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Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
MESA PUPILS WILL
 AID IN VAR WORK

MESA, April 12.-Mesa High school enjoyed a visit yesterday from Dwight E. Heard, state chairman of the coun- Gil of defense; Linn B. Orme, state director for the United States Boys Working reserve; w. W. Carpenter of the Phoenix High school connected with the same work, and r. c. John- son, now of the same institution, but for number of years of the faculty of the local school. MT. Johnson is county director of the working reserve.
 The visitors were here for the pur
 pose of enrolling all the boys and girls in the working reserve so that every boy and girl in Mesa high will do some productive work this summer. Short and snappy talks were made by the men named, and before leaving they brought a glow of pride to the face of Superintendent Matthews when they told him that the spirit of interest as evidenced by the pupils of Mesa high, was greatly to be commended, and spoke well for the patriotic character of the individual boys and girls.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
OPEN AIR MEETING WILL DE HELD UPON
 MESA LAWN TONIGHT

MESA, April 12.-There will be an open air meeting held on the Mesa high school lawn tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock. Judge Joseph Kibbey and Hon. George Purdy Bullard of Phoenix will be present and address the crowd. The Mesa high school orchestra will give a program of musical selections. The nights are now delightful after the warm day and this out of door meet ing should be attended by every citizen of Mesa and the surrounding country. The occasion is the campaign for the third Liberty loan.
 The speakers will come laden with words of faith and hope in this time of the cOuntry's conflict, and with eX- hortation that every man and woman and for that matter every boy and girl get busy and roll up such a total as when counted from all parts of the United States, shall enable the kaiser to see that we are in this war to stay. In it to win because the nation is in 1t with every man and every dollar that the country's cause shall need.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
TEAM COLL|DES WITH
 AUTO-NO INJURIES

GLENDALE, April 1o-There was an exciting runaway yesterday morn- ing about 10 o'clock. A team be- longing to the City transfer became frightened and started on a mad run from the depot west on the avenue. At the corner of Washington street the team ran into machine that had been left standing alone, and the contact threw one of the horses flat, and of course stopped the other The crowd quickly untangled the team. The wagon was smashed up considerable. No one was hurt in the accident.
 Mrs. A. G. Pitcher was in charge of the Liberty bond booth yesterday and reports a splendid run. Today will be Mrs. C. c. Greens day.
 Rev. C. M. Northup and Mrs. Jack Brooks are attending the Baptist state convention.
 Mrs. Clarence Wildermuth was over from Sacaton yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. Kate Morrison.
 Mrs. Tom Anderson and children have arrived from Tennessee to join MT. Anderson who is employed at Harpers Drug store. They will oc- cupy the Dewey Little bungalow.
 MT. and Mrs. T. w. Crump and family left last night for Flagstaff, where they will locate.
 The Womans club held an interest ing meeting yesterday. The splendid program was especially well rendered. Miss Wilky and Mrs. Christy came out from Phoenix and added their pleasing selections to the program. After the program during the. busi- ness meeting, the women voted on the resolution recently advocated through this part of the county re- garding compulsory vaccination of the children. Many of the women are opposed to the compulsory vac cination. The women voted a vote of thanks to Rudolph kuchler for 2 donation of money he had contributed to defray expense of sending jellies and flowers to our soldiers at Doug l las. Arizona.
 Mrs. Logue and Mrs. Gump were
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
RICH LOOT SECURED FROM MESA STORES
 MERCHANDISE

MESA, April 12-The dry goods store of c. E. Roberson was entered some time Wednesday night and merchan- disc to the value of nearly s1,000 taken. Entrance was affected through the rear door, the glass in the door being brok- en and the inside bar pried off, evi- dently with a crowbar.
 Some 50 pairs of shoes were removed from their boxes and taken. Several silk dresses, and about two dozen fine skirts and all of the piece silks in the store were added to the booty.
 Tracks were found leading to and from buggy or light wagon wheel tracks in the rear of the store. The light is left burning at nights and on the occasion of the burglary. the thieves must have been in plain view to any one passing, yet the manner in which the shoes were handled and the silks taken from their wrappings in dicate a very leisurely performance on their part.
 Officers were at work as soon as Mir. Roberson reported his loss yesterday morning. but thus far no arrests have been made.
 This is the third time within two years that the same store has been burglarized. The work done this last time has all the ear marks characterize ing the burglary of the Busy Corner store at Tempe last winter.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
MESA NEW@ AND Ot the Leading Businesses o the
 
