Arizona republican., 1906-02-09

LADIES' AID TEA-The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will give a tea in the church parIors this afternoon from to o'clock. All are cordially invited
 THE NORTHERN ARBOR DAY Governor Kibbey yesterday issued a proclamation calling attention to the approaching arbor day for the northern part of the territory. It will be April 9th.
 A PHOENIX BALL PLAYER-Roy Loman. one of the best known and most popular and successful ball play CTS that has visited Phoenix for many months will probably leave having re ceived a very flattering offer to go to Beaumont, Texas, and there play with the Beaumont team of the Texas league He has not as yet fully determined whether he will accept or not.
 GOING TO COURT-In order to ap- pear as witnesses in the case of J. NJ. Ward versus NJ. H. sherman, which is shortly to be called in the district court of Los Angeles county w. II. Heap and Frank Ainsworth leave this evening the coast. H. C. Ward will also attend the hearing. Mrs. Frank Ainsworth accompanies her husband and will for several days visit with her mother who resides in Los Angeles.
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMlNATION- The United States civil service com mission has announced two eXamina- tions to take place shortly. One will be held on February 27 and 2S for the position of assistant examiner in the patent office. The salary is $120O a year. The other examination is for the position of aid in the coast and geodetic survey and will be held on March 14 and 15. The salary is $720 a year
 FINE BABY GIRL-Tnere came to the home of MT. and Mrs. Alex. Rhein stein on Wednesday night a baby girl.
 HE BARELY ESCAPED THE PEN It was learned yesterday that if Bis sell Thomas had not been sent to the Oregon insane asylum. he would have been sent to the penitentiary of that state. He had just been convicted of forgery and had been sentenced to a term of five years after which the question of his insanity was brought up.
 THE DoBsoN FAMILY-Arrange- ments are being made in probate court for the protection of the family of Joe Dobson who died recently. He left four choildren, all young and a wife. who is an inmate of the asylum for the insane At a late meeting of the Masonic lodge of which he had been q member, it was decided to make pro- vision for the care of the family. Char les R. Mcdonald will be appointed guardian of the children and G. A A1intz will be appointed administrator of the estate and guardian of the widow
 FARMERS INSTITUTES -Freder- ick w. Wilson returned Sunday morn ing from the upper Gila valley where he has been for some weeks conduct ing a series of farmers institutes. MT. Wilson is in the employ of the exper- iment station as animal husbandman and institute worker. The meetings arc still in progress and will continue un- til February 16 MT. Wilson is follow ed in the meetings by Professor Thornber of Tucson in a series of ad- .Thornber of Tucson, the botanist of the station, and he in turn will be followed in a series of addresses by Prof. R. H. Forbes.
 NEW CORPORATIONS - Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county re- corder yesterday: Manhattan Gold Bar Mining company, capital stock, s1.O0O,- 900, incorpOrators, Isaac T. Stoddard and w. H. Teasley; Manhattan Cow boy Mining company, capital stock