Arizona republican., 1909-05-28
By a Large Number of ke|- [ win ExCuPsionists OTHER GUESTS 0F THE WEEK
Drawn to the Capital of Pi- nal County to Revisit Their Friends, to See the Country or to Look Over Adjacent Mining Properties.

Florence, May 25.-(Special Corre- spondence or NThe Republican)-A number of people came over on the ex- cursion, Sunday last. Some had rela- tives, and others friends, living here.
 The Florence hotel dining-room had engaged extra help. so that all were waited on satisfactorily. The day was an ideal one. Several teams took par ties out to the prison grounds. Ari- zona citizens are interested in the construction work, which is going on as rapidly as can be expected The outside wall will soon be completed.
 All extra teams were employed in the transferring of passengers from the depot and return in the evening. The crowd was genteel. with none of the rough element that is usually ! found on an excursion.
 MT. and Mrs. P T. Reardon, of Su perior, came down to Florence. Mon day MT. Reardon had some business at the court house. Mrs. Reardon. nee Katie Donnelly, is well known through out this part of the country. as her girlhood days were spent near Flor ence on the well-llnown Donnelly cat tie ranch, between Florence and Kel- win. where both man and beast slaked their thirst at the famous, overflow fig spring. Mrs. Reardon boarded in Florence, attending the public schools. After the Phoenix & Eastern railroad was completed, the travel by team was cut off. and she and her mother moved to Phoenix. where she met and married MT. Reardon. Her mother passed away soon after going to Phoenix MT Reardon is well known in Phoenix
 Gabriel AngulO, former resident of Florence. recently engaged in the butcher business in Tucson, and is in the country buying up fat cattle.
 Mrs. Gregg, wife of the contractor. came in on the Sunday excursion train and found MT Gregg suffering from an attack of grip. She remained over a couple of days, fully satisfied of his recovery before leaving him.
 F. E. Rich, travelling man from San Diego, paid Florence visit
 Frank Ennis. cattle man in the Sil- yer King country. passed through Florence on his way to Casa Grande, where he has an interest in a livery stable. He went up to assist in the roundup.
 Mrs NJ F. Gilman and sister law, Miss Carrie Gilman, teacher in the | Blackwater Indian school, came in on Sunday to meet friends coming in on the excursion train.
 Mrs. T. c. Wells is again able to be | at her desk as deputy recorder, after | a serious battle with the grip.
 There was a very enjoyable enter | tainment at the parsonage on Friday | evening last, given by the Good Temp | lars The porches were curtained off, | making a very unique stage, and the | audience was seated in the yard, which | was very cool and much more pleas | ant than indoors. The program was | a very entertaining one, consisting of 1 music and recitations, and, afterward | delicious cake and ice-cream was | served. There was a large turnout | and everybody spent a delightful even ing
 George Woodbury returned Wednes- day from a short visit over in the | Bouse mining district. He makes | quite a favorable report of the coun- | try and thinks it has a bright future. | There is a good deal of prospecting |
 v | being done.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hunter, who own an l almond grove near Phoenix, made their | first visit to Florence on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Anderson, of Gilbert, a station six miles east of Mesa, were | among the Sunday visitors. Although | residing so near, this was their first | trip to Florence.
 Miss Florence Reid, a teacher in | the Phoenix schools, spent the day with | A. Reid, a cousin, who is employed at | the prison.
 Mrs. Blake, of Tempe, came over to | look over the land around Florence. She was formerly a resident of Flor ence, and thinks the Gila valley land a | good investment.
 Guests at the Florence hotel were: Mir and Mrs. Larner, MT. and Mrs Clifford, Mesa; William Evans, Phoe- nix; Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Emmons, Ray; Bell Schores, Ray; Annis owens. Ray; Thomas Owens. Ray; Byron Hill, Ray; A. Cockrill, Fl Paso; Harry Schneider, | Fl Paso; H. Woolfort, St. Louis.
 Robert Sehofield, bookkeeper for the Newburg mine, was down last week
 AoiAh oilAC nliO Has III Phoenix for more than twenty years, saw Florence for the first time last Sunday.
 Charles Goldman, a member of Goldman Brothers. wholesale grocers, II Phoenix, came in on the excursion
 The Ladies of the Macabees met in their lodge rooms on Wednesday af- ternoon. Il
 Mrs. w G. Price spent a couple of days in Phoenix.
 The Misses Sophia and Sarah Har- 'is spent Saturday and Sunday at the Newburg camp.
 Mrs. Frank Lohmann accompanied ler mother to Mesa on Sunday.
 John w. Sharp came in on Thurs lay. accompanied by a mining man. U