Arizona republican., 1909-03-29
Of Local Interest


 THE NOBLE BLOCK-It will be good news for Phoenix, especially Adams street interests. to hear that the early completion of the Noble block is contemplated by the present owners. IL is understood it will be fully completed during the coming summer and all the store rooms will be ready for occupancy early in the fall
 NEW BASE BALL ORGANlZA
 TION-The infection -,f the base ball germ has been spreading rapidly of late in the vicinity of the Baswitz cigar and pool hall with the result that a new base ball team has been organized to operate under the BaswitZ colors and with the EasWitZ name. The team has been practicing for the past three weeks and now believes it is in trim for 90 fast game With Vhncye- bids for F. The team will have ner uniforms by next Sunday and hopes to have a good excuse for exhibiting them through the acceptance of a challenge by some blooded nine. All challenges should be left at the BaswitZ cigar store The new team is under the management of John Beauvais. the other members of the team being F. Fox. Sammie Shregley. F. Helcy. Nick Crump. Mark Hinzey. Charles Miller, Carlos Soto, George Byers. F. Stice
 TELEProNE coNsTRUcTIoN- The Peoples Independent Telephone company is extending its lines very rapidly. anl many 'Ibones will be placed as soon as they arrive from Los Angeles and Chicago. MT. Shreck, who has charge of the lines and construc- tion. reports that the company, within the last month. built about forty miles of lines at Mesa and Scottsdale: also in the orange district. where about sixty five phones will be installed when they arrive. A carload of material ar rived in Glendale on Saturday. and will be put into the lines at that place and Peoria within the next two weeks Glendale people subscribed for forty phones. which will he centered in that place. and then a direct main to the Phoenix exchange will be built MT. Stanford ordered three mains or lines from the Consolidated Telephone com uany to take care of twenty-four sub scribers in the Orange and Scottsdale districts. and one main is waiting on Grand avenue for the Glendale line. And for these subscribers the Peoples Independent Telephone company pays fifty cents each per month, and that gives the subscribers access to the Phoenix exchange.
 NEW LIVERY sUSINESe-E A. Starr and L. M. Hoghe have bought the Commercial corral Buildings and equipment and leased the ground and propose to conduct a general livery business hereafter that will make a friend of every patron and grow in popularity as the days go by and the city grows in prosperity. The new firm has not got as fine a building to start with as some of its competitors but ii has very serviceable structures and will make needed improvements as it progresses. However it will endeaVOr to keep as fine an equipment for livery purposes as anybody and has to start with a good line of surreys, buggies and nice gentle driving horses. It is also prepared to furnish mountain hacks and do general boarding stable business. Stock will be fed by the day and horses and turnouts will be cared for by the month and be given the same careful attention owners would give to their own stock. They have ample shed room for vehicles as well as stock. A feature of the business also will be the buying and selling of horses and rigs. In short the firm will