The border vidette., 1933-11-04
y. S. TRANSlENT CAMP FOR
NOGALES
Thursdays Herald)

Nogales is to have q transient.
camp!
O.d Camp Little will be im
mediately occupied by an army
of FIVE hundred transients, 200
of whom will likely arrive here
within the next ten days.
Final arrangements for the
opening of the huge camp are
being made here today by Miss
F.. M. Warner, of Phoenix, ex
ecutive secretary of the Arizona
Public Welfare board, and r. B.
Murphy, transient director of
Arizona.
A meeting was held this morn
ing at the cham Der Of commerce
between officials of the city aud
county and civic leaders. Prac
tically all details have been
agreed upon. Transients will
begin to arrive here immediate.
ly, so the welfare officials say.
The camp will be one Of the
largest 10 Arizona and will be an
overflow camp of Phoenix, Tue
SOD, Bisbee, Douglas and other
main highway cities.
The entire facilities of Camp
Little will be pressed into ser.
vice. Tee main camp gro1 ds
and barracks, owned by E K
Cumming, will be leased. The
city of Nogeles will offer all the
available housing facilities for
the comfort of the personnel Of
the transient camp and for the
families of the transients. In
addition to male transients there
will also be number Of women
and children to be provided for
by the government.
Will Provide Work
The city and county will desig-
nate work for the large number
of transients. It is to be work
which will not interfere with
regular employment.
The main initial project will
be the rebuilding of the highway
from the Nogales city limits to
tha Santa Cruz river which will
eliminate So curves and shorten
the distance by mile and a half.
Following that job q short cut is
to be built to Fort Huachuca
which will bring the fort within
so miles of Nogales.
Other work will be provided
also. The transient camp will
be semi-military project. The
camp will be orderly conducted.
Urges Public Support
1T is up to the people of the
community to lend their moral
support to the transients. They
are good people who happen to
be out of work at the present
time. They are fine young men
who will work if they can" said
Mr.. Murphy at the meeting to.
day.
I'VE will provide them with
housing, food, medical care and
clothing. The com munity will
designate the work to be done.
The transients will work six
hours daily.e
There is also the recreatioual
side to be considered. The tran.
sients will have their own foot.
bail teams. They will become a
part of the community and we
want the people of Nogales to
consider them part Of the city"
The welfare directors said that
the Phoenix transient camp now
has 756 mem bers. The Tucson
cam is opening today with $50
transients.
The Nogales camp will be
one of the largest in the state"
said Miss Warner. ~ will
mean much to this community.
Will Aid City
THE establishment of the
transient camp in Nogales viii!
be a big aid to the commerce OF
the city," said the welfare di
rectors. Food stuffs and cloth
ing are to be purchased. Eec
tricity and water and many other
items must be bought. II will
mean much 10 the commerce of
Nogales.
Mayor J. e. Wise, speaking
for the city, said that the city
would lend every co operation.
Il. T. Frazier, Jr, member Of
the Santa Oruz county board OF
supervisors. offered the coopera
ton of the county.
The camp should begin opera