Arizona republican., 1922-03-12
SCOTTSDALE SQUAD
To PLAY INDIANS

The Scottsdale Blues will play the
last Indian reservation team Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 on the local dia-
mond. The Indians have a team
composed of graduates of the Indian
school at Phoenix and they are all
experienced bali players. They de-
feated the high school team last Fri
day by a large score. The Blues have
strengthened their team by the addi-
tion of several fast players and they
are going after more players so that
the team will be in fine shape when
they play Glendale two weeks from
this Sunday Baseball is becoming a
popular sport here for more than 800
fans saw the game last Sunday.
Catching Lots Of Gophers
The A boys that are interested in
the gopher catch ing contest are max
ing that unpopular pest scarce in
this district. Some of the boys have
averaged as high as seven gophers
a day from one trap and several
hundred gophers have been caught In
the district. A picture of the cup
that the biological survey will give
TO the school catching the most
gophers per student in the contest
was received this morning and it will
be a beautiful trophy to win.
Woman Burned
One of the tent houses on the ranch
of Mr.. Crosse caught fire and burned
yesterday morning. One of the Mex
lean women living in it went inside
to try to secure some money that
she had there and was caught in the
flames and severely burned. The eX-
tent of her injuries was not learned
last night but it Is thought that she
will recover.
From Casa Grande
E. n. Hope returned from Casa
Grande yesterday where he has been
for the past few days on business.
To Petition for Rural Route
]. w. Hardin Is circulating a petit
tion for the farmers to sign for the
rural route that is proposed for this
district A similar petition Will be
on file in the postoffice and those
who do not see Mr.. Harden will have
the opportunity to sign ii there.
Signing the petition does not mean
that one has to have his or her mail
delivered at their gate but that they
have the privilege of such delivery.
Some of the farmers still want to
retain their boxes IN town and they
can do so. The establishment OF
rural route in this district will be
one more progressive step toward
an ideal rural district.
Miami Merchants Buy Grapefruit
The merchants of Miami bought
the remainder of the fruit belonging
to r. o. Etter for their trade in the
mining camp. This is the first case
where citrus fruit has been bought
in the valley direct by the mechants
of the mining camps and the new
road will open many similar possi-
bilities for the farmers of the valley
so that the Miami and Globe mer-
chants will not be dependent on Cali
fornia growers for their fruits from
now on.
Coyotes Make Raid
A band of coyotes made a raid on
the chicken yard of Principal l. 0.
Duross yesterday and carried of
eight fat hens before he could get
a shot at them. This is the second
raid on this yard this year for skunks
got away with a lot Of chickens
month ago.
Boy Improving
Harvey Lane who was accidentally
shot in the arm Sunday by his sister
is improving repidly and will be able
to use his arm in week.
Many Students III
The influenza that has been in the
district for the past two weeks has
affected many of the students and
IA were absent yesterday because OF
being I'll with 1t.
Several men have been busy the
past week cutting down cottonwood
and ash trees that are interfering
with the street lights that the cham
ber of commerce erected. Now an
unobstructed view can be had from
all parts of the town so that the
streets are well lighted.
Mrs. Eli Carr of Colorado has
written the local postmaster asking
him for information about her son
Eden Carr who was working on
ranch in this district several months
ago. Anyone knowing about him
please notify the postmaster.