Arizona republican., 1903-12-19

said they were going to be good boys
 and shorten the time of their stay. They also believed that they were go- | Ing to get an education so that when l they returned 10 Phoenix they would know more than ether bcys of their size.
 FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Monroe street and Second avenue, Rev. A. M. Gibbons, pastor.
 Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Epworth
 League at 6:15 p. m. Topic: "A Choice for Eternity" Luke 16:16-31. R. F. Will son, leader. Junior League at D. m. A special Christmas service. Topic: ''The Angels Message" Luke 2:S-2O. Ben Kimber leader Public worship at II a. m. and 7:30 D. m. Morning sermon, Divine and Human Copartnership;" evening sermon, True Manhood ard Its Reward" All seats are free. You will find cordial welcome.
 HEIRESS HUNTING A HUSBAND. There is a Filipino girl in the east who is about to set out on a tour of the army posts in this territory and elsewhere in the west in search of d husband who deserted her in the Philippines Sho Is the daughter of IL millionaire planter in the islands. She was married not long after the Amer ican occupation to a soldier who was returned to this country with his regi-
 ment. The girl recently arrived in New York and has prosecuted her search among the posts of the east without success. She does not know the number of the regiment to which her husband belonged.
 WINTER VISITORS.-Mr. and Mrs William A. Miner and son arrived here a few days ago and are the guests of MT. and Mrs. F. L. Peery a their home at No! S36 Vast Jackson street, Mrs. Miner being a cousin cf MT. Peery. Mrs. Miner and son will remain dur ing the winter, and MT. Miner expects to return In a day or two, to their home in Ridgeway, Mo, to look after business affairs, coming back to Phoe- nix in January for longer stay. MT Miner Is a member of one of the larg- est lumber firms in northwest Mis- souri. conducting yards in eight or ten l different towns. The firm is also inter | estcd in the Bank cf Mount Moriah, the Bank of Coffee and the First Ma tional Bank of Ridgeway. He is very favOra bly, impressed with Phoenix thus -ci4 anu iOPtS Oll 1llS next NlSll tO see more of the country. He will see some cf it today if nothing happens, as he intends to accompany A. L. DeMund on
 a hunting expedition. MT. Miner also met for the first time in too many years to put in print without giving away their ages, a second cousin, in
 the person Of an employe of The Re- | publican.
 
 Among the documents filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday was
 q deed from Thomas R. Bard to w c. MNulty to the northeast quarter of l section five in township one, north range 3 east; that is in the Fowler neighborhcod. That is a part of a sec | ton Cf land the senator bought a great many years ago and which he pad
 more for than it was worth at :he | time. He believed then that the coun- try had an immediate future. he sec tion was covered with rank growth
 of alfalfa. Some time iafter that the Arizona canal was constructed and a great deal Of the water that had been going to Senator Bard's land was di- verted to newer holdings. The sena- tors alfalfa patch began to contract. It got less year by year. His section
 kept slipping away from him and go- ing back to the desert. The future of Arizona seemed less and less imme- dlate and about the time rhe state ! hood bill was before the senate last winter and spring he thought the ter ritory had no future at all Perhaps if it had not been for the earlier and disappointed faith of Senator Bard and that unfortunate real estate deal this territory would have had one mere friend in the senate when friends HeI Q badly needed.
 HE KNEW POPOVICH.-About three months ago a strange man was found running at large in the Buckeye country. He could not tell where he had come from. He was undoubtedly insane, and he was brought to the county jail. He was given an examina- ton in probate court the next day
 but by that time there had been an improvement in his mental condition and he was discharged. Not long after ward he came back to this neighbor- hood and was arrested fer indecent exposure and sent to jail. A few days ago Under Sheriff Voiles of Sheridan. Wye, came to town to spend the winter. He spends a great deal of time about the office of the sheriff, and while he was there yesterday Popovich was assisting another prisoner to carry in wood. MT. Noiles immediately recog- rized him and the recognition was mu- 1, tual. The sheriff took a watch from his