Arizona republican., 1908-03-12
OF LOCAL INTEREST

! SiD6ON ClO6 WI GE lNS.-ln ne 1 Gideon club will hold a business and social meeting this evening at the | Christian church parlors. All members
 are requested to be present.
 CHORAL SOClETY.-The weekly
 reheasal of the Phoenix Choral so- ! ciety will be held this evening prompt | ly at o'clock
 LADIES WILL SEW.-The ladies of
 the First Baptist church will sew this
 afternoon at Mrs.s kalfus, 351 North | Firth avenue. at 1 o'clock
 LEFT FOR CoAST.-H. NJ. Connor
 of Detroit left last night for the coast.
 He expects to return to his hone and is preparing some articles on the Salt River valley for the Detroit dailies.
 LIEN FllED.-A small mechanics lien was filed yesterday in the record CTS office by D. Brane on the Noble building for work performed and not paid for. The amount alleged to be due was $45
 POLICE BUSlNESS.-The following docket was ground out yesterdav: A. B. Gates for drunkenness was charged sS: John Doe forfeited s5 bail money; D. $. Dovnaugh was sent below for five days
 MISSIONARY MEETING-The Wo- mans Foreign Missionary society of First M. r. church will hold its next meeting in the oarlors of the church
 Friday afternoon March l3 at 3 o'clock
 A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.-Hon.
 Neil Bailey and family arrived here yesterday morning from Naco to at
 tend the wedding of Miss Zelma. Mir.
 Bailey's sister and J. F. Cleaveland.
 NIr Bailey was speaker of the legisla- tive assembly during the last session and is a well known southern Arizona railroad man.
 EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETlNG.- The regular monthly business and so- cial meeting of the EpWOrth League of the Central NJ F.. church. south. will be held in the league room this even ing. at 30 o'clock. The members who have saved or earned a dollar for the leasaIe are requested To come and tell how tine dollar was earned.
 GOING TO TEXAS.-Minor \. Wingo left on the 10th for Fort Worth and will be joined there later bY his mother as they expect to make that their home. Several of Mrs. Wingo's married children are now living in that state. Minor is desirous of availing himself of instruction in practical elec- trical work. as soon as possible at a school in New York City.
 NEW ATlONS-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the count:' recorder yesterday: Holding Oil Expansion CO. capital stock Sl.000. .OO0; incorpora- tors. D. H. Dunn, D. $. NeiloX, :. Vel loX, w. L. Shepard. F. NJ. Stewart. ?. F. oswald; Gherrecht Mining Co. cap ital stock $200.00O incorporators Dan iel Thompson. Joseph H. Smith, Charles TraXler. A. C. Danenbaum. B. C. Sheldon Standard Furniture com pany, capital stock $25.0O0 ;incorpor- ators. A. L. Moore, l.. w StOckwell. J. w StockWeH
 A FLOCK OF POSTMASTERS.- Postmaster McClintock has received large picture for framing, of which he is quite proud and has reason to be for it will make a fine souvenir of his official days in the service of the P. O. D. The picture is a picture of 335 other and smaller pictures. showing the likeness of everyone of the post mosters in the 31l first class post offices in the United States. together with twenty-four pictures of other people. officials of the postoffice de- partment. and President Roosevelt Four of the postmasters wnose faces appear are women. Each picture is numbered and a list at the bottom gives the name of each postmaster. For fear some person might think the public funds were being wasted in pie ture making. it is well enough to say that the project is that of some one in Washington and that the expense is defrayed bv the postmasters them selves who subscribe for the picture.
 OFFICIAL CHECKER PLAYING-I Governor Kibbey yesterday spent half hour or so in the interesting game of official checkers. It was the more interesting for he knew that however he played he could not lose and all he had to do was to move the men around on the board. It was a session he had 10 hold sometime and yesterday was as good a time as any other, per- haps a little more than usually au- sPicious, for a proceeding that was only formal anyhow. The first move was to accept the formal resignation of John H. Page, as territorial auditor. This was no trouble for either of them. MT. Page has the assurance of Pres ident Roosevelt and the United States senate that he will shortly have his commission as territorial secretary. which means a comfortable raise in salary, and he has to get rid Of one job before he takes another. His res ignation is to take effect on April 1st. about the same moment he gets on the United States payroll. Sims Ely for merly resigned as private secretary to Governor Kibbey so the latter could