Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-15
BUSINESS MEN.
PRAISE DOUGLAS.
HOME BEAUTIFUL.

As the final preparations were be-
ing made Saturday for the opening
day of the Douglas "home beautiful
at 1414 Ninth street, comments were
heard from many quarters cemmond-
ing the spirit exhibited by Fred Hub
bell and his associates in fostering q
movement which will unquestionably
benefit the community.
Business men and public officials
throughout the city were strong in
their praise of the ''home7 beautifuP'I
movement, and it was their unanimous
opinion that the enterprise fostered by
the Fred Hubbell syndicate was pro.
jected at very opportune time a
time when the prosperity of the city
may either be stimulated or allowed
to retrogress
No single adverse comment regard
ing the movement was heard and even
prior to the opening of the Douglas
home beautiful" business men report
that they have observed signs of a re-
neWed interest in home building as
the result of the publicity given the
Hubbelg enterprise and the interest
witld which Douglas residents, have
followed the building of this model
home.
The following are some of the COM
ments expressed by well known citi-
zens and business men of Douglas:
Mayor A. F.. HAntOn
A. e. Hinton, mayor of Douglas
II feel that the action of the Fred
Hubbell syndicate in making this
move to awaken a long dormant inter-
est in home building is decidedly a
move in the right direction. d feel
that the future of Douglas is assured
and that a campaign for the building
of many new attractive homes is more
than warranted
John b. CrOwclI
John B. Crowell, cashier of the Bank
of Douglas: II am heartily in favor
of the movement fostered by the Fred
Hubben syndicate and am confident
| that it will be the forerunner OF a
long needed program of building. AL
most daily visitors inquire at the bank
! regarding available homes for rent or
for sale and it has been embarrassing
/ to have to admit that no new home
have been built in recent years."
r. w. Graves
!
First National bank: Not only do i
welcome this movement to stimulate
/ building in the city,, but l welcome
/ the advent of the style Of architecture
followed in the Fred Hubbell model
home something entirely new to
Douglas In California, home builders
have followed the best examples OF
Spanish architecture with the result
that there arg solid blocks of new
homes unequal1ed in beauty anywhere
4 in the world. There are practically nc
/ houses available for rent and I sim
cerely hope that a building program
can be instituted to remedy the situa-
tion.'
Joseph Tardy
Joseph Tardy, president of the Bor
derland Climate club: '.The building
of hits model home is the best thing
which has happened in Douglas dur
ing the past five years. A scarcity o.
i desirable homes has existed for some
years past and it has long been hopeI
that some progressive individual wouIG
i start the ball rolling. In the Douglas
| 'ohme beautiful the, Fred Hubbell
4 syndicate has more than fulfilled the
hopes of those who have followed the
: dwellings construction
Geo. b. Doubleday
; George B. Doubleday, secretary OF
: the Douglas Chamber of Commerce ano
Mines: mo one can question the cry
ing need of many new desirable homes
in Douglas. One of the first Interests
of visitors who stop in Douglas is the
number of attractive homes. To my
: own knowledge, as secretary of the To-
cal chamber of commerce, Douglas has
! lost many prospective residents be-
cause of the fact that no desirable
homes have been available. I feel sure
, that the movement instituted by FREQ
4 Hubbell and his associates will be in
strumental in bringing about a re
newed interest in home building which
cannot but react to the community
prosperity
S. G. DOwel1
S. G. Dowel1, superintendent of the
Arizona Gypsum Plaster company: 81
have been actively connected with
building in Douglas for many years
and it has been disheartening to see
the city's progress at standstill dur
ing the past few years IN the face OF
the many genuine inducements which
the city has to offer to the prospective
newcomer. In the many years of my
experience I have never inspected a
better designed or constructed dwell
ing than this model home and 1 be-
lieve that the movement started by
Fred Hubbell will be Followed by a
building program which will react as
much to the benefit of the community
as to his own