Arizona republican., 1905-12-12
ENTRIES CLOSE DEC. 2

Fl entries of exhibits for the fair will close on the night of Dec. P, except the entries of exhibits in the culinary department such as pies and cakes and things which will have to be baked just before the exhibition.
 THE MINERAL EXHlBlT-Ernest Ford is engaged in the arranging of the display in the mining building, of such mineral exhibits as have already reached the fair grounds. MT. Ford is representing MT. SOrin in this work and is being assisted by Fred Christy.
 A CHURCH FAIR-The ladies of the First M. E. church and the members of the N. G. A. club will hold a flair next Thursday all day and evening, in the old Coffee Al restaurant on Wash ington street. They will have on sale many fancy and useful articles, home made candy, etc. they will also serve oysters in any style. People who are tired of restaurant board will have a change to make a change for one day.
 BEEF FOR THE COAST.-About the 18th of the month nearly twenty cars of beef cattle will be shipped from the valley to the coast market for the holiday trade. Mir Hoskins, who buys for Hardy at San Diego. will ship possibly ten cars ard Bob Mullen of Tempe, buyer for the Maier Packing company. will ship ten cars to his house. The beef is at the present time in most excellent shape and MT. Hos kins yesterday said the shipment would be of the best grade of beef ever shipped from the valley.
 BOTH CONNECTIONS MISSED n, oil of 11o1 ceived in the city yesterday owing to the fact that main line connections on the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific were missed The Santa Fe train ar
 rived on schedule and brought a large number of passengers but the Southern
 Pacific did not reach the city until about five o'clock yesterday afternoon. Passengers off the south road report
 ed a washout between Yuma and Mar
 icopa but TO information of its ex- tent or character was obtainable at the
 general offices of the M. & P. The de-
 lay was there attributed to heavy east bound travel one of the regular trains running four sections.
 BOARD OF EXAMINERS. - The territorial board of examiners held a meeting on Saturday but owing to the fact that reports from the quarterly examinations were held up in the mails they did not complete that part of their work. A first grade certificate however, was issued to Mrs. T. B.. Thurston of this city on life diploma issued by the state of Oregon. A sec ond grade certificate was issued to Barbara Raithel of Cochise county on normal school diploma granted by New Mexico. The first grade certi- cate of Mrs. Jessie M. Collins of Yav- apai county was renewed for four years from September 25, 1905.
 OKLAHOMA'S FIGHT OVER CAP ITOL-A dispatch of Dec. ,, to a St. Louis paper from Oklahoma City, says: The chamber of commerce, represent ing the business men of this city held a lengthy conference with single state
 hood delegates from Indian Territory
 here this afternoon, and decided to
 make a fight in Washington to strike out the clause in the Mcclure state hood bill, leaving the capital at Guth rife until 1910, and requesting that the location of the capitol be made option- al with the people. The Indian Terri tory delegates assured the business men that they would support Okla homa City in this fight. This will mean a bitter contest between dele gates from this city and Guthrie The Joe Bailey club also held a meeting here today and decided to send Dr. J. Hensley to. Washington as it's repre- sentative and also Miss Helen Rem strom. who will sing "Oklahoma" be- fore congress. It was announced to- night that the train leaving here to-