Arizona republican., 1919-01-11
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HERE FROM SANTA MONICA Miss Lesta Barrick of this city ;s registered at the Cliff House, Santa Monica.
 COUNTY ATTORNEY lLL-County Attorney l.. M Laney is on the sick list. Mr. Ianey is said to be suffer ing from an attack of influenza.
 COUPLE TO MARRY-A marriage license was issued yesterday to Alfred E. Horn, 46. Flagstaff and Mary Elm blem, 40, Fl Cajon. California.
 HENRY LARSON, FLU VlCTlM- Henry Larson. stenOgrapher. connected with the office of the county attorney, is on the list of influenza cases.
 TOLLESON GIN DRAWlNG.-The following may deliver three bales of cotton each to the Tolleson gin, Janu- ary IT: C. NJ. Dntleman and l. D. Butler.
 ATTENTION, LEWIS BROWN.- Lewis Brown of Galveston, Texas, is requested to call at police headquarters where information is awaiting him from his home.
 JUDGE LYMAN TO NoRTH-Judge Lyman left last evening for Flagstaff where he will sit in an important civil case in which Judge Doe is disqual- fled
 HERE IS HONEYMOON.-C E. , Larson d, wealthy WoolgroWer from Williams. is spending about two weeks in Phoenix with his bride. They are staying at the Commercial hotel.
 TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO MEET, The traffic committee of the cham Der of commerce will hold a meeting | today. Those present will be r. R. Helm. T. F. Martin, Charles Korric1, r. F. Schneider and ]. Melczer.
 JUSTICE WHEELER RECOVERS- Justice Wheeler who has been indis- posed for the past two days. will be able to attend court tomorrow, ac- | c0rdins to the statement given out at his office yesterday.
 WOULD ADMINISTER ESTATE 1 J. F.. Geare yesterday filed a petition | for letters of administration of the estate of Joe Silva who died in August | 1@17, The petitioner acted at the rc- | quest of Mrs Macedonia Silva. wife 1 of the decedent and heir-at-law of l his estate valued at $2,000.
 ANOTHER FIkE LlNE.-Freeman i9ike is about to engage in the auto stage business again to put in q, service between the towns of Mesa, Gilbert and . Chandler. At least. those were the only 1 points he mentions in his petition to the corporation commission yesterday, though, incidentally, Phoenix and in | termediate points between this city and ] Mesa would be included
 ] CALLED TO EXPLAlN.-D. W. Can field, an insurance agent of Douglas was on the carpet of the state corpora ton commission yesterday relative tC certain charges that had been made against the way he conducted the in- surance business and the manner in which he kept his records and accounts
 He is the agent of several life, fire and surety companies.
 FROM FORCE OF HABlT-Senatol Charles Robert of Cochise county. with out whom it seemed impossible for some years to open a session of the Arizona state legislature. arrived in town yes terday morning, but not in a legislative capacity. He is here out of force ot
 habit. Mir. Roberts is not a member ot
 the fourth, electing last summer to ta1C
 the nomination for membership of tho
 board of supervisors to which he wa. elected, leading the democratic vote fol
 governor by about 1000
 ANNUAL Y. M. C. A. ELECTION All members of the Phoenix Youns
 Mems Christian Association are asked to meet at the Association building
 Tuesday evening, January IA. 1919. a
 a:3Q o'clock, for the purpose of electin! five new members on the board of di rectors to fill the vacancies of thOs whose terms expire at that time. Or [ account of the influenza epidemic tn ) annual membership banquet will not b l held this year. L. W. COggins Presi
 dent J. o. Sexson. General Secretary. 3 BEN FERGUSON HOME AGAIN. Ben Ferguson, engineer of the state cor . poration commission was at his des yesterday looking. except for his mil
 itary garb as if he had never been ou
 of the capitol building. He enlisted las
 summer in the signal service and afte
 having undergone training was on hi { way to show it to the Germans. Whe
 they quit like a dog" last November
 If they had held on about six day < longer MT Ferguson would have bee , ln France. AS it was. he was on a boa I ready to sail when the armistice wa
 signed.
 WOULD RAISE LIGHT RATE , The South Side Gas and Electric com pany has asked the state corporatio
 commission for permission to increas ! it's rates for electricity in an emer I gency. The emergency is this: Tn
 low stage of water in the Roosevel l Dam and which has to be conserved fo
 irrigation purposes so that there
 only minimum of it used for the ere
 alton of electrical energy In conse s quence. the South Side company Ina :, had the price of juice" to it almos ,, doubled. It is thought by the petitione c that this state of things will renal :. unchanged until about April l whe Q the rains will bring down cascades fror n the mountains into the reservoir an there will be water to throw at tn '' birds.