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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
Townsend Clubs Hold
Convention Here Sat.
COOLIDGE MAN
DIES IN FLORENCE

Carl Crosswhite, who was
seriously burned when his
house was destroyed by fire
in Coolidge on February IL,
died in the hospital at Flor
ence on February "a after
medical skill and care had
failed to save him.
The deceased married Miss
Eva Crane in Oklahoma in
1880. To this union was
born four children, who,
with the wife, survive him.
They came to Coolidge in
1882.
Funeral services were held
in Florence and the body was
inferred in the Florence GEM
etery. The sympathy of the
community goes out to the
bereaved.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
LARGE CROWD ATTEND
RACES HERE SUNDAY

A large number of sport
lovers were attracted to the
rodeo grounds west of town
Sunday afternoon to witness
three horse races that had
been previously matched.
Those entered were local
horses, which made good
showings, not to be profess
sionals. Two of the races
went for 800 yards, and one
was for a quarter of a mile.
One race was a sweep
stake, horses being entered
by Asa Gardner, Dee John
son and Joe Sheriff.. This
race was for 800 yards and
won by Gardner's horse. An
other 800 yard race was con-
tested by horses entered by
Asa Gardner and John Go
rec. Gardner also carried
off the honors in this race.
The long distance race was
between horses belonging to
Dink Powers and Jack Mich
OILS. This stretch was a
quarter of a mile and the
honors went to the Powers
horse.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
LEGION TO HONOR
STATE COMMANDER

The American l. e g i O n
posts of Florence and Cool
idge will entertain Al Zell-
ner, state Legion command
ers at Florence, March End,
on the occasion of his visit
to Florence at that time.
The Legion will give a
dinner and dance in the eve
ming, and all Legionnaires
and their wives are invited
to attend. All who plan to
attend are requested to noti-
fly Mrs. Tom Moxley at the
Coolidge Cleaners for reser-
vation.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
POTPOURRI
By Polk Daniels


If a lawyer tells you to
keep out of a lawsuit, take
his advice and pay him we'll
for it.
eff other men would be-
have better, my wife would
treat me BETTER" says Len
Ganeway. Every time she
hears of some man cutting
up or acting scandalous, she
treats me as if | was just as
guilty"
am told of a young man
who bought an engagement
ring on the intallment plan,
and afterwards quarreled
with his fiance. She refuses
to return his ring, and lately
she has been letting another
boy friend or hers wear IT..
There are at least three
kinds of people: Those who
do their thinking first, those
who do their thinking after
ward, and those who do no
thinking at all.
There are very few wom-
en- who can pour out "just
a half-cup please" of coffee.
The more | see of the
world, the more | appreciate
the worth of a person who
sees the beauty at home and
is cheerful.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
LOCAL MAN DIES
OF BLOOD POISON

Leonard White, age 20, of
Coolidge, died in Phoenix
Tuesday, Feb. rs, as a result
of blood poisoning, which
developed from a boil on his
face. He was we'll known
here and had many friends +;
was a member of the Baptist
church.
The deceased is survived
by his parents and one broth
er in Texas, and one sister,
Mrs. Wallace Dunlap, of
Coolidge.
Funeral and burial was
held at Phoenix Wednesday
afternoon at 800 o'clock.
We extend sympathy to the
surviving ones in their sor-
row.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
HONOR NEWLY-WEDS
WITH TEA SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. John Skrla,
residing east of town gave a
bridal tea Sunday afternoon
at their home in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Skrla
who were recently married
at Lordsburg, N. M. A most
pleasant afternoon w a S
spent by the lage number of
guests in attendance. Those
present we're: Mrs. L. Klein,
A. L. Whitener, Ruth Rich,
Peggy Killian, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Wing, Mr.. Lige Childs,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Black
we'll, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Woodard, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Lacey, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Condit, Mrs. Vivian Weaver,
Mrs. R. B. Walton, Odessa
Ball, Mrs. A. J. Ball, Mrs.
F. R. Harrington, Ralph
Johnson, Philip A. Neese,
Mrs. Raymond A. Dobbs,
Mrs. E. A. Wing, H. E. Bar
ker, Mr.. and Mrs. Tolbert
Pruitt, Lois Bowden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earle E. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Davis, Mrs. Nance
Wing, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Shelter, Ethel Dobson, Wen
dlen Skrla and John Skrla.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
CAR WRECKS KILL
8 OTHERS INJURED

