Arizona republican., 1905-03-15

A GIRL BABY-Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
 Miller were made happy yesterday
 morning by the arrival of a fine girl
 baby at their home.
 VERY FAVORABLE MENTlON-
 The March number of National Fin ance a monthly journal devoted to the
 purposes indicated by it's name has reached Phoenix and contains an ar
 ticle of about 500 words that ought to have a very favorable influence for this valley with the readers of that maga- zine It deals very pointedly but brief ly. with the local conditions naturally and the particularly flattering condi- tions that now prevail, such as ample water supply, Roosevelt dam construc- tion and possibilities for invested capi- tal
 DEATH OF INDIAN BoY-Funeral services for Edwin Hood a Mohave Apache Indian boy, were held at Mer
 ryman's undertaking parlors yester- day morning. Superintendent Good man and a number of the instructors and scholars from the United States Indian school were present. Rev. Dr. Halsey, who was assisted in the ser vice by Rev MT. Yelvington, spoke briefly from the test, 'I am the Way. the Truth and the Life" Robin Hood, the father of Edwin was the chief mOurner. The Indian school choir with Miss AdamsOn as accOmpanist sang: Not Now But in the Coming Years" and Safe in the Arms of Jesus"
 A WIcKENBURG VISlTOR-P. T. McAllister of Wickenburg is paying Phoenix his regular biennial visit for the purpose of seeing his friends and attending to a few business matters. MT. McAHister has lived in the Wick enburg section a great many years and is the man who sold sometime ago to the Arizona Gold mines company. the property now being worked by it, above Wickenburg. The property lies partly in the Blue Tank and partly in the Black Rock districts and is be- ing developed as rapidly as possible, the results being highly satisfactory to the owners. 4 tunnel is being driven in the Black Rock end of the property and shaft is being sunk in the Blue Tank end of it.
 BASEBALL PRAcTlCE-There was good evidence yesterday that the wea- ther is clearing up and the sunshine put new hope into the baseball play CTS. They feel sure the Tucson team will be here for business next Satur- day and Sunday unless the weather goes to pieces again. The M. & P bridge will undoubtedly be in coDlmis- sion before that time Captain Dur ham therefore requests every one of the PhoeinX players who can possibly do so to appear at the park every af- ternoon at 2 o'clock for practice, from now until Saturday. The weather has kept everybody in the house so long that the ball players need limberlng up and the time is short. To get in Sh 1df1'f ha day lost
 MORE HARD LUck-George Alkire who kas more trouble than the Stand ard or trust has another hardluck story to relate When he became farmer he accepted all the responsi- | bilities of the office and so of course l had to carry a side line of poultry. He | secured working capital of chickens, 1 turkeys. peacocks, guinea hens. road | runners. ducks and geese. He will add | Ostriches later. But his goose stock l was small, really only a sample line | He confined it to a setting of eggs from | which he secured two geese and gan der. The later became a household pet | and George is trying to sneak out of | the responsibility of handling this line | of fancy poultry on the9grOund that he l had to do it to please the children. The | other day he traded ganders with the | lord lieutenant of the poultry yard at | the insane asylum. Now the news comes in from the asylum that the new gander | from the Alkire ranch has laid a half i dozen eggs. He is thinking now of the literary field His first | book will be Confession of a Poul- 1. tryman, or the Goose Fanciers Guide | to Wealth"