Casa Grande Dispatch from Casa Grande, Arizona • Page 1

State Librarian State House t'Tl'RCJ OF ORAMDEVatlEVS WATER SUPPLY OREAT COOL1DOS DAM, "FINAL. COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER per year 5c per copy CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1935 40 PAGES Junior Clubs Of State To Gather Here Arizona Conference To Be held October 23 Iri Casa Grande H. Ross Named Head Of Arizona Early A i 0 Advisory Group On Resettlement r( se( MANY WILL ATTEND Local Group To Be Host To Delegates From 15 Organizations Between 75 and 100 members of Junior Woman's clubs throughout the state will visit Casa Grande Wednesday, October 23, when a state wide Junior conference will convene at the Woman's club. The meeting has been called by the state federation president, Mrs Charles H. Prather, who will be assisted by Mrs.

M. J. McLane ol Globe, state chairman of Junior Membership and Mrs. Thomas Firth of Phoenix, Junior vice chairman. The conference win convene at 10:30 and" during the morning Mrs.

Irving Jennings, of Phdenix and Mrs. U. L. Hudspeth of Tucson, delegates to the Junior conference, held in connection with the General Federation Triennial in Detroit in June, will report. That the session may not be interrupted the Woman's club will provide an inexpensive luncheon at noon.

It" Is the plan of the state president that steps may be taken to adopt a uniform plan of work for the Juniors of the state'. Since the Triennial, several other state federations have accomplished this. Five new junior clubs were organized in Arizona last year, bringing the total number to 15, with at least two more to organize in the very near future. Junior presidents and their senior sponsors are to attend and talte part in discussions, also district presidents and district Junior chairmen are urged to attend. Several clubs have, signified their intention of bringing large delegations.

An unusual interest is being shown in the conference, the first such in the state in which Juniors will participate. Junior clubs or departments are as follows: Benson, Buckeye, Casa Grande, Coolidge, Ebell of Phoenix, Entre Nous of Somerton, Delta of Yuma, Globe, Mesa, Phoenix, Monday of Prescott, Pioneer of Phoenix, Safford, Tempe and Tucson. Mrs. Malcolm Darrow, president of the local club will be chairman of the reception committee, assisted by a group from the Casa Grande dub. P.

H. ROSS With prospects considered bright for a resettlement project in the Casa Grande valley, interest is being shown locally in the appointment of P. H. Ross, director of the University of Arizona agricultura extension service, as chairman of the Arizona State Rural Resettlement advisory committee. Announcement of Mr.

ROBS' acceptance of the appointment was made this week by J. A. Waldron, director of the rural rehabilitation division of the Rural Resettlement Administration. Other members of the committee will include: Frances L. Brown home demonstration agent oi the University of Arfcona agricultural extension service, Hubert d'Autremont of the Southern Ari, zona Bank and Trust company G.

S. Stover, and J. A. Waldrbn, all of Tucson. Phoenix Roac Negro Given Long Term For Shooting Of Ranch Foreman Jim.

Sanders To 15 Sentenced Years 20 After Conviction Jim Sanders, Negro, who recently shot his employer, Sam Phillips, in an altercation on a ranch near Casa Grande, was sentenced to from 15 to 30 years in the state penitentiary by Judge E. W. McFarland of Final county superior court Tuesday afternoon following conviction on a charge of "assault with intent to murder." very fortunate that Mr. Phillips made- a miraculous Judge McFarland said in his $19,585 Is Given To Arizona Under Hog-Corn Program More than $30,800,000 has been distributed in the United States to cooperating corn-hog producers as first payments under their 1935 adjustment contracts, it is said here by P. H.

Ross, director 'of the University of Arizona agricultural extension service. Among these contracts was $19,585 for Arizona, he said. Labor Shortage In Cotton Harvest To Cause Little Loss 'While more cotton pickers could be used in the cotton harvest in the Casa Grande valley, the valley crop will not suffer from the shortage of pickers unless extremely bad weather conditions should set in, according to local cotton authorities. H. H.

