Arizona republican., 1906-05-25
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i A YAVAPAi MERcHANT.-Le
 WoIloth, an old resident of Yavapai
 county, spent yesterday in Phoenix
 MT WolIoth is d merchant at Yar-
 nell.
 CALLED HOME BY ILLNESS.- Joe Porter returned to the city yester- day morning from Everett Washington, called here by the serious illness of his | father N. Porter. Since his arrival,
 MT. Porter is very much improved, al | though still quite a sckman. Joe POr-
 ter will remain here for some time. He
 is now in business at Everett. YOUNG PEOPLES RALLY-There will be a meeting of the Young Peo- 1 ple's Christian Union of Phoenix Sun | day afternoon at o'clock, in the au- ditorium of the Baptist church. At this meeting there will be an election of officers, so it is urged that all of the Young Peoples Societies in the city i have representatives at the meeting
 and that they have a full attendance All interested in Young Peoples work are cordially invited to attend. Full an nouncement will be made of program etc, later.
 THE SCHOOL cENsUs.-A school census in accordance with the terri torial school law is now being taken 1 in different counties of the territory. 1 The reports of the census takers will | not be completed until the first of
 July, when they are turned over to , the county school superintendents, who | in turn include them in their annual reports to the territorial superintend- ent of instruction. An increase in the ! school population is anticipated in ! pecially in the Bisbee and Globe dis tricts
 VISITING RAILROAD MEN.-R. H
 Ingram, general superintendent of the
 Pacific system of the Southern Pacific,
 accompanied by w. A. McGovern, gen
 cral superintendent of the Tucson di-
 vision of the road, are expected to ar
 rive in the city this afternoon on a
 special for the purpose of making a
 tour of the MaricOpa & Phoenix
 branch. They will visit Tempe and Mesa and possibly make a drive over
 the proposed extension of the line out
 from Kyrene. They will return south
 tonight on the regular train.
 UNDER THE DOCTORS KNIFE-
 A telegram was received from Chica-
 go yesterday saying that Lloyd Dam ron had undergone an operation there, and at the time of the sending of the telegram was out of danger. Mir. Damron had for a long time been troubled with an ailment of the leg which threatened to leave him a crip- pie for life It was not certain that the operation would leave him in bet ter shape but it became necessary. to prevent amputation. and there was the possibility that it might be so success ful that the use of the limb would be fully restored. MT. Damron is in charge of the advertising department of the State Mutual Life Insurance company. with headquarters at Rome.
 Georgia.
 A KETTLz G,F iNsI-Last night the senior class of the high school re- hearsed for the last time before it's appearance this evening, the play it will present at the Doris tonight-"A | Kettle of Fish" Those who attended 1 the rehearsal have nothing but praise for the members of the cast and it is said a every agreeable surprise is in store for those who will attend. The curtain will go up at S:30 o'clock but ! all of the audience must have been i seated before that hour. The seat sale which is now on at Sanichas' shows a ! fair advance sale.
 THE PHOENIX BOY LEADS-The 1 Phoenix boy. Ernest Trevor. according to the last bulletin from the publishers ] of the Saturday Evening Post, heads | the list of contestants for the Win derland tours offered by that company for the boy making the largest sales , of their publication in d series of weeks. He had on the day the bulle- tin was issued advanced from third ! place, but there was nothing to show 1 just how far in the lead he was. A | Michigan boy is second in the contest, and a Minnesota boy third. There are but five more weeks of the contest. As ! the least of these prizes amounts to over S200. and the larger ones to nearly l five times that amount, it is an easy matter to see why Master Trevor is hustling. Most of those who are as sisting him in the contest are watching
 with interest how the contest will ter minate.