Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
MOTOR CAR THIEVES
 BECOMING ACTIVE
 IN MESA DISTRICT

day to VOW to catch the guilty par ties. The stolen auto was found | Thursday morning and officers are working on clues which they hope | will lead to the thieves. Officers were apprised early Thurs 1 day morning of the finding of Robert | Jordap's Ford touring car, stolen 1 from in front of the Majestic theater Tuesday night, on the eastern edge of the city limits. The top of the machine had been wrecked and other parts of the car were badly damaged. the officers sad. Indications were that the car had been used hard and tracks showed that it had been abandoned only a few hours before.
 The theft of a battery from Dyke walton's Dodge car while parked at the high school Wednesday night also was reported to officers. Chase was given to the thieves at the eme of the robbery but they made their getaway.
 During the musical recital in the high school two weeks ago. two cars were stripped of practically all or their accessories. Several tools stolen from another machine last week in the city were found in the Jordan car Thursday, indicating, officers said, that all of the jobs were being done by the same gang of thieves.
 Artists Recital is Pleasing
 Mrs. Musette Brown. pianist of Mesa, and Mrs. Doane Merrill, soloist of Phoenix were more than favorably received at the artists recital pre- sented Wedr esday evening in the high school auditorium by the Mesa Musicians club. Their program prov nd al of the bers were greatly appreciated. Mrs. Brown. although heard on many oc- casions before by Mesa audiences. was at her best and the audience was delighted with her playing. Mrs. w Raymond Battin of Phoenix, who was to appear on the program, was unable to attend owing to sickness and Mrs. Doane Merrill was secured on the day of the recital. Her hastily arranged program was none the less appreciated and she scored decided success on the occasion of her first appearance before a Mesa audience. Wendell M. Jones accompanied Mrs Merrill on the piano.
 The following program was rem dered:
 Aufschwing. Schumann; Berceuse, Chopin: Etude in D flat, Iiszt. Mrs. Musette Brown.
 O 'Lieti Signor," from Les Hug ! enot, Meyerbiu: (b) On Wings of | Song, Mendelssohn; (c) Valse des | Cigales. from Madam; (d) Chrysan- them. Andrs Messager. Mrs. Doane | Merrill.
 Wendell NJ Jones at the piano. Prelude Op. 1s, No. 3. Ignace Fried man; Seguidella. Albeniz. Mrs. Brown.
 (a) Cuckoo. Shall I Grow old. Franz Apt; (b) Gentle Annie. Steph- en Foster; (c) Shepherd Thy De- meanor, old English, Brown. Mrs. Doane Merrill.
 Dance in F major. Claude Debus- sey; Aeolus Op. 5s. No. 5, Gernsheim. Mrs. Brown.
 Alma to Close Friday
 Alma school. west of Mesa. will close for the Christmas holidays Fri day afternoon. Christmas exercises have been prepared to be given for the children and friends during the l afternoon.
 St. Marks Tree Friday Night
 St. Marks Episcopal church will l hold it's Christmas exercises on Fri day evening in the church. the date being set ahead a night to avoid 8 ] conflict with the community tree and ! tAtINlStS lO bc E'dAhi Santa Claus and a Christmas tree will be on hand and an entertainment will be presented by the children The progr; m will commence at o'clock to which all parents and friends are invited.
 Charity Gets s1o0 from Ford Day
 The Mesa Welfare League vii profit by approximately s1OO from the Ford day celebration held last Saturday in Mesa, according to fig ures arrived at Thursday at a fina meeting of the ways and means com mittee handling the celebration The celebration was a financial sue cess. according to the committed. report. All of the guarantors whC were behind tho $500 expense funC were reimbursed 100 per cent ant the balance of about s100 will b' turned over to the Welfare Leagu, for its use in supplying Christmai boxes to the needy families of tn, Mesa district.
 Literary Department Meeting
 The literary department of thu Mesa Women's club will meet Fridal afternoon at 3 80 o'clock in the guilC hall. The study of the life and writ ngs of Rudyard Kipling will be thu principal part of the program.
 Economies Dept. Meeting
 The regular meeting of the hom, economics and Civics section of tn
 Woman's club of Mesa will be helt at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in tn guild hall.
 Pre- Christmas Dance The State Amusement society vii entertain at a pre- Christmas danc
 Friday night in the l.. D. $. audi torium. Clingermans orchestra ha been secured and there will be al abundance of confetti. serpentines balloons and other novelties on hant to add life and pep to the party. Attending Relative Prof. D. E. Jones and Mrs. Jone ? left this week for Stafford, wher r Mrs. Jones brother, w. w. Layton ' died. Layton was a guard at tn } Fort Grant reform school and re 2 ceived a fatal wound when struck ol , the head with an axe in the hand l of George Fralick, Is year old in e mate who attempted an escape. I Goes to Utah
 T. V. Bushman departed Thursda > l night for LehI. Utah, where he vii Q join his family. Mir. Bushman eX : poets to make his future home i { | that locality.
 e Lou Gill, former Mesa basebal .,