Arizona republican., 1922-01-12
PEORIA CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE MEETS

PEORIA, Jan. 1.-THE Peoria
chamber of commerce met in reg
ular session Monday night and ow-
ing to the absence of President j.
Caplin, the vice president, c. A. Rob-
inson presided A very interesting
meeting was held and a number of
topics that are of vital interest to the
town were taken up and discussed.
The line loss in electric energy came
up for considerable discussion and
il was decided to take check of this
loss. Mr.. Wellington Of the North
side Electric company of Glendale
was present and gave the chamber
some valuable information on cleo
tricity and its maintenance.
Dedication Held
The dedication OF the completed
building of the Presbyterian church
was held last evening and program
was rendered by the church choir.
The dedication sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Arthur Lee Odell, his
text being ''Ye Are the Salt of the
Earth" The subject was very ably
handled and this was followed by
scripture reading by the Rev. Rose.
Rev. Dugger, pastor Of the church,
officiated on the program.
installation of officers
The local camp of Modern Wood
men will hold an installation of Of
ficers Thursday night, Jan. IL. Two
candidates will be put through the
first degree and a reception will fol-
low the regular business. All mem
bers OF neighboring camps are in
vited to attend and assist in making
the affair an entire success.
Near Fire Causes Excitement
The townspeople of Peoria became
quite excited Tuesday evening when
smoke was discovered rising in a
large volume from the vicinity OF
the Waggoner ranch in- the edge of
town. The word was Immediately
passed around that Waggoners cot
ton was on fire and many citizens
ran to aid in putting out the blaze,
aid also being given by the newly
organized fire department. Upon ar
rival it was found that Mrs. Wag-
goner had started to burn some grass
which passed beyond her control and
burned a few grape and blackberry
vines, the cotton being undamaged.
Mrs. Means, who is staying at the
place became so excited during the
fire and worked SO hard helping to
extinguish the blaze, that she suf-
fered a nervous shock.
Farm Bureau Meeting
The loca farm bureau will hold
its regular meeting Friday night,
w. r. Knox, president of the Pima
cotton Growers association, will give
talk and a community sing will
also be held as a feature.
Purchases Store
Gordon Hammond has purchased
the RAIDER and Sparks Mercantile
bushes and is now very busy in re-
modelling and painting the interior
OF the building. Mr.. Hammond is
the son of J. A. Hammond, who for
merly owned the store.
Decides to Locate
Q. v. Andrews, who for the past
year has been renting the building
and fixtures OF the Weddle Barber
shop, has purchased the shop and
will conduct the business as usual
Mr.. Andrews has other interests here
IN Peoria and the town feels proud
to welcome him in his new venture.
News Items
Don't forget to help make Peoria
better town In which to live. To
do this you will have to do your
part In making the town and it's peo-
pie better known. Revive interest
IN all OF its activities. Don't be too
busy to make note OF a news item
and phone 1t in or II you are down.
town turn 1t in. Phone all news
items or leave them with Jay Sig
worth, phone 105RS.