Arizona republican., 1905-07-14

Y ylduiuiS COh6 ITOul JeIOHle lO lDb
 Equator smeIter and some of these
 will he transferred to Fort Whipple.
 The Fort Whipple contract was award
 ed to F. H. Barnes, who sublet it to
 Toohey
 GONE TO LOS ANGELEs-J. Err
 nest Walker left on last nights train for Los Angeles where he expects to
 remain until about the first of August.
 He has an office there in which he
 will spend his time when not engag- ed in sporting with the whales and
 sharks or in buying the Angelus.
 FLORENCE CRITTENTON BEN IEFIT-WhiIe so many residents of tPhoenix were planning to leave t,ie lcity for the heated term the children of the Churchill addition busied them
 selves arranging d benefit for the Florence Crittenton home. This wGs given last Tuesday evening at the res idence of Mrs. J. Blount, 514 Fifth
 street, and the entertainment was very interesting, all performing their parts
 we'll The proceeds, amounting to | S4.30 have been turned over to the matron of the home, and she desires to express her thanks to the children
 for their Commendable work
 WATERMELON REPAST-Menday
 of this week the Baptist Young Peo- l Die S 1ulOH iclN lile uldI lIlOIllilly
 business meeting and social at the
 home of MT and Mrs. Percival at the
 Indian school. Quite a number att
 tended and enjoyed the ride on the car | line but all enjoyed especially the watermelons which were very kindly ! furnished by Superintendent c. w. | Goodman direct from the cold storage
 plant. A vote of thanks was tender
 ed Mir. and Mrs. Percival for their hos pitaIity. MT. Goodman also was given Q. vote Cf thanks.
 "CHECKERED" CAREER-E. L. | Smythe, who disappeared from Pres colt early Wednesday morning, leav- | ing number of worthless checks. was captured near the P. & E. junction later in the day and taken back to ! Prescott. Some of the holders of the worthless paper are said to be the Wellington saloon. to the tune Of $315; J. W. Wilson, S25; Plaza stables. S2O; Fashion stables $15, and Biles & Shelby. S1O. Smythe arrived in Prescott a few days before July and became the solo clarinettiest in the Eagles band. He is said to have spent the money in gambling.
 | ALL YEAR TOURlSTS-E. R. Mill lard and family of Chicago are com | ing to have a proper appreciation of ] <AIiLOIld- MI 4l4lldIu lS d Mcdllliy 1 paint manufacturer of Chicago so of | course he can only be considered 1 tourist here. But he has looked the ground over and concluded that this ! is a pretty good place to tour in for about twelve months in the year. lie ! has rented the J. Ernest Walker cot l tage at Iron Springs where he will l spend the warm weather with his fam | fly and the cold weather will be spent ! in Phoenix The rest of the time will be spent in Chicago.
 | LEAGUE LITERARY MEETING The League business and literary meeting, which was held last night in the Sunday school room of the Central M. F. church, south, was well attend ed and quite successful. The program was carried out without any change or | failure of those taking part. The pa | pers read were discussions of the | "Courtship of Miles Standish.' Miss Nettie Miller gave an amusing recita- tion of football and was heartily en- l cored The "Epworth Bugle.' edited | by Paul Staley. was thoroughly en- joyed by all. The program was con- ducted by Miss Leah Irvine, the third vice president of the league.
 l TENT PITCHING CONTEST l Members of Company B. N. c. A., took
 
 night on the city hall plaza. The first exhibition was between Sergeant | Howard and Corporal Cooper cOmpris- | ing one team, and Corporal McCrea and Private Hayward, comprising the other. The first mentioned team pitched the tents in two minutes and ten seconds, defeating the other team by twenty seconds. Then the entire company gave a tent pitching eXhibi- ton. It was very pretty, and was wit messed by a large crowd. Following this exhibition the company went to their hall and was dismissed. after which a skit, entitled "A Chinese Laundry" in which Lieutenant George F. Miner Walter Walsh, L. F. Hay wood and Frank McCrea participated. was given Each rendered his part well. A watermelon-fest brought the entertainment to a close. Two new members, Messrs. Lang and Walker, were received into the company.
 1 MCLARTY VERSUS EDWARDS | The scrap on Washington street be-
 tween w. Wyatt Edwards and George | McClarty Wednesday afternoon was an
 unfortunate affair for all concerned in that it is the result of a former fight Il between children two or three weeks \ ago and concerning which as is always
  | mony Mr Edwards claims that MT. II McClarty's son hit his boy with a rock
 hurting him seriously. MT. McClarty says that all the other boys who were
 in the party say that his boy had noth- ing to do with it, the fight was between
 the Edwards boy and another lad.
 When Edwards approached McClarty some time ago in regard to the matter
 he told him he would investigate it and
 did so, then believing it was nothing
 that concerned him he dropped it. MT.
 Edwards approached him several times in regard to the matter and on We'd
 nesday demanded that he pay the boys
 doctor bill. He tried to pass the af-
 fair pleasantly and finding he could not he walked away. Edwards follow cd and insisted on talking. finally catching him and tearing his vest. Ed wards abused him, he said, and kept