Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-26

structures Of sandstone bricks manu-
featured at T'ras colt. They will begin
20 be furnished a. once. Under the
specifications the foundations are being
made so solid that ii would be harder
TO tear them out than it is to put them
in. Though none OF the buildings viii
he more than two stories high the foun-
iations viii b. strong enough to sup
pot a half dozen
BIRTHDAY PARTY.-Mrs. Nellie
Mauray. one of the most widely known
women OF the valley. and for thirteen
years - resident Of Phoenix. celebrated
the sixty-third anniversary of her
birth on Thursday at her nome i'm the
southeast part OF town. She received
mauy useful and beautiful presents and
kilograms and letters Of felicitatiou
from Memphis Tenn CoVing;on. k.
1ul Mason. Tenn, her former homo.
The invited guests were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Wan
ren. Mr.. and Mrs. Con. hurley Mr.. anI
Mrs. p. r. Hurley. MIR. and Mrs. G. {.
kahrs, Mr.. and Ars WIa. Matthew'S.
Ms. :. cunt and daughter. Mrs. Mo-
shcr. Mir. aud Mrs Richard Roberts,
Mir. and Mrs. =. :. Scott, Mrs. NJ. Bur
son. Mrs 4. Kahrs. Mrs. c. G. Car
t.f'i- shl = lihilt'> lay lbil. MI iltliiN
kahrs, NJ. Frank Griebel and Mr.. Sam
+. Powell.
ARIZONA w. c. 7. 1.-THE fifteenth
branch of the Women Chris
ton Temperance Union VIII b.
held in Mesa beginning on Nov. 8 and
ending on Nov. s. II viii BE- held la
the First NJ. +. church. \ letter OF
instructions has been set to each SUB
ordinate union in the territory by Mrs.
Imagren La Chance. the president.
The local superintendent have been
requested to send in their reports 10
the territorial superintendent. The
Mesa members are busy making plans
for the entertainment and comfort Of
the visitors and Mrs. s. D. Wilbur. of
Mesa, is attempting i'm advance to Sc
cure the names uf the delegates who
expect to attend The delegates Will
be provided with credentials signed by
the president ami secretary OF tho
union.
HERE is A TERY-Ominous
and dark are the limitations convey
ed in 4 message from the other world
delivered to several mundane human
beings Yesterday. The message con
sists in an inscription inburnt by fire
on internal Jig leaves and here il is
ON We 30Jh II October We the Ghosts.
shall meet to greet we lads, on the
street-F'irst ave. and Van Buren, at
p. ~. r. s. VI. \. C. A Club. az
Bird ave Inquiry failed to establish
the existence of any such organization
at the stated place, and the invitations,
evidently. are des gned as bait for III
weighing Sc lads into a death trap. 1t
has been proposed to examine the
ground at the stated meeting place
for Internal slachines or subterr1ucln
mines ~ dynamite. The night of meet
ing assigned in the message, October
30. is Halloween. when satanic imIs
are generally believed 20 be at large
This adds color 10 the theory of me
existence OF an Unearthly cCnspiraCr
to prevson the young men of PhoeniX.
| The letters "R. :. V. p. contained in
serial form on the igneous fig leaf are
-eplete with grim suggestions. The
may stdrd for responder 81 vous plait,'
or for respond very promptly" O.
the letters may have diaboliCal sign;-
| acance. Perhaps. after all. the affair i:;
simply a Halloween party of chaTac-
| tcristic destruCtiVeness.