Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-27
LABOR JOURNAL
CARRIES STORY
ABOUT DOUGLAS

In the 1925 anniversary edition of
the Arizona Labor journal an article
descriptive of Douglas, Arizona, its
industries and attractions, which was
submitted by l.. A. Herring, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Mines, appeared.
The article reads as follows: Away
down in the southwest corner of
Arizona, where the Bankhead Bor-
derland highway and the Southern
Pacific railroad again touch the in
ternational boundary of the two great
republics, after leaving El Paso,
Texas, the westbound travellers find
themselves in Douglas, a city Of TO-
600 busy, healthy and colAtended peo-
pie. A city of homes, situated in
almost the center of a valley eX-
tending approximately 25O miles in
direction north and south and Is
miles east and west
81 Douglas is modern city in every
respect with wide paved streets and
all the public utilities that tend to
make living pleasure and keep
contented those whose labor and pros
perity contribute to the stability of a
city built, primarily, around the great
industry of the state of Arizona
COPPER.
About 1,400 men are employed by
the smelters of the Phelps Dodge cor
poratton and the Calumet and Ari-
zona Mining companies where IT,
100000 pounds of the red metal" are
produced monthly. The manufacture
of gypsum plaster by the Arizona
gypsum Plaster company, and the
lime of PauTs quarry, along with
other lines of labor necessary for
the operation of different lines of
business and public utilities gives
employment to about 1900 more men
and women
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany, without about $50 employees,
adds approximately $4,000 to the
monthly payroll of 100000 received
from the above mentioned sources
The cattle and agricultural industries
and business with our sister republic
to the south, all contribute to the
business prosperity of the city.
Three banks, with average monthly
clearings of 100000, and checking
accounts of $3,OOO,OOO will give one
an idea of the healthy conditions of
these institutions and of the business
transacted.
All lines of business are well rep
resented, and up to date stocks of
clothing, dry goods, groceries and
hardware are always carried by the
leading retail concerns.
Wholesale grocery and supply
houses are numbers sufficient to sup
ply retail merchants of the city as
well as Bisbee, "a miles distant
Churches of IA different denomina-
tions are represented
The school system, from the kinder
garten to the high school, employ
ing 125 teachers, exclusive of the
faculty, ranks as the best in the
state.
The Cochise county hospital, To-
is a credit to the community and to
those in charge.
For the use of those who maintain
that call work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy" there is a Country
club, with tennis courts and a nine
hole golf course. There is swim
ming pool, under the official care of
the American legion; a one-mile race
track, owned by the Cochise County
Fair association; a baseball park and
two city parks.
Good roads lead to the many noun
tain resorts in the Huachuca and
Chiricahua mountains. In the Chiri-
cahua mountains is the latest desig
mated national monument-"The Won
derland of Rocks"
In planning your vacation this
summer See Arizona First" and
don'tS fail to include in your itinerary
DOUGLAS on the border, the gate
way to the state of Sonora, Mexico.