Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-17
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.


Prof FrizzelI and wife drove over to
Scottsdale yesterday.
Fred NJ Irish spent yesterday in
Phoenix.
John Carol expects to leave tonight
for old Mexico, where he will spend
the winter.
Mrs Guthrie and Miss England
spent yesterday at the capital
NJ A Stanford and son. Edward,
drove over from Phoenix yesterday and
spent the day in Tempe.
A number of people went down to the
depot yesterday morning to take a look
at the new NJ. & P. engine No. 6, which
was put on the track yesterday
Garfield Goodwin. Noble Carter and
Elmer Ruse rode over to the foot ball
game at the park on bicycles yester-
day.
J. W. Bolton and wife drove over to
Phoenix yesterday.
A large picnicing party from Mesa
spent yesterday at the Hole in the
Rock" north of Tempe. The crowd had
a jolly time.
War to the knife, Birchell is selling
forty pound chunks of beef at five
cents pound. 1t would pay the cow
men to keep an eye on the Tempe
butchers.
The work on the well progresses
rapidly, considering that it is solid rock
through which they have to blast and
drill. The we'll is about nine feet in
diameter and about thirty feet deep,
or about on a level with the water sur
face of the river. Tomorrow work in
earnest begins. A large force of men
will be put on and the east bench of
the butte will be leveled for the water
plant. Captain Weeks is superintend
ing the work.
The Crimson Rims of Tempe go over
to, the park at Phoenix today to play
a Phoenix team. A good game is ex-
pected, for the Crimson Rims play base
ball.
The stockholders of the Tempe-Me
Produce company had an interesting
time yesterday and the managers of
the company showed tact in the
arrangement and quality of the
programme which was instructive
and much good to the dairymen and
farmers was accomplished.
The ladies of the Congregational
church served a genuine good turkey
dinner, which was enjoyed by all.
yes terday was between the Indians and
the Phoenix team. The Indians carried
away six trophy scalps, while the
Phoenix team found none, though twice
they nearly succeeded in reaching the
goal line. The teams, however, were
quite evenly matched.
killing two birds with one stone:
removing the condemned graveyard
fry
dirt. The old Mexican graveyard on
the side of the butte, which was con-
demned three years ago and the graves
ordered to be removed. is now being
dug away The site is on an old and
interesting Aztec mound from which
many curious and wonderful little Az
tee relics are being uneartheG. which
the force of Mexican diggers are SELL
ing for ten and twenty-five cents to
curious bystanders. The unearthing of
the old collins with the bones and the
accompanying little trinkets, are in
themselves valuable to see, to persons
who like to see something unusual or
odd Over twenty-five skeletons have
already been removed to the grave
yard south of Tempe. The work is be-
ing superintendent by Penn & Cum
mings, who are hauling the mound
earth or the new county road. which
is now being opened directly between
Mesa and Tempe. The work on this
road is being pushed forward and in
a short time a road which opens a di-.
rect line between the two towns will
be completed. Had this road been
made a few years ago several lives
would not have been lost by railway
accidents. for the road does not cross
track and does not run along side of
it. The value of this enterprise cannot