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The Omaha guide., 1932-11-05

John E. MilhOlland, whose name
should be revered by all of us. was
instrumental in having the Tuske-
gee Apartments built. He knew
that Henry Phipps was building
model tenements, to return four per
cent on the investment. Milholland,
learning through me of the fright
full housing conditions among the
Negro working class, persuaded
Phipps to put his second venture
in a Negro neighborhocd. So the
Hill saw a fireproof, new-law tene-
ment, with steam heat and unlimit-
ed hot water, in the midst of it's
double-decker and dumbell apart
ments that covered ninety per cent
of each building lot. The manage
ment was in the hands of the City
and Suburban Homes Company.
l had begun my settlement work
in a model tenement erected by
Charles Pratt. My next venture
was in a tenement erected by Henry
Phipps, and while Mr.. Phipps had
as yet shown no interest in settle
ment work, caring only for the
housing end, 1 hoped. by quietly
renting on my own account, to per-
suade him to add social service
work.
The house had a pIayroom for its
children which the Walton Free
Kindergarten was allowed to occupy
In the morning. 1 could develop
more work that later might be
supported. So I took a little furni-
ture, a great many books, and NOV
ed into my fiat. 1t had three rooms
and a bath.
Life among working class people
was familiar to me, but I found that
San Juan Hill was very different
from Greenpoint. There was, of
course, the difference of race, or
color. but l soon forgot that. The
noticeable difference was in the
lower economic status of the Negro.
Greenpoint had been a factory
neighborhood, and though the work
had been hard it had been fairly
constant. Girls worked in factories
and shops. men worked regularly at
skilled and unskilled labor. All got
a decent wage, SO that the house
wife stayed at home giving her full
time to her family's wants. On San
Juan Hill, this was the exception,
not the rule.
There were families where the
The Omaha guide., 1932-11-05

ing made their way to their mistresses'
homes. Men lounged on street cor
hers in as dandified dress as their
women at the wash tubs could get for
them; while hard working porters
and longshoremen, night watchmen
and government clerks went regularly
to their jobs. Race prejudice and
economic necessity threw all sorts
and conditions of colored neonle To-
The Omaha guide., 1932-11-05

gether. l speak of the San Juan Hill of the past. 1
know little about it now, but when in January, 1908, I
moved into the Tuskegee Apartments, built by Henry
Phlpps, its reputation was little better than HelHs Kitch-
en-, the picturesque Irish gangster neighborhood a few
blocks south.
The Omaha guide., 1932-11-05

there petty larceny abounded. And
where, as on San Juan Hill, moth
ers had to go out to work, arrests
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Continued on Page Four
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
MOVEMENT FOR A
HUGE DAM BEGINS
Columbia River Project Is
Three Times AS Large
AS Hoover Dam

Denver, Jan. II CAP)-
Engineers in the Denver Bu-
reau of the United States re-
clamation service have sent
to Washington the detailed
plans for a colossal new dam
"a $400.000,000 project in
the Columbia River Basin
which will be three times as
large as the Hoover dam.
Authorization for the pr
ject was urged yesterday in
a joint bill by Senator Jones,
Republican, and bill, Demo
crat, of Washington. The
harnessing of the river for
power and irrigation pur-
poses would take place on
the river in Washington, at a
point $50 miles below the
Canadian border. The pro-
ject would bring 1900, 900
acres under cultivation and
would be the largest under
taking of its kind ever con-
ceived.
Raymond F. Walter, chief
engineer of the reclamation
service, said the report on
the project followed more
than tw years of investiga-
t ton by government en-
gineers.
The dam, the specifica-
tions show would extend
four-fifths of a mile, be $50
feet high and back up a re-
servior of water $50 miles
from Gran Couee to the
Canadian border. Eleven
million cubic yards of con-
crete would be required.
The Columbia river dam
would be exactly 4,100 feet
ling. whereas the Hoover
Dam will be only $50 feet
long when completed. The
northwest project also would
generate twice as much
power as Hoover Dams pro-
ject. plant.
Power development will
pay for the cost of construc-
ton in so years. From five
to six years will be required
to complete the project.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
DISASTROUS FIRE
At COOLIDGE LAST
SUNDAY EVENING

