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DAILY ABtZONA SILVER BELT jpnse Six' Attraction Extraordinary! One Performance Only! ' ft :f S. i s t TH &'-' UW STUBBORN CINDERELLA WITH HOMER B. MASON Coming on Special Train Two cars of scenery Gorgeous Costumes Elaborate Scenery 75 in the Beauty Chorus rtSfr.-.ir. ?'. fS : . tt rC?: V v- wr "i .-' &k :fl mi Sw "A' 3j; .' :'f' 'ri V ..V-fV . & rmj Vh. See the Pony Ballet The College Campus Train Wreck in Arizona The Archer Ballet The Swimming Number The Orange Chorus and Twenty Others Dramatic critics pronounce it the hit of the year The First Performance in Arizona Easily the Biggest and Grandest Show of this or any other season $AM &; mh HOMER . MASON PRICES: Less than City Prices From $1.00 to 2.50 Seat sale at Globe Commercial Store GET YOUR SEATS EARLY TODAY. BEST SHOW OF THE SEASON MEJBB jiff f wit & ; sffQMHHflBk. Tf ' '5nsBBKiSBiH HOMERB. MASON, WITH "A STUBBORN CINDERELLA" COMPANY M FROM THATCHER THATCHER, January O.-O. C. J6ncs has returned from Duncanxwhoro he has been spending ttaoiholJdayiiJsj 0. 0. Ruckcr of St. JosophMo., rdp resenting a hardwaro company, uloo JoHn McCourt, of tho Armour Packing company of El Paso, wore visitors in Thatcher on Friday. Orson Tyler has purchased a pleasant homo on Uppor Main streot from Sam uel B. Tcnny, Jr. Bishop Potcrson is probably thobus lost man in town at tho prosont time. Besides tho rcsponsibility.of ovor a hun dred, students in the, acadomy, ho has an imense lot of work in his bisbop'a office, making out annual reports. The lights in his ofiico nro scon burping each night until a late hour. Mrs. Mnry A.. Hoopcs iji out again after having been shut in for two weeks with la grippe. Ccutral ias. just completed a" new school houso at a cost of $1,000. It is built of cement blocks nnd is convenient in overy particular. Tho school hns just moved in, and though tho teachors, Rol lin Jones and Miss Ellis Curtis havo bpen doing excellent work, thoy feel that thoy enn accomplish much moro in such convenient quarters. Central is very proud of thoir now building. The Central district school basket ball team went to Mntthowsvillo on Friday afternoon to play a match gamo with tho girls down there. Tho Central girls came out victorious. VH. C. Layton, who has b,con ward clork for tho past year, -has. resigned and his plnco has been filled by John Morris. Mr. Layton has proven himsolf a very faithful and competent clerk, and tho people havo appreciated his ef forts, but, it is believed that Mr. Morris will prove to be equally good. Mr. and Mrs. Orvil' Williams of Franklyn have been visiting with their relatives at Pima nnd Thatcher this week. The growth of tho Thatcher district schools is constant ami rapid. Last year six teachers did tho work and at the beginning of this year it was found necessary to add the soventh teacher, and now tho departments aro all crowd cd to their utmost again. Tho Mexican children havo not ben attending school very well, nnd tho trustees mado a can vass of the Mexican districts with t. view of urging their attendance, but found so many more thnn they had ex pectcd, that thoy could not be crowdod in, so they rented a hOuso near the Mexican district, hired Mrs. S. F. Hoy wood as teacher and opened up a Mex ican school this week. Mrs. Hoywooil has had a good deal of experience with Mexican children, also with others, and has proven herself a very competent and successful teacher. Fifteen Moxi can children woro in attendance tlx first day, with a promise of moro in tlu future. This is thought to bo a goon move,and wo bolicvo it- will provo a ben efit to both the white children and the Mexicans. A ploasant surpriso party was given Miss Iono Layton, on Friday evening the ocension being her thirteenth birth day. Tho company gathorcd. at Mrs. Elizabeth Layton 'a homo and went in a body to Iono's homo and gave her i genuine surprise. A numbor of pleasant games woro enjoyed for a time, after which refreshments woro served. lone was muqh pleased at tho honor shown her, and .ill were dclighto dwfth tho suc cess and pleasures of the oveping. Tho theatre given by tho SnffordDrn aiatlc club'iu tho Thatchor Amuscmont hall