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RANSOM is AUTHORIZED.
London Church Society 10 Pay $S0,00o
for Release of Missionaries.

Tor Release OF Missionaries.
FoOCHoW, August z R).--The
Church Missionary Society Of London
today authorized Its local representa-
tive to pay Chinese bandits the ransom
demanded for release OF Miss Edith
Harrison and Miss Edkh Nettleton, who
have been held captive more than o
month In Northern Fukien Province.
Provincial authorities at Yenping
Tuesday received o note containing o
finger chopped from the hand Of one
mar1ding $50, 900 for their release. The
note threatened further torture for the
missionaries unless the ransom was
Forthcoming.
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Army under the promise of s15 q month
for medical services.
But the delegation which went to the
hospital to enlist the staff found that
the members had already fed through
side entrance.
A few missionaries remain in Kuling.
Summer resort near Kiukiang. These
have sent their heavy baggage to
Shanghai and are camping out, pre-
paratory to evacuation.
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ENGLISH DISPATCH
TROOPS TO HANK0W
AS REDS Threaten

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McCARL DECLINES
18TH AND B BUILDING
FOR ACCOUNTING OFFICE

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The Federal men went from the
scene along circuitous route that
brought them to another still. nearer
the settlement of California than the
one where Herrick and his associates
held forth. The agents destroyed an
other 1000 gallon still at this site and
conflscated 10000 gallons of mash, but
made no arrests. The grapevine tele-
graph" had functioned In the short
time since the earlier raid and oper-
ators at the other base had vanished.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
GOLDEN WATERS
FOR GREAT AREA
Between Forty and Fifty Thousand Acres
Get Gravity Water This Year

1t seems but very short time
past when people were talking
about what wonderful, valley this
would be if it had water-gravity
water. The settlers along the Gila
used all they could get and there
was no definite amount they could
depend upon. The Indians on the
reservation were hardly receiving
any water at all.
Now we are IN another era of
The valleys progress. Water now
available in the Coolidge dam
amounts to 10000 acre feet. Re-
ports from the Indian Service re-
ceived at $3.50 Thursday (yester-
day. give the above. figures, and
also the information that it is es-
timated that between 10000 and
10000 acres of Indian and white
.and will be served.
AS it stands the larger portion Of
this land is held by the whites.
At the present time 290 second
second feet Of water is released
The daily gain in the dam Is 375
acre feet over the amount released.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
PAGEANT DRAWS CROWD

The Pageant, held annually at
tie Casa Grande Ruins, under the
dictatorship of the Arizona Pag-
eantry Association, is becoming a
great factor in attracting the out
side visitors to this state as dem
onstrated by a cneck on the num-
Der of out of state cars at the
Ruins, and travelling over the
southern part OF the state heading
i'll the direction of the big show
during the three days of the per-
formance. They made up a substan-
tlal part of the attendance this
year.
Sunday night, az usual, drew the
largest crowd, which was taken
care of in perfect order by those
delegated to the task.
Universal praise by the public
and press has come forth to en-
courage those who worked so hard
10 make the play tile success it was.
Every detail in the beautiful in.
depreciation of the legend which
formed groundwork for the
scenario, moved along in perfect
harmony, forming a most interest.
ing and delightful entertainment.
The efforts made locally to pro-
vide transportation for people
coming by train was a success and
will reflect credit to the town. A
great many people were taken care
OF. This form Of public enterprise
should meet with the approval OF
everyone. 1t is feature maintained
by the Chamber of Commerce dur
ing the pdsi two years.
To Mrs. MalS Twain C1emans
who has been d gifted producer
and artist, during this and past
Paeeants, and Max Vosskuhler OF
Tucson, her assistant; A. B. Con
rad. business manager, unlimited
credit is due for the remarkable
presentation OF Dean Byron Cum
mlngs' masterpiece, which so faith
fully portrayed 20 the public the
story coming down thru the ages
of dramatic incident in the life OF
rhe prehistoric people who bull
the Ruins.
The idea of pageantry in Ari
zona was first carried to success by
Mrs. Kathreine Moray, this valley
She enlisted the interest of prom
lnent men and women in the state
and took a leading part in organ
iZing the Arizona State Pagenatry
Association, of which Rev. Dirl
Lay of Sacaton, is now the presi
dent. AS the head of the associa
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
COMPROMISE
may RESULT