Earnest Work Done ct Mesa
 in Aid Nation

Acting in accordance with in- structions received that no totals must be given out locally, the work CTS in the interest of the third Lib erty loan are going about their can wasting, and even themselves not knowing just how the local sub scription is growing. This much they do know, that when orders came not to give out totals until further notice, subscriptions were coming in nicely, though occasional dollar slackers were being un- earthed, who were 10th to part with their money for even government bond, and that too while our boys are dying at the front. This much may be said, that so long as the government thinks best for them to work in silence, the loyal men and women of Mesa are doing it, knowing that each subscription they bring in, adds just that muc, to the sinews of war.
 Mesa will go over the top-mark the prediction.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
b|G TIME PLANNED.
 BY TEMPE NORMAL

TEMPE, April 11.-Today will be one of the biggest in the history of the Tempe Normal. School activities will be suspended for the day and this morning beginning at 9:30 o'clock, the athletic teams of the high schools of the valley will meet on the Normal grounds for the finals preparatory to the selection of representatives to be sent to Tucson for University week.
 At o'clock in the afternoon the cadet corps of the valley high schools and of the Tempe Normal will give exhibition drills, parade and review. Following this, the service flag of the Normal will be unfurled and dedicated at between 3:30 and 4 o'clock Music for this occasion will be furnished by the Normal Glee club and a program as follows will be given:
 Music, Normal Glee club: Address. Prof. G. M. Frizzell; Unfurling service flag; Reading of names represented on flag, Captain F. M. Irish; Patriotic songs, assemblage and chorus; Address. Hon Charles c. Woolf; Address, Gov ernor George w. P. Hunt; Star Span gled Banner, by assemblage.
 The public is invited to all and espe- cially the relatives of those whose names will be represented on the flag.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
RED CROSS BENEFIT
 FUR TAMALE EATERS

MESA, April 12.-A benefit sale and dance will be held at Mesa, Monday, April 20, that is being organized by the Red Cross women.
 The affair will take place in the Ma sonic temple, where hot tamales will be on sale and places provided for card playing and the talking over of poli- tics. The dance will be in the evening"
 Persons desiring large quantities of tamales can have them reserved by leaving word with the Red Cross head quarters.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
.LESUEUR GROCERY
 WINDOW ATTRACTS

MESA, April 12.-The J. T. Lesueur Grocery company, is using one of it's large front windows as a Liberty bond advertisement, and the display is at tracing very favorable comment. As a background are placed the national cOlors over which are draped the flags Of the allies, with Old Glory as the center piece. Then in the front center there is placed a large framed war conservation program as sent out by the national food conservation con- mittee. On either side are army rifles with bayonets, in stacks of three On the floor a business like automatic nestles familiarity near more bayonets. The wheat substitutes are shown both sacked and in piles on the floor of the window. It is an attractive window and everywhere space can be found there is liberty bond poster calling attention to the campaign now on.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12

their lives. The church is unselfish in it's hospitality for yesterday there were l50 guests at the splendid dinner served. and among the number were those of every church and a small sprinkling of those without church af- filiation.
 The entertainment was held in the K. of P. hall and the program consisted of musical and literary exercises and in the afternoon an auto ride and a visit to the Majestic theater.
 C. H. Allen was chosen monarch of the day and Grandma" Lewis. queen. The guests between SO and 70 years of age wore red badges. those between 70 and S0 blue badges and all over so, white. There were 15 of these last in the gathering.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
OFFICIAL TICKET
 FUR MESA STATED

