Arizona republican., 1907-08-27
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VISITING BRoTHER-Miss Gene vieve Wylie of San Francisco is visit ing her brother. Dr. Win Wylie.
 RETURNING HOME-J. w. Doris Is expected home today from the coast where he has been spending the sum- mer.
 DOWN FROM PREscoTT-H. c. Story. superintendent of the $. F.. P. and P. is in the city for a few days on railroad matters.
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 RETURNED FROM IRON SPRINGS I-Charles Munger has returned from Iron Springs where he has been spend- ing several weeks on a vacation.
 TO LOS ANGELES-Mr and Mrs w. E. Twitchell returned from Kelvin yesterday and are leaving for Los Angeles for a short visit.
 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE - The fourth quarterly conference of the | First Methodist church will be held Friday afternoon at o'clock, August | 90. in the basement of the church HOME FOR THE WINTER-Mrs Edgar s. Miner and daughter. Miss Shirley Miner. have returned from Iron Springs where they have been spending the summer They will be at home at No. 500 North First ave nue
 POLICE BUSINESS-The police de- partment yesterday brought into the tolls John Connor a sleeping drunk. ma ruaI IJarpop1az ditto Uapa opa Tob,, Doe. drunks. Ventura and Miranda Sanchez drunk and disorderly who were assessed the usual charges.
 ROBERTSON WILSON Cards were received yesterday announcing the marriage of Miss Jennie Wilson to MT. Frank Robertson of Portland oregon. After brief trip through Washington. MT. and Mrs. Robertson will make Portland their home The bride is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. R. Wilson of this city.
 BRANTON- M'kINSTRY-Joseph B. Branton and Miss Martha A. McKin- stry were united in marriage on Sun day night by Probate Judge Philips The marriage was witnessed by Mir and Mrs. George Schorgel. MT. Bran ton explained that it had been his wish to have a public wedding but this was the first time the bride had ever been married and she was little nervous over it.
 VISITED GRAND CANYON-Mr. and Mrs. Louis Melczer have returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon. They were accompanied by their sons. Isi- dore and Edward and Miss Norma Sweeney and enjoyed a efand outing. They made several trips on horseback, one to Grandview. The sons have gone to Stanford for the year and Miss Sweeney returned to Iron Springs where the family are spending the
 A DOUBLE HEADER Maurice Valentine who lives at SIS North Third avenue has been quite exten- sively engaged in the business of rais- ing pigeons and squabs for the mar kct. Yesterday he sold out his stock and made a general cleanup. He had a few eggs left not quite ready for matching and to make the cleanup thorough he broke them. In one he got a pair of twin squabs which lived about five minutes. It was on the Siamese twin order being a single bird with two heads and four feet
 DEATH OF MRS. F. E. ADAMS News was received Sunday morning by Mrs. W. C. Hornberger. of the death of her mother, Mrs. Freeman F.. Ad- ans, at Victor. x. Y. Mrs. Adams spent last winter in Phoenix at the home of her daughter and won many friends by her gentle manner and lov- able life. She leaves beside her hus- band. four daughters to mourn her loss. Viola, Anna, Florence l.. of Cic- tor. N. Y. and Mrs. w. C. Hornberger of this city.
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States civil service commission has announced the follow ing examinations to be held within the next five weeks: September 25. for the position of blacksmith in the quar- termaster's department at large. Point Bonita, Cal. salary s72O a year; for teacher of mechanical drawing in the Indian service at Carlisle. Pa, salary $500 a year: for the position of sta tionary fireman in the quartermaster's department at large. Fort Logan H. Roots. Arkansas. salary S540; october 2. laboratory assistant in timber tests in the forest service Of the department of agriculture. salary 5000
 BUYING LAND-The real estate market shows no depression in spite of the dull time of the year. Latham and Nall report the sale of an eighty acre alfalfa ranch west of Alhambra to Gus F.. Noll of the Arizona Laundry and A. ". LantZ, assistant auditor of the territOry. The ranch is in good state of cultivation and among the best in the valley. MT. Noll has been here for eight years and has always had an unbounded enthusiasm over the future of Phoenix and the valley. Mir. Lantz recently came from Tucson, and while he was a persistent booster of Tucson, he has come to the conclu- sion that this valley is the finest in the world.
 NEW CORPORATIONS - Nephi Mining and Milling Co. capital stock, $500. 900; incOrporatOrs, M. E. Whitney. w. F.. Tollestrup, c. M. Forbes; Fly