Arizona republican., 1909-02-09
OF LOCAL INTEREST
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Wflcox( clerk of the district court in Cochise county is in the city TOT short visit.
 CLUB TEA-The Womans club win enjoy a club tea in it's regular meeting place. this afternoon, the members to be the guests Of the executive board of the club.
 COLLECTING GAFUNERAL FUND -Colored citizens desire to inform the public that the minister who is collecting money to defray the ex- nense of the funeral of J. C. Boykin is not Rev MT. Bray of the A. M. E. church.
 WASHINGTON VISIToRS-P D. Schnebly and F. D. Schnebly of FL lensburg, Washington, are in the city guests of the Ford hotel They are uncle and cousin respectively, Of w. F. Schnebly, a well known commer- cial man of this city and came here to visit him.
 Y. M. c. A. OFFICIAL COMING c. L. Gates, field secretary of the in ternational committee of the Y. M. c. A of New York, with headquarters in Kansas City. is expected here about next Tuesday, February Is, to confer on '. M. c. A. matters.
 SUIT REFILED-A suit for sepa- rate maintainence was filed m dls- trict court yesterday by Anna k. Hadsell against Burgess A. Hadsell. This is a refiling of the suit former ly started and in which case leave to amend the complaint was granted Saturday It appears that the com. plainant has elected to inaugurate new suit instead.
 coIoRED CUBS WiN-The Color ed Cubs of Phoenix defeated the Lehl Indians of Mesa in a hot game at Eastlake park Sunday. The game was tied in the ninth inning the score be- ing 5 to 5. A final run was made by the Cubs A return game will be play ed shortly.
 LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT-O. A. Speakman, the proprietor of large number of stores in western Pennsyl- vania, came to Phoenix yesterday with the possible intention of locating here. He will spend few days here looking over the valley and then probably go on to Los Angeles to see what south ern California has to offer.
 u. c. T. WILL oReANIzE-1t is probable that a local chapter of the Union of Commercial Travellers will be organized in Phoenix within the next few weeks. Some commercial men who are now in the city are en- deavoring to get the requisite number of signatures to an application for charter from the headquarters Of the union.
 SPOKANE .IRRIeATioNlsT-H. L. Moody. manager of the Moody Land company of Spokane and member of the executive committee of the local board of control of the seventeenth Irrigation congress, Is expected here on the 10th. He wired B. A. Fowler to that effect yesterday confirming a letter received several days ago. His purpose Is to confer with Mir Fowler, secretary of the congress, and other prominent irri- gationists, concerning the next con- gress, which is to be held in Spo- kane.
 REPORT OF PRoGREss-The Doris Heyman company reports pro gress on the coupon count in the mat ter of the contest for S10O in which the ladies aid societies of the city are par ticipating, as follows: Central M. F. church, 1859; First M. F. church, 1922; Baptist church, $40: Presbyterian church. 831; Christian church. 472; Glendale church, 274. It is quite ap- parent that a lot of coupons are being held back for final rush at the end of the contest.
 MONEY COMING sooN-A letter to the Y. NJ. c. A. from L. A Coolidge, assistant secretary of the treasury, states that upon receipt by the treas ury department of the favorable opin- ion of the attorney general as to the validity of the title to the lot for the federal building site, prompt payment for the same will be made. Ordinarily not more than four or five days are required to state an account and have the warrant issued, after the title has been passed.
 WENT CRAZY-Francisco Martinez. a Mexican woman who was placed in the city jail on a charge Of drunken ness few days ago, went crazy late Sunday night. Her insanity took the form of a religious Authorization. The woman made violent efforts to get out of her cell saving that the saints were waiting for her outside. She kept up a continual motion of her hands indi- eating by gestures that she was strug gling with an evil spirit that was try ing to get the best of her. She was removed yesterday afternoon to the county. jail and will be examined as to her sanity
 PosToFFIcE cHANGEs-A. Guy Alsap, has resigned his position as money order clerk in the Phoenix postoffice,. to accept a better one as bookkeeper for The Republicn. MT A1sap has made splendid official in the postofflce and was voluntarily giv- en fine letter by Postmaster Me- C1intock He is succeeded at the mon ey order window by ". J. Horstman, who has been serving as registry clerk. Charles Foglesong takes the registry window. Both gentlemen are old and experienced postoffice men. Frank A Jefferson, new addition to the force. has been placed in charge of the gen eral delivery division. Mir. Jefferson is also experienced having been in the service twelve years and having been