Arizona republican., 1911-03-23

cent clean up campaign. the success
of which was due in large measure 10
newspaper courtesy ana efficiency"
MONTHLY soCIAL-The ladies' Of
the Christian church will hold their
monthly social Friday afternoon al the
home 81 Mrs Stewart Rev + y
Phillips viii give another interesting
lecture on Women OF the Bible" All
members are invited 10 attend ana take
their friends. Take the East Washing
ton street car 10 Fifteenth street and
then 90 four blocks north.
ALEXANDRIA DECORATED FOR
OOSEVELT-The town OF .Alhambra
was not behind the other valley towns
in decorating for Colonel Roosevelt.
and when his car passed through
on his way To Phoenix last Monday
afternoon. he was gratified and
pleased with the decorations the peo-
pie had put up for him. The town
store was very taStefully decorated
with flags. ana the people who lined
the road 10 see the colonel pass
chetrrd him enthusiastically as he
bowed 10 them from his automobile
PROSPECTIVE BRlOE-To prepare
for her wedding day. which occurs
early i'm the spring. Miss Rena Victoria
Parker left Tuesday evening. over the
Santa Pc for her home i'm New York.
Miss Parker. who is a famous beauty.
spent the winter in Phoenix as a guest
OF MIR and Mrs. Ed Selects. and he
came a great favorite among all who
were fortunate enough To meet her.
She is a member OF the most exclusive
social set of New York city. and is To
become the wife of wealthy young
business man who is prominent on Wall
street
GAS AT BOARD OF TRADE-The
board of trade has become such popu-
lar place for the holding 81 public
meetings and banquctS that gas attach
ments have been run into the building
and connected with a stove At 1Oi
O'Clock Yesterday morning Secretary
Welch obtained permission To- order the
connection made and at , o'clock the
stove was i'm working order. even
though it was necessary To lay pipe
from the other side of Adams street
The work was hurried 50 that the "a
tererS who served the city club dinner
last evening could use the stove to
keep coffee and food warm.
A SUIT FOR PossEssIoN.-suirI
was begun i'm district court Yesterday
by Henry Page against J. J. Elliott
for the possession of the premises at
lot p. block l. Segers addition. Thf
plaintiff claims To have bought the
property from w : Hammer and
wife for $4,000. The deed was exc
cuted and put i'm escrow and i'm due
time the plaintiff entered the pur-
chase price But the defendant. whose
relation 10 the property is not cN-
planned. continues to occupy it, The
plaintiff wants possession and dam
ages i'm the sum Of $3.50. the amount
of the rent since early i'm January.
BROOM FACToRY-Broom man
ufacturing is shortly To- be added Ia
the Industries of Phoenix and broom
corn to the list of crops profitably
grown i'm the salt River Valley. W
NJ. Costley and l.. :. Thompson have
made arrangements TO establish "A
broom factory here in a few months
and i'm order To insure an ample
supply of the raw material they will
soon begin distributing corn seed
free from their office. 81 West Adams
street. Enough of the corn has been
grown in this valley To demonstrate
that it is a successful summer crop
here. Mr. Costly and Mr.. Thompson
will furnish scrapers and other equip
ment for harvesting and will pay good
prices for the brush.
PHOENIX SCHOOL 6oNDS.-Thc
board Of supervisors yesterday pre-.
pared an official statement regarding
the bond issue Of $4,000 voted for
the Phoenix schools. the statement to
be sent out to prospective bidders. IL
was at first agreed that the hid'
should he submitted on April I at
the first regular meeting Of the board
in April. Later it appeared that the
time was too short. and il was &c
cidod that the bids should be opened
al the mid-month meeting of the
board I'm the statement this inter
cSting information appears. and Vet
people complain of the rate of taxa
ton: The estimated value of prop
erty in the school district IS S20.000.
GOO. its valuation for purposes ,fl
taxation is SGS54 5932S
THE POPULACE WAS WAITING
IL * the opinion of Mrs. T.. Irvine Of
S29 East jefferson street that all the
people Of the valley sit mp all night in
order that they may read the classi-
fled nd column Of The Republican as
soon as the paper comes from the
press. Last Saturday afternoon after
; O'Clock she ordered a For Sale Eggs
and Poultry" ad. advertising chickens
Tor sale. The next morning before she
was out of bed there were two appli-
cations for chickens She was kept
busy all day and by night had taken
orders for more than 1000 chickens.
They have kept coming. first from
Phoenix. then from the country in the
vicinity Of the city. from Cartwright.
Glendale. Scottsdale. Tempe. Mesa.
Florence and BlaCkwater. The smallest
order was for four chickens and the
largest for POO. The majority Of them
range from fifty 10 hundred. The al.
which called ont the favorable senti-
ment OF central Arizona with respect
To chickens cost the princely sum Of
25 cents Mrs Irvine has gained the
impression that the power of the press
is wonderful