Arizona republican., 1918-11-25
CLEANERS
 SEE GHOSTS WHILE /. ON NIGHTLY DUTIES

The presence of ghosts. lurking dark -s ly on the streets of Phoenix at night E has caused at least two members of thez Phoenix street cleaning department toS heartily wish his occupation could bcz fulfilled at d more seaSonable hour or- the day.
 The presence of spirits during our nightly cruise of the streets of Phoenix Is most annoying, and not conductive. to the best quality of work" one of the men might have said, had he not beena so scared at the time that the words failed to find utterance 4.
 When the ghosts begin to walk, we begin to hike" said another.
 We simply can't find the time 60 stop work and fool with no ghost" he. added
 The scene of the first earthly visita- | tion, or naturalization. took place on the corner of Seventh avenue and | Washington street, where d long sign | board is located. At this place the men of the hand broom section of the de partment encountered a large sized ghost. They say he was at least 10 feel | high, and transparent. Their descrip- tion is exactly the counterpart of any standard ghost. so the tale must be genuine.
 1 The ghost was first spied by one of the men, who upon looking in the right i direction saw large pair of feet at tached to a large pair of ankles pro- | trudinS from beneath the srgn board. | Upon being disturbed by the commo- tlOn raised by his discovery the ghoss came forth and confronted the earthly mortals. One of the men in an excess of bravery Cor bluff) raised shoveI l hi ic iv, [ Now. it is believed that the ghost must have been killed with a shovel in l the days before he became a licensed l ghost with full priVilge5 uf the union ! and Associated Shades, Inc, for he ilt out after the belligerent shovelman with a fury that would surpass Luclrei- himself. The man with the shovel i'm mediately forgot that he was working. for he suddenly remembered an ap- pointment he had to keep, and as he thought, no doubt, that he was about to be late, he started out with great speed. He doesn't recollect when the spirit quit chasing him, for it was too dan gerous, looking back causes a rumor to diminish speed. which was exactly the | opposite of what this particular runner wanted to do. He was in a hurry, and in a big hurry, for did he want to miss that appointment? I should say not
 The rest of the company were also demoraliZed by the attack, so com
 pletely in fact, that they Immediately left the scene and the ghost who to all intents and purposes was monarch
 of all he surveyed. And there were no
 other surveyors present to question the accuracy of his work.
 In different part of the city. sup
 posedly at the same time, another
 ghost. this time a female as Fenimore
 Cooper would have so aptly put it. This
 one was completely clothed in black.
 including a black veil. She, however
 had more persistency than her comrade the he-ghost. She set out to ha'nt tbe
 men of the revolving broom section or
 the street cleaning department, and she
 followed them from the Emergency
 hospital. clear to Willetta street
 According to one mans story, she
 appeared to be trying to hide from
 them, fitting from behind one tree or
 telephone pole to another. However, it
 the words of that individual, We had
 her spotted all the time"
 He also observed that the ghostess , evidently didn't understand English for when he accosted her. she made no reply. But after following the men foI several blocks. they began to forgeI , about their original intention of sweep ing the streets, but because of theiI heavy equipment they were unable tc negotiate such a 'masterly retreat as did the other haunted gang.
 The street cleaning department buncr
 is hardy lot, and were not mucr daunted by the visitation after it was : all over. They still are keeping then } nightly tyrst with the broom and brush although it must be admitted. with one ' q "a n pearance of former dead persons. f Use The Republican Classified Page: