Arizona republican., 1911-03-02

THE ARIZONA REPUBL1
 PRAYER MEETlNG.-The women's
 10 o'clock prayer meeting at w. C. T.
 U. hall will be led this morning by
 Miss Zimmerman.
 | SPECIAL CAR-Those who desire
 to attend the Y. C. T. U. gathering
 at Mrs. Custer's will take special
 car at the corner of First and Wash | ington streets at 9:15 this morning
 MICHIGAN SOCIETY-A meeting of the Michigan society will be held
 at the board of trade rooms Thursday
 evening, March 9 beginning at 8 | o'clock.
 MICHIGAN, MY MICHIGAN - | X very gratifying enrolment of Michi-
 gan people living in this vicinity is an-
 nounced by the committee having the
 matter in charge. and arrangements
 are being made for reunion soon.
 CONGREGATION EMANUEL -
 Services will be held Friday evening at 7:30 by Congregation Emanuel at
 Lamson's hall instead of Melczer's. the usual meeting place. Rev. Hofstadter will preach. after which there will be
 a special meeting of the congregation. Matters of great importance are to be
 considered. A full attendance is desired.
 WOMAN'S CLUB-The meeting of the Woman's club Tuesday afternoon was under the direction of the art de- F.a af-fr af xxhf NJ sI,,fss ty is chairman and Mrs. L. F. Hewins.
 acting chairman. Miss Hermina Hol- singer rendered two delightful selec-
 tions on the violin and Miss Emily
 Kieckhofer gave an enjoyable vocal solo. Mrs. l.. NJ Cady gave an inter- esting and instructive talk. the subject of which was, What Is Art?" The talk on Arizona birds which Mrs. Cady ex- pected to make to the club was post
 poned on account of lack of time. | MILLINERY BUYING TRIP-Mrs.
 Kate Kirkland, chief millinery buyer of the New York store. has returned from her semi-annual buying trip to New
 York. Mrs. Kirkland bought an un- usually large stock of hats for the spring and summer trade, all of the very latest fashions. Some Of the hats have already arrived and they will be on display shortly. The New York stores spring millinery opening is al- ways great event among Phoenix women of fortune. and Mrs. Kirkland promises the most brilliant opening In the history of the establishment this year.
 SUCCESSFUL SAlE-One of the most successful auction sales ever held in the Salt river valley was conducted yesterday by C. O. McMurtry at the ranch of John Imbach. two miles east of the cit~ on the Mcdowell road. MT. Imbach recently sold his ranch, pre- paratory to moving to California, and all his farm stock and implements went at auction. Extraordinarily high prices were paid Horses sold as high as $4O0 pair and a 2-ycar- Perchersn stallion brought s7OO. Eighty dollars apiece was the average price for the milch cows, the best one selling for i $lO7. The chickens brought S1.2O apiece. A large crowd was present. the ! bidders being from all parts of the val ley.
 LAND SHOW.-The United States !, Land and Irrigation exposition will be | held this year. at the usual place. the | Chicago Coliseum. from November IS | to December g. The National Irriga- 1 ton Congress and National Live Stock 1 show will be held in Chicago from | December to 9. and it is expected | that enormous crowds will he drawn | during those days. The directors of | fh lay ~hn d tt-fGh the exposition open as late as Decem- | Der 9. but decided that they could not | afford to miss the crowds drawn by | the irrigation congress and stock show. A letter has been received by | the Board of Trade from one of the | exposition officials expressing a hope that Phoenix will have a larger exhibit than ever this year.
 A PRISON EVENT-Preparation are being made for the fourth eXecu- ton in the territorial prison, which, un- less something occurs that does not now appear. will take place on the 11th day of March, which by many is re- gartled as a holiday. But it will be no for N ID. Chavez, who. it is eX- pected, will give his life as the penalty for the fatal shooting of Charles F.. King. a night officer Of Jerome, on the night of August 2I. 1910. He was try ing to kill his mistress by shooting. when the officer was attracted to the scene and Chavez's weapon was dis charged at him through an open win dow of the house, another bullet wounding a girl of whom the officer had stopped to make inquiry concern ing the disturbance.
 FOR FIELD CLERKS U. s. R. s. A civil service examination of appli- ,ants for the position of field clerks in he United states reclamation service. will De held on Wednesday March s, in he room of the weather bureau. It is especially desired that applications shall be received from those qualified n stenography and typewriting. Ap- Dointments under this examination VIII pc made only in reclamation service positions but assignments may be un- Ter projects where clerks are needed Blank applications may be secured of l. D. Stannard in room II or J. F.. Sprague in room 15 on the second floor Ir the postoffice building. which is oc-