Arizona republican., 1912-04-21

RAY AUCTkON-The building. stock and fixtures of the Joan Nc Coy company at Ray will be sold at auction May I.
 POLICE CoURT-Police court al- ternOon OnIy two regulars presented themselves for sentence
 FROM HAYDEN-J. NJ Martin and G. w. Carr. prominent citizens from Hayden were at the Hotel Adams last evening"
 SOUTHLAND VsIToRS-W J.. Young Jr, and G. F. Jackson, of Courtland, are in the city for few days stopping at the Adams.
 AT THE FORO-A party from Globe reached the Ford hotel last evening. They are Charles A. Alex ander, and wife; J. c. Harrison and J. w. Clark.
 ARkANSAN LEAVES-H. L. Clark left las evening for his home in Fort Smith. Arkansas, after spending some time in the valley. MT. Clark travels by the southern route.
 WEEDlN IN ToWN-Colonel Thos. F Weedin, orator editor, politician, and mayor elect of Florence came to town last evening from his home town. The colonel will spend Sunday in the city inquiring into things.
 HURRAY!-The weather bureau officials rclcnted yesterday and con- descended to hang out the warner flag much to the delight of merchants and others who feel that Arizona has not been quite living up to her cli- matic reputation of la5e.
 HAY HUNGRY-C. H. Barnett of Greenville, South Carolina reports l hay famine in his section of the south and writes the board of trade making inquiry into the possible sup ply and prices of that commodity in the Salt river vaiIev.
 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAiGN-Th membership campaign for new mem berS now in progress at the Y. M. c. A is progressing satisfactorily to those in charge of the work. Five hundred new members is the bat tie cry.
 BOUGHT 4 PIANO-Thc Woman's club has bought of the RedcWill Mu- sic company one Of the finest pianos ever brought into this part of the country. It is Shubert Grand made .Of san Domingo mahogany and is valued at $1400
 WORK ON cRossCUT-Th work on the Arizona Crosscut canal is progressing steadily. The excavation is well under way and bids will soon be asked for in connection with the concrete work This will consist of gates. bridges, intakes etc and will aggregate about 5000 cubic yards, all being reinforcer with iron.
 ILLINOIS NOTicE-A late issue of
 the Tuscola, Illinois, Review. con
 tairs a good description of the biggest dam and several fine pictures of that
 pile of stone The state capitol build
 ing is also the subject of comment
 The article is from tn" pen Of Chas
 F. Taylor who spent some time in Phoenix and a. Roosevelt recently.
 HOW RiOICULOUS-Fran Con
 nelly was introduced at the Missouri
 picnic yesterday as '-the governor Y Connolly is said to have borne the honor thus thrust upon him with commendabIe mOdesty, but after re- ceiving the homage Of several mem hers of the party for a short time. assured them that he was nos really the governor himself-just son. FARMERS iNsTlTUTE-One of the most interesting of the farmers institutes held during the season was the meeting in the farmers room Of tho water users building yesterday oF hn N-ollaN \ soil were well represented and the topics under discussion were of par ticular interest to them. The insti- tute is of growing interest and is proving of great benefit to the mem- bers.
 BOUGHT 4 SPAULDlNG-J D. Cross and Ben Cross of the Star cor ral have purchased d 5-passcnger Spaulding automobile manufacturedby the Spaulding Buggy Manufacturing company. of Grinel. Iowa This com pany has 3G years of buggy manufac- turing experience and for the past year has been making automobiles. 1 The factory has an experienced Spaulding automobile man in Phoe- nix now to demonstrate the car. BOYS DAY-Three hundred en- thusiastic boys were entertained yes l terday at the Y. M. C. A. building | when the "open house" rule prevail ed In squads of fifty the boys were put through their paces on the floor 1 of the gym, and permitted in the pool room while on the juniors side 1 of the building the game furnished | amusement throughout the after noon. Light refreshments were serv- l ed and the determination of hundreds
 of young Phoenicians to become | members of the association was ] strengthened.
 l FEDERAL COURT-Nineteen in- 1 lictments were returned yesterday by l the federal grand jury. Most of ! these are liquor cases. One of the 1 few exceptions was the indictment of 1 w. w. Ross of Prescott who is held l on three counts for opium smuggling. Three Chinamen are also involved in l the alleged transaction. Ross pleaded
 not guilty anu his bail is fixed at l $500 Seven defendants who pleaded i guilty to selling liquor to Indians