Arizona republican., 1908-12-10
OF LOCAL INTEREST

s RETURNED HOME-Ira D. Reedy
 arrived here from Naco quite unex-
 pectedly Sunday morning for a days
 visit and when he left that evening
 Mrs. Reedy decided to return with
 him, cutting her visit rather shorter
 than she had planned.
 | SOClAl-The school society of | Tanner chapel, A. M. E., will will give a social in the church tonight for the purpose of securing new books and
 new instruments. Admission will be free and the public is invited.
 INDEPENDENT TELEPHoNE-In
 yesterdays item concerning the Inde- pendent Telephone company there was
 a typographical mixing of the names l of the directors elected. The cor
 rected list of directors is M. A. Stan ford, Dr. J. w. Foss, Richard Os-
 mundsen, John Mollett and L. D. | Rosseau.
 BARACA ENTERTAINER ENT-The
 Baraca entertainment that was ad-
 vertised for last Thursday evening and postponed will be given tonight
 in the Central Methodist church, cor
 ner of Center and Monroe streets.
 There will be a good program par
 ticipated in by the leading musicians of the city.
 LOST HIS eIKE-Frank Leper of the Arizona Mercantile company left l his wheel standing in front of the store Monday and reported to the po- | lice yesterday that it was stolen. The ] bicycle was later found near the i capitol, where it had been left by some one who was apparently out of | street car fare.
 NEW RESIDENTS IN VALLEY-I Mir. and Mrs. w. c. Shron of Chat tanooga, Tenn, arrived in Phoenix yesterday They passed the day in a drive over the Salt River valley Mir Shron is a well known real estate dealer of Chattanooga and is looking over the valley with a view to future investment. They will remain in Phoenix for the winter
 WILL WINTER HERE-F. NJ. Camp arrived here yesterday from his home in New Jersey and expects to spend the winter in Phoenix. He was formerly a postoffice inspector and served in this division, so he is we'll acquainted with Arizona. III health sometime ago caused him to resign from the service. He has inn proved somewhat since taking life less strenuously and has returned to enjoy the Arizona sunshine.
 A WINTER RESIDENT-Meyer Sugardman of the firm of Sugarman & Bros, of San Francisco, arrived here yesterday and expects to stay here this winter. He spent one pre- viOus winter in Phoenix and has never been really happy since then until yesterday when he got back and filled up his lungs with high grade air. San Francisco is a good place l in many ways. but in point of climate MT Sugarman thinks this valley is the real frosting on the cake Sugar man Bros. are dealers in old ma chinery and in old metals. They i handle copper and brass chiefly, but | like to handle a little gold also when l they can get hold of it.
 SWELL DREssERs' SYSTEM The many patrons of ,"Goldbergs" | store will be delighted to know that | this house has decided to inaugurate | one of the famous Outcault systems of | advertising. The special designs which | have been furnished are known as the ! swell dressers' system" There will | be series of double column cuts run | each week depicting "Sambo" and his l Al,. apt explanations and catchy sayings. Special type has been procured and | will be used in the advertisements There will also be sent each month to the regular customers of the store. calendar post card printed in colors, in Outcault's usual happy vien, giving further views of the irrepressible "Sambo" These post cards will be a welcome souvenir in any household and the first regular installment of the new advertisement will appear Sun day.
 GONE TO YUMA-Supervising En- gineer L. c. Hill left last night for Yuma, where he expects to remain until the closure of the coffer dam | is effected in the center of the river. AS HdS Deell nerelOIOTe explained, construction has been carried from both banks of the river at the same time, including the building of a wasteway next to each bank. Be tween the two ends of the structure is a channel about 725 feet wide and it is now planned to throw a coffer dam across this channel above the site and another below it, diverting the water into the wasteways while the central portion of the dam is constructed For the building of the coffer dams a railroad has been run on a trestle along the line of each from which dirt will be dumped. Suf ficient dirt has already been dumped to raise the water above the dam three feet higher than that below it and these coffer dams will be thrown ,,,N vo liul, at tho l