Arizona republican., 1905-06-09

1 | Seorge Peterson and niece, Miss Ger trude Wilson, left last night for Los
 Angeles to spend the summer. Before
 returning they will make a tour of Southern California.
 A NEW MPANY-Articles of in corporation of the Excelsior Mountain Copper company were filed in the of flee of the county recorder yesterday. The capital stock is $1,000,0 900, and the incorporators are F. D. Dudley, J. H.
 Suits and John Tait.
 FUNERAL OF MRS. SHAW-The funeral of Mrs. Mabel Swope Shaw, whose death was announced in yester-
 days paper, will be held this afternoon at the parlors of Mohn & Doris at
 3 o'clock. The service will be con-
 ducted by Rev. Orville Coats. Inter- ment will take place !n San Bernar- dino.
 THE FOURTH AT THE PARK Great preparations are being made in advance for the celebration at the park on the Fourth of July. A special mat inee performance will be given in ad- dition to the show at night. In the af- ternoon the steer-tying contest will take place. The display of fireworks will occur in the evening, and dancing after the show will finish the eve nings program.
 TO ATTEND GRADUATlON-Mrs. O. H. Christy left on last nights M. &l P. train for Los Angeles, where she will attend the commencement eXer- cises of the University of Southern Cal tfornia. Her special interest in that event this year is the fact that among the graduates will be Waldo Christy, son of MT. and Mrs. O. H. Christy, who entered the California institution after graduating from the Phoenix high school.
 A DOG MARkET-Harry Friedman since going out of the business of raising dogs, has taken on a side line of second hand dogs, but he handles only choice stock. He sells mainly to A. $. Donau of Tucson, who must run a sausage factory as he buys a dog ev- erytime he comes to town. He had to pay ten dollars for the last one and it isn't much of a dog either for size. Hoghe says he will testify that it is a good dog though, for Harry stole him from Hoghe's ranch.
 RAILROAD VISITORS-Me F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage and w. A. Drake were in the city yesterday MT. Gage had just returned from San Francisco where he had been for a month. MT. Murphy will return to Prescott this morning, and on Satur- day he will leave for the east on a hur- ried trip. Speaking of the Phoenix & Eastern, MT. Drake said that the dam ages caused by the recent washouts had been so nearly repaired that by the middle of next week trains could be run to the front again.
 PHOENIX BOYS PROMOTION-I Many Phoenix readers of The Repub- lican remember Walter Ellingson as a former carrier of this paper. After faithful service he entered the employ of the Santa Fe at the Phoenix office where he learned telegraphy and some thing of railroading. Later he secured employment on the Salt Lake road in the office of E. w GilIett, general freight and passenger agent. in a cler- ical capacity. His many Phoenix friends will be glad to learn that he is making continuous advancement. His latest promotion was only a few days ago, and was mentioned in the Salt Lake Tribune of June 3 in the follow ing language: "The Salt Lake route yesterday promoted Walter F. Filing son to be chief clerk of the local traf- ic department of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railway, vice A. H. Parsons, who resigned. MT. Filing son has been with the Salt Lake Route ] for three years. Prior to that he was with the Santa Fe system at Phoenix, [ AriZ. He is 2 young man who has many friends, all of whom extend their i congratulations on his promotion"