Arizona republican., 1912-04-09

and a large number of the seniors of the high school will doubtless accept his invitation to attend the Normal next year.
 ON THE BENCH.-ln an effort to discourage the socialistic, and sometimes anarchistic meetings held to leeward of the city hall the chief has removed the benches from the east side of the building, and dis tributed them about the plaza. He has also caused them 10 be neatly labeled. this bench is for women and children" IL is quite evident, however. that most of the persons who use the benches can't read, or else they do not believe in signs.
 SECOND ENGiNEER-ln order that the city's interests may be fully pro- tected the sewer contractors have sent C. R. Peyton, one of the companys inspecting engineers. from Monrovia, California to Phoenix to assist En- gineer Dean in the work of installing and inspecting the sewer system now being constructed in Phoenix. The work is going forward too rapidly for one man to keep track of but with the arrival of MT. Peyton it will be possible to safeguard every point.
 AFTER LIQUOR SEllERS.-Both the sherifrs office and the police de partment are active in suppressing the illegal sale of liquor in Phoenix. It occurs to the authorities that with twenty licensed saloons in the city there should be little occasion for violating the liquor laws. Yesterday the alleged proprietor of pool hall and the manager of q club were ar rested The former will have hear ing in Justice Johnstone's court. In the latter instance the plea was changed to "disorderly conduct and the accused forfeited a bail of $50.
 THE FIRST sAsY--Who was the first white baby born in Phoenix! Yesterday morning The Republican published list of candidates for the honor, but it was not long before all of these records were broken by SeV- eral years when it was announced by Colonel C. W. JohnsIone. who has himself been here greater number of years than some people have tons of hay, that so far as his research has extended the first white child to be born here was Texas Adams. sister of the present sheriff of the county. whose birth. says the colonel, occurred
 in December. 1867
 TO PIONEER HomE-John Chaney. an Si-ycar- old pioneer. will leave this morning for the Pioneers Home at
 Prescott where his last days will be spent. Chaney is blind and feeble. and welcomed the official sanction ot his application for entrance to the home The old man is '49er. cross
 ing the plains and desert to Calfor-
 mia. and enduring incredible hardshIpS and danger. He came into the terri
 tory prospecting for gold in the early days when Indians were more plenu-
 full than dust" Tn 1880 he returned
 to reside and has been loyal Ari-
 zona miner ever since.
 MORE RECORDS REcEiVEO-The office of the clerk of the United
 states district court again resemoled book auction yesterday afternoon when thousand pounds of books and records from the old territorial
 second judicial district in Cochise county were received for filing. All records of this court must now be kept in Phoenix where the court sits. and Clerk Jayncs. and his deputies have their hands filled finding vault room for the impcrtations. The rec ords areS all here now except those l from Yavapai county which will shortly arrive.
 THE PLACE FOR THEM-G c. Parker and C. F. Chuck. who have
 been in the valley some time eXamln- | ing into the possibilities of making { homes here. have decided that 1t is | the place for them. Both have con ciujel they will return to their homes ! in Uniontown. Crawford county. Ar kansas. in the fall and dispose of their | farms and homes and other personal interests. and bring the proceeds of their sales to the Salt River valley and invest them in homes. Both the gentlemen are farmers and stock rals'
 CTS and they have been here long
 enough to investigate fairly into each of these branches of industry anu teei l satisfied that it is the ideal place
 MORE PAViNG-At Q meeting oi the board of supervisors yesterday a contract was closed with the Barber Asphalt company wherein the county undertakes to pay it's share Of the eN- pense of paving West Jefferson street from First to Second avenues. At the ineXt meeting of the council speclflca- tions will be presented for its ap- Iproval calling for the paving of thls Il street from Fourth avenue to tlttt T street. The paving crew is now work | ing on South Central and South First | avenue. On the latter thorouShfart the street car company is lowering lt' track to the street level preparatory to paving It is probable that th' Y Jefferson street work will be the neX' undertaken. There are many demands
 for the payers and two crews may b'
 worked little later.
 'l COMMITTEE HEARING - Wore reaches Phoenix that the sub com mittee appointed by the Judiciary committee of the United States sen' etc to hear the protests in the mat ter of the appointment of Richard E Sloan 10 be United States distrlc' 1 judge for the district of Arizona VII listen to arguments on Friday morn ing at ten o'clock. Judge sloan Is II Washington and will appear before