Last Sunday evening about
10 o'clock the kitchen range
in the Coolidge Cafe explod-
ed. No one was injured,
but the fire caused by the ex-
ploslon soon had the interior
of the Cafe a mass of flames
which ate through to the
Bargain Center store.
The goods were removed
from the Bargain Center
store and the Coolidge Mer-
camille Co. store as fast as
possible by the large crowd
which gathered. The build
ing formerly occupied by the
Southwest Bank was used to
store the goods.
The interior adobe build
ing 50x50 occupied by the
Cafe and Bargain Center
was completely destroyed
except the four walls of ado
be which seem as good as
ever.
The Coolidge Mercantile
Co.'s store, owned and op-
Grated by Mrs. E. P. Clark
was not badly damaged. The
main loss being the damage
from smoke and water and
breakage in removing the
stock.
Owing to broken wires
telepone communication be-
tween Casa Grande and
Florence was delayed but
finely word was gotten to the
Florence Fire Company who
responded at once and rend-
cred great help to the Cool
idge fire department in con-
fining the fire to the one
building.
Workmen are at work
clearing up the debris and
the building will be re-
paired as soon as the insur-
ance can be adjusted.
The Bargain Center store
moved their goods into the
building formerly occu-
pied by the Arizona Land &
Investment Co. They may
remain there permanently if
satisfactory arrangements
can be made.
Mrs. Clark will open up
for business in the old stand
as soon as the insurance can
be adjusted.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15

DRIVE TO TEXAS

Mr.. r. J. Jones left Satur-
day for Texas in company
with Mr.. J. E. Wigs of Kan
sas City who spent the holi-
days here visiting with his
sister Mrs. Jones and with
his mother, Mrs. ]. B. Wiggs
of Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. R. J. Jones left Tuesday
for Texas with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wierenga. who were
also visiting here with her
sister Mrs. R. ]. Jones in
Coolidge and mother in Los
Angeles over the holidays.
They will all meet at Arkon,
Texas, and from their return
to their respective homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Jones are
expected home Friday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
WOMAN'S CLUB BENEFIT
BRIDGE PARTY SUCCESS

An interesting evening
was spent by about so guests
at the Woman's club rooms
Friday night playing bridge.
The hostesses were Mrs. N.
w. BolEin, Mrs. Earl Weaver.
Mrs. w. H. Farnsworth and
her daughter Miss Alpha.
Prizes were awarded the
winners of high scores. Mrs.
J. M. Hines, Mrs N. w. Irs-
felt, Mr.. C. J. Preece and W
D. Johnson were the lucky
ones. A Door Prize" was
also given to the one holding
the lucky number received
at the door when arriving.
Mr.. w. D. Johnson was the
honored one.
These card parties are
sponsored by the Coolidge
Woman's Club and given the
first Friday of each month.
Mrs. Charles Cohen is gen.
eral chairman of these social
gatherings and is making
every effort to established a
good fellowship feeling
among the assembled guests
and has succeeded i'm making
these Friday card parties
popular and with the hos
tesses assisting they are very
pleasant affairs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
ACCEPTS POSITION
AS FOREMAN OF
CHANDLER ARZONAN

