Arizona republican., 1909-10-22
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES :
 FROM RIVERSIDE CAL.
Reverend and Mrs. Robert s. Fisher
 Pleased With Phoenix.

Rev Robert S Fisher and wife arrived here yesterday from River assigned pastor of the First Metho- dist church of this city. As readers of The Republican know. they were delayed d week or so in their com ing. by an automobile accident, in which all four persons in the car were. painfully hurt. all being ren- dered unconscious for a time. some of them for an hour or more. Mir. and Mrs. Fisher are fully restored. except that they are still a little rheumatic" from the shaking up.
 The accident was a marrow escape from death for all of them. and there seemed to be no one at fault in the matter except the faulty judgment of the man in charge of horse that caused the trouble. Mir and Mrs. Fisher and a friend, Miss Myrtle Gas ton, had accepted the invitation of Dr. Ellis. a local physician. to take a ride in his White Steamer ma chine. They were rolling along at an ordinary rate of speed about two
  when they met d man riding one horse and leading two others. The road was quite narrow at that point. but doubtless the horseman had no fear and believed his stock would not take fright. else he would have stopped at a point where the road was wider, for he could see them coming a half mile away. But as the machine was about to pass the horses. one of the led animals be- came frightened and jumped squarely in front of it. being instantly killed. The machine turned half over to the right, against a tree. only for which it would have turned entirely over. All were thrown out except MT Fisher, who was piled in d heap between the seats, and all were bumped in some manner that rem dered them unconscious. Dr. Ellis was less injured than the others and was the first to recover. suffering bruises and a sprained wrist. He turned his attention to the others, doing what he could to restore them. The horsemen passed from the scene before they hardly knew what had happened. and another machine soon came along and kindly carried Miss Gaston to a hospital. She was the worst injured, suffering the breaking of one leg in two places. Mir. and Mrs. Fisher were bruised on the chest. arms, head. etc, and are now quite well again. having suffered no inter- nal injury.
 MT and Mrs. Fisher are now at home in the parsonage, and thus far are quite well pleased with their sur roundings Mr. Fisher was here dur ing conference. and had secured some thing of an idea of the city and its environments. Mrs. Fisher saw it yesterday for the first. time, and the conditions are therefore more novel to her. MT Fisher says that the most striking thing they have ob- served is the number of brick houses. The greater number of buildings. both residence and business. are of that material. while at Riverside the build ings are chiefly of frame cOnstruc- ton. and the change is very notice able What they have seen and heard of this part of Arizona. however. has all been to it's credit. and they feel quite sure that they will quickly learn to like their surroundings. Asked about his church work. Mir. Fisher said that he has come from a good church. one that he is quite proud of and one of the large churches of southern California. He understands that the Phoenix church is also in similar class. and that the commu- nifty is live one. which is just what he wants. He wants a growing church and a growing community. so he can grow with it. He always feels, a deep interest in public affairs wher- ever he lives. as well as in his church work. and believes that a minister should be an enterprising citizen as well as a good preacher. Religion worth while. he believes. is the sort that can be used during the week as well as on Sunday, and that a deal of religion may be found in secular activities and more of it should be found there. To that end he has sought to make his church work and