Arizona republican., 1917-11-06
NEW CORPORATIONS

NEW CORPORATIONS = Articles l of incorporation were filed yesterday f in the office of the state corporation commission by the following new concerns: Apache Lumber company, American Arizona Copper Mining company, Silent Talking Machine company.
 TO BoYRooD HOME.-Visiting his boyhood home for the first time in 35 years, Sheriff w. H. Wilkey recently passed a few days in Shel- by county, Mo. The trip did n shake the officers loyalty tos Arizona which still stands the first state in the union. The eastern journey was made with United States Marsha Joseph Dillon, the authorities taking seven l. w. WIS to Chicago.
 TAckEY DANCE.-Plans are well under way for the W. O. w., tackey donce to be held at Patrick's Hall on Friday evening, November 9. The committe is planning to entertain 1 large crowd and prizes will be award 1 ed to the most tacky person, lady and gentleman. Music will be furn 1 ished by the Besse banjo orchestra. All are invited to attend and win prize.
 COMMISS SHOWERS BUSY. Ru- | dolph Kuchler member of the state i tax commission, left yesterday for 1 Holbrook, where he will be absent fol 1 two days on business connected with i the commission. Charles R. Howe, i another member of the commission
 has gone to the southern part of the state on official business The com missioners will go to Atlanta, Ga, next week to attend the national i convention of tax commissioners
 DEATH OF MRS. PORTER-A hap 1 py married life of fifteen years was broken yesterday wherr Mrs. Earl H. Porter died at the Sisters hospital. 1 Mrs Porter had for some time been in Il-health. Mrs. Porter was daughter l of MT. and Mrs. H. B. Crouch, early settlers in the valley, and she had spent l the greater part of her life here. She leaves, beside her sorrowing husband | a son Harold. Announcement of the
 funeral will be made later.
 THREE HEARlNGS.-A. A. Betts,
 member of the state corporation com
 mission, in company with Benjamin | Ferguson, engineer, and Miss Davis
 reporter, has gone to Cochise, where l a hearing will be held on Wednesday
 on a complaint that the stock ship
 ping facilities at that point are in
 adequate. From there they will go
 to Stafford and the next day to Cliff
 ton. At the latter two places the
 bearings are on complaints concern
 ing water service.
 FlREMEN TO MEET HERE-The
 first annual meeting of the Arizona
 Firemen's association will be held in
 Phoenix, November 14 to 16. Nearly
 two score of delegates are expected to
 be present, as communications have 1 in state signifying that delegates would be sent Besides an interesting pro- gram which is in course of prepara tion there will be street drills and runs by the Phoenix department Fire Chief Wright of the Phoenix depart
 ment is vice president and secretary of
 the association.
 GOVERNORS MEET-Arrangeme
 for the installation of additional pumps
 at the Highline canal were approved by the board of governors of the Wa
 ter Users association at their meeting yesterday. The cost for the pump in-
 stallation is to be paid by the govern ment and later repaid by the water
 users in installments R. P. Davis
 made request for power for lands al
 Marionette, declaring that they wished $6,000 worth of power year. The mat
 ter was referred to Engineer Elliott
 STAR ROUTES-Proposals will bt
 received at the office of the fourtf
 assistant postmaster general at Wash ington until January 15, 1918, for the 3 carrying of mails upon the star route: t of Arizona from July 1, 1918, to June l 30, 1922. The list of the routes form
 of proposals and bonds, and all neces-
 sary information will be furnished upol
 application to the Fourth Assistan | oc+a Ta (- 1 MINING ENGINEER SUES.-Ed-
 ward J. Bonsall yesterday brought ? suit for $500 against Ralph H. Cam eron for personal service rendereI t from December l, 1913, until De
 cember 31, 1914. The plaintiff al
 leges that during the time named ht l served Mr. Cameron as mining en 1 gineer, making reports regarding anC 1 performing development work anC J operating claims in the Grand Can = yon mining district. He claims tha : Cameron agreed to pay him $4 a da, : and expenses and is suing for sS0t r with interest at per cent, attorney
 fees and costs.
 s CALL ELECTION.-The board 0 2, supervisors yesterday authorized al d election to be held on November ? |. for the purpose of creating drainag, | ulSLllCl ANbs WBlCH lHcluutS idut
 south and east of Tempe. Three
 'Stees will be elected at t'-i The election will be held at the hom of E. c. Adams, J. E. Adams ant : Alberta Jackson as clerks and JohI A. Cummings as marshal. The board
 approved the sale of a county lot il Q Tempe to the Tempe Milling com
 pany for $100.
 WILL DISCONTINUE OFFER
 Harry Welch, secretary of the loca , chapter of American Red Cross. i a in receipt of a letter from John |
 Clymer director of the Bureau o Development, stating that the Unitet - States government has requested tn n Red Cross to discontinue its offer t. I the public of securing Information
 concerning friends and relatives il Germany. One exception is giver and that is if the desired information , concerns prisoners of war.