Arizona republican., 1912-07-04

EASTERN TOUR-J. F. Dooley of Phoenix left the country last night with the pleasures of an eastern visit i in his minds eye He will be gone all of July and August, in which time he is planning to see all the big cities from New Orleans to Washington with intersecting stretches of country
 between.
 DEATH OF AN OLD cITIzEN-- George A. Wright died yesterday at
 his home, 206 East Lincoln street | The funeral arrangements will be an nOunced later. MT. Wright had been
 a resident of Phoenix for twenty years. So far as is known. he has no
 other relative than a sister living at Spokane, Wash.
 BOLEN WRITTEN N- Frederick c BOlen of Hamilton, Ontario, and Miss
 Maud r. Whitten were united in mar rLage yesterday by Justice JOhnstOne The groom is d son of the late D. J.
 Boleyn, as he was known in Tucson, where he died after residence of nearly forty years. He is now one of the plaintiffs in d case filed in the United States court a few days ago in an effort to break the will of BOleYn.
 GOV. HUNT AT DOUGLAS.-Re- spending to an invitation to address the people of that city at their Fourth of July celebration Governor Hunt is in Douglas today. The execises there will be held at an early hour this forenoon; and at .he conclusion of his engage ment there, the governor will go to Bisbee where he will speak in the af- l Il to Phoenix Sunday.
 BIG DEMAND-As result of the story in The Republican yesterday morning about the new Santa Fe 1 folders. the office of that company l has been flooded with requests for copies. Several real estate men have asked for them by the thousands, de- i mands that had to be refused on ac- count of the fact that only three ] books have been so far sent to Phoe- nix as samples. A million more or l less copies have been ordered from 1 Chicago, so the book collectors will be satisfied after a few days wait.
 REPORTS TO TAX MIssION- | The board of land commissioners is in receipt Of reports from the boards of supervisors of almost all the counties | regarding the status of the school lands under their control All but three ] counties have reported and it is eX pected their reports will be within few days The board is quite anxious 1 that this part of the records shall be complete.l at as early a date as possible l as many of the lessees are reporting daily for the purpose of securing per mits to occupy the lands
 THE AOAMS-D. V. BoWden, San
 Francisco; William Landheimer, New York: J Harry Wise. Cincinnati: C. 1 R. Marshall, Washington, D. C.; w.. L. Flannery. Kansas City; Chas. F. Slossy Los Angeles: J. A. Kelly, Den l yer: c. w. James, St. Louis; A. F. l Burchner, Chicago; J. V. Van Eaton 1 Chandler; J. W Schultz, Los Angeles; Miss Mackenzie. Los Angeles; Otto C.. Ern, Fl PasO; T. Taylor. Denver; Jos.
 s. Smith, Denver; F. E. Freeman, Florence; J. K McNaly. Ray; Miss Uela Beatty, Ray.
 VACATION IN OLD ENGLAND-A. j. Kern. custodian of the state Capitol 1 grounds, left for Boston last evening, l from which city he will sail early the | coming week for England. MT. Kern l will spend part of tho summer at his l old hOm in that country returning to 1 Phoenix carly in the fail. t Is a some.
 what singular fact that Captain Smith, | Kern's predecessor at the Capitol and l the only other man to hold that posi- | tion, is native of the same part of l England IS is Mr Kern Smith re-
 turned to his native country three years
 ago.
 DULL BEFORE THE FOURTH l That general air of dullness observa- ble today is due to the fact that the
 wheels of the state government have | ceased turning Most all of the off cials are out of town and those who
 didn't go away to deliver Fourth of
 July orationS are taking d rest at
 their homes It is also a holiday for
 the assistants clerks, stenOgraphers
 and other employees. Wherefore, the
 capitol is deserted and there is posi-
 l lively nothing doing in the governing
 line.
 I VACATION FOR STATE ATTACH ES-Two weeks yearly vacation will be granted all the clerks and employees at the state capitol, accoding to a de- cisions ct the powers, which has just been reached. The employees themselves will arrange the time for their outing in order that the business of the run ming the government shall be inteferred with as little as possible. In some cas- { es arranGementS for doubling on the work viii be made. It is needless tC say that all the employees look with ! favor upon this plan and arrangements l are already under way to perfect sys- $l tenn for taking adantage of it. CHARLES PENDERGAST = Ar ! Arizona pioneer passed into the be- ! yOnd yesterday morning when Charles { Pendergast, for thirty years resi- 1 dent of the valley, died of heart fail ure He was about seventy years ole and age was the main factor in his ! | demise MT Pendergast leaves be ! sides his wife several children, mos ! of them married and in other parts ] | Mrs PendergaSt who was Miss Ivy ] is related to all the Ivy families O 1 the valley, and her many friends unite {l in sympathy over her bereavement ! Until within the last few years MT ' | in, tN