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a, : THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1920 (Section Two)' PAGE THREE News From The North Side GLEN DALE PEORIA G. M. DEAN. Manager Circulation, Ntwi, Advertising Office: Carrick Realty Ca. Phene S Glendsla TUCSON MAN MAY BE -1H1MS GLEHl E RANCHER SUSTfflS LOSS OF 0 II BUTE Hon. R. C. Brown of Tucson arrived In the city yesterday morning, hia first visit In two years. Mr.. Brown is one of the few old tims newspaper men of Arizona, a considerable number of whom bore the name of Brown. Many years ago Mr. Brown -with George V. Brown, not a relative, was the pro prietor of the Florence Enterprine, which In the early nineties was moved to Tucson where it died a peaceful death after a useful life Mr. Brown was also associated with Herbert Brown, alRO no relation, in the conduct of the Tucson Citizen. Mr. Brown has been out of the harness for some years. He is here now looking over the prospect of being able to irL.i-uAL.ix jsov. -a is. fapicer, sergeant-at-arms. He has the hearty prominent rancher living near Peoria, Bupport of both the members-elect of on lateral twenty, had the misfortune the senate from Pima county to have a hay barn with all contents ft? will be as long as the one of last year land of the year before- For such is the nature of the Christmas spirit that it finds greater difficulty In withhold ing its gifts than in giving. That is why the Society for the Pre vention of Useless Giving has gone out of existence. o By O. B. Joyful The time is at hand when ma puts pencil to paper mysterious go up in smoke Saturday at midnight Tho loss was 19,000. At the time the fire started there was no one on the ranch, Mr. Spicer being away and his foreman being" absent at Glendale, whero he was attending a picture show. Uanchers who lived near Spicer stated that In passing there between 10 and 11 o clock there was not a siRn of fire Mr- Spicer war the last to leave the ranch and the only theory that can be advanced is that the tire is of an in cendiary nature. It is believed that wome passing tramp chose the burn "as a prospective lodging house for the night, but found that it was not suit able and careessly let a match fall The barr contained about 50 tons of baled hay that Mr. Spicer, was con templating silling and did not have insured, about $2, COO worth of farming vvoolg and three bales of cotton. There TaS 4tso about 100 tons of baled hay Jx-lonsrintr to Mishler & Forney. This was insured for $30 a ton. Mr. Spicer will immediately torn mence a new barn and continue to farm and overcome his loss. Caaa Grand Defeats Gtendale The Glendale High school qukitet was defeated for the second time in the in tercollegiate conference, this time at the hands of the Casa Grande High school. However, the game was a thriller and if the sentiment of the crowd amounts for anything the refer eeing of Professor Carpenter was a lit te in favor of the desert boys. The final count was Casa Grande, 18; Glendale, 17; Harrington and Adding ton, forwards: Betts and Jones were the guards; Patterson, center. The Glendale High school girls were more fortunate than the boys in their cirls by a score of 44 to 2. The game was a pretty exhibition of signals and the girls were thoroughly drilled in team work. The team was composed of Ruby Logue ind Ive Lewis, for wards; Alleen Green and Fearl Logue, centers; Hazel Holly and Lisle Reams, guards. The next game of the conference will be payed in Glendale next Friday aft ernoon against tho Gilbert High school. The boys from the south side are re puted to be all to tne mu.stt.ra ana a very hard fought contest is expected. Hera From Missouri M. L. Hayes and family arrived in Glendale Saturday and expect to lo cate here permanently. Mr. Hayes in his younger days was a pupil of Mrs' . P. Betts when she was a school teacher. Here From Payaon Mrs. E. V. Kuth is back in Glendale for a few days to attend to some busi ness matters. She states that already they have had two light snow storms at their ranch near Payon. , Craahes Into Glass German Gomez, a Mexican, had the misfortune to crash through the win kow of the Glendale State bank of Pe oria some time about noon Sunday. In some unaccountable manner the brakes of tho car would not hold and before the car could be brought under control the huge plate gass and frame work