Arizona republican., 1920-08-31

shows decrease. Japan Is the greatest producer of silk. it's total be- ing more than 32 0000 900 pounds last year. China is next with 14,0O0-0oo, and Italy third with 100000 pounds.
 CANDIDATE PETERSON HERE 4. c. Peterson of Thatcher candidate for superintendent of public lnstruc- ton. subject to the action o- the Demo cratic primaries. arrived in Phoenix yesterday in the interests of his cam
 DIEs AT PIONEERS HOME-An- ton Joseph, pioneer from this county. died recently at the Pioneers home or which he had been a resident for four years. Mir Joseph was S2 years or age and a native of Portugal-
 MIR. AND MRS. BEHOTEGUY- MT and Mrs Henri Behoteguy returned yesterday from California where they had enjoyed two weeks vacation distributed all the way between San Francisco and Tia Juana, which by tie way. though chiefly inhabited by Cali fornians. is not in California.
 ARIZONA TEAM IS 30th--Adjutant General Ingalls, yesterday received a telegram from Captain Linton, com manding the National Guard of Ari- zona team at Camp Perry. saying .tFat a correction of the figures sent out gave his team 30th place instead of Slst a rank of Class C. There were 1T6 competing teams.
 CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF FUN ERAL-On account of the funeral of Mrs. J. Guest mother Of Miss Sadie Presley of the state corporation com mission. most of the departments of the commission were closed yesterday
 COMES TO VISIT sISTER-AIrs. s. w. McLarty of Vernon. Tex, is visiting her sister. Mrs Arthur Marston, 914 West Madison street. Mrs. McLarty is accompanied by her sons and will return to Texas in a few days. on the return trip to Vernon they will be l accompanied by Mrs, Mary Shirley mother of Mrs. Afarston.
 THESE WILL MARRY-Licenses to marry were issued yesterday to Ed ward Bloomer, Jr. 23 and Nettie Hens ley IT, both of Mesa. Basilio Nillalobos, 35. and Tomasca Lopez, p, both of Peoria; William F. Taylor. 26, and l Della Luna, 22 both of Miami: Irwin smith, B. and Esta Lu Kennedy. IS, both of Phoenix; and Carl Enos, 20, and Annie Enos, IS. both of Scotts- dale.
 PROTEST MEETING HELD-word 1 reached the city yesterday of a con course at Stafford on Saturday night which might have been regarded as an indignation meeting, To protest against the activity in politics of a group of Phoenix ministers, and especially to ! Peterson, candidate for the nomination for state school superintendent. on the ground that he is a Mormon. The meeting was participated in not only by Mormons. but by persons of the three evangelical denominations repre- ] scented in Stafford.
 PREPARE FOR PRIMARY-work of distributing the SS ballot boxes to the various precincts for the primary election on Sept. will be started al once. Clarence l.. Standage clerk of tho l board of supervisors announced yes I terday. The boxes, light green n color. with hinged hasps for locking with padlocks. have been brought from the storehouse and are now stacked al the rear Of the court house Following the primaries they will be returned to l the court house to be distributed again
 to the polling places just before the general election on Nov. ?.
 1 TO DETERMINE WATER RIGHTS l-Notices were sent out yesterday from 1 the office of the state water commis- sion of a hearing to be held at Sprin- 1 gervilie on October 14 and 15 to de- l termiue the rights of water users in ! the waters of the Little Colorado and 1 it's tributaries. There are about 65
 claimants for water of those streams l exclusive of water nsers whose rights
 were adjudicated and determined ir 1 the superior court of Apache county l two years ago in the case of the St 1 Johns Irrigation company against tho 1 Round Valley Water Storage and DitcI company That adjudication embraced
 all the rights appertaining to lands