Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

menced on excellent lines of good
government.
The city is we'll laid out; it's streets
are wide and there are many fine
business blocks and residences
throughout the city Many are being
added daily Recent real estate sales
have shown a phenomenal increase in
the price of lots. The town, however,
covers large acreage.
The climate is excellent and cannot
be improved on in any section of the
ihealthful southwest, yet unlike many
Icities of Arizona and New Mexico,
Douglas is not a health resort but a
city of workers. Nevertheless it is an
ideal place for those suffering with
tubercular diseases. The elevation is
1000 feet; the atmosphere clear, dry
and invigorating; the water is pure
and very soft, and the percentage OF
cold days in a year is extremely small
! Under the entire Sulphur Springs valley
is flowing stream of water ample for
| irrigation purposes and IL miles east
! of Douglas are four artesian wells
which are used for irrigation
/ The schools of Douglas are equal tc
any in the southwest and at present
| two new ones are in course of con-
Sstruction. A total of $4,000 has beer
spent for school buildings. The city
| is well supplied with churches, all Of
the leading denominations being rep.
resented with splendid structures.
] A we'll constructed and splendidly
equipped public library graces one ol
the principal streets, a gift from Pro
fessor James Douglas, president of stht
4 Phelps, Dodge company, new opera
1house has also been erected at cos
of 100000 The leading hotels are Sth,
ilQueen and the Roy, and there ar,
I others.
Douglas has two banks, which arc
iconsidercd among the most substan
tial financial institutions in the terri
4 tory Their deposits amount to S600,
900, which speaks we'll for city sc
| young. The banks are the Bank o.
/ Douglas, of which c. o. ELLIS is cashier
and the First National Bank, with L
C. Hanks as cashier. The~ latter ha:
branch bank at Benson, Arizona.
Electric lights and an excellent watel
system and telephone service are fur
lnished by the Douglas Improvement
company Telephone communication:
may be had with Bisbee, Tombstone
Naco and Cananea, the latter plac,
some so miles southwest of Douglas il
Mexico, the home of the Green Con
! solidated Copper company. A stree
railway system connects the city Will
the smelling plants, there being abou
/ five miles of track.
Two daily papers with excellent new!
service have a good circulation in The
surrounding. country. They are Thu
Douglas Daily Dispatch a morning
paper, and the International American
tam evening publication. @~'s' '5''es}~
The Douglas Cast Stone company is
one of the leading industries of the
city.
The company has large factory
| where artificial stone and cement
! plaster are manufactured, and which
are used extensively in building opera
| tions throughout this section of the
country. The material used for the
cement is quarried few miles from
the city and makes a very desirable as
well as cheap material for building.
A splendid new Y. M. c. A. building
! is now under construction, to cost at
completion $4,000, which was raised
by subscriptions. 1t is the first Y. M, G.
ia. building to be erected in Arizona.
The Copper City brewery was built