Bisbee daily review., 1903-03-08
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 Douglas, Mar. 7.-The many friends of Miss Irene Ruppert. the popular attache of the telephone office here, will be sorry to learn that poor health ob iged her to resign her posi- tion. She will leave Tuesday for Bis. bee to visit indefinitely.
 Rev. Father Gheldorf arrived in Douglas yesterday morning on his reg ular bi-monthly visit to the parishion' CTS Of St. Joseph's Catholic church. He will conduct services today. Father Gheldorf informs us that the Catholic Ladies' Aid society of Doug. St. Patrick's day. A ball and supper are to be given, special feature of the latter being Spanish dishes. A booth will be decorated for the dis | play of Mexican drawn work.
 Today the regular monthly services 1 of the Methodist Episcopal church will | be held in library hal at II a. m. and 7:30 p. III. Dr. Thompson of Los An geles. superintendent of missions in Arizona, will conduct today's services. He will also remain with us for the ensuing week to look over and discuss the plans for the new NJ. E. church, the contract for which will be let in a few days. Rev. Seigler the Methodist Episcopal pastor, who is now visiting his family in Los Ange' es. is expected to return to Douglas within the next ten days.
 Mrs. Haskett, who recently instituted night school here, has decided to turn her institution into day classes. A thorough business course, including stenography, is embraced in the pros pectus of this school which is filling a long felt want.
 Scott White passed through Douglas this afternoon on his return from New York. As he appeared on the steps of his car for a moment, he was the re- cipient of a hearty welcome from many of his Douglas friends.
 The lovers of football will report [ en masse at Naco today to witness the struggle between Bisbee and Hua- chuca Most of the local team will at tend in order to get line on Bisbee's style of play. Wommel and Brady, who suffered fractured bones as a re- suit of the Huachuca game, are fast rounding into shape and will be seen in the lineup against Bisbee or the 18th. The game is to be played in Doug as. and rightly so, for to the business men of our town who so gen. erously supported the organization of the team is due the privilege of seeing their gridiron warriors on the home grounds in at least half of their games. The team reports for practice daily and when Bisbee comes to Douglas on March 18th, let her look well to her laurels.
 The importance of Douglas as a gateway to the state of Sonora, Mex, has long since been we'll attested. Week after week capitalists or their representatives have poured through Douglas in a steady file The latest arrival was J. P Lewis, a Boston cap italist, who is interested in a gold property about twenty miles southeast of Cumpas. On his return from his holdings, MT. Lewis expressed himself as fully satisfied with the proposition and contrary to his expectations found it to be all the original promoters represented it to be.
 ' Building is going on at rapid rate here, building of the kind that speaks well for the future of our embryoni metropolis. As one stands at the corner of Tenth and G streets, let him look on either hand only to note with satisfac- ton and pride the stability and ele- gance of the many new structures.
 s. F. Mcguire is erecting a two story stone and brick building on the