Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-06-04

CLERKS PICNIC.-The retail clerks
of Phoenix have made all arrangements
for picnic which will be held tomor-
row afternoon at Eastlake park. \ cor
dial invitation is extended to the mer-
chants of Phoenix, also to representa-
tives of the press.
THE EQUALIZATION BOARD
The territorial board of equalization is
making progress in its consideration OF
the valuation of the railroads. Most
of the values have been agreed upon.
but it is also agreed that there may be
some changes. The work of the June
meeting Will probably be concluded to-
morrow.
A NEW LAUNDRY.-Depu Sheriff
Jeff Duncan has started a new laundry
under such favorable circumstances
that the older laundries will find ii diff
ficult to compete with it, He pays no
license on the business and all the work
is done by prisoners. who get nothing
for it. There is no rent and no expense
for machinery. On the first day the
laundry was put in motion $50 blankets
were turned out to dry.
MILLENNIAL TEXT BOOKED
gene A Brown of this city. n student
of the Adventist faith. has compiled
his Bible researches of the last ten
years on the subject of the millennium
in pamphlet form giving all the texts
he has found on the subject and ar
ranging them in their order OF rela-
tonship. The book is 4 handy one for
those who desire to study the Bible
with special reference to this subject.
PHOENIX & EASTERN PASSEN-
VICE P9SSpnper service
will be established on the Phoenix u
Eastern railroad next Sunday morning.
There will be but one train each day
for the present owing to a shortage of
rolling stock The train viii leave
Phoenix at 9:15 p m. local time. COINS
TO Mesa and returning arrive here at
so a. m. local time. This of course
is temporary service and the schedule
may be changed with the adding of one
or more trains.
GUN CLUB SHOOT.-The following
scores were made in practice by the
members of the Phoenix Gun club yes
terday afternoon. DeMund. :, 8; Tan
ner, s. 3: Pinney. 6,6: Aitken. :. 3. .. s.,
10: Harrison, I: Wilson, 8. In the
monthly contest for the Peters trophy.
at twenty-five targets, the scores were
Tanner, %: Harrison. 10; DeMund, i;
Pinney, 81: Wilson. 20; Utting. IS.
When the handicaps were all shot up
it left Pinney and Wilson a tie on
% each. and on the shoot-off Pinney
won by four tagets.
LAND GRANT SURVEYS.-In an
other column of this issue of The Re
publican will be found the advertise
ment in both Spanish and English o.
the completion of the surveys of the
san Jose de Sonoita and San Rafael &c
Ia Zanja private land claims, both
situated IN Santa Cruz county. These
surveys were made under decision Of
the court of private land Claims con-
lirming the grants and the plats and
field notes are now on file and for nine
ty days will be subject TO inspection
by the public in the office of Surveyor
General Hugh II. Price.
CALHOUN NICHOLLS-Mr Albert
Calhoun and Miss Julia Nichols of
Tempe were probably married in this
city last night. They came to town late
in the afternoon. but so late that the
office of the probate court was closed.
a messenger was sent after Clerk Kirk
/ land and he cheerfully responded to
the call of distress. The license was is
sued. but the judge of the probate court
had gone to his home in the country
and the happy couple left in search of
another magistrate or other person en-
powered to perform the ceremony. Both
are well and most faVOrably known on
the south side. The bride is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Nichols.
ACCIDENTS-The Republican is in
receipt of a copy of Accidents" IA
handsome book of convenient size in
flexible cloth covers issued by the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company. 1t is a
good thing for the company if it's ad-
vice is needed and it is also d good
thing for the people who do the heed