Arizona republican., 1906-05-21
OF LOCAL INTEREST

G. A. R. MEMORlAL.-At the Me morial day exercises of the G. A. R. and the w. R. c. which will be con ducted on the city hall plaza during the morning of May 3O Captain George D. Christy will deliver the ad- dress.
 MIR. MARSHALL'S IMPROVE MENT.-The condition of George NJ. Marshall was further improved yes terday and he is now thought to be practically out of danger. He sustain ed an operation for appendicitis last Tuesday morning, and at that time on account of the conditions prevailing, the worst was feared. But two days later there was a lessening of the fever and every day since his condition has been better than on the preceding one.
 SORROWFUL BOYS-Sherif Walk CT left last night for Benson with Fred Le Roy and another small boy by the name of Arvisa, both of whom had been committed to the reform school for two years. The boys were arrested and tried on Friday. At first they were sustained by the novelty of the sltua- tion and the prospect of a railroad journey, so that they were inclined to be even jovial. But by yesterday the
 
 upon them and they gave way to grief. Most of the day the corridor was filled with their wailing, nor had they been comforted when they were taken out of the cell in the evening to be taken to the train. Their grief was hardly less ened by the promises of Sheriff Walk CT that he would buy them candy at the first store, also at MaricOpa and at every station where the train stopped on the road to Benson.
 SUNDAY AFTERNOON Y. M. c. A. The Y. M. c. A. meeting yesterday afternoon was very well attended, nearly a hundred being present. The fact that there were so many present was due largely to the efforts of those in charge of the work who are now making an effort to increase the pro- posed membership of a Phoenix branch -of the organization. The address of the meeting was delivered by Rev Harold Govette. who although he had been ill for several days was never more interesting. His topic was the development of manhood, and he took for his text that passage in Kings II where David said to Solomon, "Show myself a man." MT. Govette's illus trations were good and his stories en-
 
 the program included several selec- tions by a quartette and violin solo by Karl Dowd. In addition there were two recitations by Miss Amy White, which were very well given. An nouncement was made that the com mitee handling the plans of securing for Phoenix a building had decided that nothing less than $40,000 build ing would suffice and would later in the year outline a plan for the secur ing of such.
 AS TO CITY REVENUE. Since there has been more of less talk con- corning the revenue of the city, recent ly the attention of the tax collector and the new city council, is called to the licensing of business houses. The ordinance is either grossly violated, or else it should be so amended that pres ent practices could be construed as a violation. Paul Farquhar, of the New York Hat Factory, who con- ducts a business in this city, pays a license for a hat factory and clothes cleaning establishment, yet it has been demonstrated that this is only a bluff. The man is really conducting a matri- monial bureau, and he not only pays no revenue to the city for it, but he re tains no commission or fee, thus | scorning the fundamental principles of business success and outaging the matrimonial bureau scale of union prices. Within a very brief time MT. Farquhar has had in his employ osten- sibly to press hats, four young ladies, one after another. and every blessed mothers daughter of them has got l married. It is impossible for him to keep a female employe very long and E,T aT to an admission that she is next in line on the waiting list.
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