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Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
ONE CANDIDATES
 NAME WITHDRAWN
Why Miss Johnson Was Not to Be
 Considered.

Professor H. Q. Robertson of the Mesa City schools has issued the fol lowing statement which is self-ex-
 planatory:
 March IS. 1910 Tempe Normal Student. Tempe. AriZ.: Your favor of this date. together with letter from Professor Scudder of the Tempe normal school addressed to President A. J. Matthews of the normal. ! to hand and contents noted.
 MT Scudder is quite right when he says that Miss Arizona Johnson had received special drill on her piece and | that Mrs. A. B. Cook was her instruct or. These facts we do not deny, neither
 do We want it to appear that we tried
 tO enter Miss Johnson contrary to the
 rules and regulations governing the contest. We entered Miss Johnson in moment but that all other candidates were entered in the same spirit. 1 believe tha. it is my duty to explain the conditions under which Miss John son entered the contest. then you will know Just hcw tO act in the matter. On Monday evening. March :, called up Professor Wade of the normal and explained tO him that we had no candidate tO enter the contest unless we send Miss Johnson. who had an old piece which she had done some
 work cn last year Mr. Wade wanted tn know whethCI she had received any outside help this year on the selection or not assured him that she had not and that she had not spoken the
 piece in public this year. Under the circumstances Mir. Wade thought that she was a legal candidate and request cd me to take her to Tempe and let
 Yer enter. l also had another c0nver- sation over the phone with President Matthews regarding the same thing. and he was Of the opinion that we had a legal candidate. Miss Johnson was then elected to represent the Mesa 'high school and entered the contest thinking all the while that she had a perfect right and was abiding by the rules and regulations.
 While we acted in good faith. and while we feel that we have a legal right. still we do not want to place the Normal Student in position that might cause unwarranted and unjust criticism. therefore. to save the man. agement any further trouble and to show that it is not matter of sour grapes with me because I have pro- tested against the awarding of the medals. I herewith withdraw Miss Johnson from the field. and ask that she be not considered as having taken any part in the contest.
 It is a matter of principle. pure and simple. that We are fighting for; there fore do not consider Miss JohnsOns name at all. Respectfully.
 (Signed) H. c. ROBERTSON.
 Superintendent of Schools.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
FORMAL OPENING MESA'S
 FIRST DEPARTMENT STORE
1t Was Made a Part of St. Patrick's
 Day Celebration.

The formal opening of Mesa's first department store occurred yesterday morning, when at o'clock. "On St. Patricks Day in the Morning." the doors of the two Toggeries were opened on one of the most complete stocks of merchandise in the Salt river valley and throughout the day a crowd of buyers thronged the various depart ments carrying away not only good impressions of the new store-but bun dles
 The history of The Toggery is one of progress Not one month can be se- lected from its life and a backward movement detected. Why? There is a question that more than one citizen of this town who has his finger on the pulse of the commercial life has been heard to remark. The Toggery started in small room, with a few hundred dollars capital. Competition was strong-very strong, then-but it appears that competition is the meat on which the Toggery fattens. Since that small beginning stores with great CT capital have gone, stores that were here at that time and stores that have come in since. And through it all the Toggery has taken unto itself Ladies' Toggery. and now it has a young Fog gerry at Ray. and who knows but what other youngsters may be established up and down the new road to the east
 Back of the name. ''The Toggery," Is that of George Johnson. the man who compells the wheels to go around. He Is keen, alert, and wide awake, and when his business grew to such pro- portions that he could not know ev- cry detail of 1t, he hired men who had ability and experience. and men who could systematize the business. Sys- tenn Is one of the things that he is a sticker for, and with the increase in the business, the department store was
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
JEWS NOTES.

Walton Patterson returned yesterday from a two weeks visit at his old home in Ryan, Oklahoma. He states that a number of families are intending to come in this direction in the near fu- ture.
 Francisco Valencia took out a li- cense from the justice court for g. worth of drunk He did not have the cash to liquidate, and has joined the gang working the streets.
 T. Ernest Stebbins was a passenger for Roosevelt yesterday morning.
 Dr. Palmer and J. J. Frazier were Phoenix visitors yesterday.
 C. J. Simmons has just sold to M. P. Holladay colt months old weighing 750 pounds sired by Midnight.
 John B. and Henry B. Perrin left yesterday for the mountains accom- panied by s. w. J. Bowen. who will act as guide. The Perrin brothers are sons of the president of the Ameri- can National bank of Indianapolis. h. diana They have been in the bank for some time, and are taking a years va cation. From here they expect to fin ally go up into the northwest terri tory.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
aturdav morning at TAO o'clock.

