Arizona republican., 1908-09-30
OF LOCAL INTEREST

A SON.-A fine eight pound son was born in this city on the 24th, to MT. land Mrs F. x. O'Brien of Wickenburg.
 BACK FROM THE coAST-P. w. | Butler and family have returned from ! Ocean Park, Cal, where they spent ! the summer.
 ! BUY WATER.-Today is the last | day for the purchase of winter water
 by the farmers. Those who have neg lected the matter have no time to lose.
 VISITING MINING MEN.-T. H.
 Fellows of san Francisco who is in terested in mining enterprises in the territory and somewhat contiguous to this valley. spent Monday in Phoenix SURVEY APPROVED-The sur
 veyor general has approved mineral survey No. 252S, Big Four lode min ing claim, situated in the Owens min ing district. Mohave county. and claimed by w. B. Cole and A. Yer
 RAYMOND PLAYERS FINIsH.-
 The Raymond players finished their engagement at the Third Avenue theater on Sunday night and there will
 be no further performances in that play house for a few days. The man | of two or three well recommended com panies and expects in day or two to be able to announce something that will interest the patrons Of the theater.
 ON MAKING FURNITURE.-John D. Adams. a draftsman in the survey or generals office has furnished the Woman's Home Companion with a se- ries of articles on the subject of mak ing furniture of what is variously known as the Mission. Puritan or Sim plicity style. One of these articles ap- pears in the October number and oth- CTS will follow. There are in the pub lished article, extended remarks on model chair and a model serving table, together with instructions by which any person handy with tools may make those articles, the instruction being ac- companied by pictures of the finished products.
 HUMBOLDT SMELTER.-The re- ceiver's sale of the property of the Consolidated Arizona Smelling com pany. which includes the Humboldt shelter, did not take place in Prescott on Monday as had been expected. but was postponed three weeks. The req son for the postponement was the information secured by the receiver that a syndicate which holds the com Dany's note for S5OO,0OO would pay more for the property in the event of a postponement, than the S15O,OOO pre- viously recorded as the highest bid.
 Men in Place of Horses.
 The Constantinoole correspondent of the Neue Freie Presse. of Vienna says that among the first of the many who marched to the Yildiz Kiosk to express thanks for the decree were the burden bearers. or hamalis. These powerful, ! athletic Turks for the most part ! beautiful men. despite their dirty garb. 1 have a well organized society which | lays down the laws by which they are | guided in their vocation. They come | from Asiatic Turke-, where they leave | their wives while they work industri ! ously and honestly for a few years, save | their earnings and then return to their | homes. The bad pavements and the narrow winding streets preclude the | 1ray in ConstantinoDle, and these men | take the place of the dray horse. On | long poles they may be seen carrying | great bales of goods. pianos, safes and | all sorts of heav,- property. They are in their religion and thor Dughly Turkish, but it seems that they appreciate the advance toward liber- llism, and showed their ability to live up to European methods on the day after the demonstration, when they struck for higher wages.