Friday oveningwas well attended nnd enjoyed. This was tho first appear ance of tho now club, though a number of them were players' of experience and reputation.. Though tho play was some what Hght, tho players gavo promise of cxcellont. results In tho future. Tho piny was given as a bonefit for tho new Acadomy building, and was followed by a danco which closed at midnight. Tho Acadomy orchestra furnished tho music for both tho play and tho danco frco of charge. Tho Pollysophical association mot at tho Acadomy building on Friday even ing, and after appointing Silas Larson as chairman, was oponod with a soiec tion from tho Academy orchestra. .Tamos A. Duko offered tho opening prayor, then David Loe gavo tho local holiday events. Tho class in cbomistry was givon tho rest of tho time. Prof.- Wick som told of a few of tho advantages of studying chemistry, which -was followed by, somo interesting, experiments by the class. Tho closing number waB a vocal duct by Misses Huth Kimbnll and Loin Mortenson. Tho academy havo decided to hold thoir Pollysophical society on Thursday evenings hereafter instead of Friday evenings, and instead of having lectures as in tho past, tho different classes of tho academy aro to furnish the programs. A- number of new students entered tho Academy after the Ncw.oYar. Among them were Nora Anderson of Pima, Mil ton Curtis of St. David, Mr. Tryan of tho same place, Miss Middlcton nnd Archie Cluff. THATCHER, January 10. The Brinkerhoff houso has been unusually full of traveling men for tho last few days. Will Ollcrton returned on Friday from tho Johnson mines, whoro Ire has been laboring for tho past few months. Ferry Evans of Central went to Mot ealf on Saturday. Ho has secured work there and expects to ronmin (or some time. ' For the last five weeks our popular stage driver, Wm. Edwards, his been laid up with a severe case of la grippe) but is beginning to get out again now. Parley S. Sabin of St. David, father of Miss Alice Sabin, one of our most faithful and popular students at the Academy, is visiting with his daughter at Thatcher, ell will also visit with rel atives at Eden. - Mrs. Lillio Edwards ridos a pony to and from her school morning ane ovo nlng to Lono Star district, a" distanco of'cight miles. She hns a nice school of about thirty pupils, including both whito and Mexican. Besides this sho conducts a class at Thatcher each even ing in stenography and tpyowriting. . t A social party took plncc at tho jiomo of Ed. Allen of Pima on Saturday even ing. A number of their neighbors nnd friends woro invited in to enjoy a fino new phonograph which thoy had just purchased. A ploasant evening was spent, nnd enjoyed very much. "An Old Maid's Triumph," a pleas--ing comedy,) was played at Pima on Sat urday evening by iho Edon Theatrical company. It wns a good play, and all handled thoir parts nicely. . A good sized audience greeted them, arid tho play was much onjdycd. Q. P. SkouBon is adding two now rooms to his houso, which "will mako a very comfortablo homo. David Leo is ading several now rooms to his houso, and is building thorn of comont blocks. Ho is sparing no pains to .mako it comfortablo, convenient and woll fin ished. Mr. Thomas Rose has just to paired and painted his house. R. 0. Layton hns also boon ropairing his home. Improvements seem to bo going on ovory whoro nnd Thatchor is build ing up steadily. Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Allou, 8r., havo moved out on Bishop Wolker's farm on Ash crook, Thoy havo leased, tho farm and oxpect to remain thcro for several yonrs. Mrs. Allen's religious class gavo her a pleasant surpriso beforo her de parture. Ash creek is becoming a pop ular farming district. Bishop Welkor, Frank Tyler, W. A .Moody, Will Big lcr of Central, also Bishop Porter of cCnfral, and Ralph Lucus of Pima and others have taken up farms thcro in tho last two years, nnd tho district is being transformed from a mesquite wilderness to smiling fields. The land raises splen did crops with little water, and tho mountain streams seem to be supply ing sufficient. THATCHER, January 11. A large house full of people were in attendance at tho regular sacramental service Sun day