Arizona republican., 1906-06-08

TWO DRUNKS-Two trunks. ar rested last evening by the police, was the sum total of the city hall record
 EXAMINATION POSTPONED-The civil service examination for postoffice clerk carrier. scheduled to be held on June & has been postponed to June 30.
 SUMMER VACATION-E. w. Reed, city letter carrier No. 3. will leave with Mrs. Reed this evening for summer vacation of six weeks in Illinois. They will take the southern route, trave:ing via New Orleans.
 MIR. TUCKERMAN HERE-G. w Tuckerman, special pension examiner arrived here yesterday from Los An geIes and will be in Phoenix and vicin- ity for several days. though he will spend today in Florence.
 ALL GOT WHISTLES-Joe Monihon says he can't see why anybody should
 kick about the steambOats running on the ditch he recently constructed down the road near his house. Every boat is equipped with a whistle. and only the most careless person in the world is in danger of being run over.
 DEATH OF G. w. SCHEBLE-G. w. Scheble of Dayton. Ohio. who came here recently suffering of lung trouble. died at his temporary home in the Brill addition He was 4S years old. and leaves a family in Dayton. He was a member of both the I. O. O. F. and K.
 of P. fraternities. and the Phoenix lodges of these orders will have charge of the funeral. which will be held this afternoon at 4:3O o'clock in the chapel of Peter Mohn. though the lodges will
 meet at their respective halls at o'clock. Interment will be made in the Oddfellows' cemetery.
 THE BALL OPENED-The demo- cratic fight for nominations in this county was formally begun yesterday by the announcement of County Treas urer Hayden of his candidacy for the l office of sheriff. It had been known all along that he would be a candidate. MaricOpa is behind most of the other counties in the getting of candidates l into the field. over in Graham cOun- ty, for instance, announcements and proclamations have been made so long that the type in which they were set 1 is already worn.
 ELKS' MARCHING CLUB-The Elks of the territory are preparing to make a fine appearance at Denver in July when the grand lodge of the or der cOnvenes. A marching club, to be | GNAAO"Fi IT cAo tilG %AAlLOlld CluDs lS DclllE5 formed by the lodges at Bisbee and Douglas. although it is the present plan
 to have all Arizona Elks become mem bers. A recent circular sent out from Risbee says it is thought one hundred Elks will go from that city and Doug las EeveraI Phoenix Elks have al ready joined the club, among them Selim Nicholson. He will however. | have to go to Denver a few days in advance of the other Elks on account of his duties as member of the grand lodge committee on credentials
 A CEREAL CURIOSlTY-G w. Brown, who resides four and a half
 miles west of Phoenix and who has farmed four years in this country and
 several years elsewhere. has brought tc
 the board of trade a sample of grain
 that is a curiosity to him, and it may
 be to others. Two or three patches of this grain sprang up in the middle Of
 his barley field, and, whatever it is. it seems to be good feed, for a horse when turned into it devoured it as rav- enously as a street urchin would at tack an unprotected popcorn stand.
 The grain stands two or three feet high, and in a general way resembles wheat. The boards are very short and not heavy. The kernels are more like
 oats. but smaller and not well filled