Saturday morning at 7:40 o'clock.
 While it is intended and believed that the visitors will carry away with them a. good impression, ' ct a plan has been conceived which includes more than an impression that they will be al lowed to carTay. A huge basket is be- ing improvised which it is calculated shall be filled with Mesa products. or course it will be impossible to get all the Mesa products in one basket, no matter how large. but few miniature specimens can be left with the visitors as a reminder that they have been some place It is proposed to fill the basket with eggs. Mesa creamery but ter and cheese. etc. and on the top have an ostrich egg especially de signed by w. Aird Macdonald. which will be an ornament for the best room of the Los Angeles chamber of com merce.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
Contract let for Q
 s|6,00O Building
COMPLETED BY MAY
Description of the Block Which Will Add Mater tally to the Appearance of the Business District of the City

Late yesterday afternoon the con- tract for the erection of. the new Ma honey block, facing Macdonald, was let to Johnson & Shill, local brick con tractors. The work is to be completed by May l. The carpenters have al ready commenced on the frame work and everything will be rushed to com pletion.
 There are very few who will realize the real significance of the building to be erected. In the first place the structure will cost MT. Mahoney ap- proximately $16.O0O regardless of the value of the land on which the build ing is placed. It is to be constructed of a front of Tucson pressed brick. while the rear and side walls will be of a local manufacture.
 The cement basement, which has been completed several days. is one of the most substantial affairs of its kind ever constructed in this vicinity. The base is thirty-siX inches wide of solid concrete. The building proper is sixty five feet deep with front of sixty feet. The structure is to be two stories in height and the foundation has been built with the idea of making it a three or four story building whenever the business will demand it. The upper floors have been leased for lodge pur- poses and there are tentative arrange ments for the lower floors and base ment, but the information as to the names of the prospective tenants is not for publication at this time.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
4 NEW HOUSE
 FOR WORSHIP

The members of the Latter Day Saints faith in Mesa ward have defin- itely decided to construct a church building at a cost of s25,OOO or there abouts. and which in all probability will be located on the lots facing First street and across the street immediate ly west of the pr. Brack row~of resi- dences.
 The building. which will be a credit to the town, will be of approximately the same size as the tabernacle. which is stake building. The new structure is to have a basement which will he especially fitted up for closs rooms. and every convenience will be installed.
 The Mesa ward of the Maricopa stake is situated so that il is in a posi- tion to build without great deal of delay on account of the financial con- dition. The organization owns several pieces of very valuable property. in cluding the lots where the opera house and relief halls now stand. as we'll as the corner on which the tithing house is located The property on which it is proposed to build the new structure is also the property Of the ward. as well as some outside property, which is being reserved for a park when the time comes for its improvement.
 According to the rules of the church. the first step is to secure the plans from the general church bishopric. This branch of the organization has the church building in hand, and at all times scores of plans which are par ticularly adapted to every section are available by the various wards or stakes. The needs of the church. and the intentions have already been placed before the bishopric
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
MESA DEPAR7HIEN7 cA$S M as0~s

