Arizona republican., 1917-07-11
TOWN TOPICS
GORDON IN TOWN-William F

Gordon, superintendent of the Broken Hill mine, arrived yesterday from Ray to spend several days in this city.
 LICENSED TO Marriage i- censes were issued yesterday to Maria no Tapia, 52 Tempe and Alearia Cas- telo, 19, Tempe and John c. Thomas, 37, and Nellie Wellington, 35, Phoenix
 AUDITOR HERE-Gus. Quicken shedt, the auditor for the Southern Pa cific, arrived in town yesterday from Tucson on business for the road. He is registered at the Commercial and will be in town several days.
 MOTOR TRIP-Harvey N. Thackery, Mrs. Nellie Unger, Miss NJ. Unger, all of Sacaton, composed party that mo- tored from that place yesterday. They are stopping at the Commercial. Thack- cry is the son of the Indian agent at SacatOn.
 NEW RACKS-The city is respon- sible for the new bicyc.e racks having been placed at various intervals in the down town districts of Phoenix. They are handy affairs and will enable the bicycle riders to leave their wheels standing without having them smashed by automobiles at the curb.
 MARRIED IN PRECOTT--Word has just been received in Phoenix that Miss Hazel Wilson, daughter of Mrs. L. Will
 son. the proprietor of the Arizona Cleaning Works, was married on July 3, to Elmer Files of Los Angeles. The Ecouple was married Tn Prescott, and left immediately for their home in Cali fornia.
 FULTON BOUND OVER-A. H. Fulton was bound over to the superior court from Justice de Souza's court on the charge of issuing stock without a license from the corporation commits sion. Fulton is charged with selling Old Virginia Gold Mining company stock without permit He was given the preliminary hearing last week and the matter was taken under advise ment by the court until yesterday. WOODMAN DANCE-The second open-air dance of the season under the auspices of Phoenix Camp, Wood d
 men of the World, will be he'd at Eastlake Park, Friday evening. Danc ing will begin promptly at eight o'clock. The very best music obtainable will be furnished There will be refresh ments and late cars from the park, The dance of last Friday evening brought out large attendance and everyone enjoyed themselves.
 VETERINARIAN LOCATES-Dr H T. Doak, veterinarian and auctioneer, has located at 725 Grand avenue, where he will engage in general veterinarian practice and auctioneering. Dr. Doak has had years of experience as a veteri = marian for a number of years, having been employed as such in the bureau of animal industry, United States de- partment of agriculture, for ten years 1 When not engaged in his practice, Dr. 1 and farm implements of all kinds. EX-SLAVE WILL SPEAk-J. Vance Lewis, negro city attorney for Inde- pendence Heights, Tex, will deliver an address at the Y. M C. A. stadium at o'clock, Wednesday evening Unusual interest attaches to this speaker, for although born a slave he has succeeded i in attaining a reputation as a speaker
 which rivals that of the late Booker T. Washington. This was made pos sible largely through the assistance of | his former owner, who helped Lewis tC ] obtain an education and to exploit the | knowledge he acquired
 DRAFT BOARD VACANCY-The | is vacancy in one of the exemption boards of this state according to a tele- | gram received by Colonel Breen in charge of the Selective draft machinery | ln this state, from Sheriff Newman of Navajo county. Miss Dee M Moss recorder of that county died on July &
 The board of supervisors has appointed
 Miss Pauline Woods her deputy to succeed her but she declined to sit on
 the exemption board, saying that her
 official duties will keep her busy. An
 other member of the board has beer designated but the name of the mem | Der has not yet been received here. HE kNOWS-If you want to know
 what a romantic thing a storm on the
 desert is. ask Ray Williams, the cierl
 at the Commercial Ray took party l of friends out for motor triT ! on the desert beyond Mesa Here {
 wiener" and marshmallow roast wer, 1 indulged in. On the return trip tn. party was overtaken by what the7 term a cloudburst, and Ray became
 vertable pilot of tn good ship "Cadilla, | Eight" Evntually the craft made tn, harbor of Phoenix under it's own power | Those in the party beside the pilo
 were: Helen Kay, Mae Woods, Estell and Mae Reninger and a man gues from out of town.
 FEARS FOR CROPS-Fearful fo
 the loss of his crops. including ?,
 acres in Egyptian cotton. Gray Arch CT in complaint filed in the superior court yesterday is asking that Fran