Arizona republican., 1919-03-31
PALMrREE CATCHES ElRE-i

fire department was called by an alarm of fire, at Il o'clock Saturday night, at First and Pierce streets, only to find that a palm tree was burning. The blaze was quickly eXtinguished. An other alarm from the same quarters a little later proved to be false.
 LIBERTY LOAN BAND PRACTICES The Fifth Liberty Loan band, which will play in this city on the opening day of the Fifth Liberty loan, April T, held another practice in the War Work building yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Phoenix City band was there, practicing with them.
 HELD FOR PETIT LARCENY Knowles Sowell and Everett Carey are being held by the police department on a charge of petit larceny. Sowell ad- mitted that he had stolen the motor car bearings he was trying to dispose of at the Sawyer and Anderson garage The case will be tried in police court today.
 DOMESTIC SCIENCE GLASSES Free classes for girls and women, to teach cooking, dressmaking and millin- cry, have been started at the high school under the instruction of the regular teachers. Classes are now being held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday eve ming, and classes will be started for other evenings if there is sufficient de- mand for them.
 RETURN AFTER A YEAR-Emile Van Bever was in Phoenix on legal business Saturday after more than a years absence on the coast. Van Bever was a member of the Maricopa county Bar association, leaving here for Santa Barbara where he has d large practice. He will leave this evening for the east.
 WIFE GETS DIVORCE-When she proved to the court that she had been the sole support of her children for the past 17 years, Mrs. Cora Satter white was granted a decree from her husband, John H. Satterwhite. The couple married in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1890 They had five children who have been provided for by their mother, an employe Of a local laundry. The decree was granted by Judge Lyman.
 NEWLY WEDS LEAVE FOR OIL FIElDS-Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Nel- son, newlyweds of a week, of Ray, AriZ., are leaving for the oil fields The oil game is an old one to MT. Nell son, as he has had considerable eX | perience in fields both in Wyoming and 1 other states, as well as participating l in ventures in the early days of Ne vada. Nr. Nelson's bride was for merly Miss Lee Ella Harris of New | Mexico.
 TRACK SEASON oPENlNG-With the completion of the track on the D, ierI, a11 activities of the track season have be- gun. The high school athletes will be coached by G. G. Morgan, athletic di- rector of the school. Since time i'm memorable, Phoenix high school has carried away the state championship ir track. whole cabinet full of trophies and cups are on display at the higt school, that have been won by Coyote track teams.
 FIRST GILA MONSTER-The first 'Gila Monster" of the season made its appearance on the streets of Phoenix Saturday. It was captured three quarters of a mile north of the Ar- Zona canal by Tempe Penrod a sales man for McArthur Brothers. The ap- pearance of the "Giia Monster is said to symbolic with the coming of sum mer. The reptile is about 20 inches ir length and weighs seven pounds. It is on exhibition at McArthur Brothers.
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States civil service com mission announces the examination foi forest and field clerk to be held Apri
 26, 1919. For further information anC for application blanks, call on or ad dress Clarence R. Craig, 260 Fedora
 building, Phoenix, Arizona. Applica tion blanks and further information
 may be obtained from the local secre-
 tary. board of civil service examiners at the postoffice in this city.