McCown, manager of the Casa Grande Western gin, said this week that 150 more pickers could' be used in the Casa Grande and Eloy districts to great advantage. However, there is still ample labor to pick out the crop but the close of the harvest will be delayed. This will not result in any serious disadvantage except in the case of bad weather. At the present time, there are about 350 pickers harvesting 1 approximately 35 bales a day in the Casa Grande district and about 250 harvesting approximately 25 bales a day in the Eloy -vicinity. However, the labor offers a threat to the pea harvest at Eloy as delays in 'picking result in brief pronouncement, "otherwise you would find yourself in a much worse spot today." A.

B. Carter, Grande business man, was foreman of the jury which found Sanders guilty after a brief deliberation Friday afternoon. Kenneth Palmer, i another Casa Grandean, was also on the jury. In the trial, testimony showed that Sanders was drunk when the shooting occured. He had beed riding around and around the Phillips house, lassoing fence posts, wash pots, and other objects, when Mrs.

Phillips sent one of her daughters to the field for Mr. Phillips to come and quiet the disturber. When Phillips told the Negro he would either have to quiet down and go to bed or leave the ranch, Sanders reached under the covers of his bed near which they were standing (in the yard), snatched out Phillips' own shotgun, which he had previously borrowed, and shot the rancher through the left side. Two more shots were fired at the desperately wounded man as he was taken away in an automobile. Among the most effective witnes- ses at the trial were the two daughters of Phillips, "Tootsie;" age 7, and Gladys, age 11.

Phillips himself, almost completely recovered after a remarkable fight for life in the Florence hospital, was anj important witness. The jury in addition to Mr. Carter and Mr. Palmer included C. E.

Caldwell, Queen Creek; Frank R. Dale, Superior; Emile Gasser, Superior; Herbert Goodman, Florence; Elmer Mathews, Superior; Jeremiah Smith, William M. McKay and H. C. Rice, Coolidge.

THE DESERT WOMAN'S CLUB will meet October 25 at the home of Mrs. M. A. Anderson. Mrs.

Tres- din Roberts has charge of the program. Mrs. Gertrude Hager, chairman of the State Federation poets will be the guest of honor and Mrs. Anderson the hostess. $150,000 Is Involved In Mining Suit Leases At Mammoth Are Subject Of Trial To Start Monday An important civil case is docketed for trial in superior court at Florence Monday when a jury will be empaneled to hear the complain of the Mammoth Arizona Minin company versus Fred Bose Fred B.

Houghton, intervener. Sui by the mining company is for $150, 000, involving leases of the Mam moth company where the Molyb denum Corporation of America carrying on extensive mining op erations in the Mammoth area. The Mammoth Arizona was form ed several years ago for the pur pose of developing the claims which in the past, two years have become among the most profitable opera i tions in Final county, now employ ing more than 500 men. Claims then leased by Houghton for the Mammoth were later sub leased to Bose, who interested the Molybdenum company In the development. In cases of leases now in dispute Bose refuses to deliver them to either party until the court settles respective claimants rights.

The legal firm of Fulbright and Reed, Florence, will represent Bose, Stanley Samuelson of Tucson will represent Houghton, and the firm of Knapp, Boyle and Thompson of Tucson represents the Mammoth Arizona Mining company. It is expected the array of legal talent will be augmented by Chicago attorneys brought here to protect the inter- ess, of the Molybdenum corporation Addams Says Bids Wil Be Called On Oiling During January NAMED 'A' PROJECT Commissioner Tells Plans At Conference In Casa Grande The call for bids for the con struction of the Casa Grande-Fou Mile post link of the Casa Grande Phoenix: highway will be issue during the early part of January Charles E. Addams, member of th Arizona highway commission, tolc members of the city cojuncll an chamber of commerce at a confei ence held at the Cask GJrande city hall Monday afternoon! Mr. Ad dams, accompanied by Harry Du bjersteln, district engineer of th department, made the trip to Cas Grande to discuss road matter with the civic ileaders. Mr.

