Arizona republican., 1908-06-24
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NoTARlES.-Governo Kib
 bey yesterday issued two notarial com missions, one to E. F. Thompson oi
 Kingman, and the other to l.. V. Mo
 Court of Wilcox
 CENTURY PLANT IN BLOOM
 Two flower stalks from century plants
 on Frank Towards ranch on the Cave
 Creek road, were brought to The Re publican office yesterday. MT. How
 ard has two plants in bloom, both oNel
 thirty feet high.
 RED BIRD BAND.-Prof Fountain
 has received request from the l Fourth of July committee in Florence for the services of the Red Bird band
 on that day. He has had to decline as ! the band has already mapped out a
 busy day in Phoenix on that date. SURVEY APPROVED.-The sur
 veyor- general has approved Mineral
 Survey No. 2525, Lucky Charlie and l Charlie No. ,, lode mining claims,
 Gila county, and claimed by J. B. New
 man and T. s. Collins.
 PRESCOTT MAN PlEASED.-G. c. l West, auditor of s. F. P. X P at ] Prescott, is in town today on business for the company. He expected to find
 the thermometer around 1S6. but was l agreeably surprised to find the weath- | CT so pleasant in Phoenix at this time | of the year.
 A BIG PAPER WEIGHT.-N. Me- Ewen has presented the secretary of the board of trade with a five-pound bar of copper which will make an eff fective paper weight for his desk and at the same time keep uppermost in his mind the fact that Arizona is the greatest copper producer in the world. This bar came from the Copper Queen smelter at Douglas.
 SEVEN HEAD WHEAT"-The Re- publican was in error yesterday when it mentioned that H. S. Phelps of Mesa City had brought to the board of trade seven heads of wheat. What Mir Phelps did bring was a whole sheaf of wheat of the Seven Head variety, each head being a cluster of short heads attached to a single straw. 9th erwise the item was correct, in re- spect of yield, etc.
 WATERMELON SALES.-G. R. Brewster, president of the Salt River valley Melon Growers association re- turned yesterday morning from a trip along the Santa Fe in the interest of the association. He sold five carloads of melons for early delivery, some of them going as far as Gallup N M., and also closed a contract to supply the Harvey eating houses between Needles and Albuquerque, with the valley melons.
 A LOT OF LOTS SOLD.-w K. James has sold 12O lots in the Mont gomery addition 10 B. G. Pecka The consideration has not been made pub lie as Mir James is wholesaling just now and gave MT. Pecka a jobber's price on the property, the real figures being a secret between the parties in- tcrested. Mir. Pecka buys to sell again of course. for he can't live in I2O plac- es at the same time. Beside, he wants to help provide places for other folks to live.
 THE SUGAR FAcToRY.-A. S. Bradley, who came here from Scranton, Pa, some months ago, and who is in | charge temporarily of the sugar fac 1 tory at Glendale, was in the city yes terday to meet his townsman, NJ. F. | Larkin, who is here on mining busi- | ness. MT. Bradley was asked if there was anything new in respect of the | sugar cOmpany's plans. He replied | that he could only say that reports | were encouraging and strengthen the | belief that the company's affairs will | be adjusted in time to insure the oper- n aFt tla fa
 4 TRANSFORMATION PROBLEM If there is anybody in Phoenix en- | gagged in the manufacture of powder, bombs, or other dangerous articles. he Is invited to a conference With the i interstate commerce commission in D. C., on the 29th of this month. Governor Kibbey has received | notice, officially transmitted, that such I conference will be held for the con- ;ideration of regulations for the safe of explosives, and that III manufacturers of explosives. all 'ailway and transportation officials, md the secretary of the navy and the of war, are invited to be present
 NEW cORPORATIONS.-Articleso of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday. Rawhide Denver Mining and Milling O.. capital stock, s1,OOO.- poo; incorporators, J. Dobbin, Frank Adis. A. M Adams; F. S. Huston. Earl Huston; Naujobs Electric EIe- 'ator Controller O.. capital stock. P, 2,00O, 900; incorporators, Carl Haujobs Fred Naujobs; Monrovia Telegraph Co, capital stock. $1,0O0.000 Simon E. Davis. H. M. Moffat, Frank J. Forbes. los. P. Lucy, Jas. P. Seneny; Camp Rock Dry Placer Mining Co, capital stock, s5OO,000; incorpOrators, Loren 3. Curtis, L. G. Sewers, Gus Booth, Ray P. Curtis; Standard Motor Truck Co., capital stock. s1.0OO.0OO; incorpor- ltors. o. L. Hatchett. John R. Elberg ]. A. McAvoy, c. T. Bangs, s. F. Can