Arizona republican., 1921-11-30
s100 FINES GIVEN
 FIVE IN MESA ON
 GAMBLING CHARGE

. MESA, Nov. 2s.-One hundred dol lars fine or 100 days at hard labor was the sentence imposed on five l men when they were found guilty l of charges of gambling in Judge Will liam Newell's court in Mesa Tuesday 1 afternoon. A motion for appeal was | made by M- J. Daugherty. represent | ing the defendants, and the court | fixed their bonds at s200 each. The five men, J. R. Skinner, Earl Osborne. Mark Marshall, Homer Tabor and c. NJ. Parons. were ar rested about 1880 Thursday morning in a small room in the rear of the Parsons Brothers pool hall on West Main street by Night Captain Brown
 and Policeman Fryer. They were booked on charges of shooting
 craps" and were placed under bonds | Of s20 each.
 At the trial Tuesday afternoon the
 set of dice and some $6 in money
 was introduced as evidence. The two arresting officers and J. M. l Vance testified in the case, the of ficers claiming that the men were in
 the room from midnight until the | time they were arrested. The of ficers testified that they saw the | game in action, that stakes varied from 50 cents to $1 and that they
 confiscated both the dice and the
 money as evidence to be used in the
 case.
 J. Parsons, owner of the pool hall.
 was also arrested at the time but the case against him was later dismissed
 by the court.
 Hope to Start Temple Soon. More detailed plans for the com
 mencement of work on the proposed
 Arizona Temple to be erected in k <-f4- @-~~ .s-t- , cated at huge gathering here Mon
 day afternoon, were discussed by the | executive committee in charge at a } special meeting held Tuesday morn l ing in the office of J. T. Lesueur. A [ letter was prepared by the com [ niittee and forwarded to the architec- i tural engineers, Young and Hanson. who prepared the plans for the
 temple. urging them to hasten to
 Mesa and to commence active opera 5 tions on the temple site at the earli- |. est possible moment. It is probable that work will be started within the : next 15 or 20 days, one member of
 the committee stated after the con-
 ference Tuesday. At the same time 2 the secretary was instructed to se- f lect temple building office and to
 arrange for Its organization While . there are yet some details of the in- \ 1 terior of the temple to be completed. v work can be started at once on the { i foundation and erection of the skei- r eton of the building, it was said. and s with sufficient money already avail
 able to carry the work on. there ap- | pears to be nothing standing in the Y way of the commencement of actual a construction.
 High Officials Return to Homes. President Heber J. Grant, Presi-
 dent Wins and Counselor Rudger
 Clawson. all high officials of the l.. ! D. s. church, departed Monday night n for their homes in Salt Lake City following their three day stay ir
 Mesa in attendance at the quarterly 4 conference of the Maricopa stake and
 dedication of the temple site. Presi :. dent McMurrin of the Caiifornis
 mission, President Pratt of the Mex
 ican mission. and President Kimban - of St Joseph's stake, departed Tues s day night for their respective homes = Gilbert Praises Mesa K. p.
 Past Grand Chancellor James A 7 Gilbert of the grand lodge. Knights I of Pythis, was a guest at the regular 5 meeting of Damon lodge Monda, . night and paid high compliments ts the Mesa order for the interest thai
 has been revived and the active in a terest the lodge Is now taking in itl v work. The amplified form of th' Y first rank was presented at the Mon - day night meeting and the frs = rank work was conferred on thre' , candidates. One candidate wa "a given the second rank work {. Rally Night for Odd Fellows. - Wednesday night w1l be rall, night for the members of the I. O. O 's F. lodges of the valley when the,
 meet in Mesa. The Phoenix degre.
 team of the Odd Fellows lodge vii
 be here to conduct the initiator. work on a class of candidates an' p' visitors from Glendale. Phoenix s Tempe and Chandler are expected t Y attend the session. An oyster sup "a per will be served following the lodg' s' work.
 1t Church Night Program. IL An interesting program will b
 presented at the regular ehurcl
 night meeting of the Methods
 church to be held Wednesday night
 A roast beef supper will be serye'
 at 6:15 followed with a devotiona
 period at 6:45. At 1880 the following
 program win be given: Song, J. C
 Raymond; song, Mrs H. N. Brad
 street; inspirational address by Ett
 Shaw, national evangelist of the w
 c. T. U. At S;30 there will be choi practice, meeting of the Sunda | school board. a social shour. basket ! ball and a story hour.
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