Arizona republican., 1898-05-20
The South Side

 Mrs. M. G. Hill, A. J. Peters, c. O. Austin, Watson Pickrell, P. P. Daggs, Mrs. F. M. Schureman and Miss Clara Miller went to Phoenix today.
 Lee Gray, secretary of the normal board, came up today from Phoenix to attend a meeting of that board.
 H. 2. Buck has returned from Eol- brook
 Superintendent of Public Instrac- tion A. P. Snowman will leave for Tucson tonight to attend the meeting of the board of university regents.
 Hay is king There will be nine teen cars of hay go out of here to- night The fall in the price Of hay has not materialized to the extent re- ported California is enjoying good wetting and to this California rain was due the f1utter a few days ago in the hay market. The price has fallen . notch or two, however.
 A. J. Peters ships seven cars of hay and one car of grain tonight A car of four goes out tonight.
 James Carroll Mr Toban and John Jensen have finished putting up $50 tons of hay for themselves.
 City Marshal Smith will begin the collection of quarterly 1icensas Mon day.
 William Goodwin has an elephant on his hands Mr. Goodwin is in the grocery business and not in the soda fountain business. Tempe has more fountains than necessary and MT. Goodwin can make more money sell ing groceries than he can fcoling with his fountain under the circumstances. So Willie has an elephant which he wishes somebody would slaughter TOT him.
 There will be a meeting of the city council in the near future to consider the opening of Eighth street around the railroad. Another letter has bsen received from Superintendent Porter of the railroad similar to the one re- ceiyed last winter which stated that the road was ready to do it's share in fhe matter The council will push the matter.
 MT. William Lewis has four mowers cutting alfalfa today They have be- gun on a hundred acres this morning. The hay will be cut and stacked in short time, then the men will begin working on MT. Drew's hay about eight miles southeast. After the hay is in stack MT. Lewis end MT. Drew will begin cutting 240 acres of wheat Mir. Watkins second crop of alfalfa will be ready to put up in about two weeks.
 Professor w W. Green will teach the Rural school south of Tempe again next year for a term of eight months.
 Following is the programme of the May Day festival to be held at this city tomorrow under the auspices Of the Catholic church: Concert in Tempe reading room from 2 p. m- to D. m- Music will be furnished by the Peralta orchestra from Phoenix. Ice cream, strawberries and other re- treatments will be seved throughout the afternoon From 5 to 8 o'clock there will be lunch and tamales. En- sertainment at Kingsbury hall, to be rendered by the children of the Phoa- nix paTochial school. Opening chorus, "Red, White and Blue," with or ehestra accompaniment; salutatory, by Miss L. Van Haren and Master J. Para; chorus, "Himno Nacional de Aejico:" orchestra; Jack in the Bar rel, farce in one act; cantata, DO ties Dream" school children and fairies; orchestra; comic dialogue '.DoIor de Mueles,' by three boys; cadets march and drill, by eighteen small boys; orchestra; chorus, "Amer- ica;" recitations, "Laborare Estorare" and "Deseos de Bailar;;" chorus, ''El Ruisenor;" La TraVesura de Co., melia," farce; Blue Bells of Scotland" violin and organ, Miss Righetti and Miss ThilIy Besse; fan drill, by twenty-four pupils; chorus, "Whispar ing Hope;" orchestra; minuet, 'EI Senor Juarez;" chorus, Come Der the Moonlit Sea-" concert Recitation, "Ox- ford Minims;;" music; Liberty" tab feau with chorus and orchestra Doors open at o'clock, beginning promptly at o'clock. Reserved seats, 50 cents; general admission B cents; children, 25 cents. All are most cordially invited. After the en- tertainment refreshments can be had at the reading room, and also during the entertainment lemonade will be served at the intermissiors.
 MESA.
 Mesa City, Ariz, May 19.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican, .)- C. L. Hall, A. F. Snowman, A. w. Rabbit, F. s. Pheby of Silver King. Mrs. s. M. Harris, Mrs. W. A. Kim ball, Mrs. A. c. McQuen, Carl John son and wife went to Phoenix today.
 c. R. Hakes made Tempe a call to- day.
 H. NJ Lewis is holding down the station in the absence of G. w. Mauk, who took run into Phoenix this af- ternoon.
 Harry Kennedy of the Capitol mills, and G. F. Lampey, introducing his household necessities, is up from Phoe- Rix today.
 Judge Merton is very i'll today.
 There was a surprise party at Don NJ LeBaron's residence in Nephi last night in honor of Miss Douglass, who has been teaching school in that dis trict.
 H. C. Rogers was over from Lehi today and reports the grain fields ripe for the harvest