Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-10-13
OF LOCAL INTEREST

! PRAYER MEETING-The prayer
meeting at the Crittenton Home to-
night at 1880 o'clock. will be led by
the young ladies of the Christian
| church
HERE FROM cAROLINA-Mr and
Mrs r C. Stockton, natives of North
| Carolina are in Phoenix for the win
| ter and are located at 719 West Mad
ison street.
GONE TO FLoRENCE-Judge Kent,
accompanied by Recorder Tiffany of
the district court, left yesterday for
Florence, where a number of cases
will be taken up. They VII return
Saturday.
FOUR DAUGHTERs-M and Mrs.
Lloyd B. Christy are the parents of
four fine daughters as ever had the
good fortune to be born in Phoenix,
the youngest arriving yesterday
morning.
NOTHING BETTER IN THE
WEST-Mr. and Mrs. e. T. Hunt and
children returned Saturday after an
absence of over year in Colorado and
oregon. During their wanderings they
found nothing that appealed TO them
so strongly as this valley.
A GOOD BOY NOVA Benson
paper says: Manuel Bardett, a good
looking Mexican boy, who has been in
the Industrial school for the past two
years, left for Phoenix, his home, We'd
nesday evening. Bardett is an indus
trious boy and can safely be relied
upon.
SANITARY BoARD-The livestock
nil hanin a
session that will probably last the
greater part of the week. The person
mel Of the board now is George Pusch
Of Tucson, o. H. Christy OF Phoenix
and ]. ". Stewart of Yavapai county.
Captain Carter secretary.
LADIES' AID SOCIETY-The annu-
al election of officers of the Ladies
Aid of the First N. (. church win
take place at a business meeting to be
held at 2:30 in the church parlors this
afternoon. Tea will be served at $3.50.
at which strangers especially are well
come.
A DESTITUTE FAMlLY-A pitt
able case of poverty was reported to
the police last evening 1t was that
of a Mexican widow woman who lives
in the brick house on block Al. who
mas no dependable means Of support
and who had eight children until yes
terday when the youngest one died.
leaving her without means to give it a
proper burial. The matter viii prob
ably be turned over TO the county au-
thorities
CONTINUOUS BUSINESS. D.
Carbon of Piral county. interested in
various mining projects and among
them the Arizona Consolidated Gold
and Copper company. spent yesterday
in Phoenix. He says the company
has been working continuously and
expects to as far in the future as can
now be seen or imagined and the
property of course looks as good as
ever or such would probably not be
the plans Of the company
MR.. DEMERIcK ON DUTY-A. H.
Demerick. the electrical engineer in
charge of the construction of the trans
mission line from Roosevelt to the
valley. was a Phoenix visitor yester- !
day. 1t will be remembered that he
headed the party which entered the
chamber containing the
water power machinery at Roosevelt
and was blown up IN some sort of
natural gas explosion. Until recently
he has been in the hospital ever since. !
He still carries one hand tied up and
the other in a cotton flannel glove to
protect it, but he has practically re-
covered, and will have few if any
marks to show for his narrow escape |
from death.
A FINE VOLUME-w. S. Colds
worthy, general agent of the Santa Fe, |
has received a book that he prizes |
very highly, both because it is a nice |
one to have and because it is a handy |
and useful volume in his business. It |
is an illustrated biographical directory |
of the officers of the Santa Fe system, |
including the higher officials of the |
main line and all its branches. There |
are shown the pictures of 1S9 officials /
together with a short biography OF /
each, and similar biographies Of an
other hundred or so of officials of |
the lower rank. The book was COM
piled by Albert McRae, editor of the |
Santa Fe Employees Magazine, and is |
dedicated to ]. w. Kendrick, second |
vice president