Arizona republican., 1899-02-28
THE BICYCLE STORE.
 TEMPE, ARIZONA.
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.

TEMPE.
 w. c. Ferris of Mesa was in town yesterday.
 John Lehman and Benton Quesen- berry of Glendale are hauling hay for Jerry Sullivan.
 A special cattle train of ten cars left Tempe yesterday afternoon at 2:30 for Los Angeles.
 J. T. Priest H. F. Warner and H. z. Buck took the train to Phoenix yester- day
 Sam Brown, assemblyman from MaricOpa county in the Nineteenth legislature, returned home last night.
 Greeley Sayler was in Mesa yester- day and started for Benson last night.
 Councilman G. w. P. Hunt of Gila county took dinner with Dudley Craig Sunday.
 Ashby HaIwes and wife drove to Phoenix yesterday.
 William Penn started to haul the North family to Globe this morning. William Goodwin will make the round trip with him.
 A. J. Peters shipped three cars of hay last night.
 The normal. school appropriation bill was passed by the assembly yesterday morning.
 Ben George is recovering from an attack of measles.
 The tin roof is being placed cn the Kingsbury building.
 Hon. E. J. Edwards of Globe was a visitor at Tempe yesterday.
 Bert Wingar of Mesa spent Sunday afternoon with his relatives at this place
 A one hundred yard foot race 'be- tween two local sprinters is booked for next Sunday
 Dr. L. H. Goodrich of Phoenix was looking after his interests on the south side yesterday
 Edward Carr of Providence, R. l., arrived at Tempe Sunday. He is a brother of Mrs. J. J. Hodnett and eX- poets to make his home in this valley. |
 MT. and Mrs Frank Watts expect to | leave for California tonight. They will carry the good wishes of their Tempe | friends with them to their new home.
 MESA.
 A. C. Mcqueen, Dr. Sa6in, Mrs. C. H. Star and Grover and Nelson, the sheepmen, were passengers to Phoenix on the train yesterday morning.
 John, Will. Frank and Talma Pom eroy were in Phoenix all day yesterday.
 A surprise party was given in honor |
  at the Relief society hall. Refresh Tnents were taken in the form of basket 1uncheons.
 John flakes, page in the legislature, was in Mesa Sunday.
 Those registered at the Kimbail house are c. NJ. Williams, George A. Chiry and wife, Phoenix; George D. Stateson, Chicago.
 Those registered at the AlhambTa Doin n cisco; Robert Evans, John Patrick, Phoenix; George Bates, Jerome; J. D. Thomas, Florence; Frank Bowen, Mesa
 The shearers have finished Archie Cameron's sheep.
 Judge Grouse has bought 25,OOO brick of Charles Wing and will soon | build on his ranch east of Mesa.
 w. H. Sherman returned yesterday from Bisbee, where he had taken twelve head of fine riding and driving horses.
 F. c Woodmansee, H. c. Rogers and Soren Sorenson of Lehi were in town yesterday on business.
 Some ill-advised person started the report not long ago that the almond crop of Mesa had been tctaIly de stIOyed by the late cold snap. The worst of it is that people, especially outsiders, nave accepted this report as true and Mesa has suffered in their estimation in consequence. Those who have watched the almond industry in this valley and understand the care of the almond could tell, if they stepped to think about it at all, that the report that the crop was destroyed was utterly untrue. To others, per hops an explanation is necessary The almond bud in this valley does not open until the middle or latter part of February and the weather is never so severe after that but what the crop can be saved by smudging the or chard. One of the best methods of dO- ing this is to pour coal tar on small heaps of chaff or dry manure. This will burn sometimes for forty-eight hours. The fOrty-acre orchard of B. J. Trippel, about a mile southeast of Mesa, is a good sample of what the al mond can be made to accomplish in 1 this valley. The splendid condition of this orchard is due to the care of J. E. Bettler now in charge of it, and an ( old and experienced orchardist in both California and Arizona. The orchard is a perfect mass of pink and white blossoms, and the beauty and fra glance that greet the senses would surprise many an old Californian who ! thinks nothing can equal his orange grove. z The preliminary examination of Gar field Farrell, V he was with Ed Dugan when he shot at MT. Nelson at the sheep camp, will take place at Mesa in TuCticp fP0TOnTOV' cOTTt