Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-11-14
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III INTEREST
EWING OLD AcouAINT.

RENEWING OLD ACQuAiNT-
ANCE-Frank Black of Prescott is in
the city visiting his family and the
fair and more particularly a sister
who is here from Wyoming and whom
he has not seen for thirty years.
THE cRITTENToN HOME BOOTH
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will have charge of the Crit
tenton Home booth at the fair grounds
today. Delicious home cooked food
will be served at moderate cost.
VISITING RELATIVES Fred
Furniss ana daughter. Erma, of oak
land. Cal. are i'm the city and are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Sweeney
Mrs. Furniss is a sister of Mrs. Sween-
ey and was formerly a Phoenix girl.
A BABY BOY-Word has been re-
ceived in the city that Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w Todd of Tacoma. Washington.
are the happy parents of baby boy,
born on the 27th of october.
A FORMER TEACHER-The many
friends OF Miss Ruthrauff. who was a
social favorite here some years ago.
will bs glad to hear of her return this
of Europe. to Baldwin. Kansas. where
she will make her home. She became
the wife of Mr.. Nicholson of that place
on the 3ist of January last.
DEATH OF MRS. JENNiNGS-Mrs.
Henry Jennings died yesterday even
ing at the Sisters hospital. She wen5
there six weeks ago for an operation
which was successful. but her stomach
refused To retain nourishment and she
declined to the end. The deceased
was 65 years of age and was born in
northern New York. She came To
Phoenix in 1894 and has resided here
ever since. She was a resident for
about five years of Peoria. She leaves
besides a husband a son. II. Theodore
Jennings of Congress, who is now
here. and a daughter, Mrs. Nelson
Bradley. The funeral will be conduct
ed from the parlors of Mohn and Dris-
coll Friday at p. IN.
THE ELKS DOINGS-There will be
something doing with the Elks lodge
tonight. and over 500 members of the
long horns are expected to be present.
There will be a Bohemian spread and
everything appropriate. The order
has sent out some unique invitations
on shipping tag post cards, which her
aids the word that on Thursday even
ing at s p. IN. there will be a round
up of stray Elks and their friends at
the corral Of the Phoenix lodge No.
335. There will be shep dip and hot
dog for those in distress. The p. :. is
Bring your thirst and appetite. A full
moon on each end of the tag is one
of the decorative features. An orches-
ira has been engaged for the occasion.
The members of the arrangement cong
mittee are George Purdy Billiard. J. T.
Whitney. c. ]. McElroy and Frank
DeSousa.
HAS A FINE START-W. E. Gin
der Of Prescott, who has been visiting
Phoenix for the purpose of taking the
necessary examination for admission
to the bar. left for home this morn
ing after a most successful effort. He
has been engaged for two days and the
examination under the new law is a
most rigid one but he came through
with flying colors and a rating Of
94.31 per cent, which is pretty well
up toward the standard Of excellence.
Mr.. Ginder came to Phoenix last
spring, having graduated from the
University of New York in 1906 with
the degrees Of Alb. and LIB. He
has also taken a thorough course Of
study in the offices Of eminent New
York lawyers. and was well equipped
when he came west. However. he
wanted 90 settle in the west and spent
the past summer in the office of
In Of h.
has been familiarizing himself with
the Arizona practice. His successful
admission and fine examination will
be a source of qualification to his
Phoenix friends as we'll as his many
friends in Prescott. where he expects
to begin practice.
AFTER SIX YEARS. Among the
visitors to the fair who arrived yes
terday, were Hon. T. Ijams and Mrs.
Ijams of Tombstone. This is the first
visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Ijams to Phoe-
nix since 1901, when Mr.. Ijams was
member Of the twenty-first Legislature
in which he filled the important posi-
ton of chairman Of the printing COM
mittee of the ASSEMBLY much more
important in that session than usual.
since It was then that the printing of
the codified laws was arranged. Mr.
Ijams is remembered with respect by
the members of the printing commit
tee, on account of the business like
manner in which he disposed of the
affairs of his committee. He is now
i'm charge of the telephone business of
the southern and eastern part of the
territory. He is one OF the pioneers
in tn telephone business in Arizona
Several years ago he organized the
ella Valley line. establishing commu-
nication between the towns of Globe
Stafford. Solomonville and the mining
towns of Clifton and Morenci. That
system which in its day was the best
in the territory. became member OF
the consolidation later