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THE 'ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY-18, 1913 liAGE THREE A BANANA DEAL BEING CLOSED Earlv Distribution of 125, (K.XJ Which Xed Creigliton as Receiver for the Hon duras Development Com pany Has Been Holding A good deal of money, that is to cay, $125,ih0 will probably be dis tributed next Saturday and Ned CreighUm will be relieved of a heavy responsibility but will probably be burdened with a large fee. Mr. Creighton is receiver for the Hon duras Development company, under an appointment of a little less than u year ago and he is also receiver under a later appointment of the Colorado-Honduras Development com pany and the Honduras Banana Plan tation company. The two last named companies are affiliated with the Honduras Development company or are subsidiary to it. The first receivership is the result of a suit brought by A. Baldwin of New Orleans, a heavy creditor of the company and it was brought for the purpose of confirming a sale of the property of the company to the Unit ed Fruit company which was already the holder of a considerable block of the company's bonds. The same end could have been reached by the purchase, of the stock of the com pany but it was so widely scattered that the I'nited Fruit company pre ferred to accept a receiver's deed to the property which consists of eight hundred acres of valuable banana land in Honduras and a railroad ten miles in length, built at a cost of $100,000, beside lighters and other property. If this enterprise had been begun with the object of making money legitimately it would have succeeded but the promoters did not look be yond the promotion stage. The stock was sold all over the country with the storm center of operations in Michigan. The stock was sold in small quantities to working girls and persons generally of small means. The agent for the sale of the stock retained forty per cent in the way of a commission. When no more stock could be sold the original promoters dropped out of it. Many obligations had been incurred and an attempt was made to put the company on a firm basis. The business was put into the hands of a retired parson who was honest enough, but lacked business ability. His management of the affairs of the company in his general ignorance, were almost as criminal as that of his predecessors. Hut in spite of the management, at one time it was thought that the enterprise would succeed. The com pany had two very good years and then came two back-breaking seasons and the company found itself hope lessly involved. It was then that beneficent institution, the United Kruit company, came to the relief of the Honduras Development as it had come to the relief another rival in the banana reward for its benevolence being the property of those attracted its good offices. Jn the settlement, the price agreed upon for the property was $250,000 but only property to the amount of $2r,ono was involved in the action begun in the courts of this county and judgment for that amount was rendered. The money was put into the hands of the receiver last De cember. Since then he has been gathering together the claims which are to be satisfied. o TO USE ADAMS SCHOOL FOR CHURCH SERVICES Christian Church Makes Arrange ments for Use of Auditorium During Interim of Building. The trustees of the. First Christian church announced yesterday that they had succeeded in making arrange ments with the trustees of the school district number one, for the use of the auditorium in the Adams school for church services during the time that the new Christian church is be ing built. The first service will be held at the new place next Sunday morning. Some weeks or so back the Chris tian congregation, which has been preparing to build a new church edi fice for some time, were forced to leave the old church building on ac count of its unsafe character, and as a temporary shelter held services in the Elks theater. This however was not as satisfactory as was desired and the trustees began looking around for another suitable place. The Adams school auditorium was selected and the arrangements were made with the trustees of the school district. The Sunday school services will also be held there. In the eve ning the congregation joins with other evangelical denominations in a union service in the city hall plaza. o MESA PRODIGALS TO BE RACK ON MONDAY company of many belt, its generally who had Nov. 3 to 8 Morris and Pomeroy Late of El Paso Team Returning to Add Strength to Highlanders. (Special to The Republican.) MESA, July 17. Mesa is to play winning ball, if the schemes of that crafty Brackett takex.root. Two of the wondering heroes of Mesa's once powerful but not so weak ball team are coming back and C. Fred is al leged to have secured their services to bolster up the fortunes of his team. The prodigals are Morris and Pomeroy, late recruits of the El Paso team of the Copper league. To much cannot be said of the heady work of Morris back of Mesa's home plate. He has held the team in pinches and directed it at all times. Mesa has a bunch of winners, but lately there has been some dis organization, due to the absence of some of the old men from- the line up. Morris and Pomeroy will strengthen the Highlanders right. The wandering pilgrims Monday. That they will drift into