Arizona republican., 1906-10-05
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ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS -Secre taFy w. F. Nichols and Surveyor Gen eral F. S. Ingales are in Yuma county on an official business trip.
 HAY RlDE-The young people oe the Church of Christ will be enter tained with a hay ride and social eve ming out at the country home of NJ J. Eyer tonight Wagons will leave the church at : 30 p,m
 A MASK BALL-On Wednesday eve ming, october 10, a mask ball will be given at MeIczer hall by Barnett and Kerr No invitations to the affair will be issued. but the masks will be re- Quested to be raised at the door.
 BEEMER- PEASE CASE AGAIN. In the district court at Yuma a new trial was granted O. A. Pease the de- fendant in the Beemer- -Pease case which has been before the courts in various phases for some months past.
 "23 FOR THE p. F. D.-A false alarm of fire called the department last evening shortly before midnight To the corner of Center and Adam street The number of the box from which the alarm had been sent in. 23. was considered by several of the mem bers of the department and others who responded to the call as being of significance
 A PENNY A YEAR-The Woman's Home Missionary society of the NJ. F. church. south, will give a birthday paEty this evening at the home of Dl and Mrs l.. D. Dameron. for the ben eft of the society. to which all are in Yited. Each guest is requested to bring a penny for every year he has been allowed to live in this world. and those who wish may pay for the years they hope to live.
 A RAID ON THE TREASURY-J. w. Joslin yesterday brought to the of ice of the board of supervisors the skins or scalps of three wild cats which he had killed west of town a few days ago. He was given an order on the treasury for the bounty, and Supervisor Clanton took the scalps out and officially fixed them so that they would never again appear as a uiabu- jry against the county.
 SKILLED LABOR IN DEMAND All Phoenix contractors are busy, and mechanics in the various lines are hard to get. notwithstanding the fact that the highest prices are being offered wOrlkmen. Among other structures HOW in course of erection is an annex which is being built to the Golden Eagle stables, and which. when ready for oc- cupancy. will provide an additional floor space of 75 by 25 feet. 4 cement floor has just been laid in the new ad- dition.
 FROM WHIPPLE TO CUBA-Dr Thomson. a prominent member of the Arizona Medical association and for the past three years stationed at Fort Whipple. has been ordered to Cuba by the war department to report for hos pital duty. It is understood he will be the executive officer of the hospital corps. having charge of the surgical department. Dr. Thomson at one time during his service was stationed in Cuba for a period of six months. His family will remain at Prescott for sev- e-al months.
 SALE OF A CORRAL M. Pike the first Of the month. purchased from J. D. Houck. the corral. the latter has operated for some years past known as the Commercial corral at the cor ner Of Center and Jefferson streets. The consideration was not made pub
 lie. Mir Houck will devote his atten-
 tion exclusively in the future to his Cave Creek business. MT Pike for some years owned and operated the FUqua stables
 GIDEON CLUB-The Gideon cluo
 urges all the young men Of Phoenix
 to join the club at it's class @neetinE Sunday morning at 9:45. at the Church of Christ corner Fifth avenue ani Monroe street. X two months con l test is being held between the Gideoi, club and the Delpha Alpha class via the class having the largest total at tendance by December 1st will be en- tertaincd by the other. Come and join ' '~I-.. Q THE WOMAN'S DEPARTM ENT- : Announcement was made yesterday ol the appointment of Mrs. W. C- Foster l to be the superintendent of the wo- mans department of the coming fair
 by the superintendent of the fair and the commissioners. She shortly af terward announced the following dep uties: in charge of the art department l Mrs J. H. McClintock and MT Dwight E. Heard: incharge Of the cul- mary department Mrs. T. W. PembeT- ] ton and Mrs W. B. Lount; in charS ! of the needle department. Mrs. Sim i Ely, Mrs W. K. James and Mrs H. i J. JessUp.
 i IMPORTED LITIGATION - There 1 were yesterday transferred from Co., chise county three cases which have | been before the courts of that county 1 for several years and which have also ! been in the supreme court The title
 of one of them is Electa Scribner and i M. D. Scribner against w. k. Meade
 and Helen Meade. This concerns 1 Tombstone property known as the
 Aztec house. in which Meade and i Scribner had been jointly interested for ! sixteen years. A. H. Emanuel of l Tombstone is also interested in the 1 same property. The titles of the othe- ! two suits are w. K. Meade against N l p. Scribner one of them involves | other real estate in Tombstone and the | other concerns a dispute over some 1 mining property near there These | cases were once tried by Thomas Arm
 strong of this city, sitting as a special | judge.