Mesa free press., 1898-04-01

tinue from night to night. The fol-
lowing subjects will be discussed
Importance of sound doctrine; Christ
the Way of Life; The personal COM
ing of Christ; The signs Of the times;
Fhe world in battle at Arranged Ion;
The angels holding the armies: The
angry nations and the JUDGMENT, etc:
The services will be conducted by
I Elders George o. States aud o. D. M.
Williams. All are invited.
Miss Addie Slrrine, the accomplish
ed daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Warren
Shrine, is meeting with the most
gratifying success as first ASSISTANT
principal Of The Snowflake schools.
She has already won the highest
cpnmendatipns az thoroughly eff
cient teacher from the school authori-
ties Of Navajo county as we'll as from
her patrons. The success which she
is winning is highly gratifying to her
scores of Mesa friends.
Thc Rev. III. P. Corser will give a
ecture in the M. E. church on Tues
day evening April S, under the aus
pices Of Mesa lodge Good Tenplars
His SUBJECT, ss'The Acqui. Indian Snake
Dance" will be illustrated by Stere-
optican views. This lecture is of un-
vspal interest and has drawn large
audiences both in Phoenix and Tenn
I pc. Everybody should attend and
learn something of this noted tribe of
people. Adpission 25 cents.
III. Q. Rogers and wife, Mrs. Hattie
E. Burton and David KleinWan, left
Wednesday for Salt Lake. The for
mer goes as representative to the
se,ni-annual conference of the CHURCH.
Mrs. Burton expects to make her
future home in Salt Lake. Her mauy
fr'epds here regret her departure from
aGong us.
A man giving the name OF Bush
! Ellshury made three unsuccessful
attempts to burn Mr., Barnett's house
Tuesday He was taken to Phoenix
by constable Daley, examined and
septto the asylum. He said he came
from Riverside and is supposed to
haze been cultivsting formidable
/ jag for some time past.
A farmer near this place has kept
figures on twenty acre alfalfa field
the past year, with the following re-
suit: lst crop, 46 tons, ,baled; sold for
$l3s; End crop, IS tons; sold for
1920; pasturage, $50. Total receipts,
$4O8, Total expense, $50. Net profit,
1878.
D NJ. Ferry, wife and daughter,
aud E. M. Murphy. presiden- Of the
S. f. P. & P. RAILROAD and wife, visit
ed Mesa last Saturday, and accompa-
| MED by Dr. Chandler and wife, took a
/ drive over the valley, visiting, among
o'her places, this splendid Mcqueen
ranch igst south Of town.
The Arizona Baptist Association
convenrs IN Tempe Baptist church
April lst, End and 3rd. The various
churches of he territory OF this de-
nomination will be repre- sented. The
pulcit of the Mesa ch urch will be
occupied by visiting ministers both
morning and evening.
Fred. G. Hughes, late clerk Of the
board of supervisors of Pima county
and ntesent president of the ilegls!a-
tive cau..cil OF the territory, plead
guilty the other day to embezzling
$4,000 '>eionging to the Society of
Arizona Pioneers, and was sentenced
to FIVE years in the pen at Yuma.
There was shipped from Mesa du-
ring the year ended March oath, the
following produce: Hay IS cars
weight l,756,slO pounds; whest 3s
cars. weight 1,505. 100; barley 90
cars weigh, SO6,40o p ,unds; bran 2
cars. weight 1880 pounds Total
cars l35; total weight 4,lI7,680 lbs. :.
| Workmep are busy making some
RADICAL improvements on the Alham-
bra. New porcbes are being added
to both front and rear. Dan Mahoney