Arizona republican., 1909-06-06
ACommePCia|TrdVe|er Enam-
 oredof the Desert
 i4r AND OF THE TRADE
The Town Invaded by Drum mers and Cattle-Buyers Roam the Country---Need at Florence of a Humane Officer.

Florence, June 3.-(Special Core
 spondence of The Republican, )-June
 came fin quite warm and acts very
 much as if she intended to spend at least three months with us, making
 no apology for her late coming J. D Ross, the Detroit scale man,
 went to Casa Grande, via Sacaton. He enjoyed the trip immensely. going by the old ruins. He was met by the custodian, Frank l.. Pinkley and
 his estimable wife, and their inter? esting description of the old structure
 made a very interesting chapter to
 him He then went to Blackwater
 trading post to interview Sam Pink
 ley, and sold that gentleman a pair
 of scales Mrs. Pinkley was not idle.
 In the meantime, she prepared fine
 repast which Mir. Ross enjoyed to
 it's fullest extent. He said it seem-- ed perfectly wonderful to him to
 drive over the desert country for
 miles and miles and meet such beau tiful home makers. He visited R. Grouse trading post next, a son of c. w Grouse, a former Indian agent stationed at Sacaton. MT Grouse has fine store and is nicely situated with his interesting little family Mir Grouse also indulged in a pair >Of scales. The trip, to Mir. Ross, was a most pleasant one, selling four pair of scales. Aside from the business part of it he said he never enjoyed a ride any better in all his life and he says, moreover, that he will never spend another winter in the north; that we can look for him next De- cember to remain in Arizona until spring.
 Mir. and Mrs. Chona Celaya lost their baby boy Tuesday It was buried with the Catholic service We'd nesday morning.
 Mrs. R. Percy Sharp and daughter left last Saturday for a kshort visit with MT. Sharp at the Bouse mining camp, where he is interested with his will then go on to Los Angeles to spend the heated term.
 The Florence library received an other consignment of books from the territorial circulating library. which is always good news to those who read
 Mrs J B. Quinn and--three chil->1 dren came in Monday and went up to Superior Tuesday by private con- veyance, where MT. Quinn has been employed the past year.
 Mrs. Ctacey Hibben arrived last 1 week and MT. and Mrs. Hibben are now domiciled in the home of R. P. | Sharp. MT. Hibben is guard at l the territorial prison.
 J. Sullivan and P. Reardon were ] on Tuesdays stage for | Superior.
 Miss Hattie Graham, a cousin of | Mrs Sam Pinkley, of the Blackwater | store, was called to her home in | Oklahoma suddenly on account of | the serious illness of her father.
 S. l.. Allen. agent of the Phoenix | Eastern at Winkleman. spent Tues day in Florence.
 Charles Goldman, Phoenix; A. Bas serman, Denver; S. P. ROsenbaum, Denver, and Frank L. Criswell. Phoe- nix, a party of cattle buyers. spent and Wednesday in the Flor ence country, buying up quite a num- Der of cattle and shipping them Thursday morning.
 Alonzo Martinez. a native Cuban. for the Cuban Habana cigar, spent a day in Florence.
 w. l.. Brown, justice of the peace in Mammoth. came down to make final entry on his homestead Wednesday, He was accompanied by Nick Mckinney.
 w. F. Shoaler. of Dallas. Texas, selling bank supplies. was in Flor ence few days.
 w. D. Kern, the popular hotel pro prietor of Fish Creek, spent a day in Florence This being MT. Kern's first visit to Florence. he was much interested in looking over the little town, and expressed himself as being astonished at our finely equipped court house.
 l.. E. Hanson and c. F.. Selczer, travelling men registering from Los Angeles, spent day in Florence.
 Manuel Arviser, of Phoenix; Chas. Sims, of New York; G. M. Lochlin, 1f Baltimore, Md, and D. E. Jeffrey, ,f Mesa City, registered at the Flor ence Hotel.
 Some of the Florence farmers have 'ormed themselves into corporation md have purchased a fine threshing machine and hay baler from the Manufacturing company It took several days hard work to nload and put together and steam ID to make the run across the river nto Florence. It is beauty and ooks as though it was capable of hreshing all the grain in the county.
 G. W. French came in from his claims in the Winchester country. He feels very much elated over the finds recently made in that country, md says he knows he has got a nine.
 There is work for a humane officer n the city of Florence. The Mexican population are not brought up to consider that a dumb animal has any