Brackett's and ask old jobs back is so certain are due naturally for their that the local Connie cepted. Mack has already ac- EMPIRE STATERS HAVE MELON FEED The mellon feed of the Empire tSate Society was held last evening on the lawn of W. H. McKeam 230 W. Jefferson street. The program of the evening was interspersed with musical selections and the yard pro fusely decorated with national colors. Cheering and laughter greeted Mrs. McKean as she won the carving contest from W. M. Higgins by a close margin and Everett Higgins won the mellon eating contest which the judges declared broke all re cords. The next business meeting of the society will be held at the residence of Mrs. C. L. Martin 51! South Sec ond street on August 15th at which all membprs are urged to attend. Why Wait Longer? To make that trip to the Seashore ? The Fast Train Leaves Phoenix 0:00 p. m. Arrives Los Angeles 7:15 a. m. Several Others All of them equipped With Electric Lights and Fans Maximum Comfort Minimum Fxpense VENICE OCEAN PARK SANTA MONICA Pound Trip $26.25 SEE AGENTS Arizona Eastern AN INVESTMENT 8Y GEO OLNEY Purchase of the Alexander Property at Corner of Adams and Second Ave nue for a Reported Con sideration of $7i3,(X)0 Geo. A. Olney has purchased from Captain J. L. B. Alexander, the old Alexander property at the corner of Second avenue and Adams street. The consideration is said to have been $75, 000. The property has a frontage of 150 feet on Adams and a depth of 137. This is the third important deal in which Mr. Olney has figured as the purchaser within the last month or two. The first was the Ganz property on West Van Buren street and the sec ond was the W. B. Twitchell property at the corner of Washington and Sec ond avenue. The Southwestern Building and In A'estment company had been engaged in negotiations with Captain Alexander for the purchase of the West Adams street property and while some of the directors believed that it was a good purchase at the price asked, the ma jority of the board was not inclined to sanction the deal.' One member of the company yesterday expressed 'disap pointment at missing this opportunity, saying that he believed that all prop erty in that vicinity would double in value the next five years. Rumor, or rather conjecture, though on what basis is not known, connects the El Paso and Southwestern with this and other transactions of Mr. Ol ney recently. James S. Douglas was in the city the day before the transac tion was announced but that fact would hardly warrant the assumption that the railroad company was in any way con cerned in it. Considerable property along Jackson and Madison streets, west of First avenue has changed hands lately. The purchasers have been different indi viduals but the properties so lie east ami west as to afford ground for be lieving that they are intended to consti tute a right of way or terminal facili ties. But what the company would want with any considerable property north of Washington street is not clear. While there have been no recent local rumors regarding the intentions of the El Paso and Southwestern, persons coming from Tucson say that there is a general understanding among the business men of that town that the two towns are shortly to be joined by the E. P. & S. W. o 1 AMUSEMENTS T Lion Theater. Last night's bill will be repeated at the Lion tonight. There arc five first run pictures, three dramas and two comedies anil are good fresh stories with all star casts. "An Evil Genius" is the feature of the bill. It is in two parts and is the story of a toy manufacturer of Europe who saves the lives of his employes when his shop burns. The fire anil the rescuing of the men and girls, makes a beautiful and thrilling picture. Other pictures on the bill are "For getful Flossie", "A Joke on the Sheriff ajid "Noise Like a Fortune." i n EXTRAORDINARY FRIDAY SPECIALS Which Mean a Big Saving to You by Shopping at the Boston Store Friday LARGE BATH MAT Jn nicely assorted patterns OQr Sale price, each LADIES' CORSET COVERS Nicely trimmed with rows of Tor chon lace embroidery, fancy baby ribbon; all sizes in stock Qr Sale price, each Z7s BEST QUALITY APRON GINGHAMS Checks and plaids, blue, black JT and brown sale price, yard... 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There are other pictures on the bill, almost as good from a pic ture standpoint, but none so good from the standpoint of the inner his tory of the great war between the states has ever been shown here. 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DaKond &Bro. Phoen'iK-flrizon'c 201 S29 East Washington St mn J I Jr-i . r 1 .118 a: X line of musical comedy as one would want. The movies were all changed, and were up to the usual standard set by the Empress. The Empress "Get Rich Quick" Wallingford was there with bells on when it came o the art of money getting, but he did not have a single thing on "The drafters" as presented by the Bmvker Tabloid Musical Comedy Co. last eve ning. This is the best bill the com pany has presented during the en gagement. It is fast and furious and contains a thousand laughs. It is a little sketch arranged anil prepared for the sole purpose of making you forget your troubles and how well it succeeded was demonstrated beyond all question of a doubt by the ap plause which rewarded the perform ers' efforts. Jimmie Gibson appears in Irish in the bill, and he is a scream. lie was funny in the Trou bles of a Photographer. lie is still funnier in this comedy, and his work is the best line of actual comedy that has visited the city for a long time. .Lefty Lawson, the clever ju venile appears in this bill as a Yid dish character, and he puts it over in great style. Versatility seems to be Lawson's main stay, for during the engagement of the company he has appeared in straight, as a rube, as an' English fop, and now as Yid dish, and he delivers the goods in all his Characters.