Arizona republican., 1914-03-27
COMMISSIONER COLE EXPECTED

COMMISSIONER COLE EXPECTED BACk-Corporation Commissioner A. w. Cole is expected to return today from Nogales, where. he has been con- ducting a hearing in the matter of the rates of the Nogales Telephone Com pany.
 LOST POCKETBOOk-W F. Boiling, q guest at the Hotel Adams, reported last evening the loss of a pocketbook containing a sum of money and papers valuable only to the owner. He offers liberal reward for the return of the pagers.
 ROOF STILL RED-The roof of the State House is still red in places. This is. however, not a permanent color but placed there to assist the white color which is to be put on shortly in stick
 ing on the job. The roof of Arizona S State House is to be white.
 MRS. kOONTZ ER-Friends of Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Koontz will be glad to learn that Mrs. Koontz is much improved after a threatened attack of scarlet fever. Fate seemed about to pile another misfortune on this fam fly. They lost their little girl only a week ago.
 ARMORY MEETING TONIGHT There will he an important meeting of the armory committee at the board of trade this evening at 7:30 and a full attendance is requested Adjutant General Harris is expected to return from Prescott in time to attend the meeting.
 STATE HOUSE GARDENS BEAU TIFUL-The condition of the State House gardens this spring is attracting almost universal favorable notice. Gus todian Keen has done some hard work on the grounds during the winter and the multicolored borders to the delight ful green sWard out there is the reward for his labor
 AFTERNOON RECiTAL-This af- ternOon at 3:30 o'clock, at the Arizona School of Music, Mrs. Effa Ellis Per field, the noted musical educator, will give demonstration lesson and talk, of interest to all teachers of music and public school teachers. which is open to the public. A cordial invitation is extended to every one interested NEW LAND RUSH-Snce the ap- pearance of several exclusive stories in The Republican about the opening of a new United States commissioners of flee at Littlefield. in the extreme north west of the state, applications for hOmesteads in that region have in creased amazingly. Six were received at the local land office yesterday. from all parts of the state.
 SUIT FOR DlVORCE.-Becausc her husband Jesus Nj. Torres. has | been convicted of manslaughter and is Tow serving tenn in the state uenitentiary, NiCholasa Torres has filed a suit for divorce in the supe r:Or court. The couple were married ; in Phoenix, September 12. 1910. In serve six yeats for killing a man in Coconina county. He escaped from ! the penitentiary. but was recaptured STOLE HIS CASE-Somebody stole l Dr. c. B. Palmer's medicine and instru l. ment case yesterday, and to add insult | to injury. also took along the cushion 1 from his automobile. Dr. Palmer is an 1 even tempered physician but he cer- i tainly went up in the air when he dis ! covered his loss. The stolen articles I gre of no value except to him and he ! wouldn't be inclined to prosecute if they 1 were returned to him. He would also , appreciate any information any person might have as to their whereabouts. STRATTON GETS HIS-C. E. Strat- l ton. general manager for the South 1 western district of the Mountain States Telephone Company. has a hob by for organizing courtesy clubs in l connection with bettering the attitude of the employees of his company to- I ward the public. In this he has been So i successful. that the enterprising re-
 porter of The Republican in writing to
 Mr. Stratton some time ago, dubbed i him Courtesy Ever Stratton". The
 s'ogan took like a well developed case of measles The first thing MT. C. E. 1 S. knew was that communications were | coming to him from the Denver office headed Courtesy Ever and now all his friends are rubbing the --ood joke l in At that he ayers his game is the | best in the long run, for all the jOkers l POPULARITY CONTEST = A 1 diamond ring valued at s125.0C | on exhibition at Herzberg's store will
 be given away by the Campbell show
 and the baseball club, to the most popular lady in Phoenix was donated II by Rosenzweig, the jeweler. The ballot boxes will be located at the following places: Adams hotel cigar stand, Ford hotel cigar stand, Frank
 Baum's billiard parlor, the Anheusel and Hoffman cigar stands, and al the Herzberg, Boston and New Yorl stores The votes are one cent eacf and the standing of the candidates
 will be published daily so that you can see how your favorite stands il the race and give you time to ge'
 in the running with a Garrison fin ish. Remember that we need win ming baseball in Phoenix this seasOr
 and we ask your support in thi'
 contest as well by taking in the car
 nival. By so doing you are boosting your home team