Arizona republican., 1920-06-05
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to attend the natlOnal convention Ol the association in St. Louis on June 8.
 MURPHY DISTRICT CHURCH. The Murphy District Sunday school has regular class sessions every Sun day. Rev. w $. Buchanan will preach this Sunday afternoon. Everybody is welcome to attend the services. ADMITTED TO BAR-G. V. Hays. who completed the law course of the state university this week was admitted to practice by the supreme court yes terday on motion of Ralph Phillips. MT. Hays will be associated with his father, Lyman B. Hays, well known Wilcox attorney.
 Pearle Watson arrived Tuesday from New Orleans for a visit with her brothers, P. c. Watson and Ivey Wat son. Miss Watson is an accomplished singer, possessing a soprano voice of unusual sweetness. She plans to. spend the entire summer in Phoenix.
 FINED FOR SPEEDtNG-Two au- tomobile drivers yesterday pleaded guilty before Justice Mckee on charges of exceeding the speed limits. They were George $. Clayton, who was find SIS, and H. l.. Carmichael, who was assessed $2O.
 INDIANA MINISTER HERE-The Rev. J. H. Wilson, pastor of the First Christian church of Newcastle Ind. arrived here yesterday. He expects to spend few days in Phoenix visiting friends and may preach at the Central Christian church on Sunday, June 6.
 THESE WILL WED-Licenses to marry were issued yesterday to Bud Reese, 37, and Clara Williams, 39, both of Phoenix; Benjamin O. Hernns, 45. and Emily Bettner, both of Phoenix: Willard C. Hutton, 21, and Francis Bonard. 21, both Phoenix; Jesus L. Pino. SS. and Mercedes Rivera, Al, both of Phoenix; and Sherman Gordon, 24, and Lizzie Williams, S5, both of Phoe- nix.
 HOME ON VACATION-WiIliam Howe, son of the state tax commits sioner, and Mrs. Charles R. Howe, re- turned yesterday from the state uni- versity where he has completed his sophomore year in the engineering course. During the vacation period young Howe will work for the county highway commission.
 ROSS TO RETURN MONDAY-H. s. Ross, state treasurer. will return from Cochise county on Monday. Ross is in the south part of the state on business and incidentally is looking into the political situation. He is one of the Democrats seeking the nomina- tion of secretary of state.
 ENJOY MOONLIGHT PICNIC Sixty employees of the Union Oil com pany enjoyed a moonlight picnic at Hieroglyphic canyon Thursday even ing, where a most enjoyable supper was served and picnic sports engaged in. This affair was one of many to be held at other picturesque spots near Phoenix during the summer, and those who took part on it are eagerly look ing forward to the next excursion.
 REPORTS TRAVELLING GOOD | Travelling beyond Globe on the roads centering at Duncan is reported as c~rO saf Duncan, on a card received by the Phoenix chamber of commerce. The report specifics the roads between Globe and Duncan on the route 10 l Lordsburg and the east, aid to Clifton and the north and to Solomonville and l the south.
 GETS S1 300 VERDICT-C. D. Dill | ingham yesterday was awarded dam | ages of $500 by a jury in his $5,0Oo l islander suit against w. E. Conrad. | which began in Judge Lymans court on Thursday. Dillingham; alleged Con rad accused him in the presence of others of stealing a Ford truck and also of burning the West End store for the purpose of obtaining the insur- ance. The remarks were false, he all legged, and greatly injured his reputa- ! tion. They also caused his arrest on a charge of arson, he said, and he was compelled to bring suit against the in- surance company to recover the insur- ance.
 HELD FOR TRIAL-Howard F. Jor- dan yesterday was held to answer to the superior court by Justice Mckee on a charge of having intoxicating l liquor in his possession and was re- 1 leased under bond of S1,000. Jordan was arrested on Thursday afternoon at his home in Litchfield after the off 1 cers had found three gallons of freshly made "moonshine" in his home. No still was located by the officers, but mash from which liquor had been dis titled was found buried in the irriga- ton ditch near the house The raid was conducted by Deputy Sheriffs Blanco, Price and Sproulle.
 SET SEVERAL HEARINGS state tax commission set number of l hearings for the coming week when representatives of large mining inter ests will appear before the commission | relative to mine valuations. Kuno l Doerr, representing the American l Smelting and Refining company; D. N. l Duffey of the United Verde Copper company and Julius Kruttschnitt of
 the Silver Bell. formerly the Imperial 1 Copper company, will appear on Tues
 day morning. H. M. WhiteIy, tax agent of the Standard oil company of Cali fornia, will appear before the commis- sion on Wednesday,
 WANTS TO RAISE RATES-Tht | Prescott Gas & Electric company has filed an application with the corpora tion commission for an order authoriz- ing the increase of gas rates owing to
 the increase in price of fuel oil. The applicant is asking for permission to
 apply a gas rate differential increasing
 or decreasing the rate for gas sold as
 the price of oil f. O. b. Prescott goes
 above or below the present price ot
 S2.S0 per barrel; that this differential
 be , cents per thousand cubic feet foI
 each 18-cent increase or decrease iu
 the price of fuel oil. The company asks that the order go in effect by July
 1. The hearing will be held in Pres colt June IS.