Arizona republican., 1905-05-08
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 A FEW DRUNKS-The Saturday night and Sunday catch of the police amounted to only three or four drunks, most of them Mexicans.
 BAND CONCERT-Last evening was a decidedly pleasant one and many people turned out to enjoy the band concert
 PlANoFoRTE REcITAL-Some of the pupils of Miss Fanny Peck will give a pianoforte recital Saturday af- ternoon, May 13, at Melczer hall
 A 6EREAVED FAMlLY-Mrs. Sa- rah Francis Waldon, mother of Mrs. C. D. Doris. died Sunday morning at 7:15 o'clock at the residence of C. D. Doris, aged 5S years. Mir. and Mrs. Doris will leave over the Santa Fe Tuesday morning with the remains for Henrietta, Texas, for burIal.
 A PICNIC PARTY-The employees of three stores of the Arizona Hard ware and Vehicle company and the Arizona Iron Works together with few of their intimate friends, made up a jolly party on the Santa Fe ex- cursion to Kelvin yesterday. A special car was engaged for the occasion with streamers floating on the sides.
 WILDER R-SIMPSON-U. C. Wilder and Miss Grace Simpson were married in Tucson a few days ago. The groom was formerly a resident of Phoenix but for many years past has lived in Yuma He is assistant superintendent of the territorial prison and a deputy United States marshal. The bride is a young lady from Los Angeles.
 THE LAGUNA DAM-The time has passed for the first advertised opening of bids for the construction of the big
 
 above Yuma known as the Laguua dam. A recent dispatch says that ow- ing to the informality of some of the bids all were rejected and the work advertised for, bids to be opened at Los Angeles on June 15.
 NO SMALLPOX IN CLIFTON-For weeks past there has been a rumor in circulation in southern Arizona, says the Copper Era, that Clifton was fight ing an epidemic of smallpox. That pa per announces that there has not been a case of smallpox in Clifton for near ly two years and requests all Arizona papers to give publicity to the fact. The general health of Clifton is better now than for many years past.
 A COUNTERFElTlNG ENTER PRiSE-TEe Bisbee Miner in recent issue says: The secret service men de- tailed to this section of the country are working on, a big counterfeitinS outfit that is operating in this Vicin- ity. Bills that are almost perfect are being turned out by this plant. The denominations of these bills are g, $10 and S2O. The S2O bills are the yellow backed gold certificates and are said to be so perfect that it is almost i'm possible to detect them. There is req son to believe that the plant is some .
 .sr.-~ that the bills are put in circulation in Mexico over a gambling game.
 NOTABLE ADVERTISING MAN Charles A. Fucker of Atlanta, Ca, is in the city for a couple of days visit on business 1t being his biennial trip through this section of the country. NIT. RCcker is ona of the best known and probably the most notable advertising man in the country. With him adver- Using is not only a business but science. For the last twenty years he has been engaged in placing the adver- tising for the manufacturers of the ia nous $ $ blood medicine. In the lire of his work he has travelled all over the country and is known from ocean to ocean. He is also a promin- eut f-ure iD the conventions of ad- vertising men that are held from time to Ina in different cities.
 HETEROGENEOUS CANAL-The work on the ApDroDriator's canal is pr ogressing in a manner eminently sa- tisfactory to the men in charge Of the enterprise. About fifty teams are enl- rI1yed now and owing to the urgency Of the situation there was no stopping this week for Sunday rest. The old canal is all repaired as far west as Ser nard's place, with the exception of the new cut necessary at the Tempe bridge and twenty teams are at work there The portion Of the canal between the bridge and the hcadgatc is damaged Vt ry little and the water will be turned |tlto 1t by the time the cut at the bridge ! is fnished It is only a short distance frCin Bernard's To the Grand canal and :r another week the job will be well toward completion.
 THE METHODIST REVIVAL Great interest was manifested yester- day and last night in the revival ser vices conducted at the Central NJ. D. Church, South, by Rev Harold Go vette. Several persons professed re- ligion and fourteen united with the church. Three children and num- Der of grown people were baptized by the pastor. The following subjects will be discussed during this week: ] M OIudN IlBlLr He INiOlA A.CDAf e~- day night. "The Last Christ" Wednes- day night. Love-" Thursday night, Hiding from God Friday night "Christ rejecting a Kingdom" On Sun day morning the pastor will preach a sermon to the young ladies, and in the evening he will address the young men.
 DOWN TOWN FARMERs-Hi FL dred says the most irritating thing that himself and other hardworkins ranchers have to contend with, are these fellows who live in town and having seen a few copies of agricUl- tural newspapers at one time and an other, imagine they know something about farming. They stroll out into the country and ask more fool ques- tfons than a real farmer can answer ir o vraely Az an instance of that