Arizona republican., 1922-02-21
COMMUNITY PICNIC
IS HOLIDAY FEATURE
IN WASH. DISTRICT

The people of the Washington
district are planning to celebrate
Washington's birthday by holding
community picnic at the schoolhouse
Wednesday in connection with the
annual school picnic. on this day
movement will be started to make
the grounds of the splendid school
buildingsone of the most beautiful in
the state.
Each family is urgently requested
by the community social committee
to bring and help plant family
rose bush" preferably an American
Beauty rose, to form a hedge which
is to extend across the entire front
of the school grounds. 1t was first
planned 10 plant a family tree but
as the school board found it impos-
sible to fence and ditch out the new
plot of ground purchased by the dis
trict last year. in time for the event
this feature of the work will have to
be postponed until later date.
Shrubs also will be planted around
the smaller buildings on the grounds.
d G. Ieek. w. c. Stelee and Mr..
Strough will have charge of the
planting of the bushes and shrub
berry. Chester Virgins and lie Roy
Middleton will have the amusements
of the children in charge. Mrs. W.
J. Tetzloff and George Taylor VIII
oversee the picnic dinner and cof-
fee making. Every family VIII please
bring their own basket dinner ana
dishes, coffee will be provided py the
community committee.
The school is particularly anxious
that the entire community cooper
ate with il in making the day sue
cess and in making a start toward
making their school grounds beau-
tiful New residents are especially
invited to come out and get acdlaint-
ed with their neighbofs and the
teachers of the school.
George Maxwell, whose name needs
no introduction in Arizona, talked
most interestingly for nearly two
hours Tuesday evening to the Wash
ington farm bureau on the Colorado
river project, a subject which is tast
gaining the intrest of every loyai
citizen of the state. Mr.. Maxwell IL
lustrated his talk by means or ms
splendid map showing the complete
plan of the project as il would pest
benefit Arizona. The big adVan'
tages of building the main dam al
Glen canyon and the diversion dam
at Boulder canyon were dwelt upon
in detail by Mr.. Maxwell. A few OF
the strong points made during the
talk were as follows:
The opening of 100000 acres OF
fertile land for irrigation and the de-
yelopment of 100000 horsepower
making a total value and investment
to the state of Arizona Of S250,OOO,o0V.
Increase of wealth to the state by
taxation. ten times, without any IN
crease of overhead expense.
The development of home INDUS
tfies and manufacturing plants 70
the extent that it would make Ari-
zona one of the wealthiest states IN
the West which is a matter or ma
tional interest.
Mr.. Maxwell declared that Arizona
to hold the project must be trm or
forever lose their natural rights 10
the use of the river.
The final strong point made was
the danger to the United states as
well as to Arizona il Mexico is al
lowed to develop the project, on ac-
count OF the Asiatie problem which
would arise as a result OF me import
into Mexico by American land ae-
velopment companies of cheap Asia
tic labor.
At Mr.. Maxwel's request Mrs. ~.
c. Ilockett again sang her beautlful
ARIZONA. Land OF Mine, song
which her own community never
tires of hearing her sing.
There will be meeting OF the
members of the board of the wash
ington farm bureau on Tuesday