Arizona republican., 1904-12-29
OF LOCAL INTEREST

Gang returned from California on this mornings s. F. P. & P. train.
 | FRANK SMITH SICk-Frank Smith
 is dangerously i'll of pneumonia at his
 residence, No. 119 West Jackson 1 street
 WoMEN'S HOME MISSIONS lWomens Home Missionary society will meet this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the home of Mrs. Sam Rogers, 902 North Third street. All are cordially Invited to be present.
 A HOLIDAY VISlT-Mrs. A. J. Bradley of San Diego. a former resi- dent of Phoenix, arrived on this>morn- ing's train for a visit with Phoenix friends. She is the guest of MT, and Mrs. George A. Mintz.
 l THE IMPERIAL RY-Ar- thur Deal returned yesterday from a visit to the coast. On his way back he stopped at Imperial and enjoyed a duck hunt He spent some time in looking over that country, which he thinks has a great future.
 A HOLIDAY VISIT-Mrs. Addie Conroy. for a long time a teacher in the schools of this city and now teach ing in the Jerome schools. spent the holidays in Phoenix visiting her sis ter. Mrs. J. J. Sweeney, and other friends.
 CARTLEDGE-WEA has been received here of the marriage on December 20 of William Hoyt Cart ledge to Miss Lavinia Weaver at Los Angeles. They will be at home after January 1 at 1869 West Thirty-e eighth street, Los Angeles. MT. Cartledge for merly lived at Tempe and is well known in this city.
 HISTORIC CHRISTMAS PRES NENTS-Mr. L. L. Hagen, tailor at the Indian school, has received from his mother at Bergen, Norway, two scarfs made of linen embroidery as a Christ mas present. One of the pieces was made by his great grandmother 200 years ago, and the lother was made al- most as long ago.
 THE BUCKEYE CASES-Yesterday was the day set for the trial in Justice Burnett's court of the damage cases of several farmers under the Buckeye canal against the Buckeye Land and Canal company. The defense moved for continuance pending the arrival of an important witness. and it was granted until January 6.
 NEW ATIONS-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: Union Ice and Fuel company; capital stock $3OO.OOO; incorporators, P. O. H. Long, J. R. Lucas and J. Hall. The Hoboken Gold Mining company; capital stock, S5,OOO,OOO; incorporators. W. A. Stinchcomb, J. E. Hines and G. T. Carr.
 REDEWILL-FICkAS Eugene R. Redewill and Miss Elizabeth Fickas were united in marriage yesterday eve ming at the home of the brides moth CT, Mrs. B. A. Fickas. No. 927 West Washington street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. A. Penick, rector of the Trinity Episcopal church. The brides maids were Miss Walker and Miss Sallie Jacobs. The best man was MT. Cass Redewin. 8. brother of the groom, and the bride was given away by her brother. MT. William Fickas. A HANDSOME GIFT-The National Bank of Arizona is issuing a handsome and useful gift as a compliment of the season. It is something new in the way of a pocketbook. It is made of strong and handsome leather, but the most attractive feature of it is the fastening. It takes a genius to get into it, and if he has not been previously instructed, he would probably never open it. It is combination requiring the manipula- tion of three out of nine buttons, which all look alike. It is the kind of pock- etbook which would be of advantage to
 
 rummaging in his pocket for small change.
 ROBERTS ACCEPTS-Dep Sher- if oscar Roberts last night announced that he would accept the challenge of Joe Rudy to a bull-tying contest for $500 a side, each contestant to tie five bulls. The only condition that MT. Roberts makes in his acceptance is that the bulls must weigh 1000 pounds or more and must be wild. In the chal- lenge MT. Rudy said that in the event of the fan:ure of MT. Roberts to accept he would challenge for himself and Walter Cline any two COW punchers to tic three bulls for $250 a corner. In r eI2.y. tC this conditional challenge Wayne Davis and William Anderson, the latter of Mesa, called at The Re- publican office yesterday to say that they would accept.
 WORK AT THE WHITE MINE Things are lively at the White gold mine on the Hassayampa, twelve miles above Wickenburg. There are now fifty or more men on the payroll of the company, which is not only developing the ground in good shape, but has graded for a reduction plant and is now building a road between the mine and the S. F. P. & P. railroad It has not been definitely determined whether this freight road will lead from Wickenburg or Martinez. The bills have been re- ceived for the first carload of machin- cry shipped for the reduction Plant, which is to be of twenty stamps, to- gether with concentrating machinery, a cyanide plant and air compressor for the working of machine drills. Presi- dent Agnew of Valparaiso, Ind. is here personally directing operations, and things are moving very satisfactorily. It is reported that the line of the pro- jected branch railroad from Wicken- burg to the Castle Creek district will pass up the Hassayampa valley, in which event it must cross or pass very close to the White Gold Mining com panys property. Should it be con- str1lcte ed it will nracticaIY eliminate the