Arizona republican., 1898-06-19
THE NEWS OF GLENDALE.
Harvesters Taking Advantage of the
 Weather-Some Live Gossip.

Harvesters Taking Advantage of the
 Weather-Some Live Gossip.
 Glendale, June 18.-(Special cores pondence of The Republican. .)-This is just ideal harvest weather-cool enough at night to woo Morpheus, and warm enough by day to keep the tail pitchers pores open and prevent the coffee pot from freezing up before it leaves the hand of the cook.
 Mrs l.. c. Palmer and daughter. Minnie, have returned from a several months visit with relatives in Los An geles, and will reside here permanent ly. Mr. Palmer wishes to swap his Los Angeles property for realty near Glen dale.
 The community is just recovering from an epidemic of the whooping cough. Not quite so consuming as the c0lonels' itch, just now so prevalent among politicians, but nevertheless unpleasant
 There is partial interregum in the fruit business. Apricots are all out and early peaches are scarce. Black berries are plentiful and in good de- mand, while strawberries are in lighter supply at a higher price. A few figs are obtainab1e though the quality is hardly up to standard. Thompson's seedless grapes will come in about July 1 but the crop will probably be short owing to a scarcity of water. Fruit growers should endeavor to find varieties that will fill in the gaps, es- pecially in peaches. A good early ship ping peach is 8 .desideratum-
 J. s. Sturges shipped ten cars Of cat tie by special train Tuesday morning.
 Cattle shipments during tho past two weeks foot up about sixty cars, most of them stock cattle. The season is pretty wen advanced but some large shipments will probably be made yet unless conditions change. Cattle this winter will very likely touch the gen. ith.
 A. W. Bennett and family started Thursday for Camp creek where they will spend part of the heated term.
 A professor of the occult arts of hypnotism. mind reading, etc., or in other words patent medicine fakir, gave an open-air exhibition in front of the hotel Wednesday night. He in- 3ecfed little jet of humor into the hpm-drum placidity of everyday life and extracted a few teeth free of charge, so was tolerated, @ ss
 A new baby arrived at Olney Rudd's house about week ago.
 On Wednesday Sheriff Orme turned over the property of the Glendale Fruit company, which was under attach ment to Thomas Whitfield, the secre- tary of the company. Mir. Whitfield %i1l at once proceed to put the ranch in better shape and has employed A. n. Fuller as foreman. They have a her culean task before them as practically no work at all has been done since the first of the year. The suit of MT. Hirst against the company in behalf of him. self and other creditors will be tried in district court on the 18th
 Two of MT. Blacks children, Ruth and Marcus, are just recovering from a severe siege of pneumonia This family has had more than it's quota Of misfortune. It has not been long since :he father and mother were both con- fined by 8 long illness, and helping nend or two would seem to be in order
 One of the drawbacks of fin de siecle war is that history is sold before 1t IS made. Orders are already being taken by a local canvasser for the his- tory of the Spanish-American war
 Byron Bliss returned yesterday from Phoenix, where he served his country since Monday morning in the jury box.
 Shipments of hay the past fortnight amount to forty-five cars. Since the opening Of the season one hundred and eighty cars have been sent from this station alone. Just now the hay mar ket is slow due to California being suI.- piled locally. Alfalfa is going at $7 to $7.50. The demand for grain hay is almost nil, though a good article will sell for $11. In about sixty days q sharp advance is expected.
 Hens have always been esteemed plain uninteresting creatures No dac- tyles and trochees have been strung in their praise and no epics sung, but l a member of the tribe down at Boyer.s | the other day laid an egg that puts the l stale wonders of dime museum in | eclipse. The egg in question is about the size of a goose egg and exterially | was remarkable only for its size. With in the white of this egg, however, was enshrined another egg of the normal size, sort of ovarian imperium iu imperior, perfect in every detail. When hens can lay two eggs at once it must be confessed that the poultry business in the alfalfa belt is not in bad way
 J. H. Dean, who halls from Pittsburg. Pa, shipped car of apricots to the smoky city last week. Marketing of valley fruits should receive every pos |; ;ible encouragement, but it is just such methods and inexperienced handling as marked this shipment that keeps the business below the level Of success. Nothing but a miracle can ave the shipper from loss and miracles Ire not wont to happen in the fruit business. I, Olive Lodge No. II, Daughters Of 2etekah will be instituted next We'd $ lesday night at Odd Fellows hall. The lew lodge will start with a member hip of about twenty. Elaborate prep { ,rations are heinz made by the ladies :,