Arizona republican., 1898-12-23

ment. The oranges have been pro-
 were ever grown. W. P. Storment fixed nounoed by ccnnoisseurs as good as up an apparatus fer grading the fruit thas is very simple and eectiVe.
 F. J. Jack is spending f1ne holidays
 wich his brother at Rancho del Higo.
 He is now located ir Flagstaff where he
 holds a good position with the Ari- zOna Lumber and Timber company He reports that the company's new mill is
 being built and rTill be the largest and most complete in Arizona.
 The Christmas exercises Ehis year will te gotten up by the schools instead Of the church as hcr5tofOre. This is a capital innovation. Every child in the community will feel an interest in the occasion and lhus he Christmas spirit will be diIfused among g. larger nun Der. The exercises VIII be held at bae school house on Friday evening. There will be a tree and music and everything thal the little folks joy in, and the teachers will sec that 10 lad or lassie is forgot.
 V. 3. Creakmur and family came in from Shelby ccun-y, Missouri, Friday night and have rented the Baldwin pIaco. By the same train and from the same good old county came Jim Creekmur and family. Both are rela- tives of E. T. Hawkins.
 The Presbyterian ladies Of Peoria will hold a quilt and comfort sale at the school house Wednesday night. Re treatments will be served and there will also be a stock of homemade Christmas candies on sale.
 Our contingent of the Rough Riders is back again. Ira Hartzell was here Ft~id orropfinor friends Eo 10OES very pale but that is due to a detention Of fCTty-fve days in the hospital just previous to his discharge. He was with the first troops landed on Cuban soil and was in the fierce enga genents of QUasiEas and San Juan as attested by his discharge. He says hC would nCt have missed the experience for a good deal but has no wish to repeat it. He kept his eyes open and his com ments on men and things are interest ng. General Wheeler was the favO-ite lmOng She volunteers. Colonel ROose- i velt was always in the lead, and it is If interest to readers Of ScriDner's to lnOW that Richard Harding Davis was n the thick Of the engagements and 1 ais statements true to fact. His view 1f 5Sh3fter corresponds with general 1 newspaper opinion and the stories of l Inc privaiCrs Of the troops were ex- 1 lgGerated. Ira expects to take up his | 'esidence here again.
 A birthday party will be given at ! Mrs. J. s. Bridenstine's Friday night | n celebration of the 'steenth birthday | # Miss Lois Lockwood.
 Dr. Lindley Wright, who formerly | jrac5iced hsre, passed through on the 1 rain one night last week. He was l ookirg in much better heaI.h than | when he left.
 There are now three candidates in the | ie!d for the position Of road overseer # this district. A meeting of the ce- )uDlicans of the precind- will probably ,e called to decide upon the merits Of i. he respective candidates
 The DeMund Lumber company has | lied g merchandise lien or the build ng recently erected by o. A. Roberts.
 The Odd Fellows and Rebek9hs are making extensive preparations for the pen installation Of their CdiCc-S which will be 'Eeld Saturday evening, Jaru- ry '. The two orders contain the best nter, diners in town and on thIs occa- iCn they promise to eclipse all preyi- us efforts.
 J Y T. Smiths views or the barley tl,3ti0n, quoted in q recent RepUbli- 2n, are timely and valuable. Mc5t have SCcd deal or faith ln il1 Smiths judgment. The grain that yas planted before the snow is up and coking fine, and there will not Ee many idle quarters bereabout this seq on.
 Jim Phillips father returned from
 visit to his old home in Virginia Mon ay night. He was accCmp panied by Q ophew, MT. Michael5, a carpenter by laGe, and his wife.
 All the bachelors and old maids in he community are invited to call at he Hatcher residence Thursday night nd a ring pOp corn under the tutelaSe f the local matrimonial bureau.