Arizona republican., 1908-10-02
OF LOCAL INTEREST

HOME AGAlN.-Miss owen has re- California.
 M. E. CHURCH LADIEs.-The La
 dies Aid societ- Of the First M. F..
 church will meet in the parlors of the
 church, corner Second ave, and Mon roe street, this afternoon at 2:30
 o'clock.
 LADIES AID soclETY-The La
 lies Aid societ. of the Baptist church
 will hold I.rsiness meeting this aftcr-
 nu"n at 2:20 cock in the church gar
 lors Al members are requested '' ba present
 c. w B. M.-The monthly meeting of the Christian Women's Board of Mis-
 sions will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Christian church. Every member is urged to be present and to take part as she chooses. It is to be a social occasion.
 SURVEY APPRoVED-The sur veyOr general has approved mineral survey No. 2526. Grey Eagle lode
 mining claim. situated in the Owens mining district. Mohave county, and claimed by w. H. Smith, Mrs. c. Smith. Myrtle Smith and Mabel Cook Le Clair.
 FLATTERING REPORTS-Secre- tary Young of the republican terri torial committee returned yesterday afternoon from a trip to the north. He said last night that he found things political in excellent shape in that part of the vineyard and that all advices from other parts of the territory were equally cheering. Chairman Smith of the committee will arrive in town this morning.
 GLAD TO BE BAcK.-W. c. Danic.s and daughter returned on Tuesday from an extended visit in the south. They arc glad 70 be home notwith standing Mir Daniels had. as he eX- pressed it, the time of his life" They visited in Tennessee. Alabama, Georgia. Arkansas and Oklahoma, spending some time with friends in all those places. They were gone about three r -Jnths. MT. Daniels was met with a pleasant surprise when he returned home and learned for the first time of the marriage of his son Aulcy Daniels and Miss Horning.
 BUSINESS LlVELY.-The survey or generals office yesterday booked orders for the survey of sixteen mining claims. aggregating in cost about S35O these coming from Yavapai county The day before about the same amount of orders came from COchise county. These incidents give a good idea of the confidence the territory has in her +nr rfa hard times. People are going along developing the same as usual and at the end of the year all who can do so pr have arrived at the proper stage of their work, are applying for patents.
 PRACTICAL IRRIGATIONISTS-l Some people may think the leaders of the irrigation movement and es- peciauy of the irrigation congress are | mere white-shirt irrigationists and | not practical water peddlers. They | are wrong The proof of it came to | town yesterday on a couple of post | cards sent by Geo. w. Cowgirl in | charge of the valleys exhibit. The | cards were made in Albuquerque and | picture the leaders both as they ar | rived in Albuquerque and in the lat | sr performance of actual work. The | first card shows an immense airship ] on which is a banner showing it to | be an Irrigation Congress Special" | President Roosevelt and B. A. .'ow | Ter are in front. while just above | them R. E. Twitchell is operating | he steering gear. Behind MT. Fowler | S Uncle Sam with a telescope peep ng at the Roosevelt dam as they pass over. and next to him are W. S Hopewell, chairman of the board 1f control, Frank c. GOudy. president lf the congress, and another gentle nan whose features are less clearly defined. The other card shows an irrigated field, MT. Fowler in the foreground. peeled down to his linen and galluses and with a hoe scraping put a ditch to beat the band. Mir. Ioudy is holding up the congress banner. and MT. Twitchell and Mir. Hopewell are helping on the ditch extension in the rear, while Uncle sam with his money sack in hand s inspecting the work. having left his a half mile away on the iesert.