Arizona republican., 1920-02-27
GIVING IF DIPLOMAS
 IS MADE IMPRESSIVE

RAY, Feb. 25-The ceremonies given Sunday by the John Pluitt Post of the American Legion at the Iris theater in connection With the awarding of di- plomas from the French government to the nearest kin of those who gave 1 their lives in the recent great war brought home to those who were pres ent one of the finer points in life which foreign peoples recognize and which We as Americans apparently ignore However, it can't be said that they are not appreciated by us as well as any other nation. if we can judge by the representative American audience here at Ray.
 The stage was tastefully arranged and decorated with American flags and ferns by the boys of the post The post commander, A. Magyar in brief speech informed the audience of the purpose of the gathering and intro- duced the various participants, the ceremonies being opened by all sing ing America" Mrs. $. E. Stretton rendered a violin solo with piano ac- companiment; Miss Verna Hopkins, a piano solo; Mrs. Paul Whitehead. q vocal solo, and two numbers by the Ray Glee club c. A. Smith read d paper on the Red Cross, and T.. A Eusey delivered q speech the keynote of which was "character as applied to the individual and q nation" Judge French made the presentation speech
 
 T. R. S~ndberg received a message February 22 from Salt Lake City in forming him of the death of his old- est daughter who had been ill with the flu. She leaves husband and three children, the children also being down with the flu AIr. and Mrs. Sundberg left for Salt Lake City on the afternoon train from Ray Junction.
 Ed McGlothlin is back again with the Ray Con. after an absence of sev- eral months, some of which were spent in the Texas oil fields.
 Tuesday night a smoker was given at the Ray Con club in connection with the first aid moving picture lec- ture- This is part of the safety first movement which is taking. place throughout the country this week
 The men doing the development work on the Half Moon mining property re- port good progress in spite of the bad weather they experienced the past two weeks, and the ore values continue to show as good with every foot of shaft sunk.
 The John Pruitt post of the Ameri- can Legion gave a dance in the new club room and hall Monday night which was q big success and demonstrates largest dance hall in town and that the word hospitality. although not original with them, nas some polish and finish added to it by the boys who
 
 Jack Akard is seriously sick with pneumonia after having had the flu for more than a week He was taken to the hospital Monday, and Tuesday morning was resting easier.
 The flood of Friday night washed out some of the Ray and Gila Valley right of-way which necessitated the closing down of the mines Saturday. 1 Sunday and until Monday night. as no l ore could be taken away to the smelter l at Hayden.
 A DOCTORS EXCHANGE ON COAST In recent weeks, during the infIuen- ga and pneumonia epidemics the Phv- siclans and Surgeons exchange, estab- l lished ir 1910 by San Francisco doc tors, has been proving its worth The | names of more than three hundred and ! fifty doctors and several hundred | nurses are on file at the exchange | where an index Of their movements likewise is kept, so it is possible. [ through the exchange. to get in roucf | with any of it's members within five I mnutes- A corps of telephone opera [ tors sits at the switchboard day and { night receiving calls and reIayinsz them | 10 the doctors and nurses.
 COPPER
 NEW YORK. Feb. 26.--Copper un- E changed. bar silver, $1291a
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