With the rapid growth of Cool
idge the problem of providing nee
essary school facilities to take care
of the future is an important one.
To this end a move has been re-
Gently started to take in more area.
70 accomplish this purpose a plan
Of redisJricting was found neces-
sary. Coolidge is in the Casa
Grande Ruins district, the redis-
tricting plan embracing parts of
the Mcclellan, Kenilworth and Sig
nal Peak districts.
At Florence Monday, County
School Superintendent Mrs. Mar
saret Randall gave a hearing to the
petition. When the supervisors of
the county meet next Monday Mrs.
Randall will present a recommen-
Gltion to them
There was a large and lively at
tendance at the hearing, with all
interested districts we'll represent
ed. The redistricting committee,
headed by Dr. W. Jackson, gave
their views of advantages to be
gained. Talks were made by
Me3srs. Jackson. Geo. Kline, B. G..
Lettering, j. J. Jones, Mrs. R. J..
Jones and Mrs. Hallmark.
H. n, Natzin9er, David Bryce,
ID. w Hall, with others on behalf
o, the Kenilworth district protest
ed the plan, claiming also a need
for expansion.
Representing the Signal Peak
district Scott Prouty protested the
the petition of the Ruins district to
embrace any part OF the Peak dis
tIict
There was a division of senti-
ment regarding the plan voiced by
representatives. Of the Mcclellan
district, Messrs. Soule, Babbitt and
I'antlinger, spoke about growing
conditions around Randolph would
make it necessary for more school
facilities, and NJ L. Talla and Mrs.
Hallmark favored the Ruins re-
iistricting plan.
AS a result of the hearing, there
IS a probability of a compromise
petition being filed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
Begin Lettuce
Loading Here

Wednesday the packers and chat
els TO handle tie lettuce crop
grown in this vicinity arrived in
Coolidge. Thursday the first load
ing of cars started.
A conservative estimate of cars
required to handle the acreage,
zoo, is placed at 90. The quality is
top notch. Bryant, Phillips, Inc, of
Los Angeles. are backing the
growers, and the most extensive
planters are HosKins & Ulmer, who
have one tract across the rive-
north of Coolidge of 100 acres. The
rest is split amCDg smaller tracts,
hut all using this town as a ship
ping point.
A tryout for cantaIoupes this
year is being made by the above
men interesed In the lettuce crop.
approximately 320 acres are in
melons which will be shipped from
liere in June.
During the past week freight ar
rivals consigned 10 Coolidge firms
consisted of ten cars, three of lum-
ber split between the Hamilton
Lumber Co., ana FoXworth-Gal-
hrath Lumber Company; one car
Of agricultural implements for
Pinal Feed and Seed Company
two cars of lettuce boxes and
the balance of cars filled with ce-
ment. cotton seed and general mer-
chandise.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04

of the coils, instead of being
smoothed and obliterated, were left
open, being bent down over the
Lext lower coil, and left straight or
were often indented or notched.
This was at one time a favorite
form of decoration.
Here at Casa Grande they used
the coil method; but the smooth.
ing was done, in some cases., by the
hammer and anvil method. In
other words, suitable stone was
held against the inside of the pot
and the outside was padded with
wooden paddle. This, of course, was
done while the paste was moist.
Yesterday found a potsherd
with an indented decoration. Up to
then all the decorations we have
found had been painted. q
1t seems silly to define, pct
sherd" but nowadays when not so
many read their Bibles, 1T is neces-
sary. Older people recall. that Job
scraped his bo1ls with .pptsherds.
Webster defines a potsherd as "a
piece or fragment Of a broken
earthenware pot" and gives refer
ence to Job 2:8. The word is made
up of pot" plus "sherd" or
"shard." Shard is defined by Web
ster as "a piece or fragment ofna
brittle substance, as of an earthen
vessel; also, a shell, scale or the
like" =
So, having come to an under
standing of what potsherd is, let
us recognize the indisputable fact
that without potsherds the Ameri-
can archeologist would be very
much. at cas-. How could he identi-
fly his cultures and date, even ap-
proximately, his periods, without
the, in the southwest, ubiquitous
potsherd?
The exact words fail me. but
someone, some student of Old,
World classical archeology, has .
(Coninued on last page.) &
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
CHANGE IN
LOCAL firm

