Arizona republican., 1903-04-09

FALSE FIRE ALARM.-Another false fire alarm was turned in about | 12:30 this morning.
 SHEEP SHIPMENTS-SiXt cars of sheep were shipped to Kansas City yesterday. via the southern route.
 EASTER SERVICE-Tnere will be
 an Easter morning service. prayer and praise meeting at the First NJ. E. church.
 ONE DEUNK.-There was one poor lone drunk in police court yesterday who was fined the usual five dollar fee
 for enjoying himself.
 A SUGAR BEET MEETING. There will be 8. meeting at Alhambra tonight at 7:30 o'clock in reference to the beet sugar factory and speakers will be present to explain the proposition. All interested are invited to attend. A FALSE ALARM-Word reacheI the city yesterday that the Verde was about to pour flood into the Salt. That information was somewhat alarming. for such a thing would interfere with the repairs that have to be made on the dam and on many of the heads of the canals which suffered by the recent floods.
 JUNE 1NJ Es-N -N He Oiutl residents of Phoenix will be interested in knowing that Dr. I. E. Wharton, one of the early pioneers of Arizona. is now a resident of Crestview, Tenn, and is enjoying very good health for one of his advanced age. The informa
 ton comes through 6 letter written by him to an old friend in this city.
 IRON SPRINGS ELECTION.-The annual meeting of the stockholders of
 the Iron Springs corporation was held night before last, resulting in the choice of the following directors: T. w. Penn
 berton, W. II. Robinson. H. H. McNeil, J. A. Marshall. B. A. Fickas and J. A. Wilkey. The mana cement believes that
 the attendance at the springs will De greater this year than ever.
 TENNIS TOURNAMENT tourna- men will be held at the high school court Saturday afternoon between a couple of crack tennis players from Tucson, Sam StrattoE Copeland and T. Brown, and . team of the Phoenix high school. The Phoenix team con-
 sists >of Frank Mayors. Al Rosenberg and E. Bennett. The Tucson boys are ! in fine condition and will make the Phoenix champions work hard to se- cure q victory.
 WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS = Invitations have been issued and re ceived by Phoenix friends to the we'd ding Cf MT. Ashton Wells and Laura | LyDrook Ward, which will be celebrat-
 ed in St. Johns church. Los Angeles, at i s o'clock Thursday evening. April 16 MT Wells is an estimable young gentle
 man who resides in Los Angeles and the bride to be is now a resident of
 that city also. but was formerly we'll
 known and popular in Phoenix social
 circles.
 DEATH OF GEORGE II. READY
 News has been received here oi the
 death of George H. Ready at his home | in Santa Cruz, Cal, after an illness of four years dating from d severe cold caught while performing his duty as d fireman there. MT. Ready is highly ! spoken of by the Santa Cruz papers and was well known in Arizona, hay l ing spent year or two in Phoenix and about the same length of time in | Prescott. in the hope of regaining his health He was between thirty and
 forty years old and leaves wife and
 child to mourn his untimely end. BAPTIST CONVENTION. The eleventh annual session of the Arizona Baptist convention and association wlli
 be held at Mesa April 10, II, F. Tn. officers are Rev. L. Halsey, president
 MT. c. V. Broadway. recording secre-
 tary; Rev. George H. Brewer, core spending secretary; Hon. J. w. Woolf
 treasurer. Rev. H. Newberry of Tempo will preach the introductory sermon Rev. F. B. Taft of Prescott the mis-
 sionary sermon. Addresses will be give.
 by Rev. A. W. Rider, Rev. J. L. Lines
 Miss Adella Williams, Rev. E. B
 Taft, Rev. George H. Brewer, Rev Le'