Arizona republican., 1908-10-01
Of Local Interest

MIR. ELY HoME.-Auditor Sims Ely has returned from an official visit in Southern Arizona.
 WICKENBURG VISITOR K. Murphy. former sheriff of this coun- ty but for several years a resident of Wickenburg. is visiting in Phoenix.
 JOE O'CONNELL RETURNS Everyone remembers Joe O'Connell, the newsboy. He has returned from long vacation on the coast. It did not take Joe long to decide to get in the working harness and he at once en- tered The Republicans scholarship contest.
 WEDOED COUPLE RETURN.- Charles E. Camp and wife who was Miss Elizabeth Morse of Oak Park, Ills were arrivals in the city yesterday from the east. They will make Phoe- nix their future home. The wedding took place september 26.
 CUPID HANGING ABOUND Knowing ones aver that Dan Cupid has been seen hanging around the cap itol building again. It is understood that he is entitled to one victim a year out of the capitol building and has been getting his own. but does not seem to be satisfied and hopes to get another arrow in the target before Christmas.
 LOOK IT uP-Read The Republi- cans display advertisement about the scholarship contest Now is the time to enroll as a contestant. One thou sand eight hundred dollars in premi- ums and commissions will be given away. Ambitious boys and girls have an opportunity, in this contest to make a nice lot of cash commissions and earn for themselves paid in advance tuitions. in the best business colleges in Arizona, and the Arizona School of Music
 REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE OPEL ClALS.-Secretary Young of the re- publican territorial committee yester- day morning left for his mining prop erty this side of Prescott. He will re- turn to the city this morning. Chair man Hoval A. Smith of the committee is expected here on Friday. Reports from all points in the southern part of the territory indicate satisfactory pro- gress of the Cameron campaign.
 CALIFORNIA CONOITIONS.-E. F. Prowell has returned from a trip to California going as far north as San Francisco. He says he found Califor- mia in 9 state Of coma Nearly all the little towns he passed through ap- peared to be dead with weeds growing up in the front yards. San Francisco. he says, has some fine new buildings but they are plastered all over with for rent signs and the hum of business activity is not as pronounced as it ought to be. He thinks Phoenix is in better shape in every way than any place he visited.
 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK.-Improve- ments have been made this fall on the Phoenix high school track and the can didates for places on the team are now training faithfully under the direction of the coach. The team will include at [ least three or four very fast men and [ others may show class and form with more conditioning. A boiler has been installed in the high school basement and hot and cold water is at hand for the use of the athletes when they work | out. A rubber has been secured and | things are being conducted in the man. | ner in vogue at all high rated insti- | tutions. The Phoenix boys expect to | carry off a number of the events at | the fair contests.
 A TEST CASE-The Dorris-Hey- man Furniture Co. has recently been | conducting experiments in the line | of special sales with very gratifying | success. Each Saturday the company | has placed on sale at a special price | one article or another found on the | upper floors of the store. The sales | have all been good ones but last | Saturday was rather an unusual one | Brooms were advertised at 20 cents | and before night every broom in the | house was sold. The coming Satur- | day the company will offer a num- l