Arizona republican., 1912-05-23
OSBORN NEWS
 IF THE WEEK
Indian School Commence ment Is the Chief Event in the District; Double Tracking the Car Line; Personal Mention

OSBORN, May 22-Sunday morn
 ing services at the Bethel church were devoted to the commemmora-
 ton Of Childrens day. The Sunday school children furnished an inter- esting and we'll rendered program. In the evening Rev. MT Williams the pastor) delivered a very impressive sermon
 A special feature of the commence ment at the Indian school, outside of the graduation exercises on Friday night of this week. is the academic and industrial demonstrations at which the public is cordially invited to attend. The school will be in ses sion as usual but preparations have been made to give the public an idea of what is being done at the school. Orderlies will be on hand to conduct all visitors throughout the buildings and will cheerfully answer all ques- tions
 The rails with which the second track on the Indian car line will be laid, are now on the ground and the grading will start as soon as further arrangements can be made The in- creasing traffic which this line en- joys makes it impracticable to run Glendale cars on the single track The work will be finished before fall.
 Prof. D. F. Jantzen left last Sun day night to attend the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church which will be held at Louisville. Ky. Prof. Jantzen will be gone about three weeks. In the meantime he will take a trip to his old Ohio home Ac- companying him was his son Wen dale, who will spend the summer with grandparents in Ohio.
 The following report was submit ted by Prof. Jantzen of the Osborn school: The last month was the best in the term for attendance. Days taught were 19; total day at tendance. 443212; days absent. 142. times tardy. 56; boys enrolled. 40; girls enrolled. III; q total of 151 en- rolled. The average daily attendance was 234 which is a percentage of 97. Five new pupils were enrolled. Miss Thompson had the smallest number of tardies. ?; Miss Wiberg had the largest number of enrollments. 43; Miss Rankin's class had the highest per cent of attendance. 9S. This was the first year the number of boys eX- Ceeded that of the girls. heretofore there were always more girls than boys. Tn the 1912 class there were ten girls and fifteen boys.
 r W. Williams of Texas. who came here in the early part of last fall, has returned to his old home much benefited by the pure. dry air. MT Williams bearing the same name and coming from the same place as Rev.
 J. C. Williams, is not q relative, merely an old friend
 Mrs Mathews has purchased a lot
 on Smith lane and will soon start on the building of a handsome bungalow. This is one of the many that are eX- pected to be built in this tract. James Gibson took three wagon loads of hay and grain to his cattle range in the mountains. He says he is not taking this up on account of shortage of feed, but for the riding horses.
 The Epworth league social meeting will be held at the home of Mir. and l Mrs. ". C. Hedgpeth on the Park l road, next Friday night. All mem bers are invited
 1 Miss Katherine Boice will leave for Pittsburg the latter part of this week Miss Boice will spend the sum l mer in the east visiting friends and relatives. She will be joined about q month later by her mother, Mrs. F. ! Evans.
 1 Mir. and Mrs. William Bales from l Prescott. spent few days of last week at the Manker home on the Doris ranch. MT. Bales says he en- joys his visits to this fast improving valley very much.
 MT. oscar YapIe of Kansas is in Osborn visiting old friends and rela- tives. he is highly pleased with the
 progress of the valley since his last visit.
 The many friends of Jeff Heard and | Miss Ruth Evans will be surprised 1 to hear of their marriage at the brides home on the corner of Black l Canyon and Osborn roads. Mir Heard will take charge of the Evans ranch Miss Ruth Fuqua was pleasantly 1 surprised by q party of young friends 1 at her home on the osborn road last l Friday night
 l Mir. McDaniels has taken charge of 1 the Walker ranch on the New Back | Canyon road.
 MT Harry Harvey spent few days ! with his parents. He has just re- turned from an extended trip through 1 the mountains.
 MT Manlxer. manager of the Doris
 ranch, is baling a very heavy crop oi l hay.