Arizona republican., 1909-12-29
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vAeARlEs OF, SANTA cLAus-It

vAGARIES OF, SANTA cLAUS-It Is rather amusing to note the impress sions Santa Claus has of what will please his many friends in Phoenix. For instance he divined that nothing would be quite so fine for Hon. Isaac T. Stoddard as an immense box of choice candies. and of course they were provided. J. c. Adams has a friend in Florida who wanted to do the right thing so he sent him a box of oranges, not being aware of the fact that Phoe- nix can give Florida all the trumps and then take the trick on oranges. But most unusual of all. perhaps. was the treatment accorded George A. MintZ. He heard a racket on his porch the other night and going out to in vestigate he found q box in which was imprisoned big owl. the box beG.ring the compliments of Santa Claus.
 COYOTE HOOTERS MEET TO- NIGHT-There will be a meeting to- night in the assembly hall of the high school To this mass meeting no girls will be admitted as the planning of the High Jinks" of Friday night will be the order of the evening. and it might shock the young ladies to discuss such operations as shirt-tail parade Every real boy is desired to assist in the planning of the ''doings" of Friday night, to advertise the game of the day following. between the high school nine and that of the Indian school. at Eastlake park. The giving of the sweaters which wete earned by the football team in their series of victories against all-comers will also be part Of the program for tonight. and 1t is assumed to all the boys who at tend that they will be satisfied as to results.
 CHAIN GANGS" oUTiNG-The city hall chain gang" had its first outing yesterday. The gang was taken out under the direction of Superin tendent of Streets Carr and put to work cleaning up cottonwood brush on Central avenue. There were about a dozen in the gang and one of them decided at once that he preferred free dom to work. He started off on a gen tie lope like a jackrabbit and was not pursued. He just kept on going and the city is rid of one hobo. Several of the Mexicans worked pretty well but most of the men seemed to regard 1t as a sort of a picnic and worked about as hard as pet cat after a full dinner. Nervy Nat, the colored des- perado. did not attempt to run off as the marshal has four dollars belonging to him which Nervy wants when he gets through with his sentence.
 A NEW AUTOMOBIlE-R J Schweppe yesterday received his new automobile, and is more proud of it than he was of his first pair of red Cadillac, 1910 model. four cylinder machine It is supposed to be about as fine as an automobile can be made at this age of automobile develop ment, as it is provided with the best of everything that can be put into modern touring car and with all the latest designs and Improvements even to the very newest thing in lamps. It was bought through the Arizona Motor company. the exclu- sive agents for the Cadillac in Ari- zona The machine is a Packard, blue in color, so dark it is almost, but not quite. black. Mir. Schweppe yesterday provided himself with a Phoenix num- Der, and put the machine into com mission for the first time, driving around town until he got acquainted with it, and then going to his home in Tempe.
 DEATH OF ARTHUR GILMAN Miss Dorothea Gilman. of Sl0 North Third avenue. received word of the death of her father Arthur Gilman. of Cambride. Mass, yesterday MT. Gill man was the originator of the Harvard Annex. which later became Radcliffe college, and was regent of that insti- tuition. He was also the founder and director of the Gilman School for Girls and an author of note. Most of his publications were of historical char acter. Some of the best known are Tales of the Pathfinders," ""The Story of Rome." The Story of the Sara cens." 'The Colonization of America" and Magma Charta Stories" He was life member of the American Histor- ical society, member of the corpora ton of Radcliffe college, a charter member of the Boston Authors club and secretary of the Longfellow Me morial association. He had been in i'll