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After their wedding, Harry and Bertha moved to Phoenix, Arizona.  A. J. Chandler had already established himself in nearby Mesa, Arizona, and Harry went into business selling shoes.  After a few years, he moved to Mesa and developed the Southside Gas and Electric Company, with a hydro-electric power plant built on a drop in the Tempe Crosscut Canal in Mesa.  His plant provided electricity to Mesa and Tempe, and soon to the newly created town of Chandler.

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Mr. Chandler will be heading the Mesa Cotton Growers' Association.  (Chandler Arizonan 2/28/1913)

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