Arizona republican., 1896-03-24
 IN THE DUNKARD COLONY A Weeks Notes About
 Glendale. Improvements Noted in the
 Building Line. E Heavy Snipm ents of Hay and Sock A Ministers Departure-Per-
 SOnal JottirgS.

GLENDALE, Ariz., March 21.-(Cor- respondence of The Republican.)-f the managers of next years carnival are wise they will have it occur about this time next year. For now our val ley by contrast with other sections is at the very zenith of its beauty. At no other time in the year will visitors be so we'll impressed. A drive through orchards and alfalfa fields, from which floats the fragrance of fresh springing leaves and newly opened buds, with the orchestra of the birds holding forth from every tree top, constitutes a delight that age or time will not dull. All the laterals are running full head of water, so that prospects for grain and young alfalfa are very prom ising.
 The railroad company in reeogni- tion Of the growing importance of Glendale as a shipping point is mak- ing improvements about the depot. A platform will be built all around and awnings erected in front.
 The Glendale livestock association received a car of lumber Saturday. This association is extending its op- erations. It is shipping lumber into C, shortly ship to Phoenix.
 H. B. Lehman has started the erec- tion of a two story brick house on his property west of town. ILL. Betz has the contract.
 J. G. Parret drove up from Phoenix today on business connected with the new Dunkard church here, which understand will be built at once, the requisite funds having been pledged.
 The Odd Fellows held a pow-wow Wednesday night. A delegation came up from Phoenix to enjoy the spread and see what a good lot of Odd Eel lows we have here.
 The Alkire brothers, w. D. Fulwiler and Messrs. Pinney and Hendrix, the bicycle men, were among our visitors Thursday
 Goldman & Go. shipped car of hay from here Sunday to Blackberry. Since my last letter eleven cars of hay have been shipped from here and seven cars of stock
 w. D. Hammon, the 'hay there man, drove up on business Friday.
 Persons taking boarders are notified ito look out for d man named Theodore Lydia, who pretends to be an invalid He disappeared from here last Monday leaving an unpaid board bill of some $50. What makes his offense worse is the fact that he draws pension from Uncle Sam of $30 a month l.. L. Plank drove up with a party oi sightseers Friday
 Rev. F. c. Lee, who has been filling the pulpit in the school house the las few Sundays, left on this mornings train for the north. He delivered 6 very enjoyable lecture in the schoo house Friday evening on "The Lady or the Tiger ?' taking his theme iron Frank R. Stocktons famous move and applying it to the matrimonia problem. He promised if he ever wis ited the valley again to give us tht companion lecture entitled 1.-The Man or the Monkey?'
 Good Templars elected delegates tt the district lodge at their last meet ing. The meeting next Tuesday nigh will be devoted to literary and mus ical programme prepared by Miss Rig dons division. The meeting will bt open to everyone.
 Considerable interest is being man ifested in Coldwater, the new Dunkart colony on the lower Agua Fria Sev eral are talking of bringing familie. from the east to settle there.
 SENEX.