the only idea that Vould fill the bill.
 One year ago yesterday The Toggery had it's formal opening in it's new To- cation in the Chandler building. At that time it was referred to as one of the most complete stocks on the south side. Mesa citizens were proud of it, and whenever cousins and uncles and wife's people came for visit. it was pointed out to them as one of the show places of the town. That was a year ago. Now the stock occupies the entire west wing of the Chandler block
 With the departmentiZing of the store came the hunt for practical, ex- perienced men. and s. w Howard was selected for the position of manager MT. Howard has grown up in de- partment store coming here from Great Falls. Montana, but whose real experi- ence was had in Chicago. He was in business for himself at La Port, in diana, and he understands every detail. Departmentizing is his hobby. and the success of the new store in specialiZ- ing is greatly to his credit Miss Lilli- an Kleckner. who came here from St Louis, where she had nine years eX- perience as q trimmer and manager Is in charge of a millinery department. The company is making a speciality Of King Bee hats this season and already the services of Miss Kleckner are greatly in demand.
 The store yesterday was opened with q force of seventeen clerks. The bank rupt stock of the Popular and the remnants of the Hunsaker stock were thrown out at slaughtered prices. The store was handsomely decorated in green cOlors. while the clerks wore huge emblems of the day. The sale inaugurated yesterday is for the pur- pose of reducing the stock, and ac- cording to the advertisements the big yellow sign is the place"
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
THE MAYOR ISSUES
 4 PROCLAMATION
Mesa Requested to Observe the Base
 ball Game.

Mayor J. H. Barnet has issued the following proclamation for Saturday afternoon. January 19. on account -of the baseball game at Tempe The proclamation is as follows:
 Proclamation by Mayor.
 Whereas. A majority of the business men of Mesa have signified their in- tention of closing their places of busi- ness between the hours of l;30 and i,a" D. m. on Saturday of this week. Now, therefore. l. J. H. Barnett. may or of said town of Mesa City. hereby designate that Saturday. March I9. 1910. between the hours of 1:30 and 4:3O D. m. of said day as legal hoIi- day in the said town of Mesa City Done at my office in the town of Mesa City. this 17th day of March. A. D. 1910 J.H BARNETT. Attest: Mayor.
 ARTHUR JONES. Clerk.
 The above probably speaks plainer and more cOncIuSively as tO the inter est that is being taken in the closing of the series Of baseball games for The Republican cup than anything that can be written. Without doubt th~rr will be a large crowd so from this place and an interesting game is ~N- pected.
 Professor Johnson when asked for a statement in regard tn the r6nditi"n of the team replied: Morris and WI liamS were never in better form ans the other players are doing ju-t 1s s1.',i work They are not in the least nerV- ous and know absolutely that the game belongs tO them. There iS not a white feature in Mesa and the boys are go- ing in to win Their best playing has invariably been d"n" in hard games and they have always shown them seives to a much better advantage in close places
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
SHEEP REPORTED LOST.

Word was received at this place sev eral days ago to the effect that John Nelson has lost 400 head of sheep. Later a report was to the effect that he had found them, or part of them at least, with the Scott band. It is known that the desert feed is practically gone but it is hardly thought that they have died from hunger or thirst.
 According to Dan Kleinman, who came in from his ranch southeast of Mesa yesterday. the desert cattle are in much better shape than the moun tain herds, particularly in the vicinity of Globe.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
FIGHTING PRISONER
 ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Jose Bustamente Just Would No, Go
 to Jail.

Constable Murphy last night acci- dentally shot Jose Bustamcnte while the latter was resisting the officers efforts to land him in jail The af- fair occurred near the court hous.- Bustamente. who is quarrelsome aEs' frequently in trouble. was arrested bN Constable Murphy for fighting H.. resisted arrest. and was overcome. II, was then taken to jail and after he had been locked up he asked to b. taken to Lewis barbershop. where h, said he could get bail He was taken there. but the bail was not forthcom- ing. and the officer started Jowar,i the jail with him again.
 On the way. and almost at the en- trance to the sheriff-s office. Busta- mente broke away The officer start ed in pursuit, and Deputy Sheriff Woolf ran around the building on the other side. Bustamente then turned toward Constable Murphy for a fight The officer drew his gun to strike the prisoner. who threw up his arm lt struck the hammer raising and when it fell the gun was discharged.
 The bullet entered one side of the back and came out on the other. and at first it was thought that the wound would be serious one. Bustamente was carried into the sherifTs offics and Dr. Tafel was sent for. E,Namin- ing the wound, he said that the bull let had passed under the skin and in the event that blood poisoning could
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
STEWART ON HIS WAY.

Word was brought into Mesa yester- day to the effect that Henry Stewart. the man who is making a walk around the world, had spent the night at Des- ert Wells and left at day break for Roosevelt. Several parties along the route were very curious to know more of the old man. His costume. of course, excited considerable curiosity
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
VISITED SHEEP CAMP.

