Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-27

nights train for short stay in the
city on legal business.
MRS. GASKIN ILL.-Mrs Harry
Gaskin has been i'll for some days
and was reported very low yesterday
afternoon. IL was feared that she
would not live through the night.
HILL GOES. TO. .YuMA.-Engineer'
Louis c. Hill left Saturday evening
for Yuma and will remain several
days. looking over the work Of the
reclamation service in that vicinity.
CONTINUED PRAYER MEETINGS.
The women's prayer meetings at W.
c. T. Il. hail will be continued
through this week. Mrs. Ellen Broad
books Cole will be the leader this
morning: -
SAM 'DoNoFRIo AGAIN. - sam
Donofrio is still in the confectionery
and fruit business. He moves around
town so fast tlrit it takes a Sherlock
Holmes to keep track of him, but
now he is opposite the Coliseum. on
First street, with a brand new layout.
sam has been in Phoenix longer than
he cares to remember and has had
locations at various times on about
every block i'm the business district.
Now he has moved up into the theater
belt
RETURN MATCH.-It is expected
that /. \. Johnson and Dan Balsz will
meet today To sign articles for a re
turn wrestling match at the Majestic
theater next Friday evening. After
he lost the handicap match to Balsz
last Friday night Johnson challenged
the local Samson To a straight match
two falls out of three for a bet of
500 side and the door money. Balsz
has accepted. and now all that is to he
done is to sign articles and post the
money. The first meeting of these
two men was about the first wrestling
bout ever pulled off in Phoenix that
was absolutely above suspicion of
crookednesS. and it has aroused inter
est in the sport To a high pitch
NO SLAUGHTER HOUSE.-Mar-
shall Moore dislkes TO refuse favor.
but when Emil Hauser came i'm from
the country Yesterday with sack of
puppies which he asked the chief Of
police to have an officer Kill the
marshal firmly declined. He says that
the police station isn't a slaughter
house. and he wouldn't Kill a bunch Of
little pups for resident of the city.
least of all for a farmer from the
rural districts. Hauser's request was
one OF the most unusual ever made
TO the Phoenix police. The officers
IA
but almost never to kill pups. and this
is the first case on record of a man
bringing litter in from the country
To be made away with.
EASTERN STAR BALL-Phoenix
Chapter No. order of the Eastern
star will give ball and banquet
Thursday night March 9 in the lodge
hall in Masonic temple. II will be an
invitation dance not necessarily con-
fined To the members of the order
though the invitations will he limited
to one guest for each member. that
the number may not be greater than
can be accommodated The general
committee on arrangements is COM
posed Of the following named: George
a Mauk chairman. and Miss Ella
LuhrS. Mrs. Gates. Miss Mabel Nc
Neil and Z. =. Marks Sub commit
tees will bS appointed To look after
various details. The matter Of invi- |
tations will be left entirely in the |
hands of Miss Ella Luhrs. that there |
may be no Implications of names or
other confounding incidents Members
who desire an invitation sent to !
friends should report their names to |
her at once that the invitations maNl
be out early and also that the names |
may be properly listed to avoid CON |
fusion
q QUEER SORT OF HUMOR-The !
idea some people have OF a practical !
Joke is most mystifying To other peG- |
pie on the occasion Of the Shriners |
ball i'm the Arizona School of Music |
last Thursday night George Luhrs. !
proprietor Of the Commercial hotel. !
together with his wife. daughters and !
son Arthur. were all in attendance. |
Some very witty person thought il /
would be good joke To give Arthur /
a scare so he called him To the tele-
phone in the School Of Music and told |
him that the Commercial hotel was
On fire Arthur lost no time i'm start
ing but had to explain the reason for
MS sudden departure and naturally in
a minute or 50 the news reached the !
ears of the Luhrs family. \ younger
son was supposed To- be asleep on the
porch OF the building and it is easy
10 imagine the mothers fright and |
nasty departure. followed by Mir.
Luhrs who overlook his wife in an
auto when they continued their jour
ney to the hotel. to find that every
hing was all right and that it was
,nly a Joke" but the sort that might
nave been more disastrous even than
he burning Of the hotel.
IN A SCHOOL FOR WATERS.