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RESOLUTION TOREVIEW SRVWURATES PASSEDCanfil request acted upon

by state senate Tuesday

Investigation of electrical ratescharged by Salt River Valley Wa-

ter Users Association to farmers

for pumping purposes were requested by Arizona State senateTuesday in a resolution introduc-• d by Senator I.loyd Canfil of Pin-al county.

The resolution was directed toArizona Corporation commissionand follows:

“WHEREAS. the Salt RiverValley Water Users Associationhas been nnd now is engaged inthe generation sale and distribution of electrical energy in centralAritona and.

WHEREAS, although the Associ-ation is the largest distributor ofpower in the State of Aritona. itnever has been subjected to thejurisdiction of the CorporationCommission of Aritona and.

THEREFORE the rate* chargedby the said Association for electrical energy have never been inves-tigated. reviewed or regulated by

the said Corporation Commissionand.

WHEREAS, a representative ofsaid Association testifying beforethe joint hearing of the SenateCommittee on Agriculture and Irri-!gallon and House Committee onAgriculture and Irrigation andHouse Committee on Natural Re-sources. In connection with SenateRill 74 and House Bill §2. express*d the opinion that the rates for

electrical energy charged by theAssociation were subject to re-view. investigation and regulationbv the Corporation Commissionand that such review, investiga-tion and regulation would be de-sirable from the standpoint of saidAssociation. And.

WHEREAS, there exists widespread dissatisfaction among cuetorners of said Association overrate now being charged for elec- ]trleal energy, and on account ofthe widespread public interest, animmediate review, investigationand regulation of said rates isdesirable. Now

THEREFORE, be it resolved bythe Senate of the State of Ari- Izona.•

"THAT the Corporation Com jmission of the State of Arizona is

hereto requested to exercise Jur- |(Continued on Page Two)

oFlorence MenWin Top PlacesPhoenix Rodeo

Two Florence cow men took tophonors at Phoenix Rodeo Sundaywhen Pete Grubb was accordedfirst place in the bronc riding contest and Sheriff James Herron. Jr.,and his partner won first place inteam steer tying.

The sheriff and his partner hada combined total time of 59.6 sec-onds to take first place by thenarrow margin of six tenths sec-ond.

Grubb was awarded a hand tooled saddle as well as first moneyof $114.50.

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Standard OilGives $85,000To Red Cross

Describing the need of Ameri-can Red Cross as greater thanever before. H. D. Collier, presi-dent of the Standard Oil Companyof California has announced acontribution of $85,000 to the RedCross drive in the seven westernstates. Alaska and Hawaiian Is-lands.

This contribution will be distri-buted throughout the west witheach of the 330 communities withRed Cross chapters receiving anallocated share.

Coincident with the announcement Mr. Collier addressed a letter to more than 20.000 companyemployees suggesting that they

also give as liberally as possibleexplaining "that the impact of thewar has forced the Red Cross toexpand its facilities and personnelmany fold to meet the demandsupon it Consequently its need forfunds is greater than ever before.Because of this we should notgauge our 1943 contributions by acomparison with what we gave in1942 but should give the maximumwe can afford."

Co o It6ttgllllifetammcr“IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE"

COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943

PROSPECTS OsSEWAGE PUNTSEEN FOR CITYSupervisors will be petition-

ed to create district underfederal plan

Prospects of a sewage systemfor Coolidge constructed by Fedoral Works Administration fundsloomed this week as plans weregotten underway to make official

j application for the project.Instigated by Coolidge chamber

of commerce through the coopera-tion of County Attorney Ronald J.Ellis, a petition will soon be pre-sented by Pinal county board ofsupervisors to form a sewage dis-trict and an agency with legal au-thority to deal with Federal jWorks Administration.

Petitions for presentation to the

board of supervisors requestingorganization of a sewage district

| are now in process of preparationand will be circulated in Coolidgebeginning next Monday.

It will be necessary to obtainsignatures of 51 per cent of theproperty owners before affirma-1tive action may be taken.

Don Scott and Charles Gilmore, IPhoenix engineers were in Cool-idge Friday at which time the fed-

eral program was explained tomembers of Coolidge chamber ofcommerce board of directors..

According to Mr Scott the fed-eral government will provide ade-quate sewage service for commun-ities without such service whenthe towns are located near government army camps as a healthsafety measure for the soldiers.

It is believed Coolidge is partlcularly eligible for such a sew-age project not only because It isheadquarters for a large numberof soldiers from the Florence

* ‘'eoauj''* of »he great in-I crease in number due to arrive

this summer when the new air: base east of Coolidge is activated.

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Arthur J. FaulCommissioned InArmored Force

Lieutenant Arthur J. Faul arriv-

ed here Tuesday from Fort Knox.Kentucky, on a short furlough fol-lowing his graduation from armor-ed force officer candidate school.The Lieutenant’s class, the 24th tobe graduated was the first to re-ceive its commission from Col.Joseph A. Holly, new commanderof the armored force school.

Members of the class underwenti rigorous three-months course of

•thysical hardening and study ofthe weapons, vehicles and tacticsof the armored force. They havebeen assigned as junior officerswith the armored divisions andtank battalions.

Lieutenant Faul is visiting his jparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Faul,;at their ranch home. He will behere until Sunday, when he willleave to report for duty at CampForrest. Tennessee.

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Xmas*. GreetingFinallv CatchesUp With Seaman

1 A V-Mail letter from Howard 1Brannan. M.M. 2/c. to his mother,

Mrs. H. C. Brannon, told her ofhaving received the Christmas is-

sue of the Examiner in February'.Seaman Brannon is on one of,Uncle Sam’s big battle ships andmail has to “follow him around.” I

*1 finally got the ChristmasGreeting from the Coolidge Ex- jaminer and it really was nice." hewrote. “You remember that Wal- j

lace bov don’t you? He was downat Portal with me. I sure would jlike to see him. There are so manyboys in the service from Coolidge.1 guess I could come home andnot know anybody at all.”

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Gines Perez Made; i

Lieutenant Colonel

i Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards. Sr.,received word last week that theirson-in-law, Gines Perez, formerlya major in the U. S. Army, hadbeen promoted to Lieutenant

l Colonel while at Fort Leaven-¦ worth. Kansas. He was a mining

engineer before entering the ser-- vice.

Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs.

I Perez are now at Fort Bliss, Tex-¦ as.

• J o1 • Mrs. M. J. Guilette is recover-I ing from a week’s serious illness.

Visits Home

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LT. D G. SHOEMAKEREn route to New Jersey from

Florida, Lieutenant D. G. Shoemak-

er paid a surprise visit to his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Shoe-

maker over the weekend. Lieuten-ant Shoemaker had been inform-

ed by telephone a few days be-for that he was the father of ason, who was born at St. Lou>s.Mo., where Mrs. Shoemaker is re-maining with her parents for theduration.

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Newcomb GraduatesFrom Naval TrainingSchool In Florida

Ext 1 Newcomb. Jr., has com| pie tod a six months course at

Naval training school in Florida,from which he graduated as raachinist's mate Clan* A. He baareturned *.