Arizona republican., 1908-02-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST

| for Yuma on sanitary business and l win return Saturday morning.
 PRAYER MEETlNG.-The prayer
 meeting at the Crittenton Home to-
 night will be held by the matron. Mrs 1 Broadbrook, in the absence of the ap- | pointed leader A cordial invitation is extended to all
 i A NEW RESIDENT.-R. T. Chitten- | den of Chicago is among the recent arrivals in the city. MT. Chttenden 1 is a brother of Mrs. Charles Hinckley and expects to remain here permanent | ly if he continues to be as greatly inn pressed with the country as he is to date
 NEW POSTOFFICE cLERk-E. H.
 Hewitt is the name of a new man who
 has been added to the Phoenix post office force as distributing clerk MT. Hewitt is an experienced man having | served as a railway postal clerk in the St. Louis division for nine years, until | transferred here.
 FUNERAL OF MRS. PRATT.-The ! funeral services of Mrs. c. H. Pratt will be held today at 10:l5 from the
 Presbyterian church, Rev. Campbell lplllCldllllS. lt ltllldillS W III bt III = l tered at Tempe. no services to be held
 in that city.
 HELD FOR BURGLARY.-Fran co Ybarri. who was arrested on We'd
 nesday. charged with taking part in
 the burglary of the Gold hotel on Jan uary !. was gwen a preliminary eX- animation before Justice Johnstone yesterday and was held to the grand ! jury in the sum of $500.
 RETURNED FROM NEW YORK; ! Barry GoldWater of the Firm of NJ | Goldwater and Brother, returned yes terday morning from a business trip to Ne-, York From the weather re ports brought back bv Mir Goldwater,
 no one would undertake a pleasure trip to that part of the world at this sea- son of the year. New York City is frozen up. or was. at the time of the departure of MT. Goldwater and the further west he went until he began to turn into the ever-sunny southwest
 the colder it got. The political situa-
 tiOn in New York MT Goldwater said
 was heated. but it had had no appre- ciable effect upon any of the thermom-
 eters with which he came in contact.
 EXCURSION TO MESA CITY.-An
 excursion train will be run to Mesa
 City this evening by the Southern Pa
 cific, for the accommodation of those
 who desire to attend the opening of the
 new Vance opera house. the largest theater building in Arizona. There will
 be a big dance to which everybody is invited. old and young and special ar engagements have been made for the comfort of women who are accom- panied by young children. It is a cer-
 rainty that all who go will have a good time
 BALL GAME TODAY.-The Phoenix high schol and the Indians will meet today at Eastlake park and struggle for the scholastic championship. The Indian nine is considered a formida- ble rival and the game promises to furnish considerable sport Hurley will preside in the box and a husky Mohave Apache from Fort Mcdowell will attempt the slaughter of the inno- cents. The high school men profess to be wise to his processes and materials and claim they will give the big brave a drubbing.
 THEATER TRAIN-The Southern Pacific will run a special train from Tempe and Mesa City, to Phoenix. on the night of February 2Oth. for the ac- COmmOdation of those who desire to attend the performance Of The Burgo- master. This is one of the finest comic opera or musical comedy bills now on the road. It made a great hit in Phoe- nix three years ago and it is said that the company now coming is even better aggregation than the former one, wherefore it is expected the pat ronage will be liberal The fare for the round trip will be 8 cents from Tempe and 30 cents from Mesa City.
 PURCHASED TOURIST-Louisl Sands of Glendale has purchased of the Phoenix Auto company the big Tourist. Model \. four cylinder maroon car for S290O the most expensive ma chine sold by local dealers. The car is upholstered with maroon colored leather. equipped with Goodrich tires l Speedometer and other necessary ac- 1 cessories. It will seat five people. has | engine of 40-45 horse power. shaft | drive, selective type transmission now !, used on most high priced cars and | floating type rear axle. It has three | gears forward, one about eight miles. | one twelve. and one up to one mile a | minute in speed. and also one reverse | gear. This is the car which last fall | Dn the fairgrounds track. carrying four people. made a mile in one minute. The car has been taken from the gar age and is now in service
 NEW MILITIA COMPANY. - A movement is on foot for the organiza- ion of another militia company in this ,ity. This is not due to any dissatis- action among the members of B com )any. On the contrary there is the greatest harmony and the movement s entirely in the interest of the militia as d whole. It is be- ieved that if there are two companies