Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-24
SOUTH SIDE.
MESA

MESA.
Charles Barnett assistant county
recorder came up from Phoenix Sun
day.
D. F. Cochran. civil engineer. paid
Mesa visit yesterday. A year ago
Mr.. Cochran was familiar figure on
the south side. He recently returned
from Mexico where he has been occu-
pieG in his profession.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mauk came up from
Phoenix and took dinner in Mesa Sun
day.
There was a lengthy discussion over
the origin of man and the existence Of
a soul yesterday among some passeng-
erS the Mesa train Sunday.
Mesa man, a Phoenix man and 4
Tempe man We're the participants
None of them We're church members
and it appeared to a listener that the
discussion at times contained some
thing of consolation for each other be-
cause of that fact. The Mesa man
startled his hearers by saying he was
educated for a Presbyterian minister.
1T was queer thing said the Tempe
man, lone never knows what d boy
will turn out to be- Well" said
the Mesa man. 4 never could believe
/ could not preach it. II seems to me
to be absurd to tell for an absolute fact
anything about a future state The
Phoenix man ventured, that man
had a right to his own belief There
said the Mesa man, but that does not
prove his belief is not absurd. My
theory is. that there is d future state;
that mans spirit comes from God; that
after death mans spirit returns IL
God, and consequently all Individual
fty is lost. I know We're are told diff
ferent, but we are also told that TO
our spirits there was no beginning and
there is no end Here is the question:
If after we die We can recolect
our actions on this earth. why not
during this life remember incidents in
the existence of our spirit before its
stay in our bodies here. In the ortho-
dox theory l would like to know where
our spirits We're before our first ac-
quaintance with it a newspaper man
was near and overheard the question.
Perhaps said he. General Coxy's
religion would Satisf Y curiosity
General Coxy's ideas are not always TO
be laughed at. as ne usually supports
them with his boots on He believes
that originally there was somewhere a !
great reservoir full OF souls. This res
ervoir has a small tap on the inner /
side of it. Whenever there was a new |
babe born the littlest bit of d soul |
was drawn off to supply this babe. He |
believes this process is still going OH /
In order that this reservoir may not |
become empty all the bits of soul that /
animate human beings through life re- /
turn to this reservoir Although the |
Mesa man was an administration re
publican his estimation of General
Coxy rose precipitably
T. E. Pomeroy went to Phoenix yes
terday on business
Messrs. Powers. Wattrous and Stew
art who live under the Utah Extension
canal We're in Mesa yesterday.
Thomas Condy arrived from Salt
Lake yesterday. Mr.. Condy comes here
in the interests of the NJ. I. \. of the
Mormon church
Martin Schuele, Mike Forester and
John X. Jones returned yesterday from
a five days hunting trip up the river.
The hunters brought back mountain
sheep
Those registered at the Kimball are:
q c. Spear. Los Angeles: G. A. Mauk.
Phoenix: c. w. Barnett. Phoenix; $ G
Cochran, Phoenix: W H. Code and
wife. Mesa; Mrs. W. X. Porter and :
hildren. Mesa.
TEMPE. i
city Attorney Woolf was a profes-
sional visitor in Phoenix yesterday.
r A. Mccartney Of Phoenix was a
business visitor in Tempe yesterday. s
Three ears of hay We're shipped out {
asst night by a. J. Peters. the hay and [
grain king
Billy Moore was a professional WISH !
or in this place yesterday. I
MIR. and Mrs. Neils Peterson spent t
yesterday at the capital.
Four new students entered the nor t
nal yesterday: Miss Nicholas. Miss I
Bland and the two Miss Espinas. c
L. NJ. Seaton Of Los Angeles was t
cry successful life insurance agent in I
own yesterday, caused largely by the I
ire scare in town in the morning. j
DR.. Harry Jessop of Phoenix was a i
visitor in this place yes I
erday. il
The new gun rack and other arnory p
xtures for the normal school cadets | {
re now nearly completed and then the I
adets Will have d most fully equipped n
smory. q
THE Freeze viii serve hot soda to
atrons this winter. the navors viii be | G
Office. chocolate. clam broth. beef
roth. etc. This is an entirely new
hing for the town and will be fully
njoyed this winter >
There was very exciting time in u
'empe yesterday morning over what g
anne within an ace of meaning de D
truction to this beautiful little town. l.
fire was discovered just under the e
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