Arizona republican., 1912-03-13
NEWS BUDGET
 LFROM BUCKEYE
Trip That Would Have Been Disappointing Even With out the Attendant Run away; Dr. Thayer Moves to Phoenix; the Roads

BUCKEYE. Arz., March II. 19l2-I Mrs l.. G. Thomas of Liberty was in Phoenix several days during the week. Mrs. Thomas expected to come home Sunday anl Mir. Thomas sent Roy, their twelve year old son to the train to meet her but before getting to the station the buggy was turned over and he horse ran away with the buggy and
 broke it up badly. Mrs. Thomas did
 not come down on the train as eX- pected either.
 MT. Daniels brother has returned to Arizona from Alabama which is their native state. Mir. Daniels has spen- several years in Arizona and has now returned satisfied that this is the hest country on earth.
 Because of the threatening condition
 of the weather and the muddy roads
 there was no morning services at the South Methodist church at Liberty Sunday morning.
 Dr. Lawrence II. Thayer announces that he will open offices at rooms and 3 Creighton Bldg, First avenue, Phoe- nix. March 18th. Dr. Thayer has lived here about ten years and has been very successful in both his medical practice ana his ranching. he is en- terpriSing and public spirited and is always ready to help along any thing for the hettcrment of the community in which he lives. A great many of the people Of Buckeye are sorry to have the Doctor SD far away as PhOe nix.
 R IT Fields of Liberty has the base ment Of his house in, and is putting in the joist for the floor. Mir. Fields says with the force he is working he is able to pour just about foot a day Of cement into the walls. l Jess Lafertv has his house cOmplet- ed and painted and has one of the ! neatest looking places in the Liberty neighborhOod
 The last week was house moving
 week at the Blackmer ranch. the house
 that has been on the northeast cor
 ner of the place for a number of years
 has been movei south about half mile and west about a quarter mile
 to the center of the half section. The
 new location is one of the highest
 points on the ranch and is crossed eas.
 to vest by the south branch of the canal From the house every acre of the land can be seen.
 After finishing the house moving
 job. Chas. Parker has moved his
 teams from the Blackmer ranch to Pa
 lo Verde where he is going to put about twenty acres into alfalfa on a piece of land north of Geo. Newton's place.
 Andrew F. Lafferty, road ovorseer,
 Buckeye district, that's him. but famii-
 iarly known as Andy or the "Old Man I-afferty" Ohere are other Laf-
 ferty men you know, Jess and Kirk. sons of Andy's.) Andy is standing bet
 ter with the Buckeye people now than
 he did a week ago and in about au- other week he will be very popular in
 this road district Andy Is already
 smiling in anticipation of his highten-
 ing popularity and storing up in his brain pleasant things tO say to the
 people he will meet in the next few weeks, yes the next few weeks, for
 then Andy's qualification will lapse. If
 if don't rain again. It's all on ac-
 count Of the splendid rain we have hal
 now We will have splendid roads an1 Andy will not be growled at until they
 begin tO get dusty again. Mir. Laf- ferty sabes his job wet or dry and is up in the morning and does full days
 work when there is anything to do.
 He is out today while the ground is damp putting mp grades so that it can
 pack before it can dry out and blow | away.
 The Overland Telephone co. is going to rebuild the line to Arlington. The | work will begin this week if the plans of the company carry.
 According to Supt. Richardson's re- port Sunday morning the rain had in- | creased the amount of water at the l head of the canal to about double the amount that was in the river. before. The canal directors have set the day | to start on the much talked of in- | spection trip over the canal system IL is planned for Supt Richardson to | have the cOmpany's two teams and i big wagon with a hay franc at Buck | eye Monday morning. and as it will | take two or three days for the trip they will take a camp outfit. bedding. i q cook and driver and the seven di- | rectors and Richardson will all travel l together.
 w. R. BLACKMER.