Arizona republican., 1901-11-15

l l. Phoenix on Saturday. November g, and the local lodge is making elabora te preparations for the entertainment of visiting delegates This will be the an nual session, at which officers for the ensuing year will be elected Garden Valley lodge No. 1 added three names | to it's already long roll on Monday night and has quite a number of can | didates in sight. For the present the lodge is meeting in the lecture room of the Christian church.
 PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS-Rev, D. E. Finks of New York city is in the valley. He is sent out by the Presby- | terian board of home missions to get views of mission work. He is in charge of all illustrating for the board and is now preparing lectures with stereop- | ticon slides and magazine articles with views. He has been on the Salt river reservation and is now on the Gila crossing. He is going from there to Sacator, the headquarters of the Pres byterian mission among the Pimas and Maricopas. He will then go to the Navajo reservation, where mission work has been opened north Of Navajo Springs, in the neighborhood of Fort Defiance.
 DONATION PARTY-Next Thurs day afternoon and evening from 1 to 9 o'clock will occur the annual public donation for the benefit of the Crit tenton home. All things which one could use in his own home would be ac- ceptable there Money for the building Of a screen porch is especially desired. The home is within one-haIf block of the street car line in Brill's addition and will be thrown open for the public to inspect. An interesting programme from to o'clock will consist of sweet music and short addresses. The ladies of the Crittenton Home circle and their friends will furnish refreshments free. All strangers and residents are most cordially invited to come and help along this good worF. Two rooms will be dedicated in the evening.
 NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Com- plete plans for the new Catholic church have been received. They were pre- pared by Los Angeles architect. They represent building which will cost at least $60,000. The style is severely Gothic and the plans show two spires. each 1S0 feet in height. The dimensions are so feet by 160 feet. with a 16-foot basement. The height of the ceiling will be in the highest arches 60 feet. It will seat geo people. It is to be built on the site occupied by the present church. Work will be begun on the building shortly. The building will be approached by handsome granite steps fronted with an artificial stone trim ming. The building will be heated by furnaces and altogether will be one of the handsomest churches in the southwest.
 AN INTERESTING PICTURE.-Mr l.. J. Court. who has been for some time at leisure, has just completed an interesting picture. It appears to be a representation of the sea, q bay and an inlet, from which the mountains rise abruptly and which are covered by forests and shrubbery. There is on one side of the inlet a town in the midst of which Q church crowned with a cross rises. The picture is about eighteen inches long and half wide. It is a rough crayon sketch on an un- even piece of pastboard. glazed, like that Of which shoe boxes are made. At first sight nothing appears except what has been described. Then other things become visible everywhere, on the mountains, along the shore and in the water faces of men and women of all nationalities, the heads of beasts and reptiles of all kinds that are seen in menageries and many which are L. ready been counted and there are per hape 5c0 more. The seem to have been thrown in wAlout any intent. NIT. Court has beN engaged on the picture about two weeks.
 THE ARIZONA SHOOT.-Secretary Pinney of the local gun club has been having the trap house and grounds put in shape for the coming territorial tournament of the associated gun clubs of Arizona. About 10000 shots will be fired a clay birds and 2.OG0 or more at live birds during the three days of the shoot, November 26, 2 and 2S. \ sumptuous banquet will be rendered the visiting shooters by the local club on the evening Of the 27th. From forty to fifty shooters will take part in the events, among them some of the best shots in the world. from the east and west. who come here to advertise their goods. On the day after the close of the tournament it is expected match for $500 a side will be shot be- tween D. D. Mcdonald Of Prescott and Joseph II. Holmes of Kingman. 100 shots each al live birds and 100 each at blueroc<s. The club will have q prac- tice shoot at their grounds this after noon at o'clock, to which all visiting sportsmen are invited.
 
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