Arizona republican., 1906-10-26
OF LOCAL INTEREST

ELKS' MEMORIAL Preparat tions are being made for the service to be held by the Elks on the occasion of their memorial day shortly after the first of December.
 HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE.- A Halloween masquerade ball will be held on the evening of Octorber 31st at Melczer's hall The Besse orchestra has been secured by those in charge of the affair for the occasion.
 EPISCOPAL LADIES' GUILD.-A tea will be given by the ladies of the guild of the Episcopal church on Fri day afternoon at o'clock at the res idence of Mrs. J. Elliott Walker, cor ner Van Buren St. and Third Ave. Friends and strangers are very cordi- ally invited.
 SUIT FOR DIVoRcE.-suit for di- Verce was brought in district court yesterday by $. Frances Milton against William A. Milton on the grounds of abandonment for more than a year. The defendant was for long time en- gagged in the wholesale grovery busi- ness in this city. He is now a resi- dent of GOldfeld, Nev.
 MINING COMPANY MEETlNG.= The annual meeting of the Butte and London Copper Development company will be held in Phoenix today for the purpose of attending which, w F. Reynolds. the secretary of the compa- ny, will arrive in the city this morn ing. The stockholders of the compa- ny reside in all parts of the country but the meeting will be held largely through proxy representation.
 THE WATER WORKS DEAL.-L. H. Chalmers yesterday morning re- turned from Los Angeles where he had been on business in connection with the sale by the Phoenix Water company of its plant to the city of Phoenix MT. Chalmers has been retained as counsel by several parties implicated in the trust cases and as soon as it is possible he will meet with the counsel designated by the city council and pre- pare the contract which is to be ar ranged
 AERIAL NAVIGATIoN.-The art of navigating the air has not yet been fully mastered perhaps, but J. C. Ad- ans is one of those who say that one man at least can come so near flying that he can't tell the difference He saw a demonstration at the Minneap- oils fair, of the Knabenschue flying machine that he said interested him more than anything he saw all sum- mer. except when he witnessed his race horses in the act of pulling down the money. Knabenschue was not present, but he had an understudy that han died the machine with apparent confi- dence and perfect ease. It was rather a windy day, too. The machine went back and forth four or five times in front of the grand stand, ascended and descended at the will of the aerOnaut, turned circles, skirted down almost until it touched the ground, and then raised again like a bird. It appeared that the starting of the machine down or up was done by the operator by merely stepping forward or backward a little on the latter-like frame work that formed his foothoId. thus tipping the nose of 1t up or down at will. Another thing that opened the eyes of Mir. Adams was the small amount of ballast required to affect the flying. By simply dropping three or four pounds of sand, not in a bunch or bag, but just sowing it as it were. the machine would immediately begin 10 rise very perceptibly. Hitherto he had supposed a considerable cargo of sand was necessary to start with. He sug- gested that it is, not among the inn probable things that one of these ma chimes can be secured for a demon stration at the Arizona fair, though 1t has not been done yet.