MESA, April 12-The official tickets for the Mesa town election to be held April F have been prepared and had been printed by Town Clerk Mac Donald.
 The election will be to select seven councilmen to serve for period of two years, from June 1, 1918. The ticket contains the names of F men.
 The ticket is as follows: E. G. At taway, W. M. Beach, r. B. Beville C. Fred Brackett J. ". Connolly, Dan H. Kleinman, John L. Riggs, Robert Scott, Glenn Stapley, w. R. Stewart, w. E. Walters, Fred Weekes.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Last Number of Lecture Course D.-aal-s. -N1c4 l..

orator and lecturer will be the speaker at the last number of this years lec- ture conducted by the Normal. Mr. Fletcher will be in Tempe next Mon day evening and the lecture will be given in the Methodist church on ac- count of the unsafe condition of the Normal auditorium. MT. Fletcher is well known all over the United States as lecturer and no doubt the attend ance will be large.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Patriotic Business Men of Mesa

Several weeks ago Mesa business men began using the space shown on this page to run weekly in order to bring their merchandise before the readers of The Republican. Yesterday one of them happened to say. Let us make tomorrows page a Liberty Loan ad, and as one man, they jumped at the idea, and now they are telling you to Buy Bond" Telling you at so much per inch, that you ought to Buy a Bond" They all are at it. Hard ware folks, dry goods folks, grocers, real estate men and the rest of them, suggesting over and over again that you Buy Bond" and that you buy it today. Moreover they have a lot of faith in the Mesa folks both town and country and they really believe do these business men, that you are going to Buy Bond Today"
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Tempe Gives First Soldier

Relatives of Ramon Estrella yester- day received word of his death at Camp Kearny, late Wednesday night from pneumonia. Young Estrella is the first Tempe man to give his life as a soldier of the present war. His brother, Louis Estrella is also a soldier and located at San Diego. The parents and sisters live here. The body will reach Tempe this morning.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
HOUNDS SWIFT RUNNERS
Springfield Republican,

Comparatively few people realize of what remarkable speed dogs are capable. The wolf can run between fifty and sixty miles in one night, and the Arctic fox can do quite as well, if not better. Eskimo and Si- berian dogs can travel forty-fiv miles on the ice in five hours, and there is one case on record in which { team of Eskimo dogs travelled six and one half miles in twenty eight minutes.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
SOLDIERS OF THE SEA

Two more fighting men from Ari- zona arrived last night at the marine training station, Mare Island, Cali fornia, to start their ten weeks training. These embryo soldiers of the sea" are Joseph NJ. Miles Of Phoenix and Ernest C. Crockett of Bisbee.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
'OLD FOLK" DAY AT
 MESA |S ENJOYABLE

MESA, April 12.-Yesterday was "Old Folk day in Mesa, the annual return of the day whereon the church of Latter Day Saints lends itself un- stintedly to making all the old people of this community have the time of
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Taking Surgical Dressinq Work

Mrs. H. B. Clary, Mrs. Joseph T. Birchett and Mrs. J. H. Woods are talk ing lessons in the surgical dressing division of the Red Cross in Phoenix and as soon as a room can be obtained and equipped, classes will be started here.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Glendale Department

Mrs. ShiveIy, correspondent; L. E. kingman, circulation. Phone your items to 60; Phone your troubles to 67
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Visiting With Aunt

Prentice Moore, a nephew of Mrs. A. J. Peters is here from Long Beach visiting with his aunt's family.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12

For Sale-40,000 redeemed brick, s1O per thousand on grounds. A. J. Peters Co.,, Tempe.-Adv. bd
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
MESA WOMAN'S CLUB
 EVENT IS NOTABLE

MESA, April 12.-Members of the Mesa Womans' club and the people of Mesa in general are disappointed over the announcement made yes terday that Sergeant Major Mitchell, who was to address the people of Mesa this afternoon, cannot be pres- ent. The officer received an unex- pected order to return at once to service and left on the night train of Wednesday from Phoenix, enroute to the bloody fields of northern France. However, another speaker has been provided, and the program for this afternoon will be carried out, with Miss Imogene Nee1y at 2:30 o'clock in a demonstration of sugar and meat substitutes and an- other speaker on some patriotic theme at S:30 o'clock. The public is invited to this meeting.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Thomas Brooks Fletcher