was smashed to pieces. The plaU glass was fully insured Return From Florida Attorney Stovall returned Monday from St. Pcterburg" where he went over a month Ago to see his wife who lias bfen exceedingly ill. Stovall says that For id a is booming on account of so many winter tourists being there", and ul.o that the southern cotton farm ers are far from giving up hope on account of the cotton situation and that plans are now under way to unite I he financiers and growers together to create a bigger and better market. Turkey Dinner on Desert Ir. and Mrs. Otto and fami!5 Mr. nurt Mrs. C. Smith. Mr. Ordway. and Mr. and Mrs- K. P. Bell enjoyed a met! turlicy dinner out in the desert. C. W. B. M. Mrs. Edgar Orr will entertain her division of the C. V. 15. M- at her Imme on East Glendale uvenue Wed nesday afternoon. ' " ' Security Benefit The Security Benefit wil hold initia tion and regular meeting Wednesday k'aht at W. O. hall. , Box Social 'The box snoial that is to be given bv the W. C). W. in their hall over P.enty's grocery is reported to lie one of tho best ever staged. Don't forget that it is to be Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 8 o'clock.' Home From Los Angeles Miss Ruth Humphrey, who came borne from Los Angeles for the Thanks giving hoidays. will join her sister in a course in the Lamson business college this week. Visiting Friends Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Perkins and (Imichters. Helen and Pauline, were visiting friends in Glendale Sunday, Miss Pauline returned to Tempe in the evening. Guests Mr. anl Mrs. Baird Green and Mrs Everett Barkley were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Halreson. o HE'D BE THE GOAT. A widely known clergyman is in the habit of repeating his sentences several 1 times over to enable the congregation 1 thoroughly to grasp their meaning. On one occasion, while preaching in a very l' ior district, he came to the following words: "Who was John tho Baptist?" lie brought them out slowly and l;s- -f iTlly, and then repeated them. After j "Uinclr.ff around the church, he one j more repeated tne woras. vs no was John the Baptist?" To his surprise i very seedy looking individual at the back of the chureh shuffled to his feet fnnd remarked with a smile, "Iok hero jruv'rtor. I know there's a catoh some where: but come on, who was he?" The Argonaut. , TOO ANXIOUS Mary Ellen had jut arrived at rnndmothers house ana announced herself being thirsty. "Don't drink wnfler honey," said grandmother Mere's a nice glass of milk you can I a ve " I ittic M iry EMeti demurred but grandmother "insisted that she drink FORTUNE IN PERQUISITES on, mother, exclaimed the new prima donna, "my fortune is made!" 'Has Mr. Libretto, the great man ag"er, signed you up?" asked the proud mother. "Yes. it's all fixed. He is to pay all my expenses, for board and clothes you know; every cent of them." But how much a night?" "Oh, he doesn't pay me anything for singing. I'm new to the public yet, you know." "But you said your fortune was made." "It is. I am to get half I get for recommending toilet soaps, face pow ders and pianos." and makes various notations. And when me children come suddenly into the room she hastily conceals the paper as it caught in a wicked conspiracy. "What are you writin', ma?" asks Willy- "Oh." she answers, "I'm Just writing a letter." m w Knowing that it is a white lie, ma tells it easily. She doesn t confess to the children that she and an oia man named Santa Claus have just Deen framing a plot to be carried into effect about the midnight of Dec. ucn intrigues must be kept covered. But if we look over ma's shoulder as she writes we can get som$ hint of I the details of the conspiracy between her and Santa Claus. The first notation reads: "For Mary, a doll and a go-cart": and after that there is something about a velocipede for Willy and a set of toy dishes and toy furniture for Jane; and a long list of things for others who must be re membered. The same evening when the chidren have been put to bed ma presents the document to pa, thus making him a party .to the plot of Dec. 24, or which. ma is the brains ana . pa is mo n nancier. "Well," says ma, "I'm going to keep the list short this year." That is what she says every year but in the end it Padding the Census It was during the Civil war and the northern and southern outposts were within hailing distance: "Hello, Johnny," sang out the north erner, wnat regiment is vours? "The Twelfth Virginia. .What's vour, Yank?" "The 175th Rhode Island." "You lie, Yank. That ain't a hun dred and seventy-five men in Rhode Island." New York Evening Post. Days of Chivalry Gone The storm which had been brewing for some time was fast gathering over head. Mother-in-law comfound all mothers-in-law was at the bottom of the quarrel. "Ah. me," sighed the young wife. "The days of chivalry are gone!" i "Chivalry be blovved!" was the hus- band's heated retort. 