Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
At PEORIA FIGURES
ON NEW FURNITURE

PEORIA. Jan. 2S.--The Peoria high
school board has been very busy Tor
| 10 days figuring on the bids that
were submitted for the supplying OF
new furniture for the new hlSh
| school. In all there were thirty items
| of furniture and equipment that had
| to be supplied, among these Delng
| desks, chairs, tablet arm chairs, fold-
| ing chairs opera seats for the audi
| torium, library table, dining table,
| book cases. teachers desks, SHADES
for the windows, bookkeeping desks
and chairs and other items or fur-
niture necessary to equip the schooi.
Five companies submitted bids and
of these four companies We're sue
cessful bidders. So far the Mcneil
company of Phoenix received orders
to the extent of $1,17956: Peabody
q Co, $2,472.10; Flanagan & Co. OF
| Chicago, for $3.50, and the Arizona
| Sales, $17500. Some articles, like
reed furniture and filing cabinets,
were not as yet selected, as these will
be chosen from samples submitted.
Farm Bureau Meeting
The Peoria farm bureau held
meeting last night at the auditorium
and on account OF the short notice
and the lack of sufficient advertis-
ing, only few turned out. How
ever matters pertaining to farming
in the Peoria district were taken up
and informally discussed.
Captain F. w. Latimer, president
of the Peoria farm bureau, has called
meeting for February 10 and at
that time a representative of the
government farm loan bureau will
be present to discuss farm loans and
to give assistance to those who are
interested in securing loans of this
nature. A community singing will
also be held at that time.
Resigns Position
Miss Maggie Harvey, principal Of
the Marinette ward school, has re-
signed her position and Miss Augusta
Barber has been secured to fill the
unexpired term.
Baby Girl
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Kinds are the
proud parents of a baby girl that
arrived at their home at o'clock
this morning. Mother and child are
doing nicely.
Hurting
Holm Meyer and Water Furrey,
local Nimrods, are determined that
the ducks on the river shall not es-
cape them this time. Once before
they had success as far as shooting
was concerned, but the water was so
deep that they were unable to reach
the game. However this time they
have gone prepared, having first built
a boat Many of the townspeople
are specializing as to whether the
craft is seaworthy. That remains to
be seen.
Go on Tour
John Hammond and Carl Lynch.
one high and the other a grammar
school boy left home last Wednes-
day on a tour to see the world To
date no word has been received as
to their whereabouts and anxiety is
expressed by their parents as to their
welfare.
To the University
+ ID. ID. Porter, local young man and
at the present time employed by G.
A. Robinson, will leave Sunday for
Tucson, where he expects to enter
the second semester at the state
university He is to enter with a
sophomore standing.
Buys Land
William Crisp, who farned the
Strangman place for the past year,
has purchased 40 acres five miles
south of Peoria on lateral 21.
Opens Studio
Frank Summerlidason, local young
man, has opened a studio in Peoria
and will be ready to care for the
needs of those who have work to be
done.