Arizona republican., 1905-11-15
PHOENIX MORE LIKE A CITY

PHOENIX MORE LIKE A CITY
Mr.. ard Mrs. c. N. Strevell, of Salt
Lake, arrived in the city yesterday
and will remain for few days at the
Hotel Adams. Mr. Strevell is q mem
Der of the Strevell Patterson Hard
ware company, and has been mere be-
fore. He says that Phoenix is much
more like a city than it was the last
time he was its guest.
REVIVAL MEETING-The annual
revival meetings of the Church of
Christ will begin the first Sunday in
January. e. J. CrOnenberg, the pres
ent minister Will do the preaching and
all who have heard him know that he
is a power through the gospel and as
delightful a speaker as he is a man in
everyday life. During his fourteen
years in the ministry he has baptized
about 1000 people and has done a great
work in the cause of Christianity. All
are cordially invited to come and hear
him any and every Sunday at II o'clock
a. m. and 1870 D. m.
SECOND GRINDELL ExPEDl-
TON RETURNS - \ telegram was
received yesterday by Lloyd Christy.
cashier of the Valley bank, from his
cousin, Fred Christy, who was at the
time on the line of the Guaymas rail-
road south of NOgales. saying that he
and other members of a party that
had gone in the search of Tom Grin
dell were safe and would soon be back
inthe United States. With the party
was Ed Grindeil. a brother of Tom
Grindell. Mr.. Christy will return to
Phoenix in a few days, but Grindell
will outfit a third party and contin-
ue the search for mis- brother The
party just returning found no trace OF
the bodies of the members of the ill
fated expedition, although several
signs of their trail were encountered.
A CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
j. NJ. COnnors. a builder and con-
tractor of Denver arrived in the city
yesterday morning, and after looking
over the city during the day decided
to permanently locate mere. With his
family, he has taken a house at 3O2
East Van Buren, street. Twenty-Five
years ago Mr.. COnnors worked with
Contractor Dave Crosby of this city.
and their meeting yesterday was d
very pleasant one, it being their first
since then. Mr.. COnnors was for
many years located in the city of Chi
cago, where he had charge of the work
of the city school board. In all, there
were nearly 300 buildings to be cared
for when repairs were necessary, be-
sides the overseeing of the work as
contractor of new buildings. He has
just visited different states on the
Pacific coast, but says Phoenix holds
out the greatest inducements to the
contractor of any of the places he Wis
tied
REORGANIZED UNION The
Phoenix Ministerial union on Monday
afternoon neld a meeting and organ
lied for the coming year. Rev. Mr..
Govette of the NJ. p. church, south,
is the only member of the old organi
zation that will be in the Phoenix
field this winter. The new officers
chosen were Rev. Harold Govette, of
the NJ. E. church, south, president;
Rev. Alexander Maclain, pastor NJ. E.
church, vice president; Rev. Orville
Coates, pastor Baptist church, secre-
tary; Rev. II. NJ. Campbell, pastor
Presbyterian church, treasurer. At
the meeting arrangements for the I'M
ion service to be held Thanksgiving
were concluded, and it was decided to
hold the services in the First Meth
odist church. Rev. Mr.. Maclain will
preach the sermon anu Special IlISlC
will be provided by c. S. Evans, who
is in Charge of the music at the NJ. E.
church, south. A later meeting will be
held at which several topics of public
interest will be discussed.
NEW RATIONS-ArticIes of
the following corporations were filed
in the office of the county recorder
yesterday: Independent Gold Mining