Arizona republican., 1919-08-12

to the coast All those interested in seeing the Yuma road paved at once are urged to be present.
 PRESCOTT HAD MOST RAIN = Prescott had 1.61 inches of rain during | the week which ended yesterday. Winslow had 0ss inch and reports cat- tie in excellent condition. Nogales only had 0.07 inch, but reports cattle and range very good There was 0.I3 l inch Ut Pinto, with cattle never In better condition" Grand Canyon had light showers during the week which totalei 0.40 inch.
 GOING TO FLoRENcE-E D. Raley will be one of the Phoenix boosters to go to Florence today. Mir. Raiey will combine Sunday school and child well fare work with the barbecue and other good things provided for the day He has many friends in Florence inter- ested in his work and he is ready to do all he can to help the Florence people secure the great advantage Of the proposed dam.
 EMPTY HOUSE GETS sPookY-A residence at 311 West Willetta street caused people living in that vicinity to think that burglars were at work. It has been unoeeupied for some time, but for some unknown reason or other took notion to get all lit up Sunday night. The police were notified, found all the lights burning but as far as could be found nothing had been disturbed. They are at a loss to explain the Iays- tery.
 GIANT COTTON PLANT--Q. R. Jones, living on Grand avenue just this side of Glendale, has brought a cotton plant into the chamber of commerce which measures feet in height and is heavily laden with blossoms and bolls. The specimen will be mounted for exhibition. Mir. Jones also brought in some fine Elberta peaches which have been preserved in exhibition jars and will be sent to the International Soil Products Exposition in Kansas i City as part of the Maricopa county exhibit.
 AEDs PEACHES TO ExHIHIT-- Mrs. Frank Peterson. living three and one-half miles west on the Yuma road, has brought some splendid specimens of Elberta peaches to the chamber of commerce for use as a part of the Maricopa county exhibit in Kansas City More are wanted, and Secre- tary Welch asks that all fruit be picked 1 while still very firm, as it is difficult to preserve if allowed to ripen thor ougfily.
 TAYLOR AGAIN IN TROUBLE Harvey Taylor is hardly out of one thing before he is in another. He was before the court few days ago on the complaint of his wife who said that he 1 fell far short Of the measuments of a model husband. Yesterday warrant was sworn out for his arrest by Mrs. Alta Alxers charging him with the em- bezzlement of property of the value of | s53. The complainant is the proprie- tress of cleaning and dyeing estab- l lishrnent
 LIEUTENANT PEART GOES TO 1 OAi<LAN D--Richard H. Peart, for- merly second lieutenant in the ma chine gun company of the 15Sth in- fantry, who arrived here from Casa Gralade Saturday night, left last night for Oakland, Calif., where his wife has been staying while he was abroad. Lieutenant Peart arrived in the United States July 5 and returned to the Valley August '. He expects to return here later and resume his civil- ian occupation as electrician. WELCOMED THE FLEET = W. s. Goltsworthy, agent at the consolidated ticket office, returned yesterday from a short trip to San Diego as one of the representatives of the governor in the welcoming of the fleet. At San Pedro, i Mrs Goldsworthy was a member of party of Arizonans to whom Lieuten- | ant Thomas Ross, U. s. N, son of Mir. and Mrs. w. W. Ross of Prescott, was host. This. party boarded Lieutenant Ross launch at the docks, and after visiting the torpedo boat walters, of which Lieutenant Ross IS second in command, steamed over to board the dressdnoughts New York and New Mexico. Persons in the party besides Mrs. Goldsworthy were Mir and Mrs c. Scott of Phoenix, MT. and Mrs T. Edward Lit of Tucson, Mrs E. A. Kastner of Prescott, MT. and Mrs. T. E. Nolan of Mayer, and MT. and Mrs. W. ". Ross and their son and daughter of Prescott.
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