Arizona republican., 1910-03-30

CLOSES ToDAY-The J. w Doris store will be cosed today between the hours of and D. m. on account of the funeral of Earle R. Kerr.
 D. 4 R. LECTURE-Therc will be an illustrated lecture next Wednesday evening. April 6. in Mclczer's hall. at 30 D. m. The lecture will be under the auspices of Maricopa Chapter. Daughters uf the American Revolution. and the subject will be the American Flag"
 LECTURE THIS AFTERNOON Wednesday afternoon al 2 o'clock. at the board of trade rooms. will be given one of the most valuable talks of the season for strangers and visitors. The subject will be: The opportunities for home building and investment. in the Salt River valley. as compared with the other sections of the United States" The speaker will he pr. J. w Foss. president of tho board of trade. Every body is cordially invited.
 NO STORY THIS WEEK-Therc will be no stories Tor the school chil- dren on the lawn in front of the Car ncEie library this Thursday. Miss Grace Fife. who has been telling the children the stories If masterpieces of litera- ture, will be unable to continue the series this Thursday. but one week from Thursday she will tell them the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island" a story that every boy who has ever read it loves with all his heart.
 4 MOTHERS MEETING-A special meeting of the Mathers' Circle of the West End school is called for tOmor- row, Thursday afternoon. at 3 o'clock sharp. in the schoolrOOm. Miss Gregg of Kansas will occupy short time in addressing the mothers, after which important business is to come up which must be attended to. Miss Gregg is very pleasing and entertaining speak or. and it is hoped that there will be a good attendance of the mothers to 'isten to this talented woman who has won for herself in Phoenix and else
 where d reputation as public speaker.
 NEW STREET RAILWAY EQUIP MENT-Superinten Mitchell of the street railway company has just or dered five new cars for the line \ week or two ago. while in Los Angeles. he ordered three ears. Four of the tight will be of the type of the large ones now operated regularly on the ln- dian school line. part open and part closed The other four will be Of the same type. but smaller. All will have dnuble motors but the larger ones will be of seventy horsepower. and the smaller ones of fifty. The ears will be ready for use in about ninety days In the meantime four are being built there. 50 that by midsummer the com pany will be better prepared for the handling nf traffic than ever before l. will have twenty-tWo cars as against sixteen before the fire
 BUCKEYE MAIL CONTRACT - Ephraim S .McRoberts. who has had the mail contract on the Phoenix Ar lington star route. via Buckeye. has just been awarded the contract for an other four years. at an advance of about S3G0 per year. making the new contract price q .+0o per year. MT. Me Roberts has been faithful mail car ricr and will not be envied the good fortune of the increased price. for whatever it may be. it will not he the means of rapidly piling up colossal wealth It is necessary for him to keep up three vehicles and ten head of stock beside d living for two men, which naturally will eat big hole into sl.fe0 per year. In fact. he would not be able to do it except for the patronage of the peorle in travel and parcel carry ing which provides for the remainder nf the expense and all the profit there is in the business. IL is not unlikely that before the new contract Is very far advanced it may be cancelled in favor of the iron horse In that event the contractor is allowed one months pav after hc discontinucs the service.
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