Mrs. A. L. Doran and son Joseph. Mrs. M. F. Butler of Phoenix and Miss Fora Smith of Van Vert. ohio. spent yesterday with MT. and Mrs. J. G. Spangler. In the afternoon they were taken out to the Spangler sheep ranch. where they witnessed the shearing op erationS.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
ANOTHER GIRL BABY.

Mir. and Mrs. Carl Oliver are the proud parents of a daughter. born to them Monday. The parents live imme diately south of the city.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
SERIOUSLY ILL,

Dave Hilbert was quite seriously ill with an attack of valvular heart trou ble Wednesday. but was reported con siderably better yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18
GENUINE SURPRISE.

Postmaster Newell was very agree ably as well as completely surprised yesterday morning when his brother, r. b, walked in on him. The visitor came here from Havana, Cuba. He wis sted here year ago last February.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18

Mrs. Mae Peterson and MT. and Mrs. D. NJ. owens viii leave via stage this morning for Roosevelt.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18

Professor H. c. Robertson of the Mesa City schools has issued the fol lowing statement which is self-ex- planatory:
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18

(Continued on Page III
Arizona republican., 1910-03-18

Mayor J. H. Barnet has issued the following proclamation for Saturday afternoon. January 19. on account Of the baseball game at Tempe The
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03

TO the school, and let that mind be to
make it the best school possible. 1t
is an agreed fact that cur present
school building is too small for the
number of pupils enrolled, that the
ventilai ion, light and heating are not
what they should be, but the manner
in which these deficiencies are to be
corrected is still an open question
Some believe that nothing but an en-
tirely new building with all the mod
ern improvements will prove satiSfac-
tory, others think that the old build
ing can be remCde,ed as to make it
commodious, sanitary, and altogether
satisfactory. Every thoughtful man
ard woman in the district should give
this their serious at!entiDd. and some
agreement should be reached, and
some action taken, for is it fair to ex-
pect the greatest results from the pu-
pills and the teachers when :hey have
to labor under such a tremendous
disadvantage?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03
pupils, so that they would not have to

pupils, so that they would not have to
pay tuition next year.
On Wednesday afternoon the Sen
Tors presented very interesting pro-
gram. Each graduate can certainly
in after life recall their commence
ment days with greatest pleasure, for
they start on LIES journey with the
brightest prospects for successful ca
reer, and it Is our prayer there may be
no heartaches and disappOintments.
The closing exercises Of the Com
mencement will be the address to the
Graduates by DR.. J. j. Tigert at the
Christian church on Thursday at 8
O'Clock p. m. However the social part
Of Commencement will close with a
beautiful lawn fete given by the Sen
Tors to the Juniors on the High school
campus Friday evening. 1t will be
quite social event and a happy time
expected by the young folks and some
old ones.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03
FARMS FOR SALE.
BY
w. L. EWING, Real Estate
Agencr.
HarrOdsburg, XIV.
Harrodsburg, KY.

100 acres in 3 miles of Danville, On
pike, Handsomely improved and fine
aud, nearly all in grass, at SI05 an
tcre.
$50 acres IN miles of Harrodsburg
Oh pike. 200 acres level land, remain
der is rolling ard in grass, has 3
houses. fine stock farm, also producing
fire grain. AT $50 an acre.
loo acres just outside Of Harrods-
burg. Finely Improved and good land
and at $40 an acre.
200 acres line well laying farm near
Ry Il ltiOn, Oh pike and near village
and liz 6 miles CT HarrOGsburg, new to-
bacc0 barn, 6 room house, 100 acres
fine tobacco land, at s51 an acre.
3l3 acleS fine farm on Salt fiver
b, ing largely fi,e bot ON, handsome
brick house, two stock barEs, new ten
acre tobacco barn. tenant houses, and
al a1S an acre. l. in } miles of Har-
iONooN' =, d'iC us @ Kay StdtiOU. Is
nearly all iii grass.
203 acres on pike miles of Harold
burg, nice rcsiience at pike, large
barn and many acres fiue new land, in
grass at $40 an acre.
Pa acres in miles Of Harrisburg.
1T village, in ) miles of Burgin, LAYS
line and grows any crop, has tobacco
barn but no house, at $3.50 an acre,
and bargain.
$50 acres fine well aying farm at
>hakertO WI, Mercer county, on pike,
has handsome residence, tobacco and
stock barns, orchards, tenant houses
and the land is Of the best, price 500
per acre.
3S5 acres GEAR Burgin, Sp!endidly im-
proved, has brick residence that
cost over $4,000, has three tObacco
barns and other buildings, lays fine
and grows large crops of anything
grown in this section, at $3.50 an acre.
within miles of Danyiile.
PIC acres we'll laying land on pike in
2 miles CT Ry station IN Mercer county
has 6 room house, barn and other
buildings, mCSllg in grass and $4,000
BUYS it.
353 acres on pike. miles 1f HarrOGS-
burg. fac, well laying farm and finest
Of soil. has nice residence, tobacco
barn and ether buildings. This is an
ideal farm and a; $40 an acre.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03
Seventeen Year Locust.

