Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

| REILLY HERE-B. J. Reilly, ad- vance agGnt for the Savage production : Excuse Me" was in the city yester- i day making arrangements for the pre- sentation of his attraction at the Elks | Theatcr
 HERE FOR ChRiSTMAS-AIrs Paul Seitz arrived in Phoenix yester- ] day from the western part of the county and will spend the Christmas holidays with her sister, Mrs. l.. D. i YarGcr
 PRAYER AND PRAISE SERVICE l There will be a prayer and praise ser vice at the First Methodist church to- morrow evening beginning at 7:30. Rev. pr. Ray C. Harker will conduct the i service.
 MRS. BOYCE BACk-Mrs. Jesse ! l.. Boyce. wife of the secretary of tine state tax commission, returned l from Williams yesterday and will again take up her residence in Phoe- nix for the winter
 GOVERNOR BUSY-Much of the last two or three days has been spent by Governor Hunt in signing Christ ] the seasons greetings which his excel lency has sent out to his many friends in all parts of the state.
 ChAUFFEURS' LICENSES lS- SUED-The following chauffeurs' li- censes have been issued by the Of flee of the secretary of state: No. 311. James C. BOnar of Phoenix; No.
 312, C. F. Richardson Jr.. of Tucson; ! No. 313. L. Ii. Myers of Globe.
 OFFICES CLOSED FOR XMAS | Most of the offices at the state house will close for Christmas all day today. 1 There is a movement on to have fur ther half day closing for the balance of the week, so as to allow the clerks to take part in the amusementS of the week end.
 THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER 1 Alexander Ramos, murderer of Cas-
 tenada. at Gila Bend. who was brought back from Fl Paso Tuesday
 night by Sheriff Adams, was ar raigned before Judge Phillips yester-
 day and his trial was set for Janu- i ary 2S
 FORD HOTEL-John Q. Ming, Phoenix; Fred Raish Chicago; John 1 Halbach, Adams. Minn. Mulfor Win sor. Phoenix; w. F. Myroch, Bisbee; 1 Charles GunnoW, Wilcox; Dr. Ste phens, city; Charles Shachard. city; F. $. Lovenskiold. Sacaton. W. F.. Bancroft, Aquilo; R. F. Humphrey and wife, Morristown: w F. Kahler. Florence.
 FLAG GRADUATES HERE-The Northern Arizona normal school at Flagstaff held graduating exercises recently and Superintendent c. O. 1 Case of the state education department went up to deliver the diplomas. Of the four new teachers graduating three i have positions. Tomorrow the superin- tendent will leave for Globe to attend the teachers institute there.
 AUTOMOBILE LICENSES iS-
 SUEp-The following automobile li- censes have been issued by the of flee Of the secretary Of state: No. 1858. NJ. P. Olsen of Phoenix; 1861, S T. Butler of Phoenix; 1862. E. w.
 McDaniel of Dome; 1863, Mrs. F..
 Starkey of Kingman; 1864. Charles C. Curry of Tempe; 1S65 the street
 department of the city of Phoenix.
 BOND ISSUE GRANTED-The icorporation commission terday is sued an order in the application of the
 United Verde Tunnel and SmelteI railway, allowing that organization to issue bonds to the extent of $450,00C
 for the purpose of constructing the
 road and installing the equipment
 The application was filed some time
 ago and the hearing called for yes terday with the above mentioned re- suit.
 A GOOD CHRISTMAS PRESENT i--Governor Hunt yesterday issued the only pardon that will be entered , upon the books of the state for the 1 Christmas season of 1912. J. M Pemberton of the northern part ol the state, who q number of years
 ago served d term in the peniten-
 tiary and who since his discharge from that institution has lived an
 exemplary life, was upon executive