Arizona republican., 1898-04-01
The South Side

Tempe, Ariz., March 31.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- William Goodwin, E. A. Harris, J. T. Priest and J. B. Sturgeon went to Phoenix today.
 Valentine Cant was in Phoenix yes terday and purchased $50 head of COWS and calves of J. E. Johnson
 J. B. Mullen has bought 200 head of COWS and calves of the Hagans.
 J. T. Perry, who lives two miles and a half west of Tempe, is g new father of a new boy.
 Rev. S. L. Guthrie is walling up a cozy cellar under his house.
 Myron Harold of upper Salt river came in from Globe this morning.
 w. T. Cummings has the contract for furnishing the stone for the foundation of the Petersen building. Cosner and Page yesterday bought 60000 brick of H. S. Petersen of Mesa, which are to be delivered on the ground immediately.
 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Petersen of Mesa are in Tempe today.
 William Passey, undertaken, is in Tempe this afternoon. He will ship the remains of D. C. Coon over the Southern Pacific tonight to New York.
 Dr. D. A. Scroggs today was enter taining Paul L. Maber of Boston.
 Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Iron are settled in their new home, the Brigham place, on Eighth street.
 Chaplain Fisk of Nogales was here last night.
 Mrs J. E. Carpenter, who intended to leave on tonight's train for Califor- nia, is very i'll.
 The Warner Grocery company has it's entire stock up to Tempe, and today it is being arranged.
 The band concert next Saturday night promises to place standing room in the Kingsbury hall at a premium.
 The annual meeting of the Arizona Baptist association will be held at this place tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday, April 1, 2 and 3. Rev. Lewis Halsey, D. D., of Phoenix is moderator, and w. E. Tussing of Tucson is clerk. The programme in part is as follows: Friday 10 a. m., address of welcome by Chaplain Winfield Scott, acting pastor of the Tempe chruch response by Rochester Ford, Esq, of Tucson; Introductory sermon by Rev. G. w Cram of Prescott; 2 D. m., addresses on mission work by Rev. C. T. Doug lass of Pasadena, Cal, and Rev. H. c. Woods of Colorado Springs, Colo. Second day, 9:30 a. m, buisness ses- sion; 2 p. m., woman's missionary meeting, conducted by the president, Mrs. A. B. Tomlinson of Tempe; 7:3O p. m., meeting of the Young Peoples Baptist Union, conducted by the president, MT. J. F. Elwell of Phoenix, and including addresses by Mrs. A. $. Buckley, Rev. Lewis Halsey and Rev. G. w. Cram. Third day, Il a. m., the doctrinal sermon by Rev. Lewis Halsey; p. m., meeting Of the Sun day school institute, under the direc- tion of Rev. B. B. Duley of Mesa; 7:3O p. m., missionary sermon by Rev. c. J. Banks of Scottsdale
 George Gam and Joseph Redmon came down on the 18th from the up- per Salt river. MT. Redmon has sold cut his entire brand of cattle, ranch and other paraphernalia to w. A. Bol- ton and c. A. Stewart of Tempe. The ranch is in the Sierra Anchas noun tains. MT. Gam says z. T. Peters of the lower Tonto will begin the 10th of the month and round up about 800 steers which he will drive to Flagstaff. B. Kenton of the upper Salt will gather his cattle, about 400 in number, and drive them to New Mexico. w. T. Gam, father of George Gam, will be- gin to round up his brand of cattle for delivery on the ranch to Ellison of Pleasant Valley. George is in the valley after his saddle horses for this purpose. MT. Schuffner will round up about 500 head on the same range and drive them to this valley. That range is still too dry for cattle, which are beginning to die in considerable mum bers. The Coleman two-stamp mill at the mouth of the Tonto is running successfully. They cleaned up the other day after a run of about twenty five tons of ore and secured about s26O in gold.
 The Odd Fellows committee will hold another meeting tonight to make further arrangements. It is now in- tended to secure the Pioneer band of Phoenix, serve lunch and have several addresses of welcome and a seplendid address in response by man who can talk, and thereby bring about 1000 people to Tempe at the laying of the corner stone of the new building.
 At the last meeting of the Good Templars the following resolutions of condolence were passed:
 Whereas, The silent messenger has come again, unbidden, into our midst and has removed to the great beyond our esteemed citizen, MT. Granville Ridenour, the father of our beloved i sister, Miss Maggie Ridenour, Resolved, That we, the members oi Tempe lodge No. 2, I. O. G. T., dc herein express to our devoted sister