Among the early mercantile es-
adjustments of Coolidge is the
house of Mandell & Bloch This
past week Mr.. Mandell took over
the interest of Leo Bloch in the To-
cal store and the parent store in
Florence.
Kaufman Mandell, brother of Har-
ry Mandell, of Mandell's in Casa
Grande, has been merchandising in
this valley since the founding of
the first store in Casa Grand over
fifteen years past. Mandell Bros,
and there are a number of brothers
in the family, have been conducting
clothing establishments for many
years in New Mexico and this
state. Prior to going to Casa
: GIande Harry Mandell was with
Miller Bros in Ray.
Acting as a New York buyer for
the store for several years Kauf-
mann Mandell spent most of his
time in the Eastern metropolis, but
with Leo Bloch as partner, has
conducted the Florence store for
some time. This store and the one
here are now under his sole own
ership. This gentleman is recogniz,
ed as one of the best buyers and
clothing display advertising de.
signers in the business. His knowl-
edge of purchasing has kept the
stores under his supervision stock.
cd with the latest in every line ap-
pertaining to ladies' and gentle
mems garments. Mandell stores
are known in the trade as high
class establishments.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04

so that they no longer exist.
In this connection it has always
been the desire of the water users
on the upper Gila river, above the
Coolidge dam, to effect a settle
ment of this law suit by an amica-
BILE agreement among the interst-
ed parties. Progress in this direc-
tion has been slow but the defend
ants are still hopeful that such a
program may yet be adhered to-
attorney for the plaintiff is now
busily engaged in preparing for
trial and present indications are
that the entire matter will eventu-
ally be dumped in the lap of the
federal court
Orin c. Smith, engineer for the
reclamation bureau, who has been
conducting an investigation of
feasible dam sites on the upper
Gila, which the water users above
the Coolidge dam hope to utilize
in the construction of storage
dam for their needs, will complete
the bed rock investigation at the
Connor site in New Mexico the lat
ter part of this week, or the first
part of next week. Three holes
have been drilled at this site dis
closing bed rock at an average
of so feet. In addition a drift of 227
feet has been run into the side
walls of the canyon at this point
with favorable results.
Upon completion of the investi-
cation at the Connor site Engineer
Smith will proceed to the Denver
office of the reclamation service
where he will prepare his report
on his Investigations which have
extended over a period of four
months.
From advance information it is
presumed that his report will dis
close that the Connor site is the
most feasible of all the sites on the
upper Gila on account of the com
parative shallow bed rock condi-
tions coupled with the adequate
reservoir capacity.
The final report of Mr.. Smith is
expected to be in the hands of the
board of directors of the ella Val
ley Irrigation District before the
end of April.-Clifton Copper Era.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
MAY COMES IN april

The warm weather that is ap-
preaching has nothing on the warm
spot for Coolidge and vicinity in
the hearts of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
May Of Deming, n NJ Although
ardent in their ideas for the future
growth of their home town in New
Mexico, they can plainly see the
bright outlook for Coolidge and
this valley. These good folks are
the parents of Mrs. r. H. Ferrell
of Coolidge and this is their third
visit in the last few years. They
are therefore well posted on what
has taken place. Each visit has
shown amazing growth, change of
landscape in town and country, so
when they return home early next
week they are carrying with them
not only the best wishes of their
many friends in this section of
Arizona, but undisputable facts
concerning the country under the
Coolidge DAM
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
PUBLISHERS TO
HAVE ORGANIZATION

At Casa Grande Monday night
Miss Margaret Stewart, the charm
ing editor and general manager Of
the Casa Grande Valley Dispatch,
entertained Pinal County publish
crs. Those present, a full repre-
5entation of all ihe papers in the
county were: Mr.. and Mrs. Al Will
kie of the Coolidge News, Andy
Wrenn of the Florence Blade-Trib-
une, Edgar Corn of the Superior
Sun, and Ted Healy Of the Coolidge
Examiner A banquet was served
at the Casa Saguaro. Preliminary
steps were taken in the organiza-
tion of the publishers Of Pinal coun-.
ty, the first officers appointed be-
.ng Miss Stewart, president, and Al
Wilkie secretary-treasurer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
HELLO GIRLS" SOON
ON new SWITCHBOARD
Pole Climbers Do First Work, Followed By
SWITCH BOARD CREW

