Arizona republican., 1919-02-04
MANY WONDERS IN PAGES IF NEW
 CITY DIRECTORY
Smith Family Again Lead
 ing in Numbers, with Johnsons Next Strange
 Revelations in Volume

Pardon me, sir, but will you please tell me where I can find MT. Smith?"
 Certainly, stranger, you'll find him on pages 353, 354, 355 and 356 of the new Phoenix city directory. And he is in good company, for there are just 15S Mir Smiths there to keep him from getting lonesome.
 But just a minute. That isn't all to be found in this new city directory, just issued, of Phoenix and the Salt River Valley It's a nifty volume of 623 pages with much interesting in formation between the canary covers.
 Morris Aaron has the honor of being the first person listed in this newest and latest directory. The last one is Joseph Zushua, pronounce it as you wish. Between these two names are listed everyone in the city and valley.
 The family of Smith, as usual, is prominent in the directory. This year they lead in numbers, with 159 mem bers. The Johnsons are a close sec ond, having a total strength of 109. Then come the Browns, polling so, and the Joneses, with a score of 79.
 A study of this directory elicits much interesting information. For instance. there are Fox and Coon, Roe and Buck, Bullock and Burros, Beaver, Doe. Hart and Lamb.
 Many Nations
 The nations and nationalities pres ent are persons named France, French, England, English, German, Welch, Scott, Norman, Turk, Holland and Ro- man.
 The birds represented are Cardinal, Crane, Finch, Fisher, Hawk, Jay and Peacock.
 The vegetable kingdom is there in the persons of Corn Cotton, Hay, Moss, Reed, Rice, Rush and Wheat. The only fruit that is listed however are three Lemons.
 A lesson in anatomy might be taken from the text, there being names such as Head, Eye, Shanks and Shinn listed Of meat. Bacon and Ham are the only varieties present, but there are some hard customers" listed in the persons of Flint, Brass, Diamond and | Stone
 The points of the compass are not all there, but East, West and North were all listed. Then, too, there are Long and Short, who are there as 'big as life" in black and white.
 The directory this year is more com 1 plete than ever. It contains alphabeti- cal lists of the residents of Phoenix ] MfSess tiilpt, OilOtil anu pACHNo'ANs l It also contains classified business directory of each of the foregoing towns. Other features are a house holders directory of Phoenix and 2 street and avenue guide. showing the names of the residents of all the houses in Phoenix Other sections are devoted to the listing of the rura populations adjacent to Phoenix, TNn' pc and Mesa.
 Flags for Service Men
 Other valuable lists, data and in formation concerning the Salt Rive Valley are included between the covers making the whole a most valuable asset to the residents of the district.
 Something new has appeared for tn first time this year in the form of ; small American flag after the nam of each man who is in the service There are 1,290 of these flags in tn Phoenix directory alone.
 Phoenix now has q population O 32,737, according to the estimates 0 the directory publishers. How nea to the true figure this is will probabl be learned in a short time when tn U. s. census is taken in 1920.