Addams'discussed the his tory of the highway project to it present status. The plans in the hands of the JU. Bureai of Good Roads awaiting the fina approval: These are expected to returned in time for the issuing call for bids not laier than thi early part of he said. The commissioner explained tha the road budget provide: for a two year program which ha; been divided into programs A anc with the A progrim including roads to be completed! before June 30, 1936, and the pi-ogram those to be completed after that date The Casa! Grande project has been placed in the program. The question of the type of highway at the junction with the.

Phoenix-Coolidge road at tlie Four Mile post also I was discussed and Mr. Addams instructed MrL Duberstein 0 look into the matter and to (Continued on Back Page) Formal Opening New Church To Be Held December 8 Tax Payments Gain Despite Large List In Annual Sale AgrpementOn Official For Decree Fjails Efforts For Unanimous Recommendation Unsuccessful Is Officials Hold Opposing Views In Mine Tax Trial Moore Upholds Values Which O'Neil Says Are Too High Disagreement among members of the Arizona tax commission concerning the valuation of properties of the Phelps Dodge corporation were revealed in the trial of th mining company's suit in the U. district cour? at Tucson involving the payment of $1,700,000 of taxes Thad M. Moore, former Pina county assessor and now chairman the tax commission, declarec Tuesday that the assessments on the mining properties had no been excessive and he was accused by Phelps Dodge counsel of "de finite hostility" to the Arizona cop per industry. i The following day, D.

G. O'Neil tax commissioner, although one o. the defendants In the suit, testified that his appraisal of the properties involved was much lower than the amount ultimately fixed by the majority members, Mr. Moore ant Prank Luke. Mr.

O'Neil said he based his appraisal on the report of James R. Findley, mining engineer, whose recommendations were disregarded by Moore Luke. Mr. Luke had testified at Monday's session and contended that the assessments were not excessive The trial began Monday morning before Judge A. 'M.

Sanies with Norman. Hull as- chief counsel for the Phelps Dodge corporation. The controversy started in 1933 when Phelps Dodge refused to pay the assessed taxes on its i Copper Queen, New Cornelia and Morenci properties and demanded a new figure be set Since that tune, a compromise has been sought by the corporation which has refused to pay the assessed figures for succeeding year. About a month ago, Chairman Moore blocked an attempted compromise settlement of the dispute. The suits at issue embraced six separate causes of action consol- dated for the trial which expected to last about six weeks.

Valuations fixed on the proper- in 1932, 1933 and 1934. follow: Copper Queen, $21,300,000, and New Cornelia, $22,500.000, $22,000,000, and 22,000,000, and Morenci, $14.700,000, 19,300,00 and $7,500,000. i Disagree On Tax Values Of Mines WPA Grant Is Approved For Armory National Guard Edifice To Be.Enlarged WitE Federal Funds $3,000 IS ALLOTEP Project Included Among $1,159,114 Of New Work Given State Efforts to reach an agreement for the unanimous recommendation of a water! commissioner to serve under the Gila River Adjudication decree signed several months ago met with failure after a conference in Safford night among" members of the board I of directors of the various irrigation districts along the Gila river. The appointment is to be made by Judge Sames of the Uniteij States district court at Tucson. It was generally believed that a unanimous agreement on the commissioner iwould strengthi en chances of a action.

