Arizona republican., 1912-04-20

NEW DAUGHTER-Lucy. Mildred
 is the name of a new daughter which
 arrived April IS to gladden. the home
 of NIr. and Mrs. C. NJ Perry, of West
 Madison street. The youthful Miss Perry weighs nine pounds.
 FORD GUEsTs-Guests at thA
 Ford yesterday include Judge F. w. Wells, of Prescott: Guy c. sherman,
 of Wickenberg; Assistant Attorney General Leslie c. Hardy, of Tucson, and A. c. Dewitt, of Buckeye.
 COMMERCIAL GUESTS-Guests at the Commercial last evening included l George H. Chapman and w. H.
 Tharpe, of Prescott. C. F. Boyce. of Williams, and Professor A. J. Matth- ews. president of ;he state normal school at Tempe.
 CAMPBELLS ARE cOMlNG- Thursday, at Tucson there was born
 to MT and Mrs. Jack Campbell a fine son. Campbell is the talented city editor of the Los Angeles Herald and recognized as one of the best news paper men on the coast. His wife, nee Florence Fish, is well sknown in Phoenix. where she frequently visited before her marriage.
 FOWLER COMM MENCEMENT-An interesting commencement program was given last evening at the Fowler school. George U. Young was sched- uled for the principal address of the evening on the Moral Training of l Children" State superintendent of schools C. O. Case. county superia- tendent of schools J. A. Higgins, and speaker of the house BraIner were amog the distinguished invited guests COUNCIL IN COMMlTTEE-City council met last evening as com | mittee of the whole for the Consid- 1 oration of several matters recently referred to such committee. Attor- ney General George Bullard has not ! yet filed an opinion as to the proper method of calling the freeho1iers elec- ;ion for the selection of a charter 1 commission. A meeting of council may be called for the consideration ! of this document when it is ready. TYPEWRITING CONTEST - An bother preliminary typeWriting contest
 for the medal offered by the Reming ton Typewriter company for the most
 rapid and best work on the ReminG- i ton typewriter. by a student of the 1 Lams0n Business College was held yesterday. The contest lasted thirty minutes and the matter copied was 1 from ordinary newspaper print con sisting of an article which had never l been read by any of the contestants. ; The best record was made by Clyde l RristOw who wrote 1426 words. net. 1 Second was Miss Helen Pepper who wrote 1868 net. Clyde Bristow made 1 thirty errors, while Miss Pepper made ibut twenty-five For each error five 1 words were deducted from the total i number written.
 EQUITABLE MEN COMiNG-Wil- l liam A. Day, president Of the Equit- | able Life Assurance society is eX- pectei to reach Phoenix about May 1 18th. MT Day is accompanied by | assistant Henry L. ROsenfield, and | his purpose in visiting the valley is to
 inform himself of this section of the ! country with a possible view of in l vesting some of the surplus funds of 1 his great company here. If the in surance magnate is faVorably i'm . pressed as of course he will be, the 1 trip may result in great benefit to l the vaIley. Tn addition to his high office in the Equitable, President Day 1 is q director in the Equitable Trust | company: the Mercantile Trust com pany. the Lawyers Title and Trust company. and others. The officials
 are also making an inspection of the
 central agencies.