The border vidette., 1933-12-16
FEDERAL GOLDEN FLOW CAUS-
ING COON ON BORDER
(Tuesday's Herald)
By Fl. Il. Sisk

Literally thousands upon thou
sands OF dollars are being ex
pended in this community for
charitable purposes.
Never before in the history OF
the border country has so much
money been diverted into chan
nels of providing relief for the
needy.
Foodstuffs. clothing, furnish
ings, money and jobs are being
dished out by governmental
agencies all of which is causing
a boomlet in commercial circles
in this city.
Bills amounting TO thousands
of dollars are paid by charitable
organizations to local merchants
for supplies which are given To
the destitute. The bill for food
supplies is said to be tremendous
when compared with other years
II addition to provisions given
those who are unable TO find
work Uucle Sam is unusually
liberal here with jobs. During
the past few months $50 uuem
pIoyed persons have been given
em ployment on various govern
ment jobs. They are being paid
in cash for their services which
ia turn is being turned into the
channels of trade.
Davies Karsm, federal dis,
bursing officer here, paid out
more than $5 600 to workers last
Saturday. The payroll this COM
ing Saturday will be larger and
it is expected to expand to dou
BILE this amount within a few
| weeks.
Many new projects have been
created. There are workers in
all sections of the county gain
fully employed on the u. S. pay
roll. Camps are being built,
! roads are being repaired, reha
bilitation work is being done and
| new highways are being inaug.
urated.
The forest service is planning
a new route to Ruby which will
tap the mineralized field OF Santa
Cruz county. Many workers are
to be employed on this project.
A new highway from Nogales
to the Santa Cruz will likely be
constructed aud other projects,
costing thousands of dollars. will
likely be approved.
Gig Work to Come
The big prof acts are yet to
come, and should arrive shortly
after the first OF the year.
The $443. 600 food control pro
ject is expected to get underway
| here within month.
The new $l35, 900 federal build
ing has been approved and con
struction will likely begin at an
early date.
The new 100000 highway to
the river will likely be approved
There are joss everywhere.
| Artisans. clerical workers and
common laborers have been em
ployed. Out Of an approximate
| $50 unemployed $50 have found
work.
New Golden Horde
The establishment of the U. S.
transient camp here turned loose
a new golden horde 10 Nogales.
There are more than 600 tran.
sients at Camp Little. It costs
much to feed and clotbe them
and provide ordinary necessities.
The msjor portion of the money
for supplies for the camp is be
ing spent in Nogales, all Of
which adds to the prosperity oi
the community.
Food is bought, sweaters, h,sn
kets, bedding, supplies OF ali
nature and kind are beiug par
chased, Local merchants are
reporting large trade. Whole
sale houses are being expanded.
The federal emergency relic!
is truly the largest agency Hon"
ishing on the border. Ordinary
business shrinks into the back
ground when private expendi
lures are compared with govern
mental expenditures.
Charity expenditures Of few
years ago is almost nothing
when compared with the expeo'
ditures at the present time.
Hundreds OF people are recip
tents OF charity. Many more
hundreds have government jobs,
The people OF the border again
seem to be taking heart. Bust
ness is expanding and trade Is
flourishing--dua mostly to gov