Arizona republican., 1912-08-20

DATE CREEkER-G. w. Runs of
 Date Creek is in Phoenix for a few days.
 CHARLES RODlG BETTER - Charlie Rodig who has been very i'll l for several weeks was able to be out | on the street yesterday for the first time
 COUSIN ARRIVES-LeonardW Wolf, cousin of Sid Wolf of The Republi- can arrived in Phoenix last evening for a long stay in Arizona's bene- ficent cline.
 HERE FROM RAY-Jack Gibson
 came down from Ray yesterday. He
 says the town is being rapidly re- built and in a short time will be a bigger city than it was before. MT. Gibson and associates are engaged in recOnstructing their place of busi- ness.
 WILL GO "ACRoSs"-Dr. c. R.
 K. Swetnam will leave today for a years absence most of which will be
 spent on the other side of the big drink He expects to do a lot Of study in the line of his profession, specializing in diseases of ear, nose and throat
 PARK ILLUMINATED - Electric standards have been placed in the Carnegie library park which was il- hminated for the first time on Sat urday night. It makes wonderful difference in the appearance of that part of the city during the evening hours
 FUNERAL OF MRS. EDWARDS Mrs. Eliza A. Edwards who died few days ago at the Sisters hospital and who was one of the oldest res idents of the valley was buried yes terday afternoon at o'clock, the funeral being held in the parlors of the Arizona Casket company.
 sCOURED THE sTATE-Frank NJ King a former newspaperman of this sity and now in the cattle and mining brokerage business in Fl Paso arrived in town yesterday morn ing from the north. MT. King has Eeen looking after cattle and he thinks he has been on every range in the northern part of the state. He left nearly two months ago. He will probably leave for Fl PasO tonight.
 FL PASO-PHoENX RACE.-The details of the proposed Fl PasO-PhOe- nix road race to be run at fair time have been undergoing the working up process Boosters along the Border land route have sent beseeching letters to all the bosses of the fair to hold the race sure. Further developments ot the matter will be reported from time to time in The Republican. As 1t is there is q big chance the race project will go through with whoop, and this fair city will be on long auto chain by race runs from the coast to the Texas town.
 FROM SEATTLE-James Cassady and wife are new arrivals in the valley from Seattle to make this their home and have leased small tract of land from the homestead of MT. Gould, four miles north and three miles east of town where they will engage in the culture and raising of tomatoes. They believing this will be the best and easiest method of getting quick returns and good profits for their time and labor although they both entertain a strong inclination toward the raising of blackberries and may engage in this pursuit after they are more thoroughly settled. A CURIOUS FATHER.-J. Rabb was brought before Justice Johnstone yesterday charged with giving whisky to his five year old child. It was stated that he had given it a drink that would have been a dose for man and then a little later gave it another modified with water. Rabb admitted the fact and said hat he had the whiskey about the house. he believed it was good medicine and did not think at least that it would hurt the child. The jus tice administered a stiff fine and then suspended it, believing that the per l formance would not be repeated alter the severe roast he administered to l Rabb.
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