Arizona republican., 1920-04-27
POSTPONE DRAINAGE BoI

cASE.-Hearing of the petition of the board Of directors Of the Buckeye drainage district No. to determine the legality of the $4o0,o00 drainage bond
 issue directed by them February 19. yesterday was postponed by Judge Stanford until Friday morning at 9-3e o'clock Late Saturday evening an- swers of 27 land owners in the district attacking the validity of the bond issue were filed in Judge Sanford's court. They allege in the answers that the petition has been prematurely filed be- cause records do not show that bonds have actually been issued. They also attack the election held for the issue. ILLINOIS SOciETY-The annual
 picnic of the Illinois Society will be
 held at Eastlake Park Saturday, May
 s. There will be the usual program of
 speaking and sports. The society as
 usual will furnish coffee and sugar,
 but the visitors are asked to bring
 their baskets. The Illinois Society has
 held together rather better than any
 of the other state societies that have
 been organized in this community. At
 the picnic last year there was an att
 tendance of more than TOO.
 GOES TO VISIT PARENTS-J P.
 Smith, chief clerk of the Hotel Jeffer-
 son. left yesterday for a weeks visit to
 his parents in Fl Paso.
 IMPROVED IN HEALTH.-Miss
 Anna Tyson, of the Hotel Jefferson cigar stand. returned yesterday from a visit to her brother. s. J. Tyson. whoe home is in the valley. Miss Tyson, who left for the benefit of her health, returned much better.
 HOME FROM CASA GRANDE.- J. K. Green returned yesterday from a business trip to Casa Grande.
 POULTRY ASSN. TO MEET Poultry feed that may be produced <.P ,1c-t xxrft be the subjects of informal talks by H. c. Heard, county agent, and Miss Wills, county demonstration agent, re- spectiyeiy, at a meeting of the Mari copa County Poultry Association at ? o'clock Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be held at the John M. Webber ranch, one mile north of the Indian School Two or three motor vehicles will leave the chamber Of commerce at 1:30 o'clock. The ranch is reached by the Central Avenue route for those driving, or by the Indian School car and a walk Of q, mile north from the terminal.
 YOUNGEST APOSTLE TO SPEAK. Melvin J. Ballard. the youngest apos- tie of the Mormon church, will speak at the Phoenix ward, L. D. S.. this eve- ming. Ballard has been in attendance at the quarterly conference held in Mesa, 1.600 people being present at the meetings which were addressed by the young apostle. Tn addition to the speaking there will be delightful music. the choir of the Phoenix church fur nishing the program. The local choir won the contest in which eight choirs participated recently.
 GIVE CHANGE OF ADDRESS, It has been urgently requested by the circulation department of the Ameri- can Legion Magazine that all changes of address of the members of the posts over the state be reported to the state headquarters, so that the change may be made at the office of the magazine and also that members may be receiv- ing their magazines regularly.
 ROAD IN POOR coNDiTioN-I Word was received at the Phoenix chamber of commerce yesterday from Williams Ford, and Yucca is not in very good shape. poor sign boards be- ing one of the bad features of the way. The road from Congress Junction to Bill Williams Ford is reported good by Lew.
 WRITER MAY VISIT HERE George Wharton James, the writer, has written from Pasadena to the Phoenix chamber of commerce to hold his mail from which 1t is supposed that he will i soon favor Phoenix with visit
 SEAL PRESSES TO LEGlONAR- l IES-National headquarters of the 1 American legion is now in q position to offer for sale official American 1 legion seal presses for use Of posts or in connection with their 1 official forms. according to word re- ceived at the local headquarters yes ! terday It is possible to obtain these I which is. approximately two-thirds of | the regular cost