Three persons, two of
whom were national service
men, were killed. and three
other people injured in an
automobile collision which
occurred near Deming, n.
M, February 25.
The dead are Roger w.
Fall, superintendent of Vel
lowstone National Park
George Wright, Washington,
D. c., chief of wild life re-
search, and Thomas dinner,
of New Milford, Conn. The
injured are, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward dinner, parents of
Thomas Dinner, and their
IL year old daughter, Clara.
The injured are in the Dem
ing hospital.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

J. M. Cook, we'll known
Casa Grande resident, was
critically injured in an au-
tomobile accident which oc-
Cured early Saturday morn
ing on the Casa Grande-
Coolidge highway a short
distance from Casa Grande.
Mr.. Cook was taken to the
hospital at Casa Grande. The
accident occurred when the
automobile which Mr.. Cook
was driving struck head-on
with a truck. No others
were reported hurt in the
wreck. The car and truck
were both completely de-
molished.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

Mrs. R. H. Lamb of Phoe-
nix, is in the hospital at
Phoenix, as the result of an
accident which occurred on
highway 80 near Gordon S
service station in Coolidge
late Friday afternoon. The
car driven by Mr.. Lamb,
husband of the injured Wom-
an, collided with a car
driven by Kenneth Means of
Coolidge. Mr.. Lamb and
Mr.. Means escaped unin-
jured. The two cars, a Ford
and a Chevrolet, were dam
aged, but not beyond repair,
according to Deputy Sheriff
Asa Gardner, of Coolidge,
who was called to the scene
of the accident.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

Two persons are in the hos
pital at Phoenix as the re-
suit of a head on collision OF
two automobiles near SAGA
ton Saturday afternoon.
Three school teachers of
Globe were injured, two of
them critically and were
rushed to the hospital at
Phoenix. Two other persons
received minor cuts and
bruises, one of which was
dragged beneath one of the
cars. Both automobiles were
completely demolished,
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

Rev. C. F. Frazier, pastor
of the Baptist church of
Coolidge, returned Monday
from Tolleson, where he and
Rev. Crabtree, of Phoenix,
have been conducting a two
weeks revival. Rev. Frazier
reports a total of 81 profes-
sions and "a reclaimed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
FATHER OF LOCAL
CITIZEN DIES

Jack Davis, of Coolidge re-
ceived the sad news Monday
of the death of his father
Owen Davis, age 81, which
occurred at Douglas at nine
o'clock that morning. Bu-
rial was made at Mesa
Wednesday.
We deeply sympathize
with you, Jack, in your great
sorrow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
Prospects Favorable For
More Water Storage
ASSET AND LIABILITY IN
FIELD OF TRANS
PORTATION

column of the Coolidge FIX
aminer a few days ago, that
through courtesy, the editor
offers room for the discussion
of constructive and impor-
tant subjects, to the readers
of the paper. Taking the
advantage of this free-will
offer, we wish to take issues
with Mr.. Frank Dixon on his
expressions made in last
weeks issue of the Examiner
in regard to the truck, bus
and railroad situation in the
nation.
Mr.. Dixon would have us
believe that the railroad
business was, before the
coming of the automobile,
truck and bus, one of the
greatest assets ever known
to the American people. 1t
is true that the railroads
pioneered in the develop
ment of our country, as the
only mode of rapid adequate
transportation. But it also
is true that they were given
free rights of way, free land,
to the extent of 25 sections
per mile of track, in some
states. Also, the govern
ment of the United States
states and territories, con-
tributed and loaned vast
sums of money to induce the
railroads to build through
their country.
The railroads was, to a
great extent, a liability from
the beginning. That mode
of transportation has cost the
people of the nation more
money than the entire equip
ment is or ever has been
worth. A few men who
owned the greater part OF
the stock, have made their
easy millions of dollars by
charging the people extor-
ton rates on both freight
and passenger service. And
prior to the entering of COM
petition in the transporta-
ton field, the railroad peo-
pie were so independent that
they showed little courtesy
to their customers. 1t also,
frequently occurred that
valuable shipments of goods
were unconveniently late,
damaged or lost, and the
owner of the goods received
nothing more than a lot OF
harsh words from the rail-
road people. 1t isn't any
wonder that the railroad
companies were so frequent
ly in litigation with someone
in the various courts of the
country. Their passenger
service was so dangerous
that the railroad companies
themselves sold millions OF
dollars worth of life and &C
cident insurance to their pas
sengers before they boarded
a train.
It is true that the railroads
paid a considerable amount
of taxes in the various local
tiles which they traversed;
but when you get down and
figure taxes, according to
the valuation of property,
YOU will soon find that the
automobile industry is pay
ing a much higher rate OF
tax than the railroads have
ever paid. The automobile
industry has the railroads
out-stripped in every detail
Of the whole transportation
field. Also, the automobile
industry is employing more
men than the railroads ever
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
San Carlos Project May
Get Butte and River
side Dams

