Arizona republican., 1919-01-06
ALMA RURAL SCHOOL .
 NOT ID OPEN TODAY

MESA, Jan. 5.-At meeting of the trustees and patrons of the Alma school district held yesterday after noon. it was decided not to reopen the school this week, and the date of the opening was not definitely placed. the intention being to wait the further progress CT diminishing of the influ- enZa epidemic, before attempting to set any date. A representative audi ence was present and the unanimous decision of all present was as above stated
 While in the town of Mesa there are very few cases of the disease, mum Der throughout the country districts are i'll, and since the Alma school is in d farming section. with members of several families down with influ- enza, it was deemed advisable not to risk spreading the infection.
 Miss Kane, sixth grade teacher in the Franklin school who went to her home in Colorado when the school closed, has been unable to return to her duties here on account of the deep snows in her home state of Colorado. Miss Kane lives 50 miles from the rail- road and the snowfall has been un- usually heavy in that region.
 Fred Maier is on the streets again after several days spent at home be- cause of illness. during which time his face was swollen until the eyes were closed. NIT. Maier thinks an attack of indigestion was responsible for his condition. and having had a dose of the flu earlier in the season, is grateful that his recent ailment was of a diff ferent nature.
 After a stay of about a month at Granite Reef. the soldiers on guard were removed yesterday to Roosevelt and a new detachment is now at the Reef. The men who were to go to Roosevelt were detained in Mesa most Of yesterday by reason of a broken truck.
 After a stay of nearly two years in Mesa during which time William Hankemier has been in charge of the dry goods department of the Toggery, the family will leave in a few days for Tucson. their former home Mir. Hanke- meir was with the Steinfelt depart ment store in the Pueblo city for a number of years and goes back to them at considerably increased salary, and will have charge of the entire base ment sales department He has done good work here for the Toggery and | has aided materially in building up the already splendid piece goods depart ment.
 The readiness with which the public on the south side availed itself of the ! bargain offer for the year proves once more what a satisfactory medium is l The Republican to those merchants who wish to talk to a class of paid in l advance subscribers. people who ap- 1 preciate the paper sufficiently to make it a year after year visitor for seven 1 days each week, in their homes. Prac- ! ticallv all of the bargain offer pats; 1 of 1918 renewed their subscriptions for the new year, and q number of new ones were added. In addition to these there are hundreds more who keep their monthly or quarterly subscrip- tions paid up in advance, assuring a steady list of desirable readers for the advertising business man. With the order from the industry board for ali papers to go on a paid in advance basis, The Republican immediately complied and it is pleasing to the
 south side department to know that
 CTS is growing more steadily than un-
 der the old rule of payment in arrears and constant collection efforts.