Arizona republican., 1909-05-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST
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l. C. Hill, o. H. Ensign, L C. Harris,
the new electrician of the project; A.
L. Harris, who has been in charge OF
the gates at Roosevelt for a long time,
and Roy Pemberton left for Roosevelt
yesterday morning. Mr.. Pemberton is
here from Los Angeles with Mr.. En-
sign and is to be the chief operator in
the power plant at Roosevelt.
DEATH OF II. v. GRAFF-H. V.
Graft, of the firm of Graft & Good
win. proprietors of the grocery store
in the West End house. died suddenly
in his room on Tuesday. He was
alone at the time, having gone to his
room, after complaining that he was
not feeling we'll His death was pre-
ceded by a slight hemorrhage. He
came here a little over a year ago
from Kansas City, where he had rela-
tives
WILL TOUR THE EAST - w. B.
TWitchell has bought through B. P
Hilderbran, a representative of the
Central Auto company Of this city a
new Warship Model 3 Oldsmobile, to
be delivered at the factory at Lansing,
Mich. 1t will be delivered fully equip
ped with all the latest improvements
and fixtures ready for travel. Mr.. and
Mrs. Twitchell will go from here to
Lansing, where the new machine will
be taken from the factory, and from
there they will take an overland trip
to the various cities of the east as far
as New York. Mr.. Twitchell expects
then to ship the machine to Phoenix
and go to Seattle, visit the exposition
and take a summer trip int the Klon-
like country.
BETS LOOKING FINE R. P.
Davie said yesterday that the beet
crops of the valley generally are in
fine condition. A few were injured
by the water shortage but most of
them are just as nice as thev could
be and he has a very hopeful view of
the finishing of the crop and the en-
suing sugar campaign. Speaking of
the water supply at the factory, he
said he had ten wells now ready for
business and on Tuesday test was
made of one OF them. 1t threw $4,000
gallons of water during the day, wb:Isc:
is half the supply the fsctOry will need
during the campaign. If all the wells
yield as abundantly he will have avail
able five times as much water as viii
be needed, whereupon it was suggest
ed that he surely has no worry about
Water. His reply was that thee is
always worry about everything until
it is over with, but he could rot APP
preciate any situation with greater
confidence than the water question at
the factory now inspires.
MELDRUM STILL CHAMPION
BY defeating Frank Graham last
night in a pool game at the Pastime
parlors, by a score of 100 to so, Jack
Medium still retains his title to
the local pool championship. Those
present at all the games say last
nights performance was the most
interesting 'of the series, Graham
leading almost to the last, when Mel
drum passed him with a big run
There was a large attendance, and
among them about a score of ladies.
a prize was offered and secured by
Mrs. jackson, to the lady guessing
the winner by the number of points
nearest to his majority score. The
prize was a gold hat pin. There
will be another game Friday night,
at which a similar prize will be Of
fered and to which the public is in
vited. The contestant against Mel
drum then will be a Phoenix bust
ness man who until his appearance
in the contest will be known as the
Great Unknown.
OWL DRESSED UP.-The Owl
Pharmacy is again in ships shape for
business, the painters and paper
hangers have finished, and everything |
has been restored to the Miller or
der of things, which means that it
is one of the classiest drug stores in
the territory anywhere. Even the
graduates and prescription utensils |
are sterilized every day, and kept |
out of the dust. One cannot find a |
more sanitary drug store anywhere. |
The new "Iceless" fountain recently |
Installed is q brilliant success, both |
as to appearance and a drawing card |
to those that are partial to cooling, |
beverages. So clean is the |
fountain that after one has seen the |
back side of it, the working side, it |
seems a pity to soil the equipment /
drawing a drink to take the edge off |
the thirst. Mr. Miller reports bust |
ness increasing at an enormous rate, |
in the mail order depart
ment II things keep on as at pres