Arizona republican., 1909-04-18
PARKER PlCKINGS.

Friday at noon on the 1Ith or April is the final apportionment Of improvements in Parker, so far as Captain Wm. Strover. examiner of surveys. is concerned. On the follow ing morning his report complete will be forwarded to the land department at Washington, thus closing the first important chapter toward the open ing of this townsite. So replete and comprehensive is the data of Captain Strover that it should not take the officials of the department but very short time to set the date of opening the townsite, announcement of which, it is to be hoped, will be known within the next two weeks. While the people of Parker are glad that the work of the examiner IS completed, still they regret to know that in it's completion they lose the society of the Strovers, who during the past few months have come to be appreciated as residents of the town. Next week Captain Strover and son, Charles, will visit Bouse, Salome and Wenden. where the former will spend some time in the examining of sur veys. while Mrs. Strover will take visit to the coast
 NIT. and Mrs. John Ellis of Wicken- burg are completing the erection of a ten-room lodging house on Califor- mia avenue, two blocks from the de- pot.
 The State of Arizona returned Thursday from successful trip to the Blythe estate.
 F.. s. osborn, the Bill Williams mining man, and son, Harry, returned this week from a visit to Los An geles.
 pr. McGinnis has placed soda fountain in his drug store. In place of anything better this fountain is all right and the doctor is to be com mended for placing something within reach of the thirsty these pheasant days" that is cool and refreshing, if not as exhilarating as some might wish.
 Burt Browns pool room with soda pop on the side is doing a land office business these days. Burt is already showing affluence and is figuring in his mind, we'll bet, whether he is To- cated in the first, second, third or fourth ward.
 Mrs. Duncan, wife of V. F.. Duncan of Bouse, spent the fore part of this week in Parker. The lady has been i'll for some weeks and was here for treatment under pr. Whitmarsh. She left Thursday morning for her horne completely restored in health.
 Judge Dave Foley of McCabe. Na- vapai county, was a visitor to Parker this week.
 Daniel J. Leedy, a California min ing man, is again visiting Parker.
 Geo. w. West, auditor of the $. T. P. & P. and Jack Jaeger, track su- perintendent of the same road, were visitors to Parker last Wednesday evening.
 Frank and Lee Bowman, r'iners of Copper Basin, left Friday morning to spend the summer in Northern California.
 Early September marks the begin ming of Parker's progress, which will ever be steadily onward and upward, a quiet, steady growth into a populous city.
 It has been authoritatively stated that the A. & c. will be completed just as soon as possible. What does that mean to Parker? It simply means that with the beginning of its extension ground will also be broken here for machine shops and for the erection of a Harvey hotel. These institutions are of necessity bound to be completed by the opening of the A. X C. line. This means the ex- penditure of a large sum of money and the increasing of our popula- ton within the year fully seven fold.