Arizona republican., 1908-10-31
S RIVER VALLEY NEWS BY REPUBLICANS RURAL ROUTE CORRESPONDENTS

speeches were very good but MT. De Sousa was especially good.
 R. F. Isaac has rented the WOodson
 ranch and moved from his place near
 Alhambra, taking all his dairy stock
 and household goods.
 Wm. Pickrell, visited his ostrich Harm, 6lk miles northwest of town Thursday. All the birds seem to be
 in good condition.
 F. w. Bennitt is a full fledged farmer
 now and a good one too. He has his
 ranch in fine condition.
 J. NJ. Cartwright is having his alfal-
 ia haZ baled.
 Ed Fox is selling his horse and cattle
 prior to returning to his old home in
 Texas. Any one desiring a fine driv- ing mare can secure one cheap from
 him.
 k. J. Cartwright has returned from
 an extended visit to California. He
 has relatives and friends in Lathrop,
 where he spent the summer. Mir. and Mrs. J. NJ. McElhaney and their daughter, Helen, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. !. R. Sheets, having just come out here from the east. l Mrs. Glenn Stump. is rejoicing over the many kind tokens she received from old friends in Nebraska, in honor of her birthday. She received some thing like fifty cards from them. Harry Hancock, visited the recla- nation service in our district Friday. There are several camps here and each one employs about twenty-five men. Two new laterals were opened this week and water turned in from the new Grand canal. The work is very nicely done. the cement headgates are ornamental as well as serviceable.
 The mail carrier was unable to de- liver mail to several boxes Wednesday on account of the road being blocked by canal the reclamation service dug. but no one complained, as water is more important than the mail. | John Shawoer, who traded ranches with NJ. List, is making extensive i'm provements on his house He is build ling a porch in the front and adding several rooms to the rear of the pres ent house.
 O. NJ Logue. father of Robert Logue, formerly of the Wilson district, but residing at Cartwright. arrived in the ! city Tuesday and is now enjoying our delightful climate on his sons place, six miles west Of town. i T. A. Mann, has moved to his place opposite the Pickerell ostrich farm. where he built a cottage this summer. R. H. Logue has rented the place MT. Mann was on.
 | Lin B. Orme, has made some exten- | sive improvements on his ranch lately. Remodeling his house and adding a porch. Several loads of gravel i'm lproved the walks and made things look better. He also enlarged his irrigating ditch and put new headgates in. We presume he expects the government to give a better head of water than the old company. MT. Orme had his men and teams ready yesterday to commence seeding a half section to grain early this morning
 H. J. Perkins new brick house is coming on nicely under the guidance of Tom Edens, a well known contrac- tor.
 Wm. Losing sold a car load of hon. ey last week.
 C. Floyd Smith is absent on a busi- ness trip to his old home in Missouri. i He expects to be gone about 10 days.
 Mrs. R. R. Root has as her guest Miss Charlotte Chapman, a cousin from Ashtabula, Ohio.
 Miss Mabel Nofzinger. a plucky con- testant of The Republicans contest. refuses to give up if she is near the bottom. We wish her friends to give her their support in coupons and sub IscriptiOns
 Our mail carrier. Lyman LaTOunette | is back once more. we hope to stay this time, thought We are glad he had good time while in California with the militia. He says the Arizona boys made a good showing and that Col. McClintock told them that he was proud of them.
 Cliff Green and J. NJ. Langston, re- turned from the war maneuvers in ! California without a scratch of any kind and say they had a fine trip.