Glen Tyler, who has been
employed in the printing de-
partment of The Dispatch
for the past two years, is
leaving Casa Grande to ac-
cept the position of foreman
for the Chandler Arizonan
in his old home town OF
Chandler.
While in Casa Grande, Ty-
Ter has been an active and
important cog in various
community enterprises as
we'll as in The Dispatch shop.
He is known among basket
ball fans as one of the best
basketball players in the
state. and has played with
the Bears since their organl-
zation here a year ago. He
is also a gifted musician and
was instrumental in the or
ganization of the Jazz Jugg-
lers, local orchestra which
has been succeeded by the
Melody Makers, for which
he now plays the saxophone'
He has expressed his willing
ness to continue with the
Bears through the remand
er of this season.
Tyler's opportunity for a
position of greater response
bility and remuneration IN
Chandler comes as the result
of the purchase of the Mesa
Journal by the Mittens and
associates, publishers of the
Arizonan, and the coordina.
ton of the Chandler and
Mesa printing plants.-Casa
Grande Dispatch.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
RAIN AND SNOW
SWEEP THE COUNTRY

Snow and floods through
out the midwest caused
much damage and threaten
ed many lives this week.
The Navajo Indians were
snowbound in the uplands
of New Mexico and suffered
by the severe storm which
passed over New Mexico on
to California threatening the
citrus crop of that state.
The floods in the Mississi-
ppi bottoms endangered s.
600 lives, a tornado passing
over Alabama and Mississi-
ppi towns killed IL persons
and in Tennessee seven lives
were taken and many were
injured.
Wires were down and
communication cut off and
calls for help were delayed.
Doctors and nurses were
sent to the stricken communi-
ties soon as possible.
San Francisco reported
rain and snow Thursday and
residents were amazed at the
sight of snow which melted
as soon as it touched the
ground. Snow wass falling
in districts of northern Calf,
Thursday, and the first time
in so years that snow was
seen in that section.
1t is thought advisable by
Commissioners of certain
isolated sections in New
Mexico to drop food by air
planes to the snowbound re-
sidents.
: A blanket of snow covered
the higher sections in drain
age area i'm Arizona but fair
weather is forecast for these
sections this week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
TIRE LEADER ANNOUNCES
REDUCED PRICES
Firestone Economies Passed on
to Public

| Car owners throughout America
,are saved millions of dollars by
drastic price reduction affecting all
sizes and types of tires. r. c. Tucker,
Vice President of The Firestone Tire
& Rubber Company of California,
announced today.
"Firestone again leads in price re-
duction," Tucker stated, making
the cost of Firestone Gum-Dipped
Tires the lowest in history. This re-
duction is made in spite of a con-
stantly increasing demand which hasI
depleted reserve stocks and is keep
ing our factories in Akron and Los
Angeles operating on maximum
schedule. The purpose OF the reduc-l
ton is to pass on to American auto
mobile owners at this strategic MOI
ment the advantages of new econo-i
mics resulting from Firestone's now
hnequaled position in buying raw
materials such as rubber and cotton,
from efficient production methods
and economical distribution facili-
ties. II is direct reaction to the in
creased purchasing power of the
American dollar"
@Firestone's lowered prices" Tuck
ef said, will save motorists il.
America several million dollars H.
1882"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
LUNCHEON
GIVEN FOR MRS.
WILLIAM DUSABLON

On Tuesday afternoon
J. J. Butterfield was hostess
to a group of Coolidge wo-
men in honor of Mrs. VIM.
Dusablon, who has been
making Coolidge her home
since October. At prettily
appointed tables the guests
found their places by hand
painted place cards, repre-
senting desert scenes the
tally cards were of the same
design. The three course
luncheon consisted of mush-
room chicken a la Maryland
in timbales, cranberries sal
ad. hot ice box rolls, choc-
late cake and coffee. After
the luncheon bridge was in
dulged in by the following
guests: Mrs. o. B. Boone,
Mrs. J. B. Boone, Mrs. Edith
C. Crawford, Tucson, Mrs.
Lee Patrick, Los Angeles.
Calf, Mrs. J. A. Downs
Mrs. H. F. Palmer, Mrs. T..
T. Terrill, Mrs. M. M. Ware,
Mrs n N Shelter, Mrs. H.
R. Julian, Mrs. R. D. Coch-
ran. Mrs. N. w. Bollin, Mrs.
Earl Weaver, Mrs. H. Doak,
Mrs. Y.C. White. Mrs. F. L..
Fish. Mrs. VIM. Jackson,
Mrs. T. w. Moxley, Mrs. K.
M. Fisher, Mrs. James Luthy
Mrs. C. L. Skousen, Mrs. Z.
C. Hamilton, Mrs. R. j. Pratt
her.
The table hostesses includ-
ed Mrs. J. Luthy, Mrs. c. l..
Skousen, Mrs. Tom Moxley,
Mrs. H. Julian, Mrs. H. Doak
Mrs. H. Palmer.
Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Earl Weaver, and Mrs.
R. T. Prather. A beautiful
Indian basket was presented
to the honoree.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
TIN FLOWER POTS FAVORED

