Arizona republican., 1903-06-03

GIRL GETTING WELL.-The many
 friends of Mrs. Breninger, on North Sixth avenue. will be pleased to learn that her little daughter, May. is i'm
 proving rapidly
 RATHBONE SISTERS.-Purity tenn pie. No 9. Rathbone sisters, will hold a regular meeting tonight at the k. of P
 hall There are several candidates for admission who will be added to the roll.
 AN OUTING TRIP.-Russell Leonard of the National BanI of Arizona and
 friend left yesterday morning for d
 months outing trip in the mountains.
 The Grand Canon is their objective
 point.
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.-The
 territorial board of equalization spent
 yesterday, the second day of the June meeting. in an informal discussion of
 the valuations of the railroads and in
 the transaction of routine matters. It
 will be at least couple of days before
 conclusions will be reached.
 A LONG BUGGY RIDE.-G. E. Rich
 mond has just returned from three
 weeks overland trip with his horse and
 buggy. taking in the country south and l.
 ranches. covering over 500 miles of travel. and finds no place equal inl any way to the Salt River valley for home. MT. Richmond makes frequent eXcur- sions of this kind and likes Phoenix better after each one of them.
 ANOTHER HORSE RACE.-A race was arranged yesterday between Ros- enbaum's My Boy and the we'll known tr-,II l,a h41 mil and wIIl be run at the race track on June l5 My Boy is a Missouri horse and is supposed to be a very good one. though little is known about him in this country Butterfly has appeared in several races and is the dam of many speedy animals in this valley.
 SHE WANTS TO REDEEM.-Suit was begun in the district court yester- dav- by Pauline Wertheim Solomonson against Louis Melczer for the recovery of the value of certain property which she alleges she left with the defendant as q pledge for money borrowed of him. The loan was made in April of last year and the amount of it was $50. The pledge consisted of a watch which is alleged to have been worth S515-
 FOR G. A. R. VETERANS-The 4th . December and March are known as pension days, for on those dates all new pension applications are made. On the 4th of this month John w. owens post will hold an open meeting in O'Neill hall. and notary public will be pres ent to execute any papers the veterans may desire to have made. A free lunch con will also be served to all present between the hours of and o'clock.
 FIREMEN'S PICNIC.-Among the novel races to be run at the firemen's picnic will be q match between Paul Kruger and Harry Bennett. The prin- cipals have not called at this office to put up their forfeit money yet, but their friends say they are both game sports and will run if they have to. This event alone is expected to be worth the price of admission and all the rest that happens will be velvet for those who attend.
 IRON SPRINGS POSTOFFICE.-It may be Of interest to the intending resi- dents Of Iron Springs to learn that they can have their mail sent there this year. It was delivered at the springs, but it had to be addressed to Skull valley. This year tnere has been the regular esta blishment of a postoffice at the springs, with Ben K. Doris as post master. Everything will be in readiness fo rthe entertainment of people there hy the middle of this month.
 THE HALF CLOSING.-l There has been some misunderstanding about the half-holiGay closing agree ment on the part of some of the mer- chants The petition for a half holiday was signed by some hardware men, fur niture men and jewellers. but they are not obligated to close because some dealers in those lines didn't approve of the plan. so the closing will affect only