Arizona republican., 1908-04-02
OF LOCAL INTEREST

DR. M'NAUGHTON lLl.-Dr. Jas. NcNaughton of Pasadena tormerly president of the Tempe Normal. is re- ported to be very i'll in a hospital in
 Pasadena his home city.
 YUMA PRoSPEROUS.-J. J. Riggs.
 citizen member of the board of control, returned yesterday morning from visit ta Y"ra. which city he reports as in a booming condition.
 WEDDING INVITATIONS ISSUED Invitations have been issued by Mrs. Guy Bennett for the marriage of her daughter, Miss Saidee Drew, to Thos.
 Herrick Sherrard The wedding will occur April ? at 620 North Center St. KINGS DAUGHTERS. - The next
 meeting of the Kings Daughters will
 be held tonight at the home of Ethel
 Dom. Hay racks will be provided for
 those who wish to attend, and will
 leave the Baptist church at 6:45 D. m.
 MARRIED AT PARSONAGE.-John
 Burnard hammers and Miss Jennie
 Warden Kuhn were married last night
 at o'clock at the First Methodist
 church parsonage. by Rev. Geissinger.
 The newly welded couple wilt reside at Florence.
 HUSTIING FOR BUSINESS. - J.
 C. Erman arrived yesterday from Chi
 cago and New York, where he has
 been for the past six weeks in con-
 nection with his mining operations in
 Arizona Aftet few days here he will continue his journey to hls home
 in Los Angeles.
 MIR. TROTT'S ADDED DUTIES. - Judge Kent yesterday afternoon ap- pointed F. P Trott water commits
 sioner for the Indian ditch, the duties of that office having been performed by the late George F. Brown. Mir.
 Trott has for several years been com missioner of all the canals directly af- fected by the Kibbey decree.
 TERRITORIAL TREASURY Ter ritorial Treasurer Kirkland in balanc- ing up his books yesterday found he had picked up couple of thousand dollars for the territory during the last month The cash balance for Febru- ary was $534.9S2.52 The receipts were $S9.556 ca and the expenditures S3S.I17.04. leaving a cash balance for March of $5S6.42I.53.
 THE LAST PAYMENT. - J. B. Mecham of Chicago arrived here yes terday his mission being the making of the final payment on the Sultana mine near Kelvin. This was practice ally arranged for some weeks ago. but was delayed by detail in the transaction that had to be attended to before the final payment could be made
 CITY LEAGUE MEETING. - The l city league will hold a meeting this evening at the police court room at the city hall and the committee on rules and regulations will he ready to report. The managers of the city teams will be present and talk over the plans for the organization. Ev- erybody interested in baseball is wei come to attend the sessions and offer suggestions.
 RETURNED FROM LOS ANGE- LES.-I. C. Ryf, who has been in Los Angeles for several weeks, has return ed to Phoenix and joined the forces at the local Santa Fe offices as assistant city messenger agent He was former ly with the company here and comes back to Phoenix convinced that it is about the best place in the country for a voung man without any matrimo- niai entanglements.
 AFTERNOON WEDDING-Herbert | Miller StrOugh and Miss Edith Bunch ! were united in marriage yesterday af- 1ernoon at D. nl. at the residence Of 1 the brides parents on South Seventh ! Avenue. The groom is mining man and well known here. The brides | father was formerly a teacher in the | Glendale schools. and she has q large | circle of friends who will extend best | wishes To the young couple. The l ceremony was performed by Rev. l Geissinger of the First NJ. F.. church. !
 ElDRED IN TOWN.-Hi Eldred ] of San Diego, for some generations d | former resident of this valley, return | ed yesterday morning to renew old | and take Jake Miller | up to the Roosevelt dam. He knew | Jake would never go unless some one | made him, and Mir. Eldred felt il was | up to him to do it. They left last | evening. Mir. Eldred says he brought | back that famous sweet potato he se cured from MT Jackson, and it is just i as prolific as ever. The plants he has | in San Diego are growing so fast he | had to put another board on the fence 1 around the lot to keep them from | on his neighbors.
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL WELL. -l Disaster has Overtaken the 790-foot | hole at Benson which it was hoped | would be the making of an artesian | well. The lower end of the casing | got stuck or blunted, or something of | the sort, so it could not be driven fur l ther. and it will be necessary to pull | the casing and begin another hole. Su- i perintendent Mahoney was here yes ! terday bringing this unpleasant infor- | nation. Tho contractor r. O. Mackey, | will be the loser Cor be took the cnn-