Grandmother h a d the
right idea when she raised
her plants in the kitchen in
tin cans, declared DR.. Linus
H. Jones, research professor
of botany at the Massachu-
sets State college in a recent
publication. Although used
from necessity rather than
choice the excellence Of
such Horticultural adventures
was due to the reduction of
excessive water evaporation
from a non-porous container.
The common porous clay
pot, said DR.. Jones, has been
regarded as an absolute nee
essity by greenhouse men
and scientists. When these
pots are used, water evapor-
ates principally from the
wall. This excessive loss of
water is not entirely replaced
by the daily chore of water
ing, as not sufficient water of
applied to penetrate the
complete depth of the soil
mas. The pot continues to
evaporate water until the
lower region of the soil be-
comes powder dry. When
this occurs, the feeding roots
are killed and the plant
gradually dies back to a
skeleton of stalks and stems.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE INSTALLED
new OFFICERS

The Coolidge Chamber of
Commerce met in regular
session at the Legion hall
last Tuesday night.
After the new officers
were installed the new by
laws were adopted and the
business coming before the
meeting was disposed of.
The Coolidge Chamber of
Commerce will meet on the
second Tuesday of each
month in the future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
TWO ACCUSED OF
STEALING CATTLE
Bound Over To Superior
Court; $25OO Bond; Six
Cattle Missing

Preliminary hearing in
Justice court in Casa Grande
was waived today in the case
of Benny Goechenour a n d
Mark Lynch, who were Tues
day morning arrested on the
charge of stealing cattle
from the Wadley ranch near
Casa Grande.
Bond for the accused, who
entered plea of "Not Guilty"
was raised from $500 to
S25OO, pending trial in Su-
perior court, date for which
has not been set, Neither had
bail Wednesday afternoon,
and the two were taken to
Florence by Sheriff Walter
Laveen.
The arrest of the alleged
rustlers was made by Cattle
Inspector Carr McNutt, after
they had been tracked by
Wadley, and a description of
them furnished by him. The
complaint alleges that six
head of cattle were taken.
Theft of cattle in this vi
cinity is said to have become
a common occurance during
recent mon t h S. - Casa
Granda Dicnatch
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
WOMAN'S CLUB MET
THURSDAY AFTERNOON

An interesting meeting
of the club was held on
Thursday with about 27
members prese en- t. The
President, Mrs. R. J. Jones
was absent visiting in Texas,
and the meeting was called
to order by Mrs. w. Jackson
vice-president, who presided
during business session at
which time two new officers
were elected to fill vacancies.
Mrs. Karl M. Fisher was
elected for Auditor, replac-
ing Mrs. A. l.. Lodders, and
Mrs. T. T. Terrill as a board
of director, made vacant by
Mrs. Margie Wilke.
Mrs. J. J. Butterfeld had
charge Of the program for
the afternoon. acting chair
man, and calling for respon-
ses on Important National
and international Events of
1881, consequently many in
teresting short talks were
given by the members. 1t
was an interesting and in
structive meeting:
The hostesses were Mrs.
A. McCay, Mrs. H. M. Doak
and Mrs Flora HOonar
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
TOPUT Up BUILDING
IN COOLIDGE SOON

