Arizona republican., 1912-12-26
SOUTH :: SIDE :: NEWS
IEHI

The mutual improvement association held story telling contest Sunday ev- ening Miss Carrie Shill and Miss Ruth Byers were the only contestants The following program was rendered.
 Song by choir-Scatter Seeds of Kindness. Story. Miss Carrie Shill-'The Bird S Christmas Carroll
 Story Miss Ruth Byers-"The Story of Star"
 Cornet solo, James Valenzulea.
 The Poor House Christmas-Ella D. Biggs.
 Song by choir-Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains. The Origin of Christmas-I. H. Rog- CTS
 Loves old Sweet Song-Mrs. Lily ShiIl.
 The judges then gave their decision which was in favor of Miss Byers Miss Byers vii contest next Thursday night with three others from Mesa and Alma Wards. This final contest vii be held at the l.. D. s. Tabernacle in Mesa
 The amusement committee will give leap year dance next "Wednesday night in the Lehi hall, all the ladies are invited to come and bring their gentlemen friends. There vii also be dance for the children from two until four o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Ralph Shill, Robert Buffin and Will lard Nelson are working west of Phoe- nix where they have taken a contract to haul gravel and lumber. The haul irg will probably last three or four weeks
 William Schwarz has rented his twenty acres west of the Tempe canal to the Japanese who rented the John son place last year They are building them a shanty in the southeast corner and will shortly have the land under cultivation. Soren Sorenson shipped a number of crates of turkeys to Flagstaff last Fri z day.
 Dan Jones is home from Nogales where he has been working with his brother
 Pete Peterson is back from Scotts- dale where he has been doing some { carpentering work
 MT. Steve Byers has been employed the past week by Albert Harper to en- large his house.
 Mrs. Wm. Brodie, Geo. Rogers and s. c. Sorenson all drove over to Scotts- dale last week after oranges. MT. Harris and his sons who have a i anal, raised large crop of cane this ! fall and are making some fine molasses | Mrs. Nelson and her daughter Mrs. . shopping. ys'@ s i Perry Layton who was quite badly hurt some time ago is back at school this week. 1 Mrs. Ralph Shill spent a day with 1 Mrs. Pete Peterson last week. Dr. Openshaw of Mesa was a visitor at church Sunday and addressed a : large congregation on the subject of tithing.
 T. w. Jones was in Mesa on busi- ness several days last week.
 Mrs. Laverna Rogers expects her brother, MT. John Levitte down from Pine with another load of apples this week
 Mrs Ada Byers of Mesa visited in Lehi several days last week. Edwin Lebaron and L. V. Guthrie were down from Mesa on business last ! week
 1 Isaac Dana and. John Riggs drove down to locate some gravel for the ! construction of the new church in the Mesa second ward.
 Jed Peterson was down last week | looking for Christmas turkeys. Mrs. Belle Schaffer who has been on the sick list from the la grip the past week was sufficiently recovered to drive down to see her mother, Mrs 1 Weller, Sunday. Mrs. Annie Arrowsmith of Mesa wis ited last week with her mother Mrs Emma Rogers.
 Mrs. Ii. J. Harper has recovered from her recent serious illness enough to walk about the house.
 The Relief society held their regular meeting in the Lehi Hall on Thursday.
 Will Jones who has been ill for the past two weeks with a fever is up and around again.
 School closed Tuesday evening the | twenty-fourth for Christmas vacation and resume again Monday the thierti1