Directors and engineers of the San Carlos Irrigation and drainage district, the Franklin! irrigation district, near! Duncan arid the Safford irrigation district were present with C. J. Moody, project engineer, representing the: United States Indian Irrigation: service. Upper Gila representatives and directors from this i project. favored different engineers and attempts to agree on a.

third man were equally unsuccessful. The: Tuesday night meeting at Safford followed a conference at Phoenix the previous Thursday. The Gila River adjudication decree handed down by the federal court established all water rights The formal opening of the new I on the GHa, and provided for the Payment of taxes during the present period is running far ahead of last year and delinquencies arc decreasing despite the fact that one of the largest lists of property in the history of the county has been advertised lor the tax sale which take place November 7, according to A. L. Bartlett, county treasurer.

The length of this year's list is due to the fact that this year all of the delinquent taxes are being offered for sale as provided under Arizona statutes. In previous years, only property that was more than five years in arrears had been placed in the tax sale list. Laws dealing with this subject I have been interpreted as requiring all delinquent property to be plac-; ed on sale. In this year's tax list, more than 4500 parcels of land.were orig- innllly incluclcJ, a number of' which, however, were withdrawn! because of payment of the taxes before the list was printed. Other 'payments have been made which will eliminate the property from the sale but which were too late'to permit removal of the property from the list.

$12,000 St Anthony's i church has been set for 10 a. Sunday, December 8, Rev. PjJ. Murphy, pastor of the church announced tliis week. Work will ho rushed on the building to have it in condition for the opening.

Father Murphy said. At the present time, the workmen itre busy on the plastering of the interior which is one of the most difficult parts of the contract. The flooring, exterior removal of the. old church building and improvement the grounds as well as many minor details remain be completed. The "Grotto of the Little Flower" a shrine located an the south Hide of the church has been appointment of a commissioner to administer the decree.

The decree becomes effective January 1 and Judge Sames set Monday, October 28, as the date upon which he will name the commissioner. Dr. Grady Gammage To Be Speaker i At Men's Civic Meet Dr. Grady Gammage, president of the Arizona State Teachers' college at Tempe will be the principal speaker at the first meeting of the Men's Civic club of Casa Grande which will be held Friday night October 25, at 7 o'clock. The meeting will open with a dinner at the Presbyterian church.

In addition to the main address by Gammage, a program of entertainment is being prepared by I. F- Nichols and R. L. Margrave. This organization farmed early last summer, but on account of many men being away during the summer, its activities I were postponed until October.

This club was formed so that all the meh who were Interested in the civic and religious problems of the town could get behind any movement that would make Casa Grande a better place In which to live. Any man interested in the organization Is invited to join and help the movement along. Officers of the club are B. D. Reazin, president; I.

F. Nichols, vice president; H. D. Kochsmeier, secretary; and Jinks McNatt, treasurer. C.

O'Neil, top, and Thad Moore, below, both tax commissioners and defendants in-, the Phelps Didge tax suits, held attention during opening days of the trial in the U. S. court at Tucson because of their opposing views of the valuations. O'Neil agreed that they were too high. Mottre, accused of "definite Hostility to the copper industry" upheld the commission's valuation.

Frank LukeT third member, agreed with Moore. P.T.A.ToBe Formed Here Enlargement and improvement of the National Guard armory at Casa Grande is provided in a Works Progress administration allotment of $3,000 for Casa Grande which was included among $1,159.114 of additional projects reoant approved for Arizona. Under the plans included la the application for the grant, tho pres- building will be lengthened 20 feet by moving the rear wan that distance. A new roof win bo laid on the entire building and a new floor installed. The application for the funds was filed by Adjutant General Temple and will be from WPA funds specially earmarked for military improvements and will not have to be matched by local funds.

However, local funds will be provided for another improvement, the building of a balcony around the hall for the use of spectators daring drills, basketball games and other events, Captain Henry F. Dobyns, commanding officer announced. Several other Final county improvements were included among the additional projects announced- Florence will receive $5,985. for addition to its school.building. Superior was alloted $11,133 for a community center program.

