Arizona republican., 1921-12-22

cents each. are now being prepared for the community tree and will be distributed to the children on Christmas eve.
 Community singing of Christmas carols and other numbers will feature the exercises at the tree on Saturday night. The exercises will last for only an hour, from to s, and will avoid any conflict with exercises at | any of the churches on that evening. | The executive committee of the welfare league at its meeting Tues day laid plans for the filling of sub stantial baskets to be distributed on 1 Saturday to worthy families. Close to 50 names are so far on the list and residents of the Mesa district who know of deserving families are asked to report the case to the vel fare league authorities. The league is anxious to reach every home where there would otherwise be no Christ mas and every effort will be put forth between now and Saturday to gain that end.
 Donations of edibles, fruit or any articles that might be appropriately placed in the baskets will be well comed by the welfare league, the committee made known Tuesday. Ar engagements have been made fol someone to be on duty all the time
 Friday and Saturday at the league headquarters in the commercial clut
 rooms and donations may be lef there.
 Arrested on Mayhem Charge
 J. L. Johnson of Lehi was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Constabl,
 O. l.. Pickens on a charge of mayhem preferred by H. F. Reed. who alleged , that he was attacked by Johnson
 who bit one of his ears nearly off Reed in his statement of the attacl
 said that trouble arose between hin , and Johnson over a potato patch il
 Lehi in which the two men are in
 terested. Johnson, it is said, go
 Reed down in furrow and that on . ear was almost severed. Reed rushe, y to town for attention following tn y encounter, and 10 stitches were take
 on the ear Johnson was brought i
 later in the afternoon and his bon
 was fixed at $500. His case was SC y for trial at 10 o'clock Friday mornin e by Judge Kingsbury.
 It Is Awarded Value of Horse S Dad" Wainwright was awarde ? full value for his horse in a cas |. tried Wednesday in the local cour
 Suit was brought by WainwrigI
 against Lou Trimble to secure Day = ment for a horse which he said T. sold to Trimble on monthly install 'e ment payments. Fifteen dollars hs = been paid and the court allowe y Wainwright SEQ for payments due III date.
 Y Y Holidays on Coast u Mrs. Turner Jack son of l57 N. Wi 7 bur avenue plans to leave Thursds .; night for Los Angeles. where she wi ~ pass the Christmas holidays with n parents.
 Car Is Stolen
 A Ford touring car. license nun
 Der 1855, owned by Robert Jorda T was stolen from in front of the M I jestic theater Tuesday night, accor'
 ing to reports turned in to the polio
 4 search instituted for the car h;
 failed to reveal its whereabouts
 to Wednesday night.
 Ii Rotary Has Christpas Santa Claus and all the spirit Christmas time was on hand at t weekly meeting of the Mesa Rota . club held Wednesday noon in [ . guild hall. Representative gifts pr pared by each Rotarian were distri .. uted by Santa, who also as his pa .. on the program explained wh Christmas means. L. H. VI Spanckeren presided as chairman
 the meeting and an interesting pr gram was given. Rev. O'Dell, past of the First Presbyterian church Phoenix, spoke on What Is Chris