Arizona republican., 1912-10-01
MADISON

MADISON DISTRICT, Sept. 29- The Madison Improvement club held it's regular weekly meeting in the school house auditorium last Thursday afternoon The principal subject ta- ken up was the work at the fair, which includes establishing a booth at which place lunches and cold drinks will be served. Mrs. J. A. A. King has been appointed chairman of the committee to look after the donations and other things created with such an undertaking. This be- ing their monthly business meeting, many business plans were discussed. The ladies of this club ask the hearty support of all the people of this dis trict and other people who are inter ested in this work.
 The Union Sunday school will open in the school house auditorium on the second Sunday in October. New officers will be elected. Sunday school will start at three o'clock D. m All are requested to attend. Rev. w. I. i Brooks announces that next Sunday at 7:3O D. m. Hiram AmstutZ of the German Missionary church in PhOe- nix will preach.
 On account of i'll health Gordon Brooks has returned home after hay . ing studied a year at the Redlands University He expects to go back as soon as he is able to stand the work.
 C. w. Stafford traded his ranch on a large tract in the Buckeye val ley. He will move there as soon as he returns from trip to the coast.
 Henry Foltz will be back from an extended trip through eastern states about the second of October. MT. Foltz is a great fancier of fine cattle and he will not surprise the people if he ships a large herd out here.
 The Bethany Home santarium is now open and everything is in first class condition Inquiries are re- ceived from all parts of the country concerning this institution and the matrOn expects this to be the best year in the history of the home. Martin Brothers are leveling forty acres of land just east of the Sev- eringhaus orange grove. This tract will be planted to alfalfa for two years after which it will be planted to oranges and olives.
 Fanley Brothers sheep are now in ! the Flagstaff country. They will be 1 brought south as soon as cold wealth 1 CT sets in Frank Fanley says this i has been the best year for sheep he 1 has ever witnessed and if pasture is | good in the valley there will be more sheep clipped here than ever before.
 Howard Wasser has left for Mis- souri where he is interested in a home building association. MT Was ser has made arrangements for leas- ing a ranch.
 The present enrolment at the ] school is forty,-mOre than any pre- vious year. This is due to the eff forts made by the board of trustees to have all children attend this school instead of going to Osborn where the teachers are OvercroWded with children.
 Ed Hoelsher is improving his ranch house by enlarging it. He will also have a shed erected as soon as the house is completed.
 L. D. Libbey sold his fifteen acre
 fruit ranch to Martin Brothers, who
 will move on it in about thirty days
 This, for the past five years, has beer
 considered one of the best and mos
 profitable groves in the valley. MT
 Libbey will move to California where
 he will buy a larger grove. J. c. Burgis, of Buckeye, will move on the E. w. Stafford ranch Octobe1
 third.
 Hiram Smith is putting forth al forts to induce eastern capitalists tt