Arizona republican., 1908-12-05

summer wood.
 Mir. Geo. lille drove to town Friday
 in the rain.
 | Lin Orme, returned Thursday from an extensive trip to the Colorado river
 lands which are located about half way
 between Yuma and Parker Though 50
 miles from the railroad and practically
 a desert, yet they have a fine canal,
 running bank full, notwithstanding the fact that the Colorado river Is now at
 its lowest stage.
 1 The land ranges is value from $30 to
 $6O per acre, though that adjoining the
 town. which consists of two houses at
 present, is held at $90 per care Mir
 Orme and MT. Hosea Greenhaw were in
 the party that found the balloon America" which left Los Angeles to sail across the United States. a week lago and informed the balloonists where they were. The balloon had dragged them through brush about half a mile scattering the contents of the basket along it's course. MT. Orme secured
 the signal horn as a memento of the occasion and MT. Greenhaw the maga- phone.
 Miss Nellie Hawkins spent Thanks giving afternoon at E. T. Hendricksons where the Millers spent the day, an en-
 jOyable time was had.
 R A. Logue and family took dinner | with J. R Sheets, Thanksgiving. | Mrs. Archie Fitzhugh returned to the ranch Friday after spending a month in town with MT. and Mrs Horace Ellison. The mail man was late Saturday on account of a lame horse which got cut in the wire. the night before. He has not been able to use the horse since. Chas. Tockett, who went to the Tam pico colony in Mexico. last summer is nicely located on a 50 acre ranch, of which 40 acres are cleared, half of which is planted to corn. He has we'll of good water which cost about s750 to dig The country suits him fine and he expects to move Mrs. Tookett and the children down there about Christmas.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Graft drove to town Saturday.
 An automobile was found stranded about ten miles from town with tire loff. It could not be identified as there were none of its occupants in evidence.
 The Isaac school opened Monday af- ter being closed two weeks, with its usual attendance
 Charley Moore, the rural carries. is much better this week. He was able to move to his new residence in Capitol addition Wednesday. Thursday morn ing he was up and around examining his new place and getting used to the statue of liberty on the dome of the Capitol building.
 Jesse Eyer substitute carrier on rural 3, is carrying rural 4 now. MT Mather, carrier on No. l, has returned to his route.
 Although it was quite muddy Monday there was a good deal of travel from our neighborhood. Among those who went to town were Mir. and Mrs. My CTS, MT and Mrs. Shoot, MT. and Mrs. Doyle and Messrs. McClue and Gard ner.
 J. C. Mudersbach assisted by James Peirce, loaded two cars of hay Tuesday lat Alhambra.
 J. J. Casey moved about Toe head of nice steers to the sheets ranch Tues day. where they are on pasture.
 IT. F. Smith and Geo. Adams helped to move them.
 
 very busy this week putting in grain. They were not quite through when the last rain struck there, but the ground will be in good shape to finish up next week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lin Orme and their son Henry were callers at J. J. Meyers, Tuesday.
 J. I. Mann has gone to Buckeye. He spent the past three months at Mrs. w. H Manns.
 Messrs. Roach and Acuff spent Tues- day afternoon smoothing down the Christy road, but all the work was wasted on account of the rain Wednes- dey evening.
 Mrs. Nofzinger was a visitor to the city Tuesday.
 J. B. Nichols and his mother Mrs. | c. Nichols who have been staying at 1 MT. D. H Graham's have moved to | Sam Webbs on the Yuma road.
 H F. Ware and G. w Brown moved | a bunch of range cattle out to the | ranch of MT. Browns. There were per haps 15O head, all good big steers, | which will bring a high price when |
 MT. and Mrs Graft took calf to market Wednesday.
 Among those who visited the city | were: Mrs. C. c. Hedger, MT. and Mrs. Reece, Mrs. Glossbrener, MT and Mrs. Train and MT. and Mrs. Foster, who are going to spend a few days in town before returning to Mrs Frame where they are staying.
 MT and Mrs. Snyder took coop of fine Rhode Island Red chickens to town the middle of the week
 Godfrey Miller visited his son who has moved to rural near the Murphy school house, Wednesday.
 A Mir Kendall has taken a contract to cut 100 cords of cottonwood for MT. Lin Orme.
 MT. Bratton drove a COW home the other day which had four calves fol- owing her. Last summer the COW got and MT. Bratton did not ike to milk her so he gave her family ,f four calves to raise.
 Mrs. Pinberton visited Mrs. Stan lard the fore part of the week.
 T. l.. Edens, the carpenter, who Is building the Perkins residence, made several trips out there this week.
 Miss Lucia Gibson was a visitor at Irs. ordans Wednesday afternoon.
 Miss Lula Stump visited with Miss Tuesday morning. then u-o nil Tltta !