Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-12
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.

DIR. Andrew spent yesterday at Mesa.
w. E. Amin and wife are spending
few days in Temre the guests of Wat
son Pickrell. Mr. Amin is inspector
general of rural mail delivery.
Messrs. Cant and Collins. the Kyrene
cattlemen, were business visitors In
Tempe yesterday.
Horace Holdren of Mesa spent yes
terday in Tempe interviewing Dentist
Devore on the subject of teeth.
Prof. F. NJ. Irish of the normal spent
Yesterday at the capital.
John Mclean is timing the deck
roof of the windmill tower at the hotel.
John Marksbury of Mesa after sew
eraI years in the Klondyke country re-
turned home yesterday and deposited
several bags of gold in the Mesa City
bank.
Miss Madge Rodgers drove over to
Mesa City yesterday.
DR.. Meade of San Jose. Cal, has de-
cided to locate as a dentist in the
rooms of the Huntington block. To-
morrow he will give a free lecture in
the Congregational church, the subject
being Woman He invites every
body and promises an interesting talk.
The show windows in Broadway <
Mouer's drug store is filled with beau
tiful Xmas goods which arrived FRI
day. Just take a peep at the pretty
albums and scrap-books.
Yesterday was a big day for the
| Pima and Maricopa Indians on the
Pima reservation. where the TWO
tribes had an exciting horse race, ana
a queer race it was. The distance run
was eight miles and at given inter
walls along the race course each con-
testaut had a horse stationed, at winch
iuncture horses were changed, thus al
lowing each horse to do no more tnah
he could endure 1t was exciting from
start to finish and was the greatest OF
amusement to the natives.
w 7 Birchell will dress all kinds OF
pouItry for Thanksgiving. His spec
faltv will be in dressed turkeys. VI
der in time.
The following programme was
dered by the public school literary so
ciety Friday afternoon The little IoikS
are enthusiasts at this kind OF Worh
and do exceedingly well: Solo. bnlo-
gene Murphy: reading, Alma Harris,
,.ac,tation Lizzie Cummings; society
paper, Fannie Brown; solo, FRANKIE
ReIernv. recitation. Era Ruse: read
ing. COrlnne hSI-NbeiANs iNS@NN-N-
..osner; song. Dora, Leona and Fanny
Brown; wit and humor. Hazel Hen
dirk. reading. SalIie Cummings; reel
4ation. Leslie Whitaker; reading
clarence McFadden: recitation, Laura
Butter. singing, by the society.
MESA.
Thomas Buchanan's half way place
al the Desert Wells is the only up-to-
date stopping place on the Florence
and Globe road.
The town has been beseiged by trav-
cling men the last few days.
The Farmers Exchange are reno
waiting their place of business and en-
,arging their stock of merchandise.
lack Frazier who has been spending
several days in Mesa looking after mis-
business interests. Will return to MS
rattle ranch today.
steve Hughes of Tempe was a busi-
ness. visitor at Mesa yesterday
wiley Holman of the Ward BROS
cattle ranch is spending several days
in town.
The citizens of Mesa district are
5,,s+1,- ,,ro,d of the work being done
in our schools. Following IS the en-
rollment and average attendance for
the past month: "a
Total enrolment .-...-.-..-.-...'.- %
Average enrolment .-.--...-.-...- "'l
Daily average attendance. ...--.-- otl
Per cent of attendance. ....----...' >.
Number of boys enrolled -.--.--... lHI
Number of girls enrolled .--.------ ISe
The Methodist and Baptist churches
will unite in a union Thanksgiving ser
vice the evening of November 30. Inc
service will be held in the NJ Z. churcn
and the sermon will be preached D.
Rev. z. ]. Banks.
The ball given by the w. Of w. lodge
ri Mesa on Friday was a decided sue
cess in every particular. The Wood
men hall had been tastefully decorated
and the carpeted floor covered with
canvas The music furnished By two
Italian boys from Phoenix was very
much appreciated by the dancers This
was the first of a series of dances to be
given by the lodge during the winter
The next will be given on Friday, the
oath inst.