Arizona republican., 1909-02-22
Of Local Interest

DOWN FROM FLAGSTAFF-J. c. Milligan, one of the popular business men of Flagstaff, is in the city on short business trip. He reports every thing promising in his district.
 GONE TO DoUGLAS-Dr. J. c. Nor ton, territorial veterinarian, left last night for Douglas on sanitary business rather unexpectedly. as he only re- turned from Cochise county two or three days ago. He expects to be home again on Tuesday or Wednesday.
 MESSAGE OF BEREAVEMENT
 Engineeer Howard S. Reed of the reclamation service received telegram yesterday announcing the sudden death of his mother, yesterday morning, of heart failure. She resided in Booth bay Harbor, Maine. Her death was sudden and entirely unexpected.
 FIELD WORk-L. N Jesunofsky section director of the weather bu reaur, went to the northern part of the territory, Grand Canyon and vicinity on the Itch, in the interest of the water resources service of the weather bureau. He was ex- pected home last night, for one of his religious principles is to always be here on the occasion of the an- nual meeting of the Mystic Shrine
 UP TO DATE-The Post Office News Store is living up very nicely to its profession of having all the latest novelties. Yesterday, after the hail. storm, the management devoted itself to rolling an immense snowfall out of the softening hail in the hope of pre- serving it as long as possible as an other of the novel Salt River valley exhibits, the land where snowballs are available even when there is no snow. It is probably the biggest snowball ever seen in these parts, or was yes terday. Nobody knows how big or how little it may be this morning, but if there is anything left today, 1t will be on exhibition.
 GROWING CHURCH MEMBER SHIP-If the rest of the year is as fruitful of expanding church member ship as the past few weeks have been, the First Methodist church of Phoenix will have to look around for larger quarters or worship hereafter in bat talions. Yesterday morning Pastor Geissinger received twenty one mem bers by profession of faith and tYen ty-one by letter, a total of forty-two. There are, perhaps, twenty-five more who will be received at once according to their earliest convenience, and in addition, a class of seventeen child probationers was organized yesterday morning. This represents the fruits of the labors of the present year, which Is yet but an infant, according to the almanac. Several candidates were also baptized yesterday.
 MENTAL SCIENCE LECTURE Prof. Knox lectured last evening at Rogers auction room to an apprecia- tive audience. The weather kept many away from the first of series of seven free lectures. He spoke in part as follows: The great struggle of the race has, been poverty. Every nation has taught it and every school is teaching 1t today The financial system of today is following the Chi nese system. This race is increasing beggars continually. in a land filled with plenty, overflowing. Why the condition, what the cause? We pro- duce the thing we think upon. Out of the millions very few have thought and put their thoughts into form. While one thinks a million has to be taken care of by the one who thinks Money never is wealth, never will be- It is only a tool that will