Arizona republican., 1906-11-02
OF LOCAL
INTEREST

INSURANCE POLICIES PAID-W.
a. Beller, clerk of Phoenix camp No. 5.
Woodmen of the World. yesterday re
ceived q check for $4,000 drawn in fav-
or of Mrs. Frank Coyle and check
for $4,000 drawn in favor of Mrs. w.
II q. Pendleton.
NOTED SALVATIONISTS-The To-
cal branch of the Salvation Army is
. expecting a visit from Colonel Mrs.
! French. Assisted by Envoy Bergh she
/ viii conduct special services in the To-
/ cal barracks hall on Saturday evening
| and Sunday at II o'clock a. m, and s
! O'Clock in the evening. on Sunday at
3 o'clock in the afternoon Colonel
! French Will hold a special service at
/ the NJ. Z. church south.
! ASH FORK DEPOT-The work on
/ the new depot being built by the Santa
! Fe at Ash Fork is fast nearing COM
/ pletion, and the building. it is thought,
! will be ready for occupancy by the first
/ of December. The plasterers have
about completed their work and the
carpenters are on the ground ready to
put in what little woodwork viii yet be
necessary such as the doors and the
window stills. The lath in the build
ing is steel.
WAITING TO BE CLAlMED-A few
days ago a lady patron of the New
York store entered that establishment
and said she had lost her hand bag
giving a very good description of it.
It could not be found at that time as
il was covered up beneath a pile of
goods on the counter, the day being a
busy one. When the counters were
cleared the hand bag was found and
contained a small amount of money.
but the lady in the meantime had gone.
left no address or name and has not
been back since. If she win call again
and prove property she can have it.
INDIAN DAY AT THE FAIR
George Brown who is in charge of the
Indians at the Naricopa reservation
predicts Friday of fair week to be one
Of the biggest of the days of the whole
fair. The Indians he says, appreciate
the prizes WHICH have been offered
them for their work on that occasion
and viii be here 5000 strong to parti-
cipate in the events. He has during
the past few days received letters from
other agencies and nearly all of them
close enough TO do so, will have rep
resentation in the different races. The
one-haIf mile spring wagon race is
creating the greatest interest among
I
prize the main attraction of their day
at the fair. 1t is a $11O spring wagon,
offered by Pratt, Gilbert & co. At the
MaricOpa reservation a track has been
fitted up and there have been many
hours Of hard labor spent by the In
dams in practice The relay race Of
one mile viii be another big event Of
the day. Five teams viii participate
and possibly more. They will come
from the reservations Of Casa Blanca.
Maricopa. ella Crossing, Sacaton. Salt
River and Lehi.
REAL ESTATE DEALS-The past
few DAYS have been busy ones for b.
1 G. Pecka the real estate man. Ycster-
day ne succeeded in closing three deals
and two more were closed earlier in
the week Lots 1 and of block g.
Churchill's addition. the property of
VIM. G. Pemberton. he sold to G.. :
Quiroz for a consideration of $500 The
property which is located on North
Sixth street is improved by a four
room frame dwelling. Lot Il of block
2 on South First avenue on which
there is a five-room brick cottage and
which was owned by Eunice L. Rick
erson to Mary Harter for $500. Lot
] and . in block 3 of Central Place was
sold for the Valley Bank to Mrs. G. II.
Markham of Coronado. Cal. for S21O0.
Mrs. Markham is buying the property
/ for speculation. Two lots in Collins
addition were sold to G. NJ. Forbes who
will improve them later. The lots are
] 9 and 20 i'm block 10. The considera-
ton was $3.50 a lot. To f. p Brat
/ ton. who recently arrived here from
/ California WIN his family and who
/ will locate here, Mr.. Pecka sold his
/ six-roOm brick cottage located on lot
/ 8 of block u of Collins addition.