Arizona republican., 1908-05-09
OF LOCAL INTEREST

VISITING LOS ANGELES.-S. s Whitney of Phoenix is now visiting
 in Los Angeles and is stopping at the
 Pico Heights hotel.
 LEFT THE NAVY.-Sol Rosenblatl
 d nephew of the Diamond Bros. of this
 city has arrived in Phoenix and eN-
 poets to remain permanently. He lived here several years ago and Jeff to enlist in the navy. having recently
 secured his discharge papers.
 LEAVING FOR THE SUMMER
 Dr. l.. M. SWisert left this morning
 for Denver. the headquarters of the
 opticial business Of him and his
 brother. He "'ill return in Septem-
 Der for the winter. He has already
 secured 9 location.
 1 NEW YORK VISlTORS.-Thomas
 Wall and George l.. Haas of New York city have been in the valley for
 a few days looking over the agricul- ! tural resources. and will leave this
 morning with F. P. Fowler for trip of four or five days in the mountains. ' inspecting the mining resources of the . nearby districts
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services will he held tomorrow. Third Sunday after Easter. in Trinity Epis- copal church. south Second avenue. the Rev. Julius w. Atwood, rector. as follows Kindergarten and sunday school at h o'clock: Morning Prayer
 and sermon at II o'clock. Services in i Tempe at o'clock.
 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
 -Services tomorrow. May 10th. as follows: Sunday school. 9:45 a. m: morning worship. II o'clock Sermon by the pastor. Theme. Growth in Grace" Anthem. My Soul Longeth." Ofertory solo by Miss Rathbone Love Divine" Y. P. s. C. F. prayer
 meeting. 630 D. m. Evening service.
 1:50. Sermon by the pastor. Anthem
 The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
 Offertnry solo by Mir. Davisson. One Sweetly Solemn Thought" All are cordially invited to these services.
 AROUND THE WORLD WITH UNCLE SAM."-That is the name of d new song now bidding for popular ity and one that has been given to the world in honor of the tour of the -hi4ttA iNdii AiN'N bt NpAb' and music were composed by Alice P. Yarnell of Hooper. Wash. and the song is dedicated to Lieutenant Var nell. who is q brother of her husband. and son-in- law of Admiral Thomas. Mrs Parnell it iS understood is hand ling the music direct as she does not expect the song will have more than d temporary popularity. She has writ ten d number of others, among them Four More Years of Teddy" and The Countess Pays the Bills"
 IT IS STILL GROWiNG-The Re publican in a recent issue mentioned sheaf of oats brought to the board of trade room from the ranch of Chap lain Scott. that measured 1l2 feet high But that was several days ago. Yes trrday the chaplain brought in another sheaf that stands eight feet high. If this crop isn't harvested pretty soon the straw will be so big it can only be cut with d s-cut saw and the grain Nill be so high up and SO heavy it wiIl be dangerous for the harves terS to work around where il is fall ing. for il is fact that tine heads are just as large and magnificent in pro portion 10 the straw as they are on common sount"d grain that only grows as high as mans head.
 BOUGHT AN ORANGE GROVE- J. M. Barker of Huntington, Indiana. who has been visiting his son here for the past ten days. on Thursday bought -ti4e F.. T. Ceilings farm of forty acres of which ten acres is planted to orange trees. The price paid was 5000 or an average of S200 per acre for the entire farm. MT. Barker left yesterday for his nome in Indiana. where he i sengaged in the of shoes. He is well pleased with Arizona and bought this tract merely for an investment. Ii looked good to him or he would not have bought it and he made the in vestment after giving California good looking over. What MT Barker will tell his Indiana friends about the Salt River valley, will not be likely to hurt anybody in these parts and his I little investment is very apt to be the ! nucleus of an Indiana settlement if he ] talks as enthusiastically after he gets 1, home as he did before leaving. The | sale was cosummated through the i agency of the Taylor Bergman com ! Dany.
 NEW BLOOD IN THE FlRM-H. 1 NJ. Lewis has associated himself with ! the Taylor Rerryman company. dealers ! in real estate and investments. Mir. {, Lewis has been a Salt River valley | resident for the last twenty years or ! more the greater part of the time, and | has had investments from Mesa City | to Arlington. For the last year how | ever he has been employed as q buyer 1 for the Southwestern Packing com | Dany of Los Angeles and was making ! good salary. He gave it up though | partly because he preferred to live in | this valley and keep a closer watch | Dn his investments here and partly be- 1 ,ause he believes that under present {, with his little start Tn life | le can make more money in business | for himself than he can on any sal : Try that anybody could afford to pay i lim. During his experience as n stock |