Arizona republican., 1903-04-29

of it had lately been sold. The price paid for the land has not been given out. MT Laird arrived in town only
 day or two ago and he regrets now that he did not come earlier.
 GRAND CANYON EXCURSION The indications are that the excursion to the Grand Canyon on the occasion of the presidents visit will be a large one. The rate is so low it makes one feel it almost . duty to go. At the & F-. r. & P. ticket office they are al ready making reservations for the sec ond Pullman car. It is announced also that ample accommodations will be provided at the canyon for all who wish to go. A restaurant and short order house will be in running order and ready to do big business. It will
 be open day and night. Other necessi-
 ties will be carefully looked after The 1 contract has been let for the erection Of the big tourist hotel at the canyon, that has been talked about for several months. It is expected to cost in the nefGhborhood of a half million dollars.
 A CHANGE OF BASE-James Grif- fin has sold his home and next Sunday he will leave for Eureka. Cal. where he will reside in the future. He has
 resigned his position at the Hub to ac-
 cept One with one of the largest gents furnishing goods houses in that part of the state. He will be followed by his family in about two weeks. MT.
 Griffin has for sonIe lime been troubled with asthma and on the recommends
 tion of Mir. B. F. Porter. who lately
 went to Eureka he decided to make
 the change. Mir. Griffin is one of the
 best known and one of the best sales
 men in the territory. He has resided in
 Phoenix for ten years and leaves it with regret softened somewhat by the
 prospect of getting rid of the asthma and by a somewhat increased salary
 DISTRICT CONFERENCE PRO GRAMME FOR THURSDAY.-The conference will convene at Central NJ
 E. church, south. at S.3O a. m. The fore noon will be devoted to missions, and the afternoon to finances. At 9 a. m.
 the pastors will discuss What Have I Done This Year for the Cause of Missfons?" At 9:45 a. m. the women
 will report their home and foreign mis- sionary work. At 1915 Rev. R. NJ. Clark will read q paper on The Need of Disseminating Missionary Litera-
 ture." At il a. m. sermon on "Mis- sions." At 2:30 D. m. the pastors will
 make their reports on Finances, fol- lowed by paper on How I Manage ! the Finances of the Church." by Rev. ! l.. O. Lewis. The stewards will dis
 cuss How the Steward Should Feel
 About the Pastors Salary" At 4:15 ?.
 m. Mrs. John L. Mclean will read ,t
 paper on "Tithing." All these sub 1 jects will be discussed. Preaching at
 730 D. m.
 POLICE COURT.-There were three eases in police court yesterday, one be i ing a five-dollar drunk, another being AlsernOn Dove. who was held as d wit
 ness rather than a defendant and who was released u take a job of work in the country. The third case was that
 of George Rays, a comparative strang- | CT in the country and he was arrested | by R. A. Warner. special policeman ard chief of the fire department The | charge against him is carrying con- ceaied weapons and the specified lions | Of the charge are that he tried t6 cut
 holes into Algernon Dove with a knife nearly IS big as General Weyler's sword. The incident occurred Monday | in front of W. T. Smiths hardware store. Rays claims to he a detective ! in the employ of the sheriff 0f River
 side county, Cal. but shows no cred IT, tials and the police place no credence
 in the story. He is unkeHpt and unin- | Vitin% in appearance and if detective | he must be doing the Old Sleuth act in earnest. He was drinking q little on
 Monday and it is only fair to MT. Dove i to assume that he was also, if he had q chance. But Dove was harmless and | the other man was vicious for when 1 they got into an argument on the side
 walk Rays pulled out his scythe and 1 prepared to make a swing when MT. l Warner caught his arm. The case was i continued till today for further inves- i tigation.