Arizona republican., 1910-07-13

MINNEAPOLIS VISlTOR-L. G. Mower of Minneapolis is a recent ar
 rival in Phoenix
 TO SAN DIEGo-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Joyce of Ray left on the Phoenix last
 night for San Diego.
 Y. M. c. A. MEETING-The regular
 monthly meeting of the board of di- | rectors of the Y. M. C. A. was held
 GONE TO PREScoTT-Mr. and Mrs. C. B. King. Mrs. Kings father. Major Wimpy, and Mrs. Homer B. King and her two children have gone | to Prescott to enjoy a little ideal sum- mer weather. TO TRAVEL SOME-Sid Henry left I last night for Los Angeles. where he will join Mrs Henry. They will spend
 part of the summer there and later travel over the state and in Montana before returning to Phoenix.
 INTERVIEW IN OHIO-Word was received from Kelvin yesterday to the effect that the body of James Sloan.
 who died there the day before, would
 be sent to Napoleon, Ohio, for inter
 ment by direction of Mrs. Sloan, who lives there.
 LEFT FOR LONG BEAcH-Mrs. Hans Herlick left last night via the Phoenix for Long Beach, Cal,
 whence MT. Herlick preceded her few days ago. and where Andrew Nell l,z,- +Hnt- are spending the summer.
 THE BUCKEYE RoAD-T. x. Clan
 ton of the Buckeye country was in ,he city yesterday He said that the rail-
 road has been completed to a point little beyond Buckeye and that only
 seven miles and some feet remain to be constructed. The grading for tn |
 has been practically finished.
 A LITTLE BAGGAGE MAN Charles King, colored. porter at the | Ford. is the father of a ten pound boy King says he is not going to name the 1 boy Jack Johnson. The kid has al ready shown that he will follow in his
 dads footsteps, for he said something yesterday that, when all the "goo-goos''
 were eliminated and the rest was | translated, sounded like, Any baggage fur the six-twenty?"
 FINE YEARS BUSiNESS-The general postal receipts of the Phoenix postoffice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, amounted to S65,24l22 | as against S55,717.17 for the preceding year This is d gain of more than IT per cent The gain over the receipts of two years ago was about 39 per cent | IL is also noted that from July 1 to July 12, 1910, the income of the Phoe- nix postoffice has been S2,504, which exceeds the income of the office for the entire thirty-one days, of July, 1906. BURNING STREET cAR-About l o'clock yesterday afternoon one of the big street cars of the Washington street line took fire just as it was passing the territorial capitol building. l The fire originated in the electrical ap paratus beneath the car. Fortunately the car was directly opposite the big hydrant where the street sprinklers tap 1 the main in front of the capitol, so 1t was quickly eXtinguished. It was in jured beyond further motion under it's | own power and had to be trailed to the shop. The damage was between $50 and s100.
 ON 4 AcATION-Engineer How ard $. Reed, who has been running up and down the ditches of this valley | for the last two or three years with ! cut rest or recreation and with more trouble on his mind than some men 1 twice as big as he is, has secured months vacation and will leave this | morning for the east He will crowd 1 the cod fish out of the riOtous Atlantic | seaboard all the way from Boston to ! Bar Harbor and break bread with his kin folks at the ancestral estate on | the Maine coast. Though he did not | say so it is altogether likely that he will not dodge Coney Island if it should 1 chance to get in his way.
 | RAILWAY MAIL ClERK-The civil
 service commission announces an ex- animation on July 2 at all postoffices where letter carriers are employed in | Arizona, Idaho. New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming to secure eli- ! gibles from which to make certifica- | ton to fill vacancies as they may oc- l cur in the position of railway mail I clerk in such states and territpries. As considerable difficulty has been ex- | perienced in securing a sufficient l number of eligibles for filling vacancies | for this position in the states and ter ! ritories named, qualified persons are
 urged to enter this examination. The
 examination will consist of spelling, arithmetic. letter writing, penmanship. ! copying from plain copy geography of the United States, reading addresses.
 systems of railway transportation | questions relating to the names of
 railways entering or running through l the applicants railway mail rivision
 and connecting the principal cities or
 important railway centers within or near it's borders; also junction points l on the required railway routs and the l