Arizona republican., 1902-04-12
TEMPE

Hrie~es Bessie and Lillian Holt of Ioston. who have been spending the winter with MT. c. E. Van Note, left Thursday night for Los Angeles. Mir. William Still, who has extensive interests in the Imperial country, Cal ifornia, is spending a few days with his family here.
 Mir Wolf Sachs is engaged in the first alfalfa cutting of the season. The musical and elocutionary recital to be rendered in the NJ. E. Church, South. will be given May 2, instead of April ;. as formerly announced.
 As the regular meeting of the town council oh Thursday night the newly elected members, Messrs J. E. Sur geon. Fro nk FoSel and Albert Miller, were qualified and MT. Samuel Brown WAS appointed chairman of the street committee, MT. Fogel of the finance and Mir. Miller of the ordinance con- mittee. After short and pleasing ad- dresses from the retiring and newly elected mayors, the council adjourned until the next regular session.
 The long looked for ladies minstrel show was held last night in Armory hall. When the curtain went up there was standing room only and the best of order prevailed. The 'coons" marched onto the stage singing the chorus frorI Georgia Camp Meeting" and not u-til the interlocutor gave the signal to be seated" did anyone stir. Ali the j5k4s and funny stories were de- cfde3ly original in style and grammar and the singing was mostly ragtime. The first part was closed by all singing t.Old Folks at Home'' The male quar- of ba faa of he evening. although every act in the olio received loud applause. Miss Lulu Schmidt, who had the affair in charge. deserves much credit for her good judgment in selecting and arranging the programme. Sixty-five dollars was taken in at the door.
 The friends of Mrs. Hanna, who resides south of Tempe, gave her pleasant surprise yesterday by Q din ner party in honor of her birthday an niversary.
 Mir. J. P. Gilchrist, representing Neustadter Bros. of San Francisco, and MT. E. E. McVeagh of the Pacific Hard ware and Steel company. of the same city. were circulating among our mer- chants yesterday.
 Jack Stelzreid. left last night for the northern part of the territory.
 Mrs. Fulton, sister-in-iaw of Sounty Superintendent Fulton, passed through here yesterday, en route to Florence.
 Mir. F. w Holsapple is making eX- tensive improvements on his home.
 Mir. Robert Finch, our hustling -liv- erynran, drove over to Florence with a load of passengers yesterday
 MT. T. s. Dennison of Chicago. who is a member of the Chicago Press club came over from Phoenix yesterday. where he is spending the winter. MT Dennison was highly pleased with Tempe and the accommodations at the Casa Lorna.
 The newly arrived guests at the Casa Loma are: Andrew Peacock Sterling, Mich; Donald Mcqueen, Mesa City; T. s. Dennison, Chicago; H. c. Fean and wife, Phoenix.
 MT. P. J. Lessen, in company with three other gentlemen, arrived this morning from Ribe, Denmark. Mir Lessen is a brother of MT. Lorence Les sen, foreman of the Bartlett-Heard ranch.
 A force of about eighty Mexicans is at work cleaning the Wormser ditch, a lateral of the southern branch of the Tempe canal.
 MT. John Montgomery, ex-sheriff of this county, transacted business here yesterday.