1 "Yes," continued the now-weeping 'young wife, "Sir Walter Raleigh laid down his cloak on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk on, but you you get angry simply because poor, dar moth er sat down on your hat." o The largest forest in the world is in the Labrador and Hudson Bay district, and is, roughly, 1,000 by 1,700 miles. Illuminating A widower was deeply grieved when his wife passed away, and he had sculptured on her tombstone: "My light has gone out." Then he married again and he went to the bishop and suggested that his 1 match.'" remarriage might seem to be at vari-' ance with -the inscription. "Don't yoi. think I had better have it taken off the stone?" he asked. "No," answered the bi.-shop. "I'd jui put under: 1 have struck anothei w I: Hti ' I if f f utxtm We wish to announce that effective Decem ber 1, 1920, we are on a cash basis. We hope and feel that with this method that it will be Eossible for us to eliminate a great deal of overh ead expense and to sell to the. consumer at greatly reduced prices. Glendale Milling Co. GLENDALE : ARIZONA iH Do you know that today you can buy a MERCER for $4,485 " Former P"ce $S,485 Delivered Arizona The price goes up after January first unless manufacturing costs come down. . StfERGER The family car par excellence THE LOCOMOBILE CO. Pico at Figueroa Street Loa Angeles, Cal. 3w2 PHOENIX AUTOMO TIVE DIRE CTO RY i3ils IUICK--CADILLAC BABBITT BROS. 1X1 and 313 North Cantral Ave MACK TRUCKS Phana 14St i HANDLER ' HUDSON ESSEX G. M. C. TRUCKS TRAILMOBILH CAL MESSNER Cornar Fourth Avanua and Adams LEVELAND-MARMON W. E. GARDNER & CO. PHONE 42&1 FIFTH AVE AND WASHINGTON PHEVROLET U Little Four Big Four ERT O. BROWN, DISTRIBUTOR 316-13 E. WASHINGTON ORT and HUPMOBILES GEO. H. REUBEN AUTO CO. 227-235 N. CENTRAL. PHONE 3584 RANKLIN FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO. 8. M. STARR, MGR. 06 N. Cantral B lOLMES IMPROVED AIR COOLED CAR W. R. COATES, Stata Distributor Phona 3238 33-35 South Third Ava. V Phoanix AKLAND ri( i io -i i . in OAKLAND ARIZ. SALES CO. FIFTH AVE AND WASH. PHONE 42M CTUDEBAKER BARRETT & POTTBERG, INC 125 N. FIRST ST. PHONE 4419 !ELIE Automobiles Motor Truck and Tractors VELIE MOTOR SALES SOS N. Central Phona 1723 JL JL JL Show Room E25 W. Washington M. L. BURKHEAD, Distributor. G Service R oads Bu lletin Phoenix to Coast, both by way of Parker and by Ehrenburg In fair shape. Rough in tpots. Black Canyon road in poor shape lor most part. AJo road through Laveen and Gila Bend in fair shape. Road to .Superior good. Phoenix to Prescott, by way of Wickenburg in good crossing at Sacaton dry. Autoista should turn south for about one-half mile east of Farmer's station. Roads In Apache county in better shape. Snow is gone, but side roads and mountain roads still unsafe. East of Flagstaff in Coconino county, the roads are open but west there Is considerable mud, although the roads are in passable condition. The road south through the Tonto basin 6hould not be attempted at this time. , ' Aah Fork to Keedles is fair, excepting rough stretches between Nel son and Haxkberry. General rains havo made considerable mud, but tho roads are safe. Washes must be crosed with care. Holbrook to Winslow good north of tho tracks. From Shumway to Showlow, on tho Ft. Apache road, the going is bad. St. Johns road In good shape, although rough in places. Roads in Gila county are soft, but considerable work is being done on them and they should be in good condition shortly. Recent rains in Pinal and Pima counties have improved the roads to some extent. In Santa Crux county roads are in good shape, as they also are in Graham county. Although Cochise county has experienced considerable rain, lately, the roads are not affected appreciably. 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