A special meeting of the
Directors of the San Carlos
Irrigation District was held
in Florence on Monday, Feb
ruary Oath, in response to
kilograms from Washington
requesting the presence of
District officials at confer
ences to be held there in
connection with the soil con-
servation program on the
Upper Gila. Commissioner
John Collier of the Indian
Bureau wired as follows:
Board of Directors
San Carlos Irrigation and
Drainage District
Florence, Arizona
In connection proposed soil
conservation program Upper
Gila watershed it is consid-
cred of utmost Importance
that majority your board to-
gether with your engineer
and attorney proceed Wash
ington early date for confer
ence. This matter of vital
Importance San Carlos Prof.
ect and all irrigation prof.
ects in West. inasmuch as
precedents of far reaching
consequence will be estab-
lished. Advise.
(Signed) John Collier.
A similar telegram advis-
ing the Board to send repre-
sentatives was received from
Senator Carl Hayden.
Fully aware of the far
reaching Importance to the
San Carlos Project of the
soil erosion program and re-
lated matters the Board de-
cided that President NOVEL;
and Secretary Ellington, to-
gether with Attorney Reed
and Engineer Southworth
should proceed to Washing
ton. These officials left by
train Thursday morning and
will arrive in Washington
Sunday.
According to the Irrigation
District officials, the pro-
posed conference is being
called to further discuss the
proposed plans of the Soil
Erosion Service on the Upper
ella, which includes flood
control dams. The probable
effect of these Upper Valley
detention dams upon the
water supply of the San Car
los Project has been a mat
ter of some controversy for
several months past. The
San Carlos District officials
have insisted that any Sys-
tenn of flood control dams
on the Gila should extend
both below as we'll as above
the San Carlos Reservoir,
and that proper precautions
should be taken to protect
the Projects water supply
in any proposed program on
the river. Suitable locations
for flood dams below the San
Carlos Reservoir are to be
found at the Buttes and
Riverside sites.
Senator Hayden has already
introduced an amendment to
the omnibus flood control
bill providing funds for this
flood control program. This
legislation would provide
funds for the construction of
several detention dams on
the Upper Gila and at least
one such dam on the lower
Gila. 1t is hoped that the
Washington conference will
result in the working out OF
a plan or policy in which all
differences can be reconclled
and the way cleared for ac-
tual construction work.
The Board members expect
to be gone approximately
ten days. Attorney Reed
and Engineer Southworth
will remain somewhat long
er to look after a number of
Project and District matters
now pending in Washington.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ScnOOl, rlQdy, FeUIuh1y
21st. Judge John Bull gave
representations of Abraham
Lincoln. The high school
visited us and saw the pro-
gram.
Mail boxes have been
placed in the teachers room
at the Coolidge Grammar
School. This will make it
more convenient for them to
get notices and school mail.
The tournament for the
grammar school girls in vol
ley ball and the boys in bas-
ket ball will be held Satur-
day, February 29th, at Casa
Grande. Coolidge has a
team entered in each sport.
The P. T. A. contest is in
the sixth grade room now.
They are making a booklet
about various things that
have happened in'the month
of February.
All of Miss Fulkerson's
art classes have been work
ing on block printing for
some time. They studied the
origin Of block printing, and
found it very interesting. In
connection with their class
work classes have made Wis
its to the Coolidge Examiner
print shop recently.
Honor Roll for the Fourth
Six-Week Period
First Honor Roll
First Grade-Miss Hib-
ben; Teresa Goldie, Nadine
McCleery, Nedra Jean Ray,
Celia Zahalsky.
First Grade-Miss Hooper.
Second Grade-Miss Hoop
er.
Second Grade-Miss Good
win; Helen Anderson, Ger
aldine Benscoe, Simona Chi
mites, Marjorie Collins, Ruth
Knox.
Third Grade-Miss Ed
wards; Elsie Barrios, Betty
Clark, Leroy Maben, George
Marquis, Dorothy Sheppard,
Royce Smith.
Fourth Grade-Miss Will
liams; Howard Preece, Ruth
Goldie, Glennes Mitchell.
Second Honor Roll
First Grade-Miss Hibben;
Bennie Boone, Clara May
Campbell, Mary Joe Bates,
Gloria Kenworthy, Donald
Pew, Delmer Upton.
First Grade-Miss Hooper;
Francis Condry, James Gray,
Francis Gutierrez, Yvonne
Powers, Hortencia Salazar,
Josephine Sorie, Manuel
Tesa.
: Second Grade-Miss Hoop
er; Ted Womble, Geraldine
Wallis.
Second Grade-Miss Good
win; Harry Goldie, Bonita
Hoffman, Cecil Nowlin, Jim
mie Decou, Aurelia Verdu-
go.
Third Grade-Miss Ed
wards; Billy Rose Harper,
Mary Lou Lewis, Margaret
Olney.
Fourth Grade-Miss Will
liams; Neil McCleery, Rich
ard Ware, Howard Wuertz,
Teresa Akers, Tina Goldie,
Juanna Robertson.
Fifth Grade-Miss Fulker-
son; Gloria Appel, Joan
Lackey.
Sixth Grade-Miss Collins;
Erma Hoffman, Alice Nc
Cleery.
Seventh Grade-Miss AL
len: Mary Lou Anderson,
Mia Graham.
Eighth Grade-Mr. Cul-
bert; Patty Cochran, Doris
Cockrell, Bob Preece.
Americanization Glasses
Miss O'Connor; Carmen Co.
meZ.
Fifth Grade-Miss Fulker-
son; Harold Livington, Bet
ty Rowe, Earl Newcomb,
Dealows Cox.
Sixth Grade-.Miss Collins.
Eighth GradeA-Mr. Cul-
bert: Loree Collins.
Americanization Classes
Miss O'Connor; Esabra Ro-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

