Arizona republican., 1910-08-15
OF LOCAL INTEREST

HOTEL MAN-George w. SwartZ, now proprietor of the Pullman hotel at Ray, is visitor in Phoenix. He is staying at the Ford.
 A FORMER RESIDENT-O. H. Plunkett of Kelvin is registered at the Ford. He was formerly bookkeeper at the Boston store but is now connect ed with a well known firm of mer- chants who conduct general stores in many territorial towns.
 WILL SOON START-Material for the construction of the improvements of the Commercial hotel has arrived and the work of building on another story on the north side of the build ing will soon begin. All of the struc~ tural material has not yet arrived but when it is all on the ground the work will begin. The plans have been drawn by Architect James H. Creigh- ton and the contracts let. November 1 is the date for the completion of the work
 STENoGRAPHERS WANTED. - The supply of qualified male stenog- raphers and typewriters for all the branches of the government service in the twelfth civil service district has scarcely equaled the demand in the past few years. Therefore opportu- mites for appointment are considered excellent civil service eXamina- ton for stenographers will be held in Phoenix. October 3, and in Tucson, October l. The twelfth district com prises Arizona, California, oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Washington.
 HOME AGAlN.-Mrs Ella l.. Mra- zav of the New York Store has re- turned from the Poole ranch, where she has been spending the week One of the best sports she enjoyed was rounding cattle and riding bronchos She also enjoyed d drive along the Arizona canal to Granite Reef, which | is a very pretty road. On her way they took her through the Indian reservation. Seeing some fine melons | they stopped at an Indian hut to gel some. Not knowing that the Indian could speak English, they addressed him in Mexican. He answered very
 politely in English "Yes. sir, we | come from PhoeniX2" This took then all by surprise. Although Mrs Mra' | gay is badly sunburned, she says sh'
 had a delightful time.
 WENT UP IN THE AIR-AnthonA ] Tebben has just returned to Phoeni' after pleasant vacation at the coast
 Part of the time he spent catching
 yellow tail down at Catalina, and | few minutes of his vacation were
 passed in a balloon 1000 feet above Los Angeles. In company with A. Richardson, a former Phoenician, h' | cruised about in a rowboat off AValoi | and one morning caught six yellowtall
 the largest weighing twenty-sevei i bounds. some of the fish they caugh
 were used as provender for Ben, tn
 tame seal, and his friends. Ben IS huge seal that once travelled with
 circus. He is quite tame and swim within a few feet of the shore ant | barks for his breakfast. He usuall, ! brings one or two other seals witt him-animals that would naturally b too timid were it not for his leader | ship. There they bark till someon throws out fish to them. Ben is easi l.Iy recognized from the others as h has lost the sight of one eye. Whii in Los Angeles MT. Tebben went ul
 in one. of the captive balloons whicl i is a comparatively new source T amusement in the coast city. The bal | loon is at Eighth and Broadway an' I five passengers are carried up at time and left isolated in the atmos
 phere until the management think
 they have had a dollars worth of en II ioyment and thrills, when they ar hauled down by means of a gasolin
 engine.