 Everyone who had the pleasure of hearing Thomas Brooks Fletcher give his brilliant lecture last year IS keen1y awaiting his return lecture at the Orpheum Saturday night of this week.
 MT. Fletcher is acknowledged to be one of the few great American lec- turers. No audience of his ever goes to sleep. He keeps them awake, alert and thinking with him. Energetic and dramatic in his delivery, he plays with words like a master plays music on his chosen instrument. By means of powerful illustrations, some humorous, some pathetic, he leads his hearers to get a new grasp of the great truths of life. They feel richer for having heard him.
 The Fletcher lecture will be the last number of the high school lyceum course.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-12
Eighth Grade, Alma, After Bonds

The eighth grade pupils of the Alma school, boys and girls, have held a meeting and each pledged to buy a bond of some sort, either q baby bond or liberty loan. In case their parents feel unable to make the purchase for them, the young people are pledged to get out and work to earn the money. With this in view, they are asking that people with work to be done remember them and permit one or more of these patriotic young people to earn money with which to help their country's cause.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
Notice to Patrons!

On account Of the flu having upset
working conditinos at our shop we
have not been able to care for work
entrusted to us as promptly and ef'
flCiently as we would desire. Con
ditions are approaching normal again
and we hope to be in position to
guarantee our patrons prompt and
efficient service in all of their tailoring
needs. We are truly appreCiative and
trust that you will overlook the un-
aVoidable confusion caused by the flu
epidemic.
The laundry agency which we have
conducted has been taken over by Mr.,
L. R. Barbee, at the Welsh Grocery
We still have landry on hand that has
not been called for and urge those who
have laundry here to call for 1t at
once. Laundry remaining in our pos
sion after the required time for holding
same will be sold to satisfy charges.
PLEZOL TAILOR SHOP.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
Carl A. HurIbut.

Carl A. Hurlbut died Thursday morn
ing at St. Patrick's sanitarium in Lake
Charles from blood poisoning result
ing from a carbuncle, An operation
performed early in the week failed tC
give relief.
The deceased was a brother of F. E
Hurlbut OF Welsh and M. L. Hurlbut OF
Lake Charles. funeral services being
conducted from the home Of the latter
at 4.SO o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Hurlbut was 81 years old. He is
survived by a widow and five children
He was engaged in rice farming, reSid
ing about four miles north of Iowa.
Mr. Hurlbut was born in Steuben
County. New York. He spent a num-
Der of years in southwest Missouri
but had resided IN Southwest LouiSi
ana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
W0MEN'S ARMY TO
BUILD MORALE
Happy idea Meeting Hearty Response
Among Patriotic Women.

A new "army' has been born. It Is
called the Sunshine Division" and it
is made up Of women-mostly young
women-whO are eager to become a
part of definite organized effort to help
win the war. The soldiers will not
bear arms and court death like their
sisters among the Russians. Instead,
their line of duty will have to do with
service that will strengthen morale,
end help win the war by promoting
life among the American and allied SOL
diers, rather than death among the en-
emy-the final result, according to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25

military authorities. being equally as
effective in its relation to victory.
The women soldiers" of the Sum
shine Division will enjoy definite
Less of war work which they have
not had before unless they have be-
come members of the leading war work
agencies, such as the Red Cross. The
plan, which had its inception with q
group which composed the concert
party headed by Miss Wilson, the pres
identS daughter. which gave concerts
in all the army camps, suggests a
happy and suitable disposal of the
available time and talent Of patriotic
young women not engaged in definite
war activity. Interested persons are
being referred to Maj. A. P. Cakes, at
offices of the United War Work Actiy-
tiles, Dallas, Tex.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
LOUISIANA BOY CAP
TURES UNIQUE TROPHY