Headed by r. H. Andres, a crew
of ten of the expert workers of the
Mountain States Telephone & Tel
egraph Company are now busy
aDOut Coolidge on pole and wire
work, preparatory to the installa-
jiOn of the local exchange, which
viii start Immediately.
The materials for the switch
board have been here for some
time so there will be no delay in
this end of the work when started
by the representative of the man
ufacturers who have the contract,
and his assistants, who are due to
arrive here in a few days.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
VIEW POINTS ON
IRRIGATION SUIT
News From Upper Gila Valley and This
Valley in Conflict

No definite assurance has as yet
been received by the directors of
the Gila Valley Irrigation District
that a conference will be held in
Washington with department of the
interior officials relative to a set
tlement of water rights on the Gila
river.
Requests for such a conference
were forwarded to Secretary Viii.
bur during February by the Gila
Valley District, also by the Frank
lin District in the Duncan Valley.
Whether or not such a conference
will be held q still under advise
ment.
Last week the Florence Blade
Tribune published the following
news item:
"Oliver P. Morten, special assist
ant to the U. S. attorney general,
spent Monday in Florence and the
valley with San Carlos Irrigation
District Engineer c. H. South
worth, going over matters in con-
nection with pending Gila river wa
ter suit, in which all landowners
are made parties. Some time was
spent at Sacaton looking into mat
ters. 1t is expected the suit will be
brought up in Judge Sawtelle's
court in the near future. 1t will be
remembered that defendants asked
for further time to make answer
to the complaints filed in the fed
eral court some time ago which
was granted. There are a few de-
PENDANTS who have not yet filed
their answers and the court is
waiting on them"
The above quotation from the
Tribune is not exactly in accord
ance with our understanding of the
facts.
When the case was last before
Judge Sawtelle in Globe it was re-
ported that Mr. Morton, represent
ing the plaintiff, asked for further
time in which to prepare the case
on behalf of the government
So far as the defendants in this
action are concerned, answers on
behalf of all the principal defend
ants have been filed long ago.
There are some defendants named
in this suit, however, who have lost
all interest in this case for the rea-
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
is
QUICKLY
SUBDUFD

Shortly after II o'clock Wednes-
day night the cry of fire brought
the guests at the San Carlos hotel
out thru doors and windows. A
blaze had started in the room con-
tanning the water heater and was
observed by Mr.. Henry of the Wes-
tern Cotton gin, as he left the lob
by to go down the hall to his room.
The heater is located at the north
end of the building and the gentle
man rushed to see what was caus-
ing the red glare. The blaze had
gained sufficient headway that the
rousing up of the guests was next
in order and this was quickly ac-
complished.
T. E. Markham, proprietor of the
San Carlos, had just returned to
the hotel from down town. At the
first alarm he started fire fighting
with success in the heater room
only to find that a blaze had reach
ed a room on the floor above.
With the help of the guests this
was extinguished with the small
garden hose.
Thru all the excitement the
guests helped as best they could
and when the smoke had cleared
away they returned to their rooms.
1t was remarked that no one but
the owners, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
liam, and the guests were present
at the fire. The public was absent.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
GOING ON A TOOT

The shortest story with a moral
is: The tramp stood on the rail
road track and didn't hear the bell;
toot, toot, the whistle went, the
tramp went farewell. Moral: Don't
sail around on railway tracks. The
Arizona Edison in Coolidge has in
stalled whistle which wakes you
ID at six, announces the chow hour
ut noon, toOts at one, and again at
) and p. m. 1t will as soon as the
local manager of the Edison plant
and fire chief Bud Belts, have it
fully arranged blow fire alarms,
and the ward in Coolidge in which
the fire is located Someone dis
covering a fire telephones in and
the whistle will start the fire de-
Dartment in operation. Don't stall
when you spot a fire. Get informa-
ton to the Edison plant at once.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
PRESIDENT
OF CLUB
RETURNS

