Arizona republican., 1922-02-03
PIONEER RESIDENT
Of MESA SUCCUMBS
To BRIEF ILLNESS

III BRIEF IL|VESS
MESA. Feb. 2.--J.. D.. Hobson, pio-
neer resident of Mesa and the Salt
River valley, died Thursday morning
at his home, 36 North Center street,
following a short illness and the
complications of old age. The de-
ceased was II years of age, and until
recently had enjoyed good health.
Mr.. Hobson with his family was in
cluded in a party of IA families that
came to Mesa in 1877, from Utah, and
settled in this district The residence
was established with other pioneers
in Mesa and this has been home since
that date, Mr.. Hobson and his FAM
lily contributing much to the upbuild-
ing of this community.
Surviving the deceased are five
daughters and four sons: ]. Lewis
Hobson of Ogden, Utah: Mrs. Lydia
Dye of Ogden, Mrs. Fred Kirkwood
of Phoenix Mrs. j. G. Blair of Mesa,
Mrs. j. w. Falconer of San Pedro,
Mrs. George Weekes of Mesa, Frank
and Walter Hobson of Mesa and
Russell Hobson of Phoenix.
Funeral services are being delayed
few days pending the arrival of the
son and daughter from Ogden. Mrs.
Falconer of San Pedro is now here.
Real Estate Moving
Several sales of real estate proper
ty, one a 20-acre tract for all cash,
are reported by Neal and HILBERT of
the Kelly Diehl- Hilbert realty Of
flee. John A. Yates of Chicago has
purchased the 20-acre ranch and
residence of j. C. Woods on the
creamery road, three-quarters of a
mile east of town. The deal was made
for all cash. A. j. Yates, a son of
the purchaser who has made his
home in Mesa for several years will
reside on the ranch. The elder Mr..
Yates is from Chicago. and will re-
| turn to that city shortly.
Another deal made, was the sale of
! the five acre tract on the transmits
! sion line road known as the G. M.
Blakely place. The property. owned
| by Wade Burke, was sold to A. T.
| Taylor.
A third sale made through the
agency recently was the purchase of
the Mrs. Eta Pomeroy home on East
| First avenue by DIR. III. A. Berry.
Musicians Club :.
| Nearly 100 children were in at
| tendance to enjoy very splendid
program given by the Juvenile Musi-
clans club under 'the direction OF
Miss Leona Pomeroy, at the Frank
| lin school on Tuesday afternoon.
| Working in connection with Miss
Pomeroy are Miss Ruth Churchill,
Mrs. Grace Standage, Miss Thelma
Hopkins, and other talented young
folks, and the people of Mesa may be
! assured of having most successful
Juvenile, branch of the state Fedora
tion of Musicians Clubs. The fol-
lowing is the program given on
Tuesday:
Chorus, The Garden of the Sea-.
................ 1B GIFTS
Piano, Revel of the Bells. :. Reingold
Ethel Hines
Reading. (a) The Moo Moo Cow;
(b) My Pas a Preacher. $500.
Hazel Shaner
! Piano, Cradle Song ......... Hauser
Chorus, The Two Roses ....7B Girls
Piano, On the Mountain -. .Frontine
Cleo Stapley
Readin, Little All Sid. ............
.............. Marjorie Pomeroy
Piano, Gathering Flowers
La Prele Davis
Folk Dances. Fourth Grade Girls
Orchestra, Andante from Surprise
Symphony" ............H Hayden
Literature Department
! Friday afternoon at o'clock the
Literature department of the Mesa
| Woman's club will meet in the Guild
Hall. Mrs. Leo Lesueur will give the
| lives of Jack London and Robert
Louis Stevenson, and short stories Of
Jack London vii lbe read by Mrs. j.
| NJ Greer, Mrs. Frank Griffin and
Mrs. w. j. Van Spankeren. Election
of officers will also be held at this
time.
Cooked Food Sale
The Fourth Ward primary will hold
a cooked food sale in the j. w. Le-
sueur grocery on Saturday. Many
good things will be on display and
the ladies in charge will be ready for
/ business at 10 o'clock Saturday NOR
ming.
Plant Trees
In celebration of Arbor day stu
! dents of the Lehi school, aided by
the people of Lehi, will spend part
of the day in planting trees and i'm
| proving the already attractive ap-
pearance of the school grounds. All
| win participate in the ceremonial of
planting a tree in memory of the
one soldier from Lehi who lost his
life in France. Henry Rothrock, avi-
ator, made the supreme sacrifice for
| his country.
Will Give Play
"a Cheerful Liar" the play which
Lehi NJ /. A. members have been
rehearsing for some time. will be
presented on Saturday night in the
Lehi hall. The young people have
fitted UP a new stage, scenery and
fixtures, and a large crowd is eX-
pected to view the comedy which is
one that is calculated to keep the
audience in laughter from the open
ing speech to the final curtain. The
| price of admittance is only 25 cents
for adults and Is cents for children.
At the South Side Theaters
Majestic, William S. Hart in
"OMalley of the Mounted" Mira
cles of the Jungle" animal serial
Pathe News.
Gilbert-Dark.
Tempe --"Passionate Pilgrims all
star cast. Ford Weekly.
Chandler - AN Amateur Devil, y
starring Bryant Washburn.
Home from Mountains
Guy f. Rice returned Thursday
from Pine Kone Kamp in the Sierra