Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-21
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 FROM THATCHER

THATCHER, January 20.-The many friends of Victor Olfchowka will be sorry to learn that his wife died in California on the 18th.
 The stockholders of the firm of the Wilkins Commercial company held their annual meeting on Tuesday evening, and elected new officers.
 Mrs. Richard Layton has gone to make few weeks visit with relatives at Mesa.
 Prominent among the social happen ings of the week was pleasant sur prise given Mrs. W. R. Bingham on her fifty.frst birthday, January 13. Tho evening was spent in singing, music and social conversation, and at 10:30 clock all retired to the dining room, where delicious supper was served. The guests departed at late hour, express. ing themselves as having had an enjoy able time. MT. and Mrs. Bingham were among the first settlers of the San Pc. dro valley and came to Thatcher fifteen years ago.
 The joint meeting of the Mutual Im- provement associations will furnish the program for the Polysophieal assoeia- tion of the academy on the evening of the 18th. No pains are being spared to make it interesting and profitable. The stake officers and members of the religion classes held a eonvention at the academy chapel on the 18th, to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Carl c. Maesar, the founder of the religion class work They met at 10 a. m. and after the opening exercises the time was spent in talks on the life of the man who became one of the strongest | teae hers the church has produced. At the close of the meeting all present joined in bounteous picnic dinner. President John Bilby, Emma E.. Cole. man, Mrs. II. P. Nash, Mrs. s. F. Hey wood, Mrs. Inez Lee and others made interesting and instructive talks on the different phases of religion class work There was good attendance of officers, and number of visitors present.
 Mrs. Wallace Summer of Bisbee i. visiting with her father, William Hund- ley of Pima.
 C. c. Cole of the Fumarole mine is visiting at Pima for a few days.
 The stork brought a new baby girl to the home of Mir. and Mrs. John Dam, ron of Thatcher on the goth. Mother and child are doing well.
 President Kimbsll, with his two little daughters, Alice and Helen, has gone to Artesia to spend a few days.
 James M. Duke has gone to do devel opment on his mining claims.
 Edgar Sessions has been working at Artesia for the last week.
 Mrs. Laura Nuttell of Pima, wits some of her associate officers, have gon. to Cochise county to make their official visits to the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement associations there.
 The Chautauqua circle held it's regu lar meeting Monday evening, with all members present.
 Mrs. Crosby of St. Johns and Mrs. w. w. Pace visited the primary asso citation Monday afternoon.
 The district school teachers he'd meeting at the school house Monday a. 4 clock, to transact business eonnect- ed with the schools.
 During the year 1908, 2400 cars of alfalfa were shipped out of the valley. and 53S of these were shipped by the Blk Six alone Thirty-eight cars of barley were also shipped out by the Big Six. Over $l00,000 has been distributed among the people of the valley for farm produce. The Big Six has done busi- ness amounting to $l50,00O. That speaks pretty well for year of 6nan cial depression, and that makes no men tion of the heavy fruit crop of last year, or of the garden vegetables, but ter, live stock, or poultry. The hay crop was not nearly so good as usual, a. the third and fourth crops were ren dered unmarketable by the excessive rains. Other mercantile bdsiness houses have also done a large per cent of the business