The Parker post., 1914-11-28
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.

auto, returning Wednesday.
Deputy Sheriff William De Spain
arrived from Bouse Tuesday. Here
after Mr.. De Spain will divide his
time between this place and Bouse. .
William Manning returned home
Monday night from flagstaff, where
he has been spending the past several
months visiting relatives in that city.
Mrs. Bloemer and Miss Ball will at
tend the teachers institute at Yuma
next week. There will be no school
during the week, all of which the
pupils will appreciate
The turkey shoot held across the
Santa Fe tracks Wednesday afternoon
proved a success, especially among
those fortunate ones who succeeded in
capturing birds for their Thanksgiving
dinner
There isn't a single good reason why
you shouldn't t ''trade at home Spend
your money where you make it. The
dollar sent to Montgomery, Buck & Co.
is long time in getting back into cir
cula tion in Parker.
The official majority in favor of
prohibition is 3l44, and for capital
punishment l 146. The industrial pur-
suits measure carried OIL, and the
anti blacklist law by S63, the anti-veto
power measure had majority of only
SO.
General Manager w A Drake and
Master Mechanic De ilva of the s. F.,
P. & 2. Railway company, arrived in
Parker Tuesday morning in the for
mer's special car They were down on
an inspecting trip, and left on the
early morning passenger train Wednes-
day
Roland Nicholas, deputy state live
stock Inspector, was down from Bouse
this week, and seized two freshly
branded yearlings, which Trinidad Con
zales recently sold to E. F. Lauten.
Under the state law the former owner
must produce the mother of the calves
and prove ownership.
Charles Adams, manager of the Par
ker Commercial company's store at
Wenden, spent Sunday in town. He
reports that Wenden has good pros
poets for prosperous winter season.
The bonds issued to sink we'll at that
place have been sold at a premium,
and active work is to start within the
next few weeks.
The Parker Baseball club gave one
of the most enjoyable dancing parties
of the season at the school house on
Thanksgiving evening A large crowd
was in attendance, and the ladies serv-
ed most excellent lunch during the
dance. The funds derived from the
dance will be used by the club in pur-
chasing new supplies. The prize waltz
was won by Mr.. Harry Osborne and
Miss Clara Osborne.
Through a Typographical error last
week an item relating to the marriage
of Miss Gladys Collins was made to
read that the bride was the only
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Collins.
This was incorrect. The brides pa
rents died some years ago, and of
course everybody in Parker knows
that Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Collins have no
daughter living here. The error was
caused on account of the similarity of
names.
The California Farm and IRRITATION
company is the name of a new cor
poration that was formed on October
81, under the laws of California. with
its main office in San francisco, and
it's land and project in Blythe, Cali
fornia. Tho officers of this corpora
tion are Hon. A. R. Kanaga, presi-
dent: M. j. Terranova, secretary: J.
+. Ludy, manager, and Pierre Zucco,
treasurer.
The Indian school baseball team
again defeated the locals by score of
l3 to last Sunday. The first five or
six innings the score stood 2 TO | in
favor of the Parker boys, but the In
dians came in for slugging contest
after that and hit the ball all over the
diamond There were several exciting
moments i'll the game. notably in the
eighth, when near riot was narrowly
averted by runner spiking a player
who was covering first base. Another
game is scheduled for next Sunday.
The locals are improving and it is
hoped they will soon be able to win
game.