Arizona republican., 1917-05-24

| @ | pany is the manufacturer of the fam ous Rain Water Crystals, one Of the | pest water softeners in eXistance, the use of which is constantly expanding | in this section.
 VISITING HER MOTHEK-Mrs Leroy St Clair of Las Vegas, Nevada, has arrived in Phoenix to be the guest for the next few weeks of her daugh- ter Mrs William P. Bradley, SIS North Sixth street.
 NEW APPOINTEE-Bert Wingar of Mesa yesterday was appointed by 1 Governor Campbell as inspector of i weights and measures to take office June l. vice o. N. Cresswell.
 NAMED BY GOvERNoR-W. F. Purcell of St. Johns was named yes terday by Governor Campbell as member of the Arizona sheep sanitary commission in place of James Scott of Pinedale, previously appointed but who declined as business called him out of 1 the state.
 HERE FROM AJO-M Glenn Jones, formerly one of The Arizona Republi- can carriers, but now in the employ of the Valley Bank at Ajo, is spending 1 his vacation in Phoenix, the guest of his parents on East Pierce street.
 SICK NURSING CLASS-The Red Cross sick nursing class will meet at the Womans Club Thursday night at 7:45. at which time Dr. W. w. Watkins ! will deliver a lecture on "Bacteriology." This lecture is an important part of 1 the sick nursing course and all mem l bers of the class are required to at tend it. Members of the women's first aid classes are also invited to be pres ent.
 MIR. DOWNING LEAVEs-Andrew Downing left yesterday evening by the Santa Fe for Kansas. where he will spend the summer. He will go first to Kansas City, accompanying his sis ter, Mrs. Clay who has spent the last seven months in Phoenix. Mrs. Clay will go directly from Kansas City to her home at Council Bluffs. Iowa. Mir. Downing will then go to Attica, Kans., in the western part of the state where ne will pass the rest of the summer. SUES COMPANY-The trial of the damage suit of Matthews against the Arizona Eastern Railroad company was begun in Judge Stanford's court employ of the company and claims that year ago last April one night he fell into pit near the company's ] roundhouse and received injuries which, after causing him months of physical suffering, left him perma- nently injured.
 DITCH CUTTING Paul Schultz who was arrested on the complaint of w. A. Barker, charged with cutting an irrigation ditch in the Buckeye cOun- try. was convicted in Justice De Sou ga s court yesterday and was sentenced to pay fine of $15 Sentence was suspended. Walter Barnes charged with failure to provide for his family was arraigned and his examination was set for next Tuesday.
 BIG POTATO CROPS IN-State Auditor Jesse L. Boyce returned yes terday from a three days visit to Santa Fe. He reports conditions good in New Mexico and in Northern Ari- zona where there are hundreds of acres planted to potatoes, he said. The farmers have been aided by the gov ernment in securing their seed pota- toes, and the banks are assisting them in financing their crops. The range conditions in Northern Arizona are ex- cellent, MT. Boyce declares.
 NO CONFERENCE-No conference was held in Phoenix yesterday between the Council of Defense and repre- sentative of Governor Lindsey of New Mexico concerning the advisability of constructing a connecting link of rail- road between Pennington and Gallup, N. M, as a measure of defense, the New Mexico governors representative not arriving. A message from him, however. said that he would be in the city in few days, having been un- avoidably delayed.
 FOR VkCATiON-Inform from Flagstaff indicates more sthan usual interest in the large number of Ari- ] nQnnla that will Cnan6 thQif summer vacations in northern Arizo-
 na. One of the most famous campine places. and trout fishing grounds in
 the west is at Oak Creek the head
 quarters of which is the Loloma
 Lodge Iolomai Lodge is in the mos.
 beautiful location of the famous Oak Creek district. Transportation is got
 ten to Lolomai Lodge from Flagstaff
 by set n-passenger automobile leav- ins twice a week from the Commer-
 cial hotel at Flagstaff.
 MORNING AFTER-Perkaps mol many of the several hundred men whf :, secured admission to Nthe officers training camp went there with an i'm I pression that it WIS to be picnic
 but according to letters received here some of them had that impression f It was removed too late to do then !. any good They are not now in tht 5 service. Late hours spent in seeing
 San Francisco by night when it is s the liveliest left them in bad physica shape in the morning and the officers : in charge despaired of the task q ? whipping them into shape for th' 7 stern duties which will devolve upor g them in France.
 I CHECK CASE-E. A. Browr, wh' t has for some time been q prominent ;. citizen in the vicinity of Glendale y was brought to the county jail las [ night having been held in the sun : of $500 for issuing a fictitious checl r at Glendale He is charged with hay : ing issued such cheeks to merchants . and others in this city but his pre- liminary trial concerned only tn
 Glendale transaction.
 OFF FOR COAST-W. H Thom
 son, cashier ot the Phoenix Nationa
 bank. left last evening for Los Angel
 es. where tonight. he will deliver al
 address at the Les Angeles chapter O
 the American Institute Of Banking ,11r,