Arizona republican., 1909-05-15

1 her parents MT. and Mrs. Reuben Hill, 1 Thursday.
 Maurice O'Neil is doing some long distance running these cool evenings.
 A stack of hay was destroyed by fire on the Adams ranch recently. The fire originated from a small fire which one of the men had started to heat his after dinner coffee. Owing to the cot ton and dry foXtail the fire soon spread to the haystack. J. D. Monihon owned the hay.
 Block and Van Kirk of the Metro pOlitan stables have purchased the volunteer crop of oat hay on Center street from F.. J. Bennitt and are hay ing it cut and baled for winter feed
 Tom Bowles sold to MT. Banks in the lower valley, a very fine mare and Tom Burroughs spent Monday in de- livering the animal to it's new owner
 Ralph Quinn and George Peterson went hunting last Sunday and left the horse hitched to the buggy. When they returned the buggy was almost completely demolished, the horse hay ing kicked it to pieces.
 Chaplain Scott was in the district soliciting stockholders in the new pro- posed electric car line to Scottsdale.
 Miss Geneva Downing entertained few friends at her home on the car line last Saturday evening. The invited guests were. Irma Hawkins. Louise Beecher, Helen Taylor, Wallace Gregg and Dannie Campbell
 Miss Minnie Thompson closed the Madison school last Friday with an enjoyable all-day picnic. A short pro gram was rendered and at noon an elegant dinner was spread in the base ment. Many of the patrons of the school were present and also many of graduate, Alfred Lehman, who has done excellent school work. Miss Thomson has been offered the school for another year and it is probable she will accept the position. She eX- poets to spend part of the summer in the mountains.
 MT. Leftwich is away looking after his mining interests, but is expected home in few days.
 Water came in the new Grand canal for the first time the last of last week. Crops have been suffering from the scarcity of water.
 Rev. Orville Coats was a visitor in the neighborhood last Monday.
 John Medley left for his home in Illinois last Friday. MT. Medley was residing in one of the Howard cottages on the car line. He came here for tubercular trouble.
 Mrs. Jerry Sullivan will leave in few days for a visit to her relatives and friends in California. She expects to be gone all summer.
 MT. and Mrs. Barker, parents of Fred Barker, have returned from a trip to California. MT. Barker owns an orange grove in the valley. While in Califor- mia he gave considerable time to the culture of oranges there and thinks the conditions in Arizona more favor able for growing better fruit.
 Mir. and Mrs. NJ. V. Warren have purchased an eighty-acre tract near Ingleside ranch from Mir. McEwen. This land has increased in value at the rate of twenty-five dollars an acre during the last two years. Another twenty-acre tract was sold and the trade closed Tuesday. w. H. Nall sold the Webb ranch, owned by Ames and Kennedy on the new Black Canyon road to Joel Nofsinger of Issac dis trict. Eighteen months ago this prop erty was bought by Ames and Ken nedy from Sam Webb for about s370O and was sold this week for s63O0. MT Nofsinger with his family moved into his new home at once. Messrs. Ames and Kennedy will be on the alert for another investment. Mrs. Ames' sister is visiting with him for a few weeks
 Mrs William E. Thomas has refused s900 an acre for her property on the car line.
 William Nellis a wealthy mining man of Meyer, Ariz., has purchased the Mason property at the corner of Cave Creek and Indian School roads Mir. Nellis is in New York at present, but upon his return he expects to erect an elegant country home. Mrs. Nellis has travelled considerably during the last year but has found no place like Phoenix.
 Mrs. J. A. Redman was a business visitor in Phoenix Monday morning.
 Mrs. Robert Woolf expects to start