Arizona republican., 1900-12-17
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

MIR. BAIRD'S REMAINS.-The re-
 mains of David Baird, the travelling
 man who died here Thursday from a
 stroke of paralysis, were sent to Den-
 yer last night for interment.
 TEACHERS AT TEMPE. - About
 twenty of the local school teachers left
 last night for Tempe, to attend the
 teachers institute. Several more will
 go today. The sts ssion will last nearly
 all week.
 RALPH MURPHY ILL.-Mr. Ralph
 Murphy is still very ill with kidney
 trouble at the home of his parents, MT.
 and Mrs. w. J. Murphy, on North Gen.
 ter avenue. His mother and sister ar
 rived yesterday from Chicago. His
 father is in Washington
 MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION.-Th
 Ministerial Association meets this af- ternoon at ? o'clock in the parlor of the
 Presbyterian church. Order of the day, 2:15, paper on "The Pastor and the
 Sunday School" by Rev. A. A. Maxfield
 of the. African M. E. church, followed by discussion. All are cordially in vited.
 FUNERAL OF JOSEPH WOOD The funeral of Joseph Wood, the & year-old son of George Wood of the
 Daily Enterprise will be held this al
 ternoon at o'clock from the Catholic church. The child had pneumonia last spring from which he never fully re- coveted and in his recent illness he had another attack which complicated with heart disease was more than he could withstand.
 RAISED BIG PEARS.-Mr Fred Warner raised this year some of the largest pears ever seen here. On half dozen trees at his place on West Wash ington street, were some remarkable specimens. At the Mardis stOre he has on exhibition two pears on one stem, the two weighing two and one-half pounds, and on another stem are four pears, the whole weighing three pounds.
 BREAD FAMINE. - Occasionally Phoenix has bread famine," said a local grocer yesterday, and on those occasions it is an impossibility to buy a loaf of bread Such condition was very noticeable today. Saturday night the supply of bread ran out and it was impossible to renew the supply at the bakeries. which had been worked at full capacity during carnival week and eased up on the last day. There are four or five bakeries in Phoenix and us- ually they have plenty of bread on hand. but sometimes run short and then for day loaf of bread cannot be bought for love or money"
 PEANUT RAISING.-Despfte the fact that the soil of Arizona is pecu- llarly adapted to peanut culture, but few of the nuts have ever been raised in the territory. Chaplain Scott, of ScoIttsdale. made the attempt two years ago, but lack of knowledge in nut culture made his attempt a failure. A local dealer said yesterday that pea nuts could be raised to excellent ad- vantage in this valley, and the soil and climate were just right. The p5a- nut requires but little water and but little care and is constantly in such demand that many tons are sold here each year.
 A THREATENING GUY WIRE There is another electric light guy wire on North First street between Monroe | and Van Buren which will furnish more food for the coroner one of these | days. Boys have been standing around IHe STOuIu post SelIlnS SnOchSu. les terday morning J. A. Porterie, who lives | near by noticed that as a car passed | fire flew from the wire. There is no ap- | parent connection between the wire ! and the trolley wire, for the guy is at tached to an electric light pole which | is several feet higher that the trolley | wires. A careful investigation failed | to show that the two systems were con- nected anywhere within two blocks of | the place of disturbance.
 CLOSING UP THE BOOKS.-Direc- tor General Lewis, Manager Buckley | and the whole office force cf the carni- | val association, was engaged yesterday 1 in arranging bills, checking them with | orders given, and in the general prep | aratiOn for a final settlement of carni- l val business. The executive committee will hold a meeting at 10 o'clock this | to ascertain the status of affairs after the big show. Director | General Lewis d sires the public to rest assured that everything will be settled | up in a thorough and business-like ] manner and that in the payment of i bills there will be no favorites. In | other words no bills will be paid till all | bills are in and audited and found to be | correct. Then checks will be written i for the amount of each one and all will |