Arizona republican., 1911-03-19
HEARD IN THE LOBbIES

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Heard in the lobbies-a great deal
more than can ever be given in one
column, or twenty for that matter
These are red letter DAYS for the Salt
River Valley, and from east, west
north, south. the visitors come Ia
witness the ceremonies of the dedi-
cation. and be present on. the plaza
when Theodore Roosevelt speaks next
Monday morning. The hotels are
filled. and even the porches COW
cred with long rows of cots. which
suggest Il hospital However. the
people who go to bed here these
evenings are only sick through too
much merrymaking. if they are sick
at all. and it is especially urged by
Heard in the Lobbies" that the Wis
itors remember the longing with
which their families look forward to
their return. and remember not To
overdo things. This sage advice is
given free. There is absolutely no
charge connected with taking il. al
though there really ougt to be. one
gentleman was seen in the city
streets talking To fire plug the
other night at 2:30 a m. 1t is not
known definitely what his trouble
was. or what secrets he impaired to
the plug. but something was wrong.
II is thought by some that his condi-
ton was due To- the over excitement
of the approaching celebration. Let
others take warning.
\ party Of four left the Adams An
mex yesterday morning for the Roose-
Welt dam, and they started out pre-
pared for all emergencies. w. ].
Young. of Great West Copper COM
pany of CORTLAND: his son-in-law.
W. G. Mcbride. his daughter. and Mr..
Youngs brother. G. II. Young from
Clinton. Iowa. made up the party
and at the time of their departure il
was their intention To- run right up
and turn around and run right back
again taking time. at the other end
of the line. Of course. To peek around
and sense the immensely Of the struc-
ure. 1t is reported that Mr.
Young's car went through I'm good
time. and that aside from three blow
outs. six punctures. and cracked
cylinder there was no trouble 10
speak Of
There are plenty Of troubles in the
great present To- satisfy the average
man. but it is a high and philosophi-
cal thing 10 reflect upon the causes
which precipitated the catastrophies
of history. For instance. the death
of Marie Antoinette was directly due
to the empty bread baskets of the
population of France. and in this con-
nection it might be stated that had
G. A. Williams. of Kent. Ohio. been
present i'm Paris with his flour fac
tory in the year 1883 the hungry
could nave been filled To the guards
and the French revolution averted.
Mr. Williams is the president of the
Williams Bros Company of Kent.
and has mills which have an average
output of 100 barrels a day. H
is also the vice president Of the
Richards x Evans Company of Cort-
land Ohio. a milling company that
flour in carload guam
titles. He arrived i'm Phoenix last
Friday and registered at the Hotel
Ford. leaving the same evening for
Los Angeles.
The lights of Hymen viii soon he
lighted for a guest OF the Adams An
mex. This is a secret and anyone
who spreads it viii De doing the SEN
fenced party a great injury. for ne
loathes publiciay, and intends to take
the yoke upon him without display
In fact. ii is his intention that no
body shall be acquainted with it un-
til it has really occurred. and this
is good plan. His name is Will
liam Burke of Philadelphia. a wool
buyer. who has grown weary "fIiv-
ing alone. and if he wishes To bring
a little brightness into his life will
anyone blame him? impossible.
Everybody gets married these days,
and it is his privilege To do as he
pleases. Of course there will be no
invitations to the affair as no one
knows anything about il. 1t is To he
an elopement Mr. Burke will
crouch under a bush and throw peb-
pltS Oh Ait NiHuAN 81 itfl i''his 81
the same time whispering. Darling,
am here" She will lean out of the
and say, as usual. Il am
afraid. or shall l really come.
Upon receiving his assurances of his |
ability To protect her. and also audit |
ing his statement To the effect that |
MS suavity will be irrisistable when |
i comes to patching things up with |
the folks, she will descend. and |
hey will proceed to a nearby dom
nee. This is thrilling. May they al
Ways be happy.
Colonel Griffey, manager and presi-
lent of the Alta Mining and Smelt-
ng company Of Florence, registered at
he Hotel Ford last Friday. He comes
o Phoenix ,on business. and win re-
urn to Florence some time next
week Colonel Griffey used to hunt
abbits with Mr. Williams, the flour
in Ohio when both
men were boys They were talking
ogether in the lobby the other day.
md seemed mighty glad to see each
'ther. and recall those old times
When dreams of the things they
wanted to do made life agreeable and
1t is understood that in
lis youth the Colonel had ambitions
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