Arizona republican., 1905-05-14
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BASEBALL TODAY-The sporting event of the day will be the baseball game at Eastlake park this afternoon between the Phoenix Mexican Athletic team and the Mesa City baseball team.
 BAPTIST SERVICES-At the Bap- tist church this morning there will be a children's day service, with recita- tions and special music. The Juniors society will meet at o'clock in the afternoon and in the evening the con gregation will unite with that of the Central M. E. church south in their revival service.
 THE CLOSE OF A SCHOOL-The school in District No. 21 which has been very successfully conducted by Miss Todd for the last year came to an end yesterday. In the forenoon there was a quite interesting program, the parents of many of the pupils be- ing present. The afternoon was de- voted to a banquet.
 THE MCDOWELL DITCH-J S. MeskimOns. an engineer of the Indian service, returned a day or two ago from the Fort Mcdowell reservation, where he spent considerable time this spring in the survey and resurveying of the old canal through which the In dians get their water It has been injured various times by the floods and is not yet permanently repaired though water has been turned into it temporarily for the watering of crops.
 FIRST M. E. CHURCH, Monroe street and Second avenue, 4. M. Gib- bons, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; Junior league at D. m.; Ep- worth league at 7:3O D. m.. an anni- versary service. for which an interest ing and instructive program has been prepared together with reports of the work of the past year. Sermon by the pastor at II a. m. Good music at all the services. All seats are free. You will find a cordial welcome.
 ANNUAL HOG DIPPING-Hi FL dred was in town yesterday and se- cured a new supply of germicide for the annual dipping of his swine. which will begin next Tuesday. He did this a year ago and found the practice a good one from a stock raiser's stand point. At that time he invited all his personal friends to enjoy his hospital ity and take a dip if they wished He renews the invitation again this year to all except Jake Miller. Mir. Miller is barred.
 CEMENT CUTTERS - Assistant City Engineer O. A. Turney is making good progress in the work of laying gutters along the city streets, or rath- CT experimenting the work. It is one thing the city has greatly needed for years, but during the last few months good progress has been made, and many blocks in the center of town are now well provided for, though there is yet considerable more to be done. If the good work continues the next rainy season ought to find things in much better shape in the matter of surface drainage.
 ARIZONA WINS-Arizona has beat en in nearly every sort of contest be- fore, but this is a new and novel one, a race with the stork- Last Monday Mrs. H. C. Yaeger left here for Vlcks- burg via the Santa Fe, expecting to arrive there at 6 D. m. on the 11th, but was delayed by a washout just twenty four hours. However, she still beat the contestant in the race by twelve hours, he being MT. Percy Ashby Cowan, jun for, direct from Babyland, whose mind was evidently set on beating his grand mother to Vicksburg. She had the ad- vantage, though, of having been there before and also of having travelled more.
 MIR. AND MRS. WAssoN HERE- MT. and Mrs. J. c. Wasson arrived here yesterday morning from their home in Denver, coming via San Fran