Arizona republican., 1909-04-24
Of Local Interest

A WEEK END VISITOR-Mrs. Otis E. Young of Wendendale. with her lit
 tie son is spending a few days with friends in the city.
 THE OLD SETTLERS PICNIC The old Settlers picnic will take place today at the camp meeting grounds in BrilIs addition.
 VISITING DAUGHTER-Mrs. Guy Bennett left yesterday for an ex- tended visit to her daughter, Mrs. Thomas H. Sherrard of Portland, Ore.
 CALLED AWAY BIZ ILLNESS Seth Byers, the court house janitor, left last night for northeastern Penn sylvania on intelligence that his sis ter is about to die.
 ROOSEVELT VISITORS-Mrs. s. s. Thompson, daughter and son. of Roose- welt. were in Phoenix yesterday on their way to California to live. Mir. Thompson will join them later.
 THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GAMPS-The Republican has not that many but it has a great many bicycle or auto lamps which people have found and brought here to be called for by the owners who will be received with open arms.
 RETURNING ODD FELLOWS--For the last two days the delegates to the Grand lodge and Rebekah assembly of the I. o. O. F., held-this week in Tue son, have been coming back to Phoe- nix in punches and most of them are here or passed through on yesterdays trains to their northern homes. A few will remain here for day or two long CT visiting Phoenix friends.
 GOING AFTER lT-For their part of the work in connection with the proposed railroad right of way between Phoenix and Buckeye, H. NJ. Lewis and c. B. King have undertaken to secure that section of the line from the Agua Fria river west to the terminus. They will leave for the lower country today to see how near they can come to de- livering the goods.
 BIG CATTLE RANCH SOlD- John Hurley and Dell Crabb have brought the Blair cattle ranch and cattle, situated west of Prescott, the consideration being S30,000. Mir Crabb had another large ranch in the same neighborhood and recently sold a portion of it for s10,000, which gave him a nest egg with which to acquire a half interest in this larger property.
 DEPOT MAIL BOX-A mail box has been put up at the NJ. & P. depot and those who are late in posting their letters for the southern trains. or the Winkelman train, may now mail them at the depot up to ten minutes before the departure of trains when the box will be emptied by the postal clerk on the outgoing train. Those who are still further behind time may shove letters in the mail car during the last ten minutes, so that hereafter the southern mail will not be gone until it goes.
 MIR. WISE cITIZEN-A second ward tragedy of the bond election on Wednesday has leaked out A cer- tain leading citizen, who ranks high in the councils of the democratic party, and who believes in having things done right, was the first man to show up at the second ward pol ling place He secured his ticket and before he had time to repair to a booth to mark it, he grew interested in the conversation of the election board members, concerning the per fectly correct way of folding a ticket for deposit in the ballot box. This is the way it should be done he said, and proceeded to fold up the ballot in his hand, tear off the stub and hand to the judge and then drop the ticket in the box And then another thought occurred to him.