r. D. Thompson, of The
Hub, attended the rOdeO at
Tucson Saturday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

This plan has been follow
ed ever since the settlement
of the country. Instead of
farming wisely and sanely
and sensibly most farmers
have robbed their land in
the wild rush to raise more
and still more and make
more money until now few of
the farms in my section will
even make taxes and a liv-
ing until the system is
changed and the soil built up
and conserved by crop rota-
ton, rest and conservation
from erosion.
To me the farm plan is not
complicated, 1t is extreme
ly simple. The difficult
thing about it is to get the
farmers themselves to do the
thing that common sense
tells them should be done.
Farm relief can be handled
by the farmers themselves,
or by the farmers with the
help Of the government, or
by the government.
The thing for the farmers
to do is to decide which plan
they want to follow, and
then shut up squaWking and
go ahead and do it that way.
The present plan and the
plan we have used in the
past, will never get us any
where.
Another thing that is clear
to me is, that if some plan
such as this is not adopted,
if the farmers themselves or
the farmers with the aid Of
the government do not ham
die the situation as it should
be handled and restrict pro-
duction or marketing, if they
continue in the way they
have been, nature will han
die the thing herself. She
will handle it by less produc-
ton or run down soil, soil
that has been ruined and
r O b b e d and improperly
farmed. That is one game
no farmer can beat. Those
who will not see will thus be
made to see.
We can't go blindly ahead
continually on a wrong
course and ever get any
where.
Another way our present
system is going to force an
adjustment and a correction
of existing evils is by starv-
ing cut those who persist IN
following wrong methods
and replacing them with
men who are willing to
adopt and follow out a wise
and sensible and practical
plan, a plan that is in accord
and harmony with present
day practices.
The mistake has been made
in trying to make the OK cart
practices work in the ma
5hine age.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28
Observation-Disclosures iii
WhOt ne
tlill ! nix
(By Frank Dixon)

Continued from last week)
Last week I touched on the
repeal of the AAA by the
Supreme court and the va
rious plans that have been
proposed by farmers and
others to take the place of
the deposed AAA. l point
ed out that two alternatives
were offered, one of con-
trolled production or con-
trolled marketing. The otil-
er plan I pointed out is the
one by which the farm in
dustry has been operating in
the past where each one
rushes in, raises all he can,
dumps it on the market and
beats the market down to a
point where no farmer can
make taxes and a living.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

To me the farm plan is not
complicated. 1t is extreme
ly simple. The difficult
thing about it is to get the
farmers themselves to do the
thing that common sense
tells them should be done.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

Farm relief can be handled
by the farmers themselves,
or by the farmers with the
help Of the government, or
by the government.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

The present plan and the
plan we have used in the
past, will never get us any
where.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

The thing for the farmers
to do is to decide which plan
they want to follow, and
then shut up squawking and
go ahead and do it that way.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-28

The mistake has been made
in trying to make the OK cart
practices work in the ma
3hine age.
Evening star., 1936-12-10
MAGAZINE JUDGE SOLD

M1dweek Pictorial Owner Acquires
Humorous Publication.
NEW YORK, December 10 R.-
Monte Bourjaily, who recently &C.
quired Midweek Pictorial from the
New York Times, yesterday announced
purchase Of the humorous Magazine
Judge and the subscription List and
features Of the old Life.
The name Of Life" recently was
bought by Time Magazine. which Is
issuing 1t In new size as q pictorial.
Evening star., 1936-12-10
May Robson's Happiness
Full When She's BUSY
BY sHEHAH GRAHAM.

