Arizona republican., 1912-04-01
.GILA RIVER
 MOVED |TS bED
In Its Effort to Get Into the Bustling Ray Hayden District It Is Crowding the Telephone Line Un- comfortably

HAYDEN. March 3I.-Durine th, recent high water in the Gia river the bed of that stream underwent d considerable change at point about ] five miles west of Hayden. The 1 change brings it into threatening proximity to the telephone line be ] tween this point and Ray and it has been found advisable to move about a mile of the line to higher ground. Manager Webster of the telephone system will be out Saturday with d force of men to begin this work which will probably require several days time
 T. II. Long, Asst. General manager of the Arizona Eastern railroad lines was in town yesterday in his private car Accompanied by C. N Scott. local superintendent, he is making an inspection of this division
 w. II. tuarl has gone to Phoenix to meet Mrs. Euark who is returning from a trip to Pacific coast points Mrs Ruark has been absent about d month
 Several of our Hayden .'hoys" as-
 
 membership in the lodge of that order at Globe since We do not vet boast q lodge of our own. The latest vic tim is George A. Souttcr and he has made arrangements Co be initiated in to the mysteries of Elkduu by the Phoenix lodge on account ol our i'm accessibility to the town of Globe George will be in Phoenix for this great event on. or about. the eleventh of April and his many local friends hope that the Phoenix boys will see that he gets all that is coming to him and little more
 In addition to the elegant rive-rpom cottage which the \. r.. E E. has just completed for tine occupancy of its agent and his family a- this point it is now putting up another modern cottage for the use of the other mem- borS of the station crew. Tn t1c past few months notable increase has been made in the station force cm- pluyed here. This is du. to the ever increasing volume of business which ! is the natural result O. the towns steady growth
 Friends of Walter F. Weaver. agent l ,f the railroad here will be glad to ] know that he is now able to be up ] after several days illness
 Hayden held it's first school board | election today for tn. purpose of l three members whose terms l will be three. Two and oUc years <, Ihc order of service tp bc decided by | ho number of votes received by each | There were quite a number in the i ace. Successful candidates Were W. l i. McEivaney. Joe II. Browne and E. 1 . Ezell. After d careful count Of ali | -otes cast the following results were | announced. McElvaney 4S. Browne ! r, EzclI 41. Wiilets 31 Thomas 34. 1 Taylor 30 Blake 9. Souttcr %. Dozen )och 3. Nichols l. Hidalgo l.
 Last Friday evening Mrs MacLoan md Mrs. Dresser entertained al bridge n honor of Nr. and Mrs F. A. Hughes who have announced their .arly removal to Douglas. A delight ul evening was devoted to cards. music and refreshments. Prizes were yon by MT Hughes. Mrs. Percy Brown. and MT. Daveler. The guests were: MT. and Mrs. F. A. Hughes. ,Ir. and Mrs. Jas Heggie. Mir. and Yrs J. $ Bordwcl Mr. and Mrs. \ A. Wrcnn. Mrs Roy Hatch. Mir md Mrs. David Cole Miss Lcla Cole Mrs. Katherine NJ Reagan Mrs. IT, $. Davclcr Mcssrs \. j. MacLean. C. 1; Dresser Frank K. Poe. Y. W. I White. e. r.. Thorpe Erie V. Davclcr md MT and MT E. r. Brown Il k Jay Mitchell of Salt Lake City rriyed in Hayden Saturday. Mir. Iitchcll was with the Ray Consolida ed here about a year ago and like Il many others found that the Arizona Innate is too fine to stay away from M II Walker of Phoenix was J iSitor in Hayden saturday Curtiss l.. Knight is back after a wo weeks trip tp the Pacific coast.