The Parker post., 1912-04-13
LOCAL NEWS


J. M. Elder of Prescott was visitor
here Wednesday.
w. w. PORTER of Los Angeles was
q guest at the Manitaba hotel Thurs
day
Mr.. Horn of the well-known Horn
mines i'm the Turtle mountains, is in
town this week
Miss Louise Ross returned Wed
nesday night after a pleasant visit
with relatives i'm Phoenix.
Houses for Rent, Furnished and
Unfurnished.
G. A. MARSH COMPANY.
c. w. Mitchell and w. Amundson,
connected with the Arizona Empire
Mining company, arrived Wednesday
from Los Angeles.
Tony Vrang returned to town Mon,
day after an absence of several
months, during which thine he has
been employed at Needles.
B. B. Brown returned Tuesday
might from Albion, Ia, where he was
called about two weeks ago ON ac-
count of the death of his father.
LADIES' SPECIAL-Half- ounce bot.
tie of Rickseckers "GYP" Perfume
for 25 cents, regular SO cent value.
Saturday only. CITY DRUG STORE.
Mrs. A. H. Bezzo, received word
Tuesday of the death of her sister ir
Tennessee. The many friends Of
Mrs. Bezzo deeply sympathize with
her.
V. K. Morgan of Phoenix spent
Wednesday looking over the country
with the view of settling here when
the reservation is opened to settle
ment
F. R. Schenk, superintendent of
government irrigation work, was ir
Parker Wednesday to look over thi
work on the reservation pumping
plant which is under his supervision
Several showers the past week have
occurred DIN Parker and the vicinity
The weather has been cooler than
usual aS q result In northern Ari
zona snow is reported, but nothing
like lha: fol this section.
M. E. Fletcher of Rannells was
a visitor here Wednesday, Mr.
Fletcher expects to keep i'm close
touch with this place in the future
and become a permanent resident
as soon as the land is opened to en-
try.
This paper would appreciate re-
ceiving news items from our readers.
If you know of amy local, personal or
social items kindly send them in. 1t
is impossible for a paper to publish
all of the local news unless someone
informs us of those happenings
Henry Strohm returned Saturday
night from a weeks "trip to Phoenix,
where he went to lay i'm stock of
goods for his pool hail. new CELL
ing is being added to the pool hall
and other improvements are ito be
made for the comfort of the patrons,
of the place.
Paul Peirce of Hollywood, CAL, Wis
ited Parker Wednesday, He was here
about two weeks ago to look ovc
the country with a view of invest
ment. Parkers future looks good
to him and he has decided to secure
a piece of the reservation land az
soon as it is available to settlement.
M. E. Graham is preparing to farm
the old league ranch, located about
seven miles up the river, on an ex-
tensive scale. A six-inch centrifugal
pump and 1O7horsepower gasoline
engine arrived Tuesday and will he
used 20 pump water for irrigation
purposes. His specially will be
chickens, and he expects to supply
the local market with fresh eggs and
poultry.
A. S. Prescott, G. C. Dunn and R.
c. Saufley spent several days i'm
Phoenix the first part of the week
They called on Governor Hunt and
interviewed many of the Legislators
i'm the interest of the brennan bill,
which provides for the acceptance of
the Carey act by the state. They be-
ieve the bill will pass without much
opposition, although it may be amend
ed considerably
A good flow of water was encount-
cred at depth of SO feet this week
en- the property of Jesse Martin
where Chas. Weatherman has been
drilling for several days. Water wa:
first struck at 70 feet but the flow
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