Arizona republican., 1901-03-07

ly's carpenter shop, Saturday evening
 March 9th, for the purpose of petition
 ing the contractors for an eight-houl working day in Phoenix.
 NEW SOAP FACTORY.-The Ari.
 zona Soap company is just removing
 it's machinery from its present location
 to its new building on South Third
 street, across the railroad tracks. The
 factory has been located near the
 slaughter house, two and one-hali
 miles southwest of the city.
 | JUDGE PINNEYS WORK.-Judge
 D. H. Pinney has been experimenting improvements on some of his property
 here the past month. He is represent
 ing some eastern parties who wish to | get hold of valuable mining properties
 and will keep offices in Phoenix and | Prescott for that purpose, as we'll as | for the practice of his profession. A RUSH OF BUSINESS.-A letter | from Postmaster Mccormick at Cava | Creek announces that he is doing busi .
 ness now with Mexico, Scotland, Ire-
 land and the Basque provinces of
 France and Spain. This comes through the esta ablishmert of sheep shearing camps on Cave Creek and the shepherds are of varied nationallties LITERARY AND MUSICAL. The pupils of Miss Mary F. Haskett will give dramatic, literary and musical programme in the First M. E. church on next Tuesday evening, March 1?.
 Miss Haskett is teacher of wide ex-
 perience and fame, and her entertain
 ments are always rare and interlec-
 tual treat. A large audience IS ex- pected.
 MUSIC AND DRAMA On next Tuesday evening an entertainment will be given in the First Methodist Epis- copal church that will combine many attractive features. The young folks will present a drama, under the direc- ton of Miss Mary E. Haskett, and will also render several musical selec- tions. There will be songs and recita- tions by older talent, which will serve to make an evening of rare enjoyment.
 PROABTE COURT. In the probate court yesterday in the matter of the estate Of Emily A. Woodruff. the ad- ministrator, w. l.. Woodruff, made oath to answer the petition for an in- crease of security and the case was In the case of the Brill minors petition was made for an order to pledge an insurance policy for loan and the order was granted.
 BIRTHDAY PARTY POSTPONED.
 It was the intention of Garden Val ley Lodge No. l, I. O. G. T., to celo- brate its twenty-third birthday on next Monday night with a public meet ing in Doris hall. but the affair has been postponed for one week. A mis- ce!laneous programme is being pre- pared and a good time assured Next Monday night the members will have as topic for entertainment "Inaugu- rations," and interesting bits of his tory pertaining to the inauguration of the presidents will be presented.
 A COLLISION.-Yeste afternoon when w. H. Beard was about to step on street car to go to the capitol, one of those insane "rubber-neck' fif- ten-year-old kids" that ride a bl- cycle with their heads down and their eyes shut, ran into him at the corner of Washington and First streets MT. Beard was knocked down and thrown twice his length. narrowly escaping be- ing thrown under the car. What he said when he got up was probably the truth and everyone present agreed with him, but it would not look well in print He was badly jared but otherwise un- injured.
 ALL ARE INVITlEJD.-The cantata, "The Jolly Farmer" to be given at the Indian school on Friday even ing will be primarily in honor of the members of the leg1s- lature, territorial officials, Presi- dent Ripley and the members of the Chicago Commercial club which will be here at that time. The gen. eral public, however. is invited and urged to attend. No invitations will be issued. except to those above named and seats will be reserved for them. Others will be just as welcome and will be cordially received. The entertainment will occur in the first building on the southwest corner of the campus and will begin at s o'clock There will be seats for 600 people.
 AN AUTOMATIC CITY.-S w. Wig ner is engaged in the construction of an automatic city for exhibition pur- poses. It will be some time before it is but the work is sufficiently ad- vanced to be interesting. The little city will be about ten feet wide and fifteen feet long, and will contain street cars. railroad depots. breweries. telegraph lines, parks, bridges, wind mills, hotels, a lake, court house and other public buildings and, in fact, everything to be found in an up-to- date town of liberal size. The work is slow and tiresome and most of 1t has to be done with a jack-knife and a glue not. but Mir. Wigner is persistent