex-
pert supervision of Mrs. Bowyer. has
added a special feature to their menu.
A special country dinner with fried
chicken will be served every Sunday.
This feature has become so popular
that a number of Phoenix people
are making it Sunday occurrence
to drive out for dinner on Sunday.
Mrs. Sidell, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs.
Walker and Miss Diehl motored to
Cashion yesterday.
Roy George, editor of the Scotts--
dale Bulletin, issued another copy OF
his local paper yesterday which was
a great Improvement over the first
edition. The editor stated that his
paper was devoted to the interest OF
fruit production and a cannery for
Scottsdale.