The twenty-eighth Annual Cou-
yention of the Arizona Federation
of Women's Clubs was held at
Yuma, Arizona, March 20, -. and
2S, with the lrc sident, Mrs. George
Kit, in the chair. There were more
tHan twenty cides of the state rep
resented and more than 100 dele
eates present
According TO Mrs. f. J. Jones,
VINO represented Coolidge Woman's
Club, the meeting was very stimu-
lG.ing and she believes there is no
organization more ideally fitted to
act as the agent thru which the
women of today can work for the
upbuilding and enrichment of com
munity life.
Miss c. Louise Boehringer, chair
man of the legislative department,
stressed the need of law enforce
ment, particularly the statute
against the upIooting of desert
plants, and the statute on the edu-
cation of Arizona children.
The Art department was very
interesting. Painting, both oil and
water, were hung about the four
walls of the Elks lodge room where
the convention was held. The
paintings were all from Arizona
artists and were placed on display
foI three purposes: First, to al
low the art department of the state
to purchase two paintings to be
placed in the travelling art exhibit
CT the Fedora tion Second, to al
low club women to see the work of
Arizona artists, and third, for an
exhibit of the painting to the gen
eral public.
Mr.. p G. Spilsbury, of the Ari-
iona Industrial Congress, made a
very interesting talk on Child We'll
fare. He said n order to solve the
child welfare problem we must CO.
ordinate our work and make it ef-
ficient-put it on an economic ba-
Sis. Industry pays the bill, so cor
Let it.
Miss Frances Brown, of the Uni
ver5ity Of Arizona. and chairman Of
the American Homes department,
gay0 an interesting report She was
assisted by Mrs. Pete Corpestine
fIon Phoenix, who spoke on En-
thusiasm for the Home. She urged
women to bring efficiency into the
home as everything nowadays is
efficiency and we must keep pace
with this advancement within the
home as we'll as without Miss
Brown was also assisted by two
young school girls who very clever
ly demonstrated the All work that
is being done thru home demon
stration. The All work stauds for
the work of the Home, Heart Head
and Hands.
There were many other interest
ing and instructive talks besides
many reports from the various de-
partments. The district reports and
Cub reports were also instructive
and very beneficial.
The Arizona Federation was
asked to send large delegation to
the General Federation biennial at
Denver, beginning June 5. Mrs.
Lloyd Christie, the present Direct
or, and Mrs. George Kit, the in
coming Director, will represent
Arizona as delegates. Each district
president and delegate from each
Club is urged to attend. The Gen
eral Federation has recognized Ari-
Zona in two appointments during
the past year: That of Mrs. L. S.
Crosse of Scottsdale, as Chairman
of the Committee on Art Lectures
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
sunday SCHOOL.
ELECTION HELD

Last Sunday at the Community
church an election was held to Sc
cure officers to serve for the en-
suing year. L. A. Means was elected
superintendent, and Mrs Earl Pat
tersOn assistant superintendent;
Odessa Ball, treasurer, and Jesise
lies, secretary.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04

and Program Extension, and by the
appointment of Mrs. Christie, our
Director, as one of the committee
Of three for the study of the du-
ties of Directors.
Mesa will be the host city to the
next annual meeting of the Arizona
Federation of Women's Clubs, to
be held in the Spring of 1881.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
KNOWS HER TAMALES

To be served with delicious en-
chilades, bona fide old fashioned
tdmales and frijoles a la Mexicana,
is treat seldom encountered now
days. Sonora Margarita Monreal.
whose cafe is on the east side Of
south Main, across from the Casa
Grande-Florence highway, is
great find for those who relish a
good Spanish meal occasionally.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04
OIL MEN VISIT THE COMING
METROPOLIS

With an eye on the advancement
of Coolidge, Paul F. Davis and
Robert d. Hussey, advertising rep
resentatives of the Texas Co., man
ufacturers of Texaco products,
paid this city call the latter part
Of last week. They had in charge
the installation of the loud speak
ers at the Arizona State Pageant
at. Casa Grande Ruins.
The Coolidge examiner., 1930-04-04

tiOn the gentleman is a success,
and as a publicity agent he is a
marvel. His work in spreading the
news of the pageant over the state
and nation was a grand piece of
work. Newspapers and radios gave
him hearty support.
Plans for the next pag cant will
be taken up Immediately after the
business department finish the
auditing of Pageant affairs.