Sergeant Frank Edwards, Louis
lana boy with the American forces in
France, sends back a most amusing
piece Of news, pledging himself that
it is strictly true. Among his tro-
phies is rather unusual one-a
Monkeys SKIN, which ha is going to
send home He says the monkey had
been taught by the Germans to slip
up close to the American trenches
and hurl grenades. Sergeant Ed
wards writes to his sister, Mrs. II. NJ.
Edwards of Baton Rouge, that the
little beast would crawl up to the
trenches, throw grenade and lie
fiat. After several men in his plat
Don had been wounded, Edwards I'M
dertook to "get" the grenadier. He
did
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
LID ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS
FOR TWO WEEKS At LEAST

Schools, churches, motion pictures
and other gatherings will remain
closed for at least another two weeks,
according 10 statement issued by
Mayor Armstrong today.
Mr. Armstrong has been keeping in
close touch with the flu situation here
ape in frequent communication with
DR.. Bowling. He says the epidemic is
At the high point now the country
over and to open up at this time or
at any near future date would risk
a new and greater spread of the
disease. Persons who have already
had II are not immune, but would be
liable to more serious results following
a second incubation.
Mayor Armstrong says the lid will
he on for at least two weeks and unless
the situation improves rapidly, even
longer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
FENToN BOY WRITES
FROM FRANCE
as Lonesome for Some Home. Cro,vr
Conversation.

Inc Journal is in receipt of the
loilow'ng letter from Corp. f. E.
wilson former Fenton boy who is
now in France with the ,ightinp
forces:
France, Sept. 80, 1913.
Rice Belt Journal
Welsh, La.
wen, as | am over here and have q
few hours off, thought would write
a lew lines. 7 was sitting here
thinking of the folks back there and
wondering if they think of US bows
over here. Wish they could see US,
as bad as we wish to see them, and
to talk to some one that we can IN
derstand.
I am we'll and 0. K. Hope all is
we'll in good old La, often think of
Inc people and wish I could see
some of them.
We came over o. K, but it was a
long ,tiresome trip. Have been over
here almost a month. Paper IS
scarce so | had to wait awhile before
| could write my finally
managed to get enough for a couple
of letters.
1t is pretty cool here now and has
been for some time. It rains most
every day and the mud is some sticky.
The rats are bad in the place where
| sleep. At night they get above and
take a dive at my face. I caught
one trying to make nest In nv
mouth
/ haven't learned to count this
French money yet but am making a
good start. Prices seem rather high.
We can't get candies or any kind of
sweets very often and can't buy Gig
arettes or tobacco at all. Uncle Sam
gives us Durham to smoke. I sure
would like to get good "taslor
made" cigarette again. Things are
quite different from the states.
Houses are built of stone and the
roofs of slate or tole. The roads
are good but most of the streets are
narrow and crooked.
Welt guess FL quit for this time.
Yours truly,
Corp. E. 4. Wilson,
16S Inf. %. <
A. P. o. 9O4 A. &. F.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
FENTON BOY GIVES
LIFE TO HIS COUNTRY

The Kinder correspondent to the
Lake Charles American Press says:
Joe Augustine of this place has
received an official telegram from
the war department notifying him
of the death from wounds received
while in action, of his brother
James, on Sept. 20. At the out
break of the war between Germany
and this country, James Augustine,
volunteered from Fenton, La, where
he then resided, and went into i'm
mediate training for overseas duty.
Early this spring he was sent to
France and had seen much active
service before finally receiving
wounds which ended in his death. He
Has a splendid youNc mar. full of
love for his native land as attested
by his noble response to his country's
call for men who were willing to
risk all for the sake of the land that
gave them liberty and to which he
owed supreme allegiance His death
will mark a new understanding of
the principles for which this gov
eminent is spending it's every effort
to a great many of the folks in tais
section. His relationship was large
throughout this section and besides
these, a great number of warm
friends will be sorry indeed to learn
of his death,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-10-25
FIRE PREVENTION DAY.

Saturday, November End is desig
mated Fire Prevention day by the
terms of proclamation issued by
Governor Pleasant, and all interested
organizations and individuals are re-
queSted to observe the day.
Clear your premises of any trash
that may harbor OF cause fire. examine
your dues and heating apparatus and
look after any other causes that might
result in fire loss. Fire not only
causes loss but it cripples industry and
retards progress.