Appel & Sons expect start
ing b uil d n g operations
in the near future on their
Lots on the corner of Main
Street and Wilson avenue.
Plans have been prepared
by a leading architect firm
for a brick and cement struc-
ture 50x90 feet and as soon
as business will justify
the building will be started
and rushed to completion it
will be used for an up-to-date
service station and hard
ware store.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
PINAL DISTRICT NO. 2
HOLDS ELECTION

The annual election of
board members in Electrical
District No. 2 was held last
Saturday, at Casa Grande.
F. c. Templetin was re-elect-
ed at the Selma school house.
F. 7. Armstead was chosen
to succeed himself by a
unanimous vote.
The Coolidge voting place
was held at the Borree Cor
ner school house and result
ed as follows:
Wiley Lane .......... Al
J. J. Jones 80
S. E. Kennedy A
The members of the board
are:
F. C. Templeton, F. T.
Armstead, Wiley Lane, M.
A. Anderson and F. G. ELL
we'll.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
STATE SUPERVISORS
ASK HALF THE GAS
TAX MONEY FOR CO.

n IeSOluIlOu asking Cne
Arizona legislature to make
the five cent gas tax perma-
nent and to divide it equally
between the counties and
the state highway depart
ment was passed Tuesday by
the Arizona State Associa-
ton of Boards of Supervi-
SorS.
The association represent
ed by supervisors from all
counties except Apache and
Cochise, met at the Maricopa
county administration build
ing.
Immediately a f t ter the
adoption, a committee went
to the capital to present the
resolution to the governor,
the president of the senate
and the speaker of the house.
The resolution, presented
to the association for action
by R. E. Moore, Yavapai
county supervisor, also asks
that "any other additional
appropriation for the relief
of employment be expended
by the board of supervisors.
Under the resolution two
and one-half cents of the five
cent gas tax would go to the
county in which collected
and the other two and one
half cents to the highway de-
partment.
The resolution was ap-l
proved with but one dissent
ing vote. It's passage follow
ed considerable discussion.
Most of the supervisors ex-
pressed sentiment for the
measure as adopted, while
others n di c a t e d they
thought the three-two divi-
sion in the bill passed by the
senate ''is a pretty good
thing"
Approximately rs per
cent of contributors to the
gas fund do not use state
highways" the resolution
sets forth. MANY counties
have more mileage of roads
to maintain than the state"
Counties have been fore
ed, due to heavy decreased
in assessed valuation, to re-
duce their road budget. The
counties are unable to main
tain or reconstruct roads up
to a reasonable standard,
with particular reference to
roads used by school buses,
with their limited road fund
many of these roads are
hazardous and dangerous at
the present time.
Cali counties have ample
equipment to carry on ad,
ditional constructor and
road betterment work and
are in a position to give
immediate relief to the un-
empoyed if additional funds
are provided.
"The various county
boards and county engineers
are much better able to de-
termine those needing en-
ployment relief than are the
members of the state high
way commission" "-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
ALLEGRO BRIDGE CLUB MEETS

Mrs. Charles E. Cohen en-
tertained the Allegro Bridge
Club at her home Monday,
three tables were in play.
High score was won by Mrs.
R. Hendry. Those present
were Mesdames Weaver,
Empie, Hamilton, Hendry,
Cochran, Slater, Tyler, Ellis
berry, Bollin, Preece, a n d
McClerry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15
FEASIBILITY OF PRO-
POSED DAM SITES ON
GILA BEING SURVEYED

