The Parker post., 1917-06-02

in first-class condition. The garage
will continue to carry a line of auto
accessories, including gasoline and
oils, etc.
WANTED-Clean cotton rags, by
The Post. Good price paid. A print
ing Office must have rags. and here's
a chance for toys and girls to gather
up the surplus rags about their
homes al i earn some easy money.
e. S. Osborne arrived from Oak
land, Cal, Saturday on business con-
nected with the Mammon Gold &
Copper He returned the following
day to join his family, who are
spending the summer at Oakland.
Mr.. Osborne recently purchased a
late model Chandler car, and toured
through Yosemite National Park.
The Osbornes do not expect to re-
turn to Parker until September.
Appropriate Memorial Day exer-
cises were held in Parker Wednes-
day evening, May 80. Rev. S. c.
Bockman of the Methodist church
opened the services by prayer. which
was followed by the singing of pa
triotic hymns by special choir.
Several recitations were rendered by
school children. At the conclusion
of the exercises in town numerous
autos conveyed the crowd to the
cemetery, where the services were
concluded by decorating the graves
with floral offerings.
Fl. A. Garstenkorn, chairman of
the chamber of commerce of Douglas,
stopped in Parker short time Tues
day in passing through. Mr.. Gar
stenkorn said that over twenty autos
from California were due to pass
through Parker this week because of
the preference given this route, and
he believed that many more will fol-
low suit. He therefore advised that
it would be greatly to the advan-
tage of the people of this section if
certain portions of the road were
put in repair.
Announcements of the marriage of
Rev. r. X. Acuff and Miss Mary
Cress, which took place at the home
of the brides parents in Flagstaff
on May 16, were received in Parker
this week. Rev. Acuff was formerly
pastor of the Methodist church here,
and he has host of friends in Par
ker and vicinity who wish him and
his estimable wife a happily married
life. The newly married couple will
be at home after June L, at Camp
Verde, Ariz., where Rev, Acuff is
pastor of the church there.
The Indian reclamation service has
ordered a 100-h. p. engine shipped
from the Sacaton reservation to Par
ker as an additional unit to the gov
ernment pumping plant located
here. The department, it is under
stood, is arranging for the compile
tion of this unit at an early date.
Additional pumping facilities are
badly needed by the local plant in
order to supply more water for the
land now under cultivation and for
additional land that could be put
under cultivation if the water were
available.
In one of the best games played
this season, the Parker baseball club
defeated the Indian School team
last Sunday by score of 6 to S.
Neither team scored during the first
three innings, and the playing by
both teams showed a marked i'm
prOvement. There is every indica-
tion that both the Indians and the
town boys will develop some class
during the coming season. Arrange
ments are now being made to take
on some of the teams in this section,
and it is hoped that the Parker boys
will be enabled to Show Blythe,
Needles, Wickenburg and Wenden
how to play the great national game.