Arizona republican., 1898-10-16
GLENDALE GLEANsNGS.
Personal psIi.iCai and Agricultural
 Points.

Glendale, Ariz., Oct. i5.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican, Things agricultural are almost at a standstill owing to the continued scarcity Of water Nearly every enc is deferring putting cut 8 cr2p until conditions change and this affects bus mess adversely But there IS no oc- casion for alarm. The sams. condition has existed in many previous years and the chances are largely il favor cf continued prosperity fer barley grow CTS.
 B. M Eyer moved back Monday into his home place which has b5cn occu- pied the past year by ". D. Thompson.
 Postmaster Humphreys has force Of sheaYers at work Cn his sheep at Peoria His fiCcks new number about two thousand head and he begins e feel something like he did in the ante Cleveland days Feej in the washes along the creeks and rivers is reported fine.
 John Orme received a car Of jUnip.r pests from Prescott on Monday. Juni- per is said to excel cedar in lasting quality.
 A fellow has to guide his foots. s.sps warily these autumn days, fcr he's liable to run onto a blooming candi- date mos. anywhere.
 Fred Longe shipped three cars Ct prime porkers to the Angel city on WeGns sday. Very little of the season 5 crsp is left in sight.
 Democrats vie with republicans in commanding the rally Thursday night. It. was a success in every way and ad- vanced the cause of Iepublicanism ma terially. Nothing dragged and there wasn't hitch from start to finish. A marked feature Of the speeches and one especially commended was the absence Of abuse Of the opposite side. The platform and grounds were gaily dec orated with bunting, bamboo plumes. palms and Chinese lanterns. The eighty (no. eight, Mir. Editcr) visitors who came up on a special from Phoe- nix to help jubilate mishc have imag- ined that they were entering Q section Of fairy land instead 1f political meeting place. Jerry Miilay msda the best speech he ever delivered in alfal- faville-on democratic authority. He made q reference in his speech to the time when he worked for the e.ectiCn of Mark Smith against the nominee Of his own party because ke thought that thereby the cause cf statehood wou.d be advanced, and he appealed 10 dem Ccrats to look at the case nCw as he looked at it then. The candidates were cn their mettle and the colOTed glee club captured the crowd The stereCpticon views shown at the close of the speaking put the finishing touches on the most successful meet ing so far in the campaign.
 A number Of friends and relatives Of Jean Hawkins came in Tuesday tend to make their homes here.
 The Ladies' Aid society s3rved h-t coffee and sandwiches in the rear Of the Glendale grocery store a. the rally Thursday night. Their enterprise did net meet the success it msrited owing to combination Of circumstances that could hardly have been avoided.
 4 very peculiar papsr was in circu- lation in this neigborood this week. It was for the purpose Of obtaining subscriptions to aid in gTayeiin g Grand avenue, and came cstensibly from the board cf supervisors, If there is anything that people here want more else, except a water storage system, it is good roads, and so the paper was generally and literally signed, though it was the general opInion that the thing was not gottsn up in busin s. like way. New it is found, Cn the statement of one Of the supervisors, that the board knew nothing officially of this movement, though SOmetnin 2