Engineer Sperry, Assistan
Engineer for the Flathead
Irrigation district, IN Mon
tana, arrived in Florence the
first of this week where he
assembled a crew of helpers
and set out to make special
surveys of locations for fu-
ture dam sites in the Gila
river between Florence and
Coolidge dam.
For sometime there has
been available $4,000 for
that purpose of making sur
veys for storage and power
dams on the river below the
Coolidge dam, as supplement
tai structures to the San Car
los Irrigation Project.
There are five proposed
sites that will have the at
tention of Mr.. Sperry, and
are known as the Buttes site,
Riverside, Christmas, and
Granite Basin on the Gila
River, with possibly a stor-
age dam at Charleston.
A dam at Granite Basin
would be purely a power
project. The site of Granite
Basin is about Is miles up
stream from the Christmas
site, and offers an area of
considerable storage capa-
city in addition to the up
stream area that would be
formed back of the dam. AL
though the Riverside site
above Kelvin and the Butte
site just east of the Ashurst-
HAYDEN diversion dam of
quite large areas for storage
purposes the excessive cost
of moving the railroad out OF
the area that would be flood
ed would render those sites
not feasible, except in an eX-
traordinary emergency at
some future time when the
demand for additional stor-
age dams might make it nee
essary that those sites be
utilized.
Every year thousands of
acre-feet of water flow down
off the San Pedro watershed
inundating the lands along
the river from st. David to
the point where the river
flows into the Gila near Kel-
vim doing great damage to
the farms, homes, highways
and bridges. A dam at Char
lesion would be of great va
lue to the farmers along the
San Pedro during the dry
season when the crops need
the moisture, and would have
an even greater value in pre-
venting tn e devastating
floods. A few years ago
capitalists were interested
in building the Charleston
dam but, after considerable
money had been expended
on the project, it was aban-
doned. There, too, the re-
moval of railroads out of the
area to be flooded was a
matter of grave financial i'm
portance, just as would be
the Butte site:
However, these are mat
ters which will be more fully
determined as the surveys
and investigation by En-
gineer Sperry progress. That
additional dams for power
and storage purposes will be
required by the San Carlos
Irrigation and Drainage Dis
trict as the demand for more
irrigation water and more
electric power make the
same necessary, is a matter
of which there is no question
1t is to the credit of the
project managers that they
have had the forethought to
cause power and storage
sites to be investigated at
this time.-Florence Blade
Tribune.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-15

The revival meetings at
the Woman's club rooms
each night at 7:30 by Evan
gelist D. R. Miller and party
will continue all next week.
A cordial welcome is extend
ed to the public to attend
these meetings.
Evening star., 1932-11-03
Star Returns I'M School
ELECTION RESULTS TO BE HEARD IN COMMUNITY CENTERs

~ PEN house for neighborhod and
family groups will be held in
many Of the city's community
ccntclS next Tuesday evening,
when the Nationwide election
returns will be given. in cooperation
with The Evening Star, from 7:3O
o'clock until late hour. These neigh
borhood events will offer special pro-
grams beginning at BIS O'Clock, which
will intersperse the radio announce
ments throughout the evening.
Eight community centers. operated by
the Community Center Department, of
which Mrs Elizabeth K. Peoples is dl-
rector. will offer these neighborhood
programs on election night many OF
them in cooperation with citizens as
sociations, parent-teacher associations
and the school officials. The public is
invited to avail itself Ct the opportunity
to listen to the returns in these build
mos on that evening.
East Washington Community Center,
lc~atcd in Eastern High School, Seven
t.onth and East Capitol streets, Mrs.
!. w. Hardy supervisor, Mrs. Ella Scott
in Charge of activities, Will offer a pro-
gram tf music and movies in the au-
ditorium. A concert will be given by
the Washington Boys Independent
Band
Southeast Community Center, located
in Hine Junior High Schol, Mrs. M. w.
Davis community secretary, VIII present
& program of entertaining athletic fea-
lures under the direction of Jack Haas,
to take place in the corridors OF the
building, which is at Seventh and G
streets southeast
langley Community Center First ara