Arizona republican., 1908-07-08
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BACK TO THE OLD HoME.-F. J ! Halterman and family leave this
 morning for a visit in Washington, D. C., and their old home in West Vir- I ginia.
 r. A POLAR ExPEDITIoN.-Abe Kor-
 rick left last night for a months stay
 in the northern attitudes, taking along
 his overcOat. San Francisco is his destination unless the intervening ice Hoes head him off.
 PARK WALKS IMPROVED.-The acting superintendent of the capitol grounds is giving the walks in that at- tractive plot a needed coat of gravel, which improves their appearance a great deal.
 MANY LIVES LOST@Twenty-f four dogs were ushered into eternity yes terday by City Marshal Moore and his little popgun. He got them all on the fly. but making one fmuble that re- quired a second shot.
 SOME FINE PLUMS.-J. T. Trotter, owner of the Southacre ranch, a DOT tion of the former Clayson ranch, yes terday brought to The Republican of
 
 Some people care little for plums but to do honor to Mir. Trotter's Climax plums. They-are ''plums as is plums."
 FUNERAL OF MRS. MEAD.-The funeral of Mrs. Flora Mead who died at St Joseph's hospital on Sunday night. will be held this morning at 10 o'clock in the parlors of Easterling & Whitney. She is survived by four sons who reside in Tombstone, one of them being a mine superintendent, and three daughters who live here.
 INDUSTRIAL LIBERTY BAND The Industrial Liberty band is mak ing steady progress and notwithstand- ing the hot weather is managing to not only stay together but adding new members to the already large member ship. Recently two new members were taken in, the two Rodriguez brothers, from the Indian School band. The boys are also expecting a few more additions in reeds and saxophones also a flute player which will make a com plete band, exceeding anything in mu- sic aggregations in the territory.
 NEW RATIONS-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday: Egyptian Cotton Growers Association, capital stock, sS0G0; in cOrporators, W. L. Strickland, J. R. Biddlecome, Will Fitzpatrick, Los Tunas Realty Co, capital stock, $100,- 900; incorporators. John Bruner, AL bert H. Tueehre, J. K. Homse, J. D. Milligan. L. s. Crum. Seven Troughs Mining and Milling and Leasing Co, capital stock, $I.OOO.OOO; incorporators. Lysander Cassidy and George Kirk land.
 OFFICE FORCE CHANGES-J. Grant Smith, circulation manager of the Gazette for the last year, has re- signed his position to accept a respOn- sible place in the circulation depart ment of the San Francisco Call. San Francisco was formerly his home and for nine years he was connected with the Chronicle in that city. The Repub- lNan has found him to be a fair minded and square dealing gentleman in his competition for business and wishes him prosperity. He is succeeded by A. G. Dulmage. formerly the circulation manager of the Galveston Tribune
 THE EASIEST WAY OUT OF IT. Three of the ten young men charged with creating a disturbance at East lake park on Friday night by intrOduc- ing a keg of beer and by interfering with the show. appeared before Jus tice Johnstone yesterday morning They said that they would plead guilty in order to avoid publicity but they s.g.g -.5.lg .r r any disturbance. They admitted that they had brought in the beer but they had not been Ostentatious about it They had concealed in the grand stand far enough away from the crowd so that there was no danger of it's offending anyone. The court re- piled that the bringing in of the beer alone constituted a misdemeanor He imposed a fine of g. each. The other members of the party will be dealt with from day to date until the whole matter has been disposed of
 TUG OF WAR;. F.. Taylor of the Santa Fe force in Prescott was a Phoenix visitor yesterday. lie says the Fourth of July was great day in Prescott and the celebration was one to be proud of. The next thing to oc- cur along the same line will be labor day celebration which will probably be planned in Prescott The idea of a big tug of war tournament has been and seems to find favor in Prescott. MT. Taylor said be believed a purse of probably $500 could be cas- fly raised to be divided into three monies and to be contested for by teams of eight or ten men from Phoe- nix, Jerome and Prescott. There was a tug of war on the Fourth won by the Prescott firemen, that sport seeming to appeal to the. fireman very much Mir. Taylor suggested that the Phoe- nix firemen. or others if fhev desire