Arizona republican., 1908-06-28
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A COMMERCIAL TOUR-L. E ] Myers, in charge of the business ot , H. J. Heinze & CO. at Los Angeles and Los Angeles territory, is in the city in the course of a tour of the territory looking up trade.
 THE SANICHAS RECEPTION The reception given by Chas. J. San ichas last night on. the occasion of the opening of his new refreshment parlors, called out a large crowd. The big parlors were full of people, enjoy ing his hospitality, and incidentally his ices, until late hour.
 NEW NOTARlES-Governor Kibbey has commissioned the following notar- ries: Frank O. Smith of Prescott; John B. Martin of Harrisburg, Yuma county, reappointed; Harry w. Felm- ing of Bisbee. M. V. Collins of San Francisco, was appointed a oommis siOner of deeds for Arizona.
 CHRISTIAN SCIENC E-First Church of Christ, Scientist, postoffice building. entrance on Monroe street. Morning service at II am. Subject of lesson-sermon, Christian Science" |" Sunday school at 9:45 am. Wednes- day evening meeting at s pm. Read ing rooms open daily to the public will be found at the same address.
 THRESHING BILL DISPUTE-A few days ago Martin Gold filed a suit in district court against D. w.. Steele for a threshing bill for ser vices in the early part of this month and not a year ago as inadvertently stated in Fridays issue. The other side of the case is that Steele's grain was destroyed by a fire for which he holds the threshers responsible, claim ing that of right there is a small bal ance due him from Gold
 A SUIT FOR DlNORCE-Suit was begun in district court yesterday by Charles F. Carter against Cynthia Carter for divorce. They are colored They were married in Phoenix about four years ago but for the greater part of that time they have been sep arated. The plaintiff charges excessive cruelty and dissipation Moreover, he says his wife frequents questionable resorts.
 SOME POTATOES-There was left at this office yesterday the most con- vincing proof that this is good coun- try for potato raising. The samples consist of four Greedy spuds weighing from two and a half to four pounds each. free from warts or bumps" Nicer potatoes were never grown any where. They were raised by K S Townsend on Section Is, seven miles west of Glendale on the Agua Fria.
 A HORSEBACK PARTY-A large party of young folks of Phoenix en- joyed a horseback ride on Friday night along Grand avenue. At Glen dale they were entertained with music at one of the stores, the guests sit ting on their horses meanwhile. The members of the party were Jeff Eng land. Haze Burch. Ed Eisele. Charles Henderson, Cecil Craddock and Enoch A. Robart and Misses Beryl and Butte Eisele, Hazel and Myrtle Peters and Rita Gilleland
 TELEPHONE MEETINGS-There will be a meeting at the Creighton school house on Monday night in the interest of the Peoples Independent Telephone company. It had been stat ed that this meeting which had been announced would be postponed but later it was decided that it should be held on the original date. A meet ing with the same opJect in view was held at the Isaacs school house last night. Others are scheduled as fol- lows: Osborn school house Wednes- day night and Cartwright on Friday night instead of Thursday night as had been previously announced.
 GOING TO THE CHAUTAUQUA.- Mrs MnrfnrI years librarian of the Carnegie library of this city, leaves this morning for Chautauqua, N. Y, where she will take a course of lectures on library work and management. The lectures will be given by that celebrated librarian and author of scientific system of library book numbering and classification, Professor Dewey. Like other profes- siOns library work is no longer a hap hazard business but has been reduced to Q scientific basis and is continually improving, requiring constant effort on the part of librarians to keep abreast of the enterprise of the day. Mrs Nor ford does not propose that the Phoenix library shall be behind in any improve ment of this kind.
 NEW SECRETARY FOR FAIR COMM ISSION-As predicted by The Republican a couple of weeks ago, R. A. Kirk of Bisbee was yesterday appointed secretary of the Arizona Fair Commission, to succeed George Truman, who resigned shortly after the third territorial fair. Mir. Kirk for some years past has been a Bis bee newspaper man, being for the last year or two in charge of the desti- nies of the Miner. It is understood the selection of the commission was greatly to the satisfaction of the gov ernor in whose recent political en-