This is the year that the l7-year To-
Gust is due again, and in a short time
he will make his appearance On the
farms of the middle ~cst. At least
the authorities on locust lore and su-
pers;i i'm are sure he will, and they
have never been mistaken i'm the past
says the Harrodsburg Republican.
Mon. See ms to know exactly where
the Il year locust comes from, but il
is a matter of record that he does
show up regularly just the same. tt e
thing that is Interesting the farmers
and The old timers most is whether he
will bring "W" ON his wings or a
"P.', as is hoped. Wv" on I7-year
locusi's wing means war. There is no
reason under the sun that is known aS
to why it should be always either
Nv" or "P' but those are the only
two letters that have been noticed.
Locust lare experts have good deal
o. statistical backing when they as
sert that if "W' is on the wings il
will surely mean war. and if the "P"
is on the wings il will just as surely
mean peace. ''The last time the TO-
Gusts were here, in 1898, said an ula
commercial traveller the other day.
"ihe wings bore decided Wv" AND
We promptly ct into war with Spain.
La 1876 saw The ''p' Or the wings
myself, and following that We had
peace and plenty. l don't remember
SO far back as 1859, that is to say.
don't remember IGcus:S back in those
days. but 1 have been told by scores OF
old farmers that the l7-.ear locus!>
kind showed up that year and bore
"W" on each wing. The Civil War
followed. Some Of the I'll Ter genera
tion of farmers have records in the
old family Bible t. prove that the
former visitation of 17-year lOcustS
presaged the Mexican war 10y bearing
the Nv" on their Wings. can tell
you the farmers are not anxious to
have them come, but they are all ST.
perstitiOus as to their verify as har
bingers. When you come to thiuk Of
il, this letter business seems like q
foolish superstition. But when you
know that they do bear either the
Nv" or the "P" and the sign has
never failed, how are you going to ex-
plain it?''
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03
More Help For SchooIs.

The general BOARD of education,
backed by $50. 600. 10000 of the Rock.
efelier fund. has taken an interest in
Kentucky and soon agents will be sent
into our state t. cooperate with the
Superintendent of public Instruction
to aid in the establishing of county
high school, and improve the element
airy schools Of the counties.
There has been great awakening
in Kentucky in regard to education in
the last five wears. and much progress
has been made although the good WORK
seems to move on slowly enough.
Previous to that time out of the %. 600
school trustees over 5000 of them
could neither read nor write, under
the new school law two-thirds of these
have been abolished. 1t is a great
difficulty to keep politics out of the
school, and the selfish greed of per-
SOnal gain has sometimes been mani
fest in members of the school boards
IL 10 0lOC w oCiCCG luCu w dCO Cuu
catiOnal affairs who are themselves ig-
nOrant and thus impede progressive
methods in education because II was
not taught that way" others still
wo.Se only regard their posiiiCL
for the pulp it gives them. Every
school should be properly equipped,
the best teachers obtained, and the
children OF every district compelled
to attend school.
Surely it is Lime for larger things
and serious thought when we have at
tract.d by our ignorance the atten-
tion OF the world to the extent that
another state is willing to come for
ward to lift US out of darkness. Ken
lucky. the beautiful state, Kentucky.
the proud, state, Kentucky, the high
and mighty, yet one Of the mort illit-
crate states in the union.