Arizona republican., 1908-07-11
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARIES.-H. P. Merrill oi
 Benson and Charles A. Garden of Globe lhave been appointed notaries public by
 the governor.
 ONE cANTAuoUPE PATCH.-ThC
 Republican has not seen the eight acre lcantaloupe patch of c, c. Green on
 rural route No. northeast of town but it has seen some of his canta-
 loupes. If they are all like those
 brought to The Republican office MT | Green might well claim to be canta-
 loupe expert.
 MOVING WEST-Secretary Van der
 Yeer has received a letter from Presi-
 dent B. A. Fowler of the Water Users
 Association stating that he and Mrs. Fowler have had a fine visit in New England. They expect to leave for St. Paul this week and thence via the
 northern route to Seattle, south to Los
 Angeles and then home.
 VISITING ODD FEllOWS.-A fly ling column of touring Odd Fellows will
 go to Tempe tonight to attend the in
 stallation of the new officers of Tempe lodge and will return to Phoenix Sun day morning early enough to catch the Diamond Joe train for Prescott where
 there will be more celebrating. Pres colt odd Fellows have arranged for a big "doings" on Monday in celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the order.
 Y. M. C. A series of meetings will be begun at the Indian school Sun day night under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. at D. m. Governor Joseph H. Kibbey will address the first meet | ing. All who can are urged to help make these meetings a success. The Y. NJ. C. A. quartette consisting of Messrs. Mings. Evans, Spaulding and Robertson will have charge of the mu- sic but it is hoped that as many as can will join the chorus. Miss Loise Murphy will sing a solo.
 BROWN N-ULLOM.-Frank Brown and Miss Mirlie Ullom were recently married in this city and are now set completed on North Ninth street. The groom came here from Charleston, H., about six years ago and is in the em- ploy of Clark & Pickrell on one of their ostrich farms. Miss UllOm is from Marion, Indiana, and has been employed as a stenographer since com ing to Phoenix. Both have many friends who will wish them happiness and prosperity.
 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services tomorrow, July 12th, will be as follows: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m; morning worship, union service at the First Baptist church. II o'clock; even ing service at the Christian church. o'clock The Y. P. s. C. F.. prayer meeting will be held at the county poor farm at about 6:3O. All who care to go will find conveyances at the church at 5:3O o'clock.
 4 p. & E. SPUR-The secretary of the interior has approved a contract executed by one of the engineers of the reclamation service on behalf of the United States, with the Phoenix x Eastern railroad company, whereby provision is made for the construction of a spur track about 160 feet in length from the main line of the railway com pany in the city of Mesa, Arizona, to a certain designated point. The proposed spur will greatly facilitate the handling of materials and supplies used in con- HtCllOn NllH lIt sNdll TlNtE DToJttl l, The railway company will furnish an rails. spices, bolts, switches, frogs. switch-stands and connections and shall keep the same in repair at its own expense. The only outlay on the part of the United States will be in the actual cost of construction, which is estimated at s1012.
 RETURN OF THE SHEiKS.-H. w. Taffe and s. L. Easterling, two der wishes of the D. O. K. K. faith, return CT yesterday from their pilgrimage to Globe where they participated in the sacred tortures inflicted on a class of unregenerates on the 3rd of July. They report a very pleasant outing and had no trouble on the road either going or coming, not even quarreling with each other. They had no rain clothes with them but needed none as they traveled under the special protection of Mohammed, or somebody else, so that while it rained all around them they were never even showered upon. They came back decorated with attractive copper badges the Globe Elks had just received for distribution at the grand lodge to be held in Dallas. They do not tApeCl lO go lo DdlidS Dut DotH Taffe and Easterling may be depend- ed upon to get their share of whatever is being passed around. The Globe Fourth was a fine celebration and the Dokies did their part to make the show the biggest and best ever seen in those parts.
 HIS OCCASIONAL LooK-IN- George Washington Mcfarland of arrived here yesterday to look the situation over. MT. Me Farland is an old time printer and for the last quarter of a century has been making the rounds in Arizona. Every once in while he feels the spirit working in him and nothing satisfies him until he has started Once this yearning is gratifiad ba sells if or gives if a1uay