Arizona republican., 1905-04-07
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CHURCH SOCIAL-The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church will hold Q social at the churcR this afternoon. to which all are invited.
 A MICHIGAN VISITOR.-Mr. T F. Dorr of Saginaw. Mich. spent Thurs day at Las Palmas the guest of E. T. Fauley. Mir. Dorr left last night for Lake Charles. La.
 RAILROAD VISITOR-Eugene Fox. travelling freight and passenger agent Of the c. R. l. & P. and associated lines, with headquarters in Fl Paso. was a Phoenix visitor yesterday.
 DR. CRAIG LEAVES-Dr. R. w. Craig left on last nights NJ. & P. train for Chicago where he has been called by the very serious illness of his mother, Mrs. H. W. Craig. who has heen in the Mercy hospital in that city for several weeks The doctor only expects to be gone a couple of weeks but the length of his stay will depend or his mothers condition hence it is uncertain.
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States civil service com mission announces several examina- tions to be held on May and for the purpose of securing eHgibles from which to fill vacancies in the positions of topographic draftsman. dynamo tender and inspector Of construction. The first is for service under the Pan anna canal commission. T. will con- sist of drawing. lettering and mathe- matics comprising arithmetic algebra to and including problems involving quadratics, plane and solid geometry, ratio and projections. The age limit is eighteen to forty years. The ex- animation for the second position will consist of arithmetic, practical QUes- tions training and experience; the age limit is twenty years and over. For the position of dynamo tender the ex- animation will involve letter writing. practical questions and experience.
 THIS TIME SURE-The Phoenix baseball team announces with a req sonable amount of certainty, that it will leave tonight for Tucson to play a couple of games of baseball with the Grays. It has been the principal ann bitIOn Of tlca PrOeniX team for the last two months to meet the Grays and several dates have been set. but in every instance heretofore either the NJ. & P. bridge over the Gla has queered the expedition or the rain made the grounds in Tucson and Phoe- nix too mudd-- for a game. The Phoe- nix team is somewhat lacking in prac- tice but it's members still believe they are sufficiently cunning in the base ball art to do things to the Grays. And the Tucson team undoubtedly holds to the same opinion. wherefore there will probably he a warm meeting and some good ball.
 AN UNCOMMONLY MEAN THIEF Frank Fowler came in from his ranch on the Agua Fria yesterday with a thief of a particularly low down kind. His name is c. Labas. He arrived at the Fowler ranch the day before while MT. Fowler and his hands were at din ner. He asked for something to eat and his wants were supplied. Having finished his dinner he thanked his en- terto tleTs and said that he would be going ol u -hoenix. Soon after his departure the hired men went away and 8Ir. Fowler went up the river on horseback. His departure was delayed slightly and that is what probably led to the capture of Labas who was prob | ably hiding in the vicinity. Soon after MT. Fowler had gone the men returned | to the ranch and saw Labas leaving, l carrying a coat. The fact that he was in the neighborhOod at all at that time was suspicious and the men started after him. They caught him after a chase of a mile and found that the coat | belonged to ore of them. Labas had