- The musical num bers were all well received. Miss BGonzales, the charming little sou brette, : scores heavily in her number, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans." She has long since demonstrated her ability as a dancer. The patrons of the house have come to look for good .work from Wanda Rowkor and Eillie Stanley, and they aren ot dis appointed in the present bill, for they both put over their numbers in a very pleasing manner. The company has gained a solid foothold In Phoe nix, and are passing out as neat a The Coliseum The bill at the Coliseum is well worth the price of inasmuch as all the acts are features in their own line. Bernard Eckert, the quite charms the audience act, offering some very- numbers full of harmony in a masterful manner. this week admission, appearing particular musician with his beautiful and handled McLaughlin real The over few The & Stewart are presenting "The Ilick ville Pair," a comedy sketch that is up-to-date, clean cut comedy, ict is of the rube style, and put in that snappy manner which so sketches seem capable of doing. Gillmore Girls offer a very pleasing singing and dancing act far above the average which- never fails to please, as is easily proven by the many encores of which they are re cipient each evening. The movie program was all new last night em bracing "A Dangerous Foe," Bio graph; "The Two Merchants," Edi son, and "His Life for llis Em peror," Vitagraph. o NEEDLESS WORRY A patient young angler was dili gently plying his rod and line. "Do you know," howled the irate owner, appearing on the scene, "that you are fishing in forbidden w;-.ter? Yes, "sir, preserved water. And per haps you will allow me to inform you that I have been to considerable expense in well stocking it with fish." "Ah, yes," exclaimed the angler, languidly. "And with what fish, may I ask, have you so liberally replen ished the stream?"' "With roach, sir, my favorite fish." "Ah, well, then, in that case," bland ly observed the youth, "there's no need for you to worry further, for I am fishing for trout." Pittsburb Chronicle-Telegraph. o CAUTIOUS a composer he would have composed like Handel. So would CV.bbett. It was from Handel that I learned that stile consists in force of assertion. If you can say a thing with one stroke unanswerably you have style; if not. you are at best a "marchand de plaisir," a decorative litterateur or a musical confei tinner, or a pain ter of fans with" cupids and coeottes. Handel has this power. When hr sets the words "Fixed in his ever lasting seat," the atheist is struck dumb: Coil is there, fixed in His everlasting seat by Handel, even if you live in an Avenue Paul Pert, and despise such superstitions. You may despise what yni like; but you cannot contradict Handel. All the sermons of Bousset could not con vince Grimm that God existed. The four bars in which Handel fina'.ly affirms "the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace," would have struck Grimm into the gutter, as by a thunderbolt. When he tells you that when the Israelites went out of Egypt, "There was not one feeble person in ail their tribes," it is ut terly useless for you to plead that there must have been at least one case Hi' influenza. - Handel will not have it. "There was not one, not one feeble person in all their tribes." and tiic orchestra repeats it in curt smashing cords that leave you speechless. llniv'e! is not a mere composer in England, ho is an institution. What is more he is a sacred institution. When his "Messiah"' is performed, the audience stands up. as if in church, while us is being scn.ition to Host known E very three del Festival. the "Hallelujah Chor- sung. It is the nearest the Elevation of the to English Protestants, years there is a Han at which his oratorios are performed by four thousand xe cutants, collected from all the choirs in England. The effect is horrible, and everybody declares it sublime. Many of the songs in these ora torios were taken by Handel from his operas and pet to pious words: for example, "Hemic sereiio 11 eiglio piadre: mm piange piu" has become "Lord remember David: teach him thy ways." If any one in England were to take the song from the or rtorio and set it back again to secu lar words, he would probably be prosecuted for blasphemy. "Look here, Bobbie! If you are go ing to take part in the school exhibi tion, don't you think It would be, a good idea to wash your hands?" . Bobbie: Well, .1 don't know: dad. They might slip. Life. -o HANDEL'S SUBLIME MUSIC Eloquent Tribute to the Great Com poser of "The Messiah." (George Bernard Shaw, in the May Ainsles.) Handel's music is the Uast French music in the world, and the most English., If Dr. Johnson had been Palor of Ilarlakendea Ilouse and Mrs, Wilson.