HOLLYWOOD. December 10 NANA)-May Robson . born "a
years ago IN still
year nost stars smbe when they do
you going During acting experience has beer ds onv
producers fighting script Gram was out
Evening star., 1936-12-10
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-'The Show Is On" at
e:15 pm.
Capitol-"our Relations" at II am,
1:40, 4:30, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 1880, $40, $50 and 9:10
pm.
EarIe-"Go West, Young Man." at
II am, 1875, 4:25, tbs and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 1895, 3:25, 6:l5 and
e:05 pm.
Palace-"Born to Dance" at 11:55
an, 2:20, $50, tbs and 9:40 pm.
Belasco-"Crime ct Chatiment," at
1854 am, 2:o3, 400, 6:o1, and
e:59 pm.
R-K-O Keith's Rembrandt" at
11:57 am, 1:40, 3:43. 5:46, 7:49 and
0:52 pm.
Columbia - "Tarzan Escapes" at
11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and
e:45 pm.
Metropolitan - "Three Men on
Horse" at 11:20 am, 1:20, 3:25, 5:25,
TBS and $50 pm.
Rialto-"Mutiny on the Bounty" at
2, 4:30, 7:06 and 9:42 pm.
LittIe-'Eyergreen," at IL am, 1909.
S:18, 5:27, 1885 and 9:42 pm.
Ambassador - Midsummer Nights
Dream" at Sis, 7:20 and $50 pm.
Uptown-"The Gay Desperado," at
2, $3.50, $40, 7:30 and 9:25 pm.
Tivoli-'Iadies in Love-" at 2, $50,
5:45, TAO and 9:35 pm
Howard-"Missing Girls" at 1880,
8, $3.50, 8 and 1920 pm. Stage shows
ct l:40, 4:10, $40 and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1936-12-10

Ior the same reaSon.) RetireS at
night when she feels like it-lsually
near IL o'clock cooks and cleans
her house when the spirit moves her
which is often.
Saved from TRAFFIC Charge.
Pet Hobbies motoring and mo-
ton pictures Mrs. Harmon Cher
companion for the last Is years. and
motor frequently to San Francisco
$500 miles,. Once we nearly received
a ticket. I'd fallen asleep when the
speed cop overlook us. Are you Miss
Robson?' he asked, after writing out
the complaint. 7 wouldn't dare give
you ticket. My wife wouldn't speak
to me again."
The grand old acting veteran does
Evening star., 1936-12-10
MADONNA EVENING GIVEN
'BY SEMINARY SODALITY
MADONNA EVENING" WAS T

A MADONNA EVENING" was pre-
- sented by the College Sodality of
the immaculate Seminary last night.
The program was series Of living pic
lures, reproductions of famous paint
ings Of the Madonna, and was under
the direction Of Miss Clara Aull with
appropriate music for each picture
sung by the Glee Club Of the Immacu-
lata Seminary, directed by Sister Mary
Basiline. The great masters Of many
countries were represented and the
colors and posing might well have been
the original canvases of the artists.
The students appearing In the pic
lures were Patricia Morton, Elizabeth
Tiernan, Rosemary Nealon, Mary Jane
Morgan, Lorraine Thompson, Elizabeth
Ferzacca, Agnes Lynch, Patricia Slat-
terry, Margarita Colon. Virginia Feeney,
Marie Pons, cousin Of the famous Lily;
Helen johnson, Hanna Mae Dooling,
Mary Catherine Crowley, Dorothy
Mansfield. Mary Frances O'Connor,
Betty McKenna, Shirley Pfeiffer, Rose
melia Jimenez and Ann Stohlman.
Assisting in the production were
Agnes Smith, Virginia Ogston and
Agnes Lynch, who had charge Of seen.
cry. and Beth Crowley, Mariana Gro
gan, Anna Lee Mudd, Shirley Pfeiffer,
Julia Quinones, Elizabeth Curtis, Leila
Graham and Betty McKenna, proper
ties.