Park Improvements amounting to $2,041 have been approved for Branaman. The $1,159414 of additional allotments placed the Arizona total at: $3,788,219, Arizona's, quota, that is to say, the amount which the state should receive on the basis of its relief load and other factors has been placed at $4,270,000. Steps toward the organization of a Parent-Teacher association in Casa Grande will be taken within a short time, it was announced this week with plans being made for the calling of an organization meeting. Mrs. Stanley Matthews, president of the Florence PTA.

is sponsoring the movement and is making arrangements with various state officials to come here for the meeting. As soon as a convenienl date is set, the meeting here will be called. Mrs. A. V.

Wynne, who has been asked by Mrs. Matthews to aid in local arrangements for the gathering, reports that much interest in the movement is being shown and that cooperation has been assured by members of the school board. College Club To Meet At Sacaton The next regular meeting of the College club will be held Wednesday. October 23, in Sacaton at the home of Mrs. Fujton.

Cars will leave the home of Mrs. Lynn Tuttle at o'clock. Members have been asked to contact Mrs. C. K.

Raber concerning transportation. Chrysanthemums Provide Hope Names Filed For Trustees The names of two candidates for the grammar school district and one for the high school district will appear on the at the school election to be held Saturday, October 26. The time for filing'nom- ination papers closed Wednesday. In the grammar school district, W. C.

McNatt, incumbent will bs opposed by Mrs. S. P. Morgan. Li the high school district, Les Milligan, rancher living east of Casa Grande, will have no opponent on the ballot Mr.

Milligan is a candidate for the place now held by Fred Armistead who is not seeking reelection. Rules and regulations regarding the election were issued this week" by Herman state superintendent of public instruction through his assistant, John A. Riggins; and by John.J. Bugg, county school suprintehdent These statements include the following infer-' mation which may clarify some questions often asked relative to the elections: 1. Trustee elections are held the last Saturday of October each year.

(Continued on Back Page) For Industry In Valley Choice Of Site For City Hall Delayed With investigation of the feasi- bilify of' locating the new city hall in the Peart city park still uncompleted, the final selection of a site for the building has been postponed by the Casa Grande city council. Legal advice legality of locating the hall in a plot dedicated for park purposes is being awaited and other details being studied before final action is taken. A new Industry based on tho growing of chrysanthemums is in prospect for the Casa Grande valley, William Coxon, city projects coordinator, reported this week following recent conferences with Sirs. Isabella Greenway, Arizona congressman. According to Sir.

Coxion, government statistics reveal that approximately 12,000,000 pounds of parentheum used in tho manufacture of insect spray, are shipped into tliis country annually. The parentheum Is obtained from a Japanese chrysanthemum which thrives best In dry climates, President Roosevelt is vitally interested In the development of tho industry in this cbuntry and approximately 1500 pounds of seed, which is difficult to obtain, has been purchased from a Paris broker and is now in the hands of Dr. Itex Tugwell. Mr. Coxon reports that Mrs.

Grccmvay hoped to have one of tho first of the experiments mado in the Casa Grande valley and save anres tlubt she was making an effort in that direction. If the experiment is successful. Mr. Coxon believes it will revolutionize the agricultural industry in the valley by providing a immanent He pointed out that successful spray without a lend base, such as is obtained from porentheuni, 14s one of the big demands of agriculture. Gila Bend Highway Sign To Be Moved By Tucson Chamber i Assurances that the Sunshine route road sign at Gtla Bend will be relocated were giVen by the Tucson chamber of commerce to a i committee of the Casa Grande of commerce which went to Tucson last week to take up tho subject with that organization.

The sign which is owned by the Tucson chamber has been made almost useless by the construction of new lighted sign in front of it directing traffic to Phoenix. This was brought to the attention of tha Casa Grande chamber which investigated the matter and arranged the conference with the Old Pueblo civic body, whose directors agreed that the situation could be corrected and gave assurances that something would be done immediately. Members of the committee who made the trip to Tucson were Walter Van Zile. E. G.

Lavers, Frank Marshall and William Coxon..