Arizona republican., 1903-12-28
GLENDALE NEWS
Celebration of Christmas and Other
 Incidents of the Past Week.


 Glendale. Dec. 27.-(Special Core respondence of The Rcpublican.)-You know man neevr can hold a job un- less he has grown into it. He cannot move a step higher until by previous training and assimilation he has made the new position his own. He who has not shown forth somewhat of the di- vine on earth may not content himself with the still waters beyond the pale. No happiness then for him.
 And as with the individual SO with the town. Hot house Rrowths ever in- vlte the germs of decay and death. Cases have been where a few sanguine folk have pulled a town up by the boot straps, but unless a miracle occurs. a decline. bitter and swift is inevitable. All this is apropos of something or nothing. as you like.
 Rev. g. & Scull will give a stereopti- con lecture at the school house on Wednesday evening. the 30th. for the the benefit of Alfred Thompson. the crippled lad of whom mention has pre- Viously heen made in this column. A nominal admission fee will be charged and a large attendance is expected. On the following Saturday evening the en- tertainment will be repeated. with q change of views.
 John Wilson and Harry Barber arg doing the assessment work on some claims owned by local parties the oth- CT side of the Agua Fria Harry met casually several members of the we'll known Cholla family and wasted sev- eral rare vaudeville stunts on the cold and unimpressionable desert.
 Last Wednesday Claude Warner as- stunned the toga virilis. In celebration of the event his mother held a recep- ton at the family residence northwest of town to which his friends were in- vited. Among those present were Rev. and Mrs Paul c. Hester. MT. and Mrs. Eugene Marks, Misses Marks. Piper. Eyer Losing, Verna Losing. Lemmie Staufer and Messrs. Earl Weigold. Russ Baker Price, Barber. Will Bart lett, Abe Ogden, L. J. Goodng. Walter Furry, Price Inessenberry. Louis Eyer, Creed Fauber, F. c. Thompson. Paul Beaver, Will Pickering. Games and other amusements carried the festivi- ties into the wee sma' hours. and light refreshments were served.
 Ira Moore left Christmas morning for Kirkland to inspect his mining inter ests near that point. For some time past he has had several men employed in working out the annual assessment. The other day one of the men came down and reported they had struck m 1S-inch vein of $95 stuff. And, of course. Ira got excited and must hike out for he likes to be showed. And if it's good luck therell be no sourness hereabout.
 Prof Bunch expects to attend the Territorial. Teachers institute. which convenes in Phoenix next week. and will take an active part in Its delibera- tions.
 The only sorry one at the Christmas dinner given by MT. and Mrs. H. E. Lehman was the fatted goose. Thosa surrounding the board and who after ward surrounded the goose ct al. wee John Lehman. Benton Inessenberry. F.. T Hawkins. with their families, Mrs. F. J. Inessenberry and son Price. and Roy Lehman.
 John McI1Ain. a prominent young business man of Tempe. and his wifi. arc spending a portion of the holidays with Mrs. N. D. Hadsell, Mrs. Mo Iain's aunt.
 w. A Hood. of Peoria, has one of tho model poultry farms of the valley with no attempt at getting show birds he has been breeding up his stock by impOrtations of various strains, for practical service. And now he has 500 of as fine fowls a s grsced q pen, prin- cipally brown leghorns. He is also going quite extensively into growing Pekin ducks. Not long ago he had ona pair which at 13 weeks weighed Is pounds. Next season he expects to raise close to thousand ducks. For the past three years he has been ship ping practically all his eggs to one dealer in the northern part of the terri tory and always receives the highest market price.
 John Lehman expects to move to Los Angeles about the first of the year. Ha will have public sale of his personal property on January 6.
 The Christmas dinner given by MT. and Mrs. Frank L. Norris at their home one and one-half miles east. was the occasion for a family reunion. The guests were MT. and Mrs. s. c. Sy- mnnds, MT. and Mrs. James Norris and Rev and Mrs. Paul c. Hester.
 A. s. Mosier is going into the dairy business quite heavily. He has arIiv- ed at the conclusion that there is more gain and less wear of the tissue in turning alfalfa into milk, than baiing and shipping it up the road. And a number of others are Of the same mind.
 Inspector Smyth, of the postoffice de- partment, spent Thursday In com prehensive and careful inspection Of