Arizona republican., 1906-12-09
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| NEW NOTARY-Gustave Becker of | Springerville. Apache county, has been i appointed a notary public.
 A MICHIGAN vlSlTOR-G. l.. Stan nard of Grand Rapids. Mich. has ar rived here 10 spend the winter with ! his brother. Engineer Stannard of the reclamation service.
 ILL OF FEVER-George H. Smith
 the gardener at the capitol grounds. has been quite i'll for several days and ! it Is reported he is suffering of typhoid
 malaria.
 HOME FROM THE HiLlS-Mrs. l.. w. Collins has returned from Castle Hot Springs and Crown Point where
 she has been visiting for a week or two with MT. and Mrs. John R. Dobler. JOHN CASH, NO CASH-A vagran. | named John Cash. was picked up yes terday by the police. but a careful ex- animation revealed no cash. He was
 jailed to await trial on Monday
 THE MAllS-No mail was received
 from the east yesterday morning via
 the Santa Fe. but the mail then due
 came on the afternoon train. There
 has been nO delay at any time in ths
 mail from San Francisco via the Santa
 Fe but as yet. little if any of the de-
 toured mail from southern Arizona has
 reached here.
 FOUND cCoTHES-Th night po-
 lice early yesterday morning picked
 up sack of gents wearing apparel
 on South Center street. It contained
 number of shirts and a pair of pants.
 a coat and vest. Whether lost or
 stolen the owner can have the goods
 by identifying them.
 THE CHA BRIDGE-There Is q
 small army of men and a big supply
 of material at the Gila bridge and
 last night a night shift was put to
 work, so the repairing of that struc-
 ture will be continuous until it is fin
 ished. This however, will not be be-
 fore Tuesday night. The river was
 falling yesterday but very slowly.
 WOMAN'S CLUB BAZAAR-The ladies of the Woman's Club have good reason to believe that their fOrthcom- ing bazaar, December 18th. to aid in building a club house. will be we'll pat ronized by the public spirited people of Phoenix. An attractive display of fancy articles and an abundance of ap- petiZing cooked foods will be on sale A social good time is guaranteed.
 WELCOME sOclAL-The annual monthly welcome social given by the Baptist church was held Friday even ing under the direction of the Young Peoples Baptist Union in the church rooms. Music was furnished by the Indian school band and other interest," ing features were given on the pro gram. Refreshments of chocolate and cake were served.
 A. M. E. cHURcH-Preachin ser vice Sunday at 1O:45 a. m. and 7:3O D. rn- Rev. James Washington. pastor. school at s:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday. s p. m. After the preaching tonight the stewards and stewardesses of the church will be in stalled and there will be a solo by Mir. Gardner and also by Mir Frank Caldwell. To these services all are in- vited and will be more than welcome |
 ROOSEVELT REPORT - A tele- 1 phone message from Roosevelt last evening gave the information that there ! Is still big river and the water has ] not yet receded sufficiently to permit l of beginning the repair of the coffer i dams. There was flow of 5000 sec | ond feet of water or 10000 inches, 1 still going by the gage. that being just l about double the capacity Of the sluic- ! Ing tunnel.
 TElEPHONOGRA SERVICE i The harnessing of electricity Is ! very ordinary expression these days. | put nobody knows how many kinds of | harness an electric current can wear | all at the same time, and few people { know how many kinds of harness some ! are made to wear even now. | But there is one thing everybody | knows in these parts and that is. that | Tor the last two or three days the Gila ! bridge has been out. Some of thess | same people may wonder how the l Western Union continues to do busi- | ness. its wires formerly having cross | ed the Gila on the railroad bridge Tn. | 'act is that the western union is using | Inc long distance telephone wire be tween Phoenix and Tucson. that wire | crossing the Gila at Florence. This | ioes not mean that the wire is out of | service for telephonic purposes for it | Is not. but is utilized for both at the | same time. Strange as it may seem. | telegraphic story of jealousy and | murder may be travelling over the wife | 1t the same moment a telephonic mes age of love and affection is being | and there is no danger of | heir mixing. The possibilities of an | electric current seem to be limited only | Dy the winds of systems of communi- cation that genius can devise.