Arizona republican., 1917-06-18
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 PRESCOTT EhTE-The Santa Fe is making special rate to Prescott for Frontier Days next month. This rate from Phoenix will be $5.75 the round trip.
 HELP WANTED-Men and women who will devote all or any part of this week to individual effort in behalf of the Red Cross are urged to attend the meeting at the Jefferson hotel roof garden tonight.
 WATER AT YUMA-The govern ment measurements indicate that the water in the Colorado river at Yuma should reach height of 2S.5 feet by June 26. The danger mark is said to be about 8 feet.
 DO YOU LOVE YOURsELF?-If so attend the meeting on the roof of the Jefferson hotel tonight and learn how you can do something to protect your own interests. Incidentally it will be accomplished through the agency of the Re9 Cross
 FORECAST THREE DAYS-On the weather map issued by the local weather bureau each day forecast of conditions for at least two and often three days ahead is now being made This is particularly for the alfalfa farmers.
 PROGRAM UTLlNE-Speakers at the Jefferson hotel roof garden tonight will tell you why your contribution to the Red Cross is imperative at this time and how the work of securing S50,000 in this part of Arizona is to be accumulated. Be there.
 CANTALOUPES- Crutchfield and Woclfold of Pittsburg have written q letter to the chamber of commerce en- closing a folder they are getting out to boost Cactus Brand cantaloupes from this section. They say the demand for Arizona cantaloupes by those who have he'd them in the mast. is great.
 GO. TO COAST-Mrs. Hattie Culp mother of Policeman Vernon Culp, and Mrs. Hugh Daggs left last evening over the Santa Fe for Los Angeles where they will spend the summer months. Mrs. Daggs expects to re- turn in September and Mrs. Culp will remain until October
 MORE BUSINESS That Phoenix continues to enjoy prosperity in every way. and particularly in a business sense, is shown by the postoffice re- ceipts for the first half of the present month. The receipts show a nice in crease over the amount of hrsiress done in the first half of June. 1916, be- iDg s5.45S.59 which is gain of S110S.
 NAME WANTED-Deputy Sheriff Charlie Nafziger did not quite catch the name of the gentleman who called him up by telephone about midnight of Saturday on official business rela- tive to the management of public utilities and offered valuable sugges- tiOn concerning the proper handling of telephonic appliances. MT. Nafziger therefore requests that his correspon- dent favor him with his full name and address.
 AUTOS FOUND-A new Willys- Knight automobile stolen from V. C.I Musgrove, who lives west of the city, was recovered yesterday morning on South Seventh avenue where it had been left by joy riders. They removed one tire from the machine. An auto mobile that had been stolen from O. & Stapley, of Mesa, was found at Eff teenth street and Van Buren.
 SIGN FOR WATER-Many members of the Water Users association are coming in these days to sign up for their claims in the association. While July IS is the closing day for the talk ing of such signatures. all the wiser ones know that to put it off until the
 
 upon both them and the officers of the association, to say nothing of the pos sibility that a war stamp tax may be imposed upon documents filed, which would make the proceedings more eX- pensive to the filerS.
 FINAL MlNE-The recent ore strike made on the property of the Pinal De- velopment company is much larger than at first reported, the entire face of the winZe being in highg grade ore, say officers of the company. The com pany is following the ore and at the same time raising from the main tun- nel at a lower elevation, with the view Of cutting the same body at a greater depth. The opinion heretofore ex- pressed that Pinal would eventually de velop into a paying mine is being more consistnrtIv brought forth, by the management.
 ,.E unc~M SOClAL-A pie and ice o~oaro social will be given by St Mary's Alter society on Wednesday evening, June 27, in the open air op- poslte the Catholic church. The Indian school band will render a concert, be- ginning at o'clock. Mrs. Kevican assisted by Mrs. Harrington, Miss Ca dreux and Miss Kinsella will have charge of the candy and ice cream booth and Mrs. Peter Block, assisted by Mrs. Burns, Mrs. VerWilghan, Mrs Webber. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. De- Souza will be in charge of general ar engagements.
 TRENCH FlGHTER-Down at the chamber of commerce they are becom ing experts in manipulating the latest idea in the way of trench fighting. Il is the invention of w. l.. Bessie, now unhappily detained in the penitentiary in Idaho. He sent a working model expressage collect, to the chamber ol commerce, the officials of which feared for a time it might be an internal ma chine. The invention is telescoplne tower on a movable fort and the cham Der of commerce will allow anyone who wants to do so to build full sizet model and take it to France to be useo