afternoon. Tho stake presidency, Andrew Kimbnll, C. M. Layton and John Nash, were present for tho pur poso of making their official visit. Af ter the choir had rendered several beau tiful hymns and tho sacrament was ad ministered, Bishop Peterson read the yearly ward charity and maintenance reports. Tho remaining time was then given into tho hands of the stake pres idency to use as they saw fit. President Kimbnll then took the pulpit, and high ly commended tho excellent reports read, and congratulated tho people on having a good financial bishopric. He said that ho was thankful that througli local option wo had had the privilege of ridding our town of its ono saloon, that through tho efforts o ftho presid ing authority of the ward that every thing of an ovil naturo had been ban ished from our dances and parties; the peoplo wero boing disciplined and con trolled; tho academy is growing and flourishing, nnd that conditions were growing towards tho ideal. Ho t)n'u, "We want to be tho town of clean and puro society, of beautiful nnd happy homes, and wo want to bo tho educa tional center." Bishop Petorson fol lowed Prcsidont Kimball, and said that there wero still a fow among us who cared littlo for education, advancement, puro society or anything else of nn ele vating nature, and thnt they were ngw tating tho movement of a billiard hall and pool table. Ho read a petition that had been written by some of tho lead ing citizens asking the city council to forbid the placing of theso things in Thatcher. Ho said, "You will all havo a chance to sign or rofuso to do so." A number of tho loadiug citizens in tho audicnfcc arose bu turns, nnd ex pressed their viows. R. 0. Layton mado a, motion to the effect that tho petition bo adopted as tho mind and will of tho peoplo of Thatcher. It was finally put to a vote, and about of about thrco hundred peo plo who wero in attondnnco nt tho church, overy ono stood up in favor of it, savo one, who gavo his opposing vote. At tho closo of tho moetiog, all wont to, tho .table to put thoir names to tho petition. Sunday evoning the house was again filled with young peoplo at tho Mutual Improvement association. Tho prelim inary program consisted of a talk de scribing a canning factory, by John Morris, which was followed by a duct by Alma Sessions and Ivan Gardner. Tho work done in the class departments was good, and tho whole meeting was profitable and iuterestin. Mrs. Laura Bingham, who for several years was one of the most popular singers, in Thatcher, is back in the choir again. Her services will be a great help and will be appreciated, as they have always been. Two beautiful now pianos have been received in town. One at tho home of Prof. Larscn, and the other at the meeting house. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Green of Solo mouvillo were visitors at Thatcher Sun day aftcrnodn. Mrs. Pinkie Chlarson died suddenly at her homo on Monday morning. Sho had been ailing for somo time, but became seriously ill about three dayi ago. Dr. PJatt said sho died of a coa plication oi diseases. several yean ago she was left the widow of Mr. El liot, and a few months ago was mar ried to Lars Chlarson. Sho is tb daughter of W. A. Poscp, and was i beautiful young woman. Tho sadde feature of all is that sho leaves seven) little children. Every Mother Is or shold bo worried when the lit tie ones have a cough or cold. It ma; lead to croup or pleurisy or pncumonii then to something more serious. Bal lard's Horehound Syrup will cure th trouble at once ana prevent any cob plication. Sold bv Palaco Pharmacv. Croup positively stopped in twentj minutes, with Dr. Shoop's Croup Remfr dy. One test alono will surely prove this truth. No vomiting, no distrc.s A saro and pleasing syrup 50c Soil by Palaco Pharmacy. Canvas -Awnings rjlobe Paint Co. The Globe Commercial Co. PHONE 221 WE WANT YOUR TRADE The quality of goods carried by us can always be depended on. We buy and sell tho best, and handle only such qualities as will appeal to loven of "good thlngB to eat." We have accommodating salesmen. Our solicitors are competent. We make prompt deliveries. Open an account with ua today, and we will both be winner. TELEPHONE 221 MONