Arizona republican., 1907-01-15
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FALSE ALARM.-A fire alarm was
 turned in from box 42 yesterday fore
 noon but it proved to be a false alarm.
 CROSSING THE GIlA-The NJ. &
 P. trains are now crossing the Gila
 bridge on schedule time, unless held by
 Maricopa connections.
 PRAYER MEETlNG.-The regula~
 Tuesday night prayer meeting of the
 Crittenton Home will be held this
 evening at o'clock and will be led b:'
 Miss Lula l. Clifton.
 GOVERNMENT CONTROL. - The
 people of Stafford who have been sui fcring much from floods in the last
 two years are fostering a movement
 to ask the government to restrain and
 control that cratic stream.
 DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. - Y James Boles was found dead in the
 Pmal mountains north of Globe a few
 days ago. The coroner's jury decided
 that death was caused by fall from d horse and subsequent exposure.
 FIRST MEETING-The first meet
 ing of the Choral society was held
 last night in the rooms of the Arizona l School of Music. It was well attended
 and much enthusiasm was shown. \ There are but sixty members or this ' society and all but few were there. E All are going to make this society d
 benefit to themselves and others.
 A TRAVELLING SEcRETARY-A Y Tucson paper says Tt will be with
 pleasure that the large number of | friends of Harry Roland in this city will learn that he has received pro-
 motion and is now travelling secretary
 for the Greene interests and will here
 after be on the road between the va { rious properties in which Col. Greene is interested.
 Il SPECIAL MEETINGS.- Mr. and
 Mrs. M. V. Baker singing evangelista.
 have arrived from Los Angeles and arr
 now laboring with the Presbyterian
 congregation in the holding of specia . meetings The interest in the meetings ! and the attendance is very good. The
 public is cordially invited to meet for
 worship at 80 as the meetings will
 be continued throughout the week
 AUCTION PRICE OF HORSES i The recent sale of condemned horses
 held at Fort Huachuca by the gov
 ernment was remarkable in the high
 average prices attained. the thirty-four 1 horses offered bringing a total of | $2O76. one horse seventeen years old and in the government service for ten years brought SlO more than the gov l ernment originally paid. probably
 establishing a new record. The aver age price brought by the horses was
 
 reached at a like sale in America. i ANNUAL ELECTION OF FIRE. 1 MEN.-The Phoenix fire department held it's annual election last night in ] Firemen's Hall and everything moved off smoothly there being no contest in any instance. The newly elected of ficers are: John F. Norton. president. ] Thomas J. Whitney, vice president; c.
 F. Bellas chief; Claude Cisney, assist ant chief; J. NJ. Shott secretary; w. r Dowell treasurer; pr. II. A. Hughe- 1 physician; II. l.. Worden engineer. ! O. s. Wiley. assistant engineer. The annual ball of the department will be | held February 22 and committees will ! be named later to conduct the affair. 1 THE RlVERS-The flood in the : Verde river on Sunday was not so high as the day before notwithstanding ! report to that effect. on Saturday the | volume flowing was 6741 second feet | The T!ver fell slowly from that time until yesterday morning when the | gauge reading was 2.4 feet lower than on Saturday. The Salt at the McDow- | ell station on Saturday was carrying i 6201 second feet and the flow in that stream constantly diminished until yesterday morning when il was .S5 Of a foot lower by the gauge reading. It | is undoubtedly much lower by this time for the volume at Roosevelt yes ! terday was only 25S5 second feet as against 52G4 feet on Saturday. CROSIE3 MACDONALD - Ben T. i Crosier and Miss Matte Mcdonald were married yesterday afternoon at f o'clock by Rev Harold Govette at the parsonage. The groom is q young machinist who came here from In- dianapolis about eight months ago and who is holding a responsible position ! in the Southern Pacific shops The bride is a daughter of Captain and l Mrs. Hi Mcdonald of Five Points. She 1 mas spent the greater part of her life ! in Phoenix, is we'll known and admired 1 by q large circle of friends. There was bit of romance in the marriage for the young people did not take their friends into their confidence at all. Yesterday afternoon they went for q drive and on the way home stopped at the residence of the minister. where the knot was securely tied. The young couple departed with beaming faces s.Fa n | a ;.,ss-