Arizona republican., 1908-06-16
OF LOCAL INTEREST

LEFT fOH -6JS ON-Su uusS Lu ward Kent and mother left last night lover the Southern Pacific for Boston to spend the summer,
 LEAVES FOR EAsT-Mrs. s. Oberfelder will leave today for Bal
 tinore to spend the summer. MT.
 Oberfelder will remain here for about
 six weeks before going east.
 TO CROSS THE OCEAN-Mrs. s.
 K. Levy will leave for New York in few days and on the 11thr of July will sail on the Kaiserlne Augusta Victoria for France, first going to Paris. ON VACATlON-J. B. McNeeley, the Santa Fe freight agent here, will leave today accompanied by his fan- | fly for Springfield, Mo-, where they Twill spend the summer. M. B. CoiN flins will take the relief duties dur ling MT. McNeeleys absence. THE S. p. AsSESSMENT-The. board of supervisors yesterday re- 1 ceived from the office of the territorial
 auditor a statement of the valuation of the property of the Southern Pacific
 railroad within this county. The total l amount of the assessment is S9O1,-
 14752.
 WILL SHIP AUToMOBILE-Mrs Charles E. DeMund will leave today for the coast to spend the summer, accompanied by her children Mrs. DeMund will ship her Kisselkar to Los Angeles and will take a number of tours while there, personally driv- | ing her car. MT. DeMund will go to the coast also in a few weeks for the summer.
 NEW COURT coMMISSIONER.- Julge J. W. Mccormick yesterday re- signed the office of court commissioner stating that he would be out of the city for the summer and so would be absent during the vacation of Judge Kent The court accepted his resigna- ton and designated Justice Johnstone to fill the vacancy.
 Doud will leave today for Los An geles and will spend the summer on the coast. It is likely that he will remain in California for the next three or fcur years, and enter some Of the coast colleges to pursue a course, the nature of which he has not yet determined. He has been quite Lopular in musical circles, talk ing part in some of the most import ant events of the past season.
 A SUNDAY PICNIc.-A party of Phoenix young people had an enjoya-
 ble picnic on Sunday. They spent the day in camp along the river above Tempe and had most pleasant moon Flight drive home. The members of the
 party were Gregg Irvine, Jess Humph- rey, Earl Ullion, Clyde Rousseau and
 Jack Stewart, and Misses Katherine Whitlow, Ollie Morrison, Hope Whit taker, Pauline Reno and Minnie Prince. TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.-Ap- plication was made to the board of supervisors yesterday for a franchise for a rural telephone system, the movement having been inaugurated by residents of the Wilson district. Sev-
 eral meetings have been held there and all the plans of the promoters are
 said to have been perfected The board
 will act upon the application at the next meting-
 DEPARTURE OF JUDGE KENT.- Judge Kent left last night on his sum mer vacation. Though he will visit many places his real objective point is Harvard University where a great alumni reunion is to be held. Advices from Cambridge state that elaborate preparations have been made to fete Judge Kent on this occasion for he is favorite son of this cherishing moth- ! CT.
 A MATRIMONIAL EPlDEMIc.- The wedding germ has been unusually busy among the colored residents of
 the city for the last two days. Licen-
 ses were issued yesterday to Willis
 Sanders and Miss John Tibbs and to
 Charles P. Arnold and Miss Buddie
 Parker. The first named couple was
 united in marriage by Justice John stone yesterday morning.
 II NATIONALITY CUTS NO ICE.- Yesterday morning a man bearing the
 name of Nose Minsky and certain ere | dentials from a California doctor set
 ting forth that he was a proper candi-
 date for the poor house went directly
 from the incoming train to the board
 of supervisors and demanded admis-
 sion to the county hospital. He was
 naturally refused and Supervisor
 Hoghe felt it incumbent upon him to define his position. He said he was a
 Dutchman and had evidently heard that there was a Dutch member of the
 board and that he would have clear sailing to the poor house. That is not
 the case, said MT. Hoghe. He would
 be glad to assist those of his own na-
 tionality out of his private means but he would refuse to assist them out of the county treasury. Blood is thicker
 than water but MT. Hoghe's official sense of duty, while clear, is thicker than either.
 yesterday a motion for new trial was denied in the case of Leon Bouvier and others against Charles Brass. The plaintiffs gave notice of appeal. In the priority suit a plea to jurisdiction