Arizona republican., 1905-05-07
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 ty. spent yesterday in Phoenix
 MIR. MERRYMAN ILL-George F. Merryman is reported quite i'll at his residence.
 FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Corner Monroe street and Second avenue, A. M. Gibbons. pastor. | Sunday school at 9:45 a. m; Junior League at D. m.; Epworth League at z p. m.; preaching at Il a. m. and D. m. Good music at all the services. | All seats are free. You will find cor dial welcome.
 MANN N-AGUILAR-Miss Maria Ade- line Aguilar, a sister of Mrs. J. J. Hardwick was married yesterday at St. Mary's church to w. l.. Mann of New York The wedding was a quiet af- fair being attended only by relatives and intimate friends. Mr and Mrs. Mann will leave tonight on a wedding tour for San Francisco and other points on the coast.
 DISTURBERS OF THE PEACE-l l. Unterveras and A. Sanchez were be- fore Justice Burnett. yesterday on charges of disturbance of the peace There was no doubt about the guilt of either. Sanchez succeeded in con vincing the court that he could pay a line If he were given time, and he was fined S7 and allowed to go and earn it. Unterveras could not win the court to that degree, and he was sent to jail for seven days.
 AN IRON SPRINGS PICNIC-Last year the Baptist Sunday school estab- lished something new in the way of conducting a picnic by having two coaches with reserved seats. thus en- abling those who wanted to bz sure of 9 good seat to secure it in advance Elderly people and those who wished l to sit together found this great ad vantage. The Iron Springs picnic to l be run May 20th will again have the reserved seat feature, and there will also be plenty of other coaches for those who are willing to take their chances on securing a seat. Special l trains will be run from Mesa and Tempe to connect with the excursion train: and it is expected that the train will run through to Prescott, allowing all those who wish to have a couple of hours to see the Mountain City"
 CALL FOR MASS MEETING-AH citizens who are in favor of tho ab- sOiute suppression of gambling in the City of PhoeniX. at the earliest possi- ble date, are earnestly requested to b. present at a meting to be held at O'Neil hall on Monday. May S. at 8 o'clock. Q. m. The object of the meet ing is to unite all who are in favor of this movement 10 discuss and formu- late a plan of action and to enlist all good citizens under the anti-gambling banner. The meeting will be for men strictly non-partisan, and only those who are in faver of the immediate suppression of gambling will be al- lowed to take part in the discussions and vote on any question that may arise.
 EXCURSION TODAY-Everythin indicates that the Business Mems and Clerks excursion to Kelvin today will be a blooming success and will be at tended by an enormous crowd There will be all sorts of entertainment in cluding dancing, music, a baseball game. etc. The fare will be only SIPS | for the round trip. the chance of the year for a long ride and a cheap one with something to see at the other end of it. The big mill a Kelvin will alone be worth the price to those who have never seen a reduction plant and it is worth while for every citizen cf | this town to know some thing about the Kelvin country for more. reasons than one. The train will leave here this morning at 7':30 and returning should be back by or o'clock in the evening.
 | A BIRTHDAY PARTY-Mrs. Robert Chapman of 23O east Van Buren street tyesterday afternoon gave a birthday i party in honor of her little daughter Naomi who had reached her ninth year. The house and grounds were | handsomely decorated. The guests were Helen Sheldon. Doris Feelings. Ethel McDermott, Mary McDermott Frankie Ward. Mildred and Irene Mauk. Ruth Kohlberg. Helen Otero, ! Hazel Miller. Aline and Goldie Dowell Ursula and Naomi Chapman, Cecil ! Rhodes. Sidney Meyers, Lester McKib- ban. Leo Campbell. Lyle Thrift, Her bert Harms. John McNulty, Earl Gal pin. Wallace Kohlberg. Lee Chapman land Mamie and Sadie Feel. There were delicious refreshments and many plea sant games. Herbert Harms won the i first prize in the peanut hunt, Ursula | Chapman the rose prize and Helen ! Sheldon the booby.
 BIG TRACTION ENGlNE-Engin- ger l.. c. Hill of Roosevelt was in Phoenix yesterday for few minutes, returning to Mesa City again on the afternoon train, accompanied sy MT ] C. R. Eager. who has the contract for furnishing the oil for the cement mill at Roosevelt. As mentioned in pre- vious issue of this paper the oil is to be freighted over the Roosevelt road being hauled from Mesa City to | Government Well above Golddeld by a traction engine. That engine is now at Mesa City and MT Eager is engaged
 in getting it in order. He left town
 too quickly yesterday to be cOrnered
 for an interview and about all that 1 could be learned concerning his trac- tion engine from other parties is that it is a monstrOus big one and will pull several freight wagons at one time One man understood the weight Of the engine to be 46,O 900 pounds and anoth-
 CT understood it to be forty tons. The
 wheels are fifty-seven inches high and 1 the tires are only fOrty-six inches
 wide The two wheels alone will there fore require a road eight feet wide say nothing about what goes between l Da first a T1f work iC