Arizona republican. [volume], December 25, 1920, Section Two, Page PAGE NINE, Image 19

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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 25, 1920
'(Section Two)'
PAGE NINE
OLD KHIS KRI1LE
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TO PIIOFJI FOLK
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
AMArX OF, THEM
To Our Thousands
of Friends
J. C. PENNEY CO.
Third Ave. and Washington St.
JVe desire to take
this opportunity of thanking
our many customers
for their patronage and to
wish all
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A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
LIGHTNING DELIVERY
COMPANY
77ie years naue woven a close
relationship between this Com
pany and its many friends
This cordial relation prompts
us to wish you the best
Christmas Greetings and
A Happy, Prosperous New Year
SOUTHWESTERN SASH
AND DOOR COMPANY
327 W. Jackson Si.
Old Kris Krlngle, with prancing rein
deers and a sleijrh weighed down with
toys and candies and fruits, paid his
annual visit to Phoenix last night while
the city slumbered. And when the
kiddies awoke this morning they looked
out upon treasures such as only Santa
can brin?.
Santa's stay here was brief, as It
must n'ways be that he can visit all the
little boyr. and girls throughout the
land. Dut in his fleeting moment he
had poured out sacks of joy and happi
ness. There was a drum for Billy, a
doll for Nellie, and even mamma and
daddy had been remembered. It was
a big night for Santa, as it always is,
but bigger this year, it seems, than for
years, for no one was overlooked. Poor
or rich, they all shared the joys of
Santas biff pack.
Today the city is celebrating. Jack
s trying out his new roller skates;
Susie is playing house with her new
doll house, chairs and dishes, while
mother is out trying the new roadster
she found out in front when she went
out to sweep off the walk this morn
ing:. Dad can be found lounging about
the big open fireplace all "dolled up"
ia new slippers and smoking jacket,
trying out his new smoking set.
But for tho greater part, Christmas
will be a quiet day in Phoenix. The
feast table, of course, is one of the big
features. A big majority will partake
of their Christmas dinner at home, but
the others will be well taken care of t
restaurants and dining rooms, where
special dinners have been arranged.
The menus at these public eating
places are much the same as those af
forded at tho average American home,
save that a bigger variety is offered.
One of the lively events of the day
will be the annual "scramble" among
the newsboys of the city. Kach
Christmas morning these little fellows,
more than a hundred of them, are
treated by business and professional
men, who throw pennies, nickels, dimes
and even quarter and half dollars into
the crowd, to watch the boys scramble
for them. Thia event will start about
9 o'clock.
Only one sporting event has been ar
ranged. A wrestling match between
Pete Sauer and Charles Gion will be
staged at Tally's open air arena i
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Several
preliminary boxing events will precede
the main go.
Usual programs will be offered at
the different theaters this afternoon
and evening.
Special services will be held at sev
eral churches this morning.
PloilSttGIFTS
TO
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As Christmas presents to Arizona
convicts, Governor Thomas E. Camp
bell granted two pardons, two commu
tations of sentence and 16 paroles. The
pardons were granted to men already
out on parole aiid carried restoration
to citizenship.
Th nardoned were James R. 'Welch.
convicted in Gila county on a charge
of second degree murder ana paroiea
by Governor Hunt in 1913. and Pinck
nev Jones Rlack. convicted in MaricoDa
county of grand larceny and sentenced
to serve three to ffe years; he was
paroled March 5, 1919.
Commutations of sentence were
granted as follows: Ira Richards, con
victed in Maricopa county of second
degree murder on December 8, 1919,
sentenced to serv ten vears to life.
sentence commuted to ten years; James
W. Sheldon, convicted in Maricopa
county of second degree murder on
December 8. 1919. sentenced to eerve
ten years to life, sentence commuted
to ten years.
SPPEMMCiS
MULLIillH
Appealing from the decision of the
lower court, .wherein Li. J. Horton se
cured an annulment of his marriage
to her, Mrs. Annie Horton yesterday
took the action into the supreme court
of the state.
Judge Lyman granted the husband
a decree on the ground that the aged
man did not know what he waa doing
when he married his nurse- The court
held that he waa mentally and physl
cally weak at the time.
According to the findings, shortly
after the death of his first wife, Hor
ton was seriou ly ill and Mrs. Craw
ford was employed as his nurse. It
was alleged she told of her unhappy
life with her husband and borrowed
$75 to secure a divorce. After securing
a decree, she was alleged to have per
suaded Horton to will her his prop
erty and te have suggested the mar
riage, which took place in New Mexlc
shortly after the divorce In this state
paved m It
LOW
C'S BILLS
The following fiprures illustrate how
caved roads will reduce gasoline bills,
This statement supplies a powerful
argument for the good roads bond is
sue which is to be voted Dec. a.
The state of Arizona bums every
year In its motor vehicles, 12,000000
gallons of gasoline. The average price
paid is 33 1-3 cents per gallon, or a
total of $4,000,000.
In December. 1919. 28.797 motor ve
hides were registered in the state, of
which 11,216, or 38 7-10 per cent, were
in Maricopa county.
Assuming that Maricopa county
users consume gasoline in the same
proportion as the rest of the state,
then we paid for 4.644,000 gallons a
331-3 cents, or a total of $1,548,000 for
one year.
Of all the various gas mile tests
made by the various states, automo
bile associations and colleges through
out the United States, not one show
less than 25 per cent saving in gaso
line per mile over well paved roads as
compared with unimproved roads
This 2.r per cent saved with good
roads in Maricopa county, would mean
a. reduction of $287, QUO in our gasolin
bill, or more than $100,000 in excess
of the interest charged on the bmids
each year.
Reconstruction of homes in the de
vastated areas of Fraucp lias been
going on .so rapidly that 13,100 homes
are inbuilt, 178,500 have been repaired
and 46,070 other buildings have been
Merry
Christmas
To All Our Friends
Owl Drug Co
1 Wish Our Many illPA
5Sf&Rit Friends and Patrons feV?
llfc ' MERRY ' Jlpi) ' ,
MM CHRISTMAS JIf
W. BAYLESS GROCERY CO. J
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Cor. 3rd Ave. and Madison St.
I made temporarily habitable.