Graham guardian., 1901-08-16
LOCAL NEWS.

last Saturday.
Nearly every school in the coun-
ty will open on Monday, Sept. End.
The heaviest rain to fall in the
Clifton country for number of
years was reported from there last
Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Robinson and family
and Miss Beulah Wright returned
from the Graham mountains last
Sunday.
Cuffs ranch is becoming very
popular with Stafford pleasure seek
ers. Quite crowd goes out every
Sunday to have swim.
During the violent wind storm
which prevailed last Sunday after
noon, the canvass top on the Mon
teirth pavilion was torn off.
After two months vacation in
California and Oregon, Miss Kate
Tuttle returned home last Friday
very much refreshed and rested.
NJ. A. Leahy, while here last
week, bought five head of horses,
new harness from Mr.. Clarkson
and new wagon and buggy from
Olney, Ijams & Co.
ID. W Brue, assistant agent at
depot has been transferred to Globe
and VIM. Roundy, assistant agent
at Globe has been transferred to
Stafford
There are only a few hundred
Souvenir GUARDIANS left. Those
desiring to send them to relatives
and friends should not delay much
longer in securing them.
Special Timber Agent Holsinger
arrived here last Saturday. He
left on Sunday, accompanied by
Mr.. Trojanovich, Of Globe, and
Geo. Jacobson, for Graham noun
tains to investigate and take steps
towards protecting the timber.
The Mexican referred to last
week as John Doe, who was arrest
ed for stealing horses and burros,
was examined before Judge Sparks
last Friday and held under $500
bond, in default of which he went
to Jail.
J. N. Keasley has just complet-
ed the addition of a nice porch and
a room for library purposes to the
Layton school house. The trus-
tees expect to make number Of
other improvements during the
season.
a surprise party was given to
Mrs. Harriet Wild by number of
relatives and friends on Sunday
last at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. W. Hopes, the occas-
ion being her 66th birthday. A
very pleasant time was had by all
present.
Those merchants who send away
for all the printing they possibly
can, are the loudest in denouncing
people who make their purchase
through the mail order department
Of foreign houses. If the news
papers should encourage this mail
order business it would double in
a short time to the loss of the
home merchants.
A number of complaints have
reached us lately ofReglect on TIC
part of several post masters failing
to deliver the GUARDIAN to sub
scribers. We wish to call the at
tention of the post masters to the
fact that it is just as necessary to
deliver papers as it is to deliver
letters. If these do not cease, we
will be forced to call for an inves
tigation.
For the first time since the out
break Of the Spanish war, Presi-
dent Mckinley has approved
death sentence in the case of an en-
listed man. The case is that of
private Phineas Foulz, company
X, Nineteenth infantry. This sol
dier was convicted by general
court martial at Cebu, p. l., for the
murder Of Genevieva Torres,
native Filipino girl, by stsbbing
her to death.
+ Tod Carver who VIZ ed
some time "a and pl'r- IN the
Apache county .jeA, la sctcd or
the murder of Lesueur and Glib
bons, has been sent to La Grande
county, Utah, to be tried for mur-
der. Requisition papers were
granted to the Utah sheriff last
week by the governor on the rep
ressntation that conviction for
murder is certain in Utah. As the
officers admit that it would be diff
ficult to prove Carver guilty in
Arizona the transfer was made.