Arizona republican., 1903-12-01
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| penters and Joiners. will lecture on socialism in O'Neill hall Tuesday and | Wednesday evenings at T:So o'clock.
 A STOCK TRANsAcT1oN.-Ith be- came currently reported about last night that F. O. White had acquired ! large block of stock in the Phoenix Cycle company. MT. White has from the beginning of the manufacturing enter prise been connected with it as an ad- i juster of bicycles and guns.
 REDUCING WAGES.-It is rumored that reduction will be made today by | the Southern Pacific company In the | wages of the section men on the M. & l P. & s. il. V. railroad, to one dollar per day. the price paid by the Southern Pa cific on the main line. There is also a rumor that most of the men employed will throw up their jobs rather than l submit to the cut in wages.
 CITIZENS MEETING.-There was another meeting of the Citizens com mittee in the Hotel Adams last ev- ening, which was pretty well attend ed by the older members of the com mittee and twelve new names were added to the membership roll. Thre was a general conference concerning the conduct of the campaign for mu- nicipal ownership and the work of getting g large registration of voters today.
 AN AGENCY cHANGE.-Mr. c. E. Schlingheyde, special agent fer the new Law Union and Crown Insurance 1 company, is in the city. Yesterday he i transferred this agency from T. F.. Dalton to Latham & Go. Both he and the new agency were congratulating each other last night, he on account of | having secured such an enterprising agency. and the latter on account of having acquired a company of such standing in the insurance world.
 STRATION.-The registration for the water works bond election reached the total of about 1,026 last night. This is the last day and those not yet on the books will have to hur- rv to get in. There are yet hundreds of citizens who have not registered. and no time should be lost. The books will be open till midnight to- night. but all can not be last, and | those who want to vote should apply at the city hall as early as possible l today.
 AN ORANGE EXHlBiT.-A twig to which were attached seven Washington
 
 of Trade room yesterday from the o. ange orchard of Menard & Lentz, seven miles north on the Black Canyon road. The cluster was placed in a large glass jar and preserved for exhibition pur- poses. The orchard is that former.y owned by MT. Young and after his death sold to Mir Menard, who fin turn sold an interest in it to Dr. Wn. G. | Lentz.
 A QUEER THEFT-There is nothing portable but that will tempt somebody to steal it if the right man happens to come along. The proprietor of the cigar stand in front of the Yellow stone saloon is mourning the loss of a cigar lighter. It was one of these ! electric devices that is utterly worth less unless one has an electric wire connection. The thief cut the wires and took the lighter along with him, probably net because he had any use for it but because there was no one guarding it and 1t was there in the night time seemingly for no other pur- pose than to tempt him.
 PACK FROM CAMP.-Arthur IT. Davis returned Saturday night from the |. s geological survey camp above the Arizona canal head. This camp is the headquarters of the surveying party | gathering data for use when the time comes for the installation of a Walter power plant at that point for the de- Yelopment of electric power to fur. he proposed pumping operations for in crease of the water supply subsequent to the building of the Tonto dam. in line with plans that have already b-en announced. Mir Davis says there is nothing particularly new to report and that all the construction and surveying camps are progressing nicely with the work assigned to them
 THE NEW AGENClES.-Edward Grunsfeld. manager of this department of the Equitable Life Assurance So- Ciaty, together with his wife ana child, left on this mornings train for Prescott, and from there will contin- ue to his headquarters in Albuquerque. MT Grunsfeld has appont,d A. J. Herndon of Prescott, general agent for Arizona, and C. T. Walters of this city district agent. Their duties and priTi leges in the field are practically iden- tical but MT. Herndon has been with the company longer, hence succeeds by right of promotion to the title of general agent. He will have charge of the Prescott office and MT. Walters will have charge of the Phoenix office. both gentlemen having the privilege of working up new business for the com pany throughout the territory as op- : portunity affords
 TALENTED ELoCUTIoNIST The many Phoenix friends of Mrs. H. A. Gillum of Los Angeles, who lived here for a few years, will be pleased to learn of her success as a profes sicnal elOcutiCnist in California. Sh> appeared on the evening before Thanksgiving, in the first of a series of entertainments that ara to be giV- CT during the present winter under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., and was enthusiastically received. She has also signed with the well known lyceum bureau of Blanchard & Vanter and has already several engagements ) ahead. Mrs. Gillum was recognized 1s . an accomplished elocution.st when she came here from the east, though she appeared Lut lnfreiL,:nty during her residence here. But she scored a