Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-03-10
OF LOCAL INTEREST

A VISITOR FROM MEXICO-Wn-
liam Dunbar, brother of ]. o. Dun
bar, who has been visiting in Phoenix
for some days, will leave tonight for
the southern part of the territory. Re-
Gently Mr.. Dunbar has been down in
Sinaloa, Mexico, building steel bridges
for the Cananea, Yaqui River and Pa
cific Railroad company Prior to go
ing to Mexico Mr.. Dunbar was a guard
in the customs service located at No
gales.
WoMEN'S DAY-Tanner Chapel. A.
NJ. e church, will hold its annual wo-
mems day next Sunday and the women
will have charge all day. Among the
special addresses will be those of Miss
Lulu Clifton, deaconness of the First
Methodist Episcopal church; Mrs
IdOnia Jones of the same church and
Mrs. c. G. Gilchrist on the subject
The worth of the women TO the
church" Special services morning,
afternoon and night
A DAY WITHOUT NEWS-No word
was yesterday received from the
Hughie Hughes party that made the
auto run to Globe in an Oldsmobile
car on high speed. 1t was a part of
the plan of the party, which consisted
Of Mr.. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs Frank
Hilderbran and c. S. Scott of The Re
publican, Immediately after their ar
rival in Globe to climb the steps lead
ing to the new ella county court house
in their car. 1t was also the plan of the
party to leave Globe yesterday after
noon and reach Phoenix today All
the news so far received was of their
arrival 1t would be fair to presume
that their itinerary will be carried out
to the letter, and that they will be in
Phoenix tOday.
THE BOARD OF TRADE RULE-I
will be the last day on
which members of the board of trade
can avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to pay their dues if they
would cast a vote at the annual
meeting of the organization called 7
for April 18th. No one at that meet I
ing will be allowed to vote who has
not paid his dues up to Saturday
Of this week, the rule being the re-
suit of a resolution adopted some
time ago. This resolution provided !
that no one would be entitled to I
vote at the election who was not in
good standing thirty days prior to I
the date of the election. The by
laws provide that no member is in
good standing if he is ninety days
in arrears with his dues.
HESTER COMMITTED - Frank
Hester, the old man taken up by the .
officers in the vicinity of Mesa was
yesterday committed to the asylum
after an examination by the county
physician, DR.. Tafel and DR.. Hawley. |
There was little brought out at the
hearing other than some history Of
Hester himself. He was born in Fa-
yette county, Tennessee, forty-four
years ago. After spending his boy
hood on a farm he started west,
stopped for a short period in Missis-
sippi and later in New Mexico and
Texas. He has been in Arizona but
TWO years and part of the time
ne was employed by the government
IN the canal work near Phoenix.
Hester has no immediate relatives
lying and was never married. A
title over a year ago he suffered an
lttack of pneumonia from which, it
s his opinion, his present. trouble
,ame. He admitted to the court
hat at times he was out Of his
lead and was satisfied when told
le would have to go to the asylum.
A FORMER PHOENIX Boy
Aaron P White, who some days ago
!
Tenn, where he had been attending \
Vanderbilt University, left this morn
ng for Oakland. Cal. where he will
spend a few days visiting his brother, /
Joel White. now connected with the
force of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Later he will COM