Arizona republican., 1909-02-06
S RIVER VALLEY NEWS BY REPUB CANS RURAL ROUTE CRREESSP OONES

| sion of the Womans club Tuesday | afternoon.
 Mir and Mrs. Fitzgerald and children and Miss Love of Michigan are guests i of William Love.
 Miss Minnie Nichols is in town at the residence of A. Shilling on Fourth street. This home was recently wis ! ited by the stork, and Miss Nichols is l looking after the welfare of the little 1 stranger.
 The brother of Mir. Hicks came to visit him from Tennessee a short time ago.
 Mrs w. A. Nelson drove to Phoenix Tuesday afternoon.
 Miss Hattie Morrell was confined at home this week with an attack of the grip.
 Mrs. Smith Chittick entertained at dinner Sunday. Mir and Mrs Gorden and family and "Grandmother" Cook, of Phoenix.
 T. A. Kyle has purchased some land west of w. H. Taylor, on the Osborn road. and intends building a home. They have a son attending our school.
 A Sllplb llill0 eASp Jllil 1lDSOll anu son took out a disc harrow to begin work on the farm.
 Mrs. George H. Hahn drove to town Wednesday.
 [ The little son of Rev. and Mrs. G. w Forman has been so i'll that it was necessary to call in a physician.
 George Purday Bullard and wife drove out in their new auto Wednes- day.
 Mir. and Mrs Womack have a new son at their home. He is about nine days old, but is the owner of the big name John Richard.
 Tom Bowles has sold his property on North Center street to Mrs. AL bright, who intends making a home of it. Mir. Brooks made a nice profit of s20O on it in about sixty days. He immediately purchased seven acres of T. M. Ernhart, belonging to the old Truman tract.
 Miss Roe Shannon is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Goodman. Miss Shan non is a missionary and has just ar rived from Prescott to make arrange ments for union meeting of all the churches in Phoenix. Dr. Dixon and Professor Turner are conducting the meetings and are having splendid sue cess. pr. A. C. Dixon is the greatest American evangelist known and is the pastor of Moody's church in Chicago. Professor D. B. Turner has been con nected with the Moody institute and is a famous author of gospel hymns
 R. q Cartwright of Cartwright is spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs. c. L. Wilky
 Walter Mills of Prescott is visiting his sister. Mrs. Tom Bowles.
 Dr. Coats of Phoenix was visiting with Superintendent Goodman and family Wednesday.
 Mrs. B. B. Beecher is entertaining Miss Nelson.
 A hunting party consisting of the following persons, Reverend G. w. FOrman, Roy Osborn, Jesse Hedgpeth and wife. Misses Jamie Hedgpeth and Alice Tannehill, left Thursday and re- turned Friday. A good time was en- joyed by all and plenty of game was found, but all returned tired out
 Gladys Osborn and Hattie MorreT planted some vines and fig trees around the parsonage Friday after noon.
 Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Conn called upon Mrs. NJ. " Warren Friday. Mrs. Hall is the wife of Legislator Hall and Mrs. Conn is a daughter, and has a clerkship.
 Mrs. Smith Chittick. little Miss ZeIla Chittick and Master Virgil Wil5y spent Tuesday visiting Mrs. Clyde Swartz of Fowler
 Dr. Dysart was called in to see Miss Hickman last Sunday. She has been i'll for a week During her absence. Mrs. Van Kirk had charge of her room. On Wednesday Mir Wood called a meeting of the teachers and gave them instructions regarding the send ing out of circulars to every family in the district. The circulars will con- tain descriptions of trachoma and the precautions which should be taken against the spreading of the disease. Dr. Dameron visited the school on Thursday and made a thorough exam ination of each child's eyes. In two weeks another specialist will be called in upon the same errand An exam ination will be made every month un- III SCuOOl IS Oul NIT. w OOd IS very cautious and by his foresight Osborn has always been free from the epidem- ics that infest other schools The school is growing. and scarcely a week passes without the enrolment of sev- eral new pupils.
 An Arbor Day program was given and in the afternoon a tennis game was played by the boys.
 The graduating class has organized a society, but up to date no name has been found that is quite suitable. At a meeting Tuesday afternoon officers were elected, Senie Bates, president; Jeff Heard, vice president; Esther Lowdermilk, secretary; Gladys Os, born, treasurer. The colors are red and gold. No motto has been chosen.
 Little Ernest HammOns was sent home Wednesday with a bruised head, the result Of stroke from a baseball bat.
 Mrs. Hickman returned home Tues day after spending a few days with her daughter.
 There is a new baby in the home of B. NJ. Fuqua. The little one came last Tuesday and she and her mother are doing nicely.
 New leaves are coming out on the cottonwoods and some almond trees are blooming.
 Mrs. Hugh Campbell has issued in