Arizona republican., 1903-11-18

H. w. Leeper, k. Risser B. F. K. Hall and others; Seaboard Finance com pany, capital stock $500, 900, incorpor- ators w. M Jones, G. l.. Forster and K. NJ. Forster.
 OFF FOR UCSON.-Among the ladies, wffo left last night to attend the convention of the Federation Of Women's Clubs at Tucson which meets this morning were Mrs. J. B. Tomlin- son, Mrs. S. w. Higley, Mrs. Dwight
 B. Heard, Mrs. Walter Talbot, Mrs J. H. Kibbey Mrs. B. A. Fowler, Mrs. J. H. McClintock, Mrs. A. J. Me Clatchie, Mrs. Shirley Christy, Mrs. G w. Vickers and Mrs. Antrim.
 AN ATTRACTIVE SIGN.-Tha Phoenix Light & Power company has placed over its office, corner of First avenue and Jefferson street what is probably the most expensive. sign in the city. particularly in the evening. It consists of numerous incandescenr electric lamps forming the legend Use Gas Fuel" It is so arranged thar the lamps are turned out one at q tina here and there with shading that ir q way resembles the flickering fam" that circles round a gas stove wheu in use.
 ]. B. DOUGHERTY HOME.-J. F. Dougherty. the contractor, left here last summer for a months visit ir California and returned hone ycsieT- day He could have got back before mad he wanted to but he heard people telling about so many fine places tC live that he thought he would make a thorough investigation of everything T.. returns home glad to get back and satisfied that Arizona even without statehood is better than lots of other places with it.
 A NEW PREACHER.-Pastor Bag ny of the Fifth Avenue Christian church has arranged for a protract2j meeting covering two or three wee!.s and beginning on next Sunday morn ing. The preaching will Ue done by the Rev. Grant R. Lewis, state evangc- list for southern California and Ar zona and until recently the pastor ut the church at Long Beach. Cal Pre- vious to taking charge of the work at Long Beach he was rJr number Of years pastor of the church in POmo,iL which IS one Of tne strongest congre- gations in California. Mir. Lewis is Hot represented as great spell binder. nor a> a sens;tt4Onallst D. i as & very practical man, Whoze plain straight forward preaching has made his work very successful wherever he has been located. Services will be conducted every night during the week
 TEMPE JAIL EREAK-It was an nounced in The Republican yesterday morning that John Moody and Roy c-r-- week on charge-of attempted high way robbery and who were released for want of cOnvicting evidence, were in Tempe on their way to the peni- tcntiary. having been held by a jus uce Of the peace there fo. robbery. That announcement was premature. Nobody knows now to what place the.y are on the way. They are certainly not at Tempe. They broke out of the jail there some time on Monday night bv the simple process of digging through a narrow brick wall. The iailer had not taken the natural pre- a ution Of putting them into the celi.
 MIR. FOWLER's WoRK.-Tke Washington Post, which came tn Phoenix yesterday contained the fol- lowing regarding the visit of Mir. E. A. IONICI lO lHe '-dDlldl. F1Dl. b. .A. Fowler, president of the board of trade of Phoenix, Ariz.. and representing the Water Users association and the Tonto road committee, is at the Ra- leigh. NIT. Fowler is in Washington for the purpos6 Of pushing the en- abling act granting the cities of Phoenix. Tempe and Mesa the power to vote bonds to construct what is known as the TOnto road. After reaching Washington yesterday Mr Fowler consulted with Delegate Will son, of Arizona. The people of Ari- zOna are unanimous for statehood, and they want separate statehood, too, and no junction with New Mexico, said Mr Fowler. Less than ? per cent of the citizens of the territory oppose the statehood movement, and they rep resent the least, progressive element We are confident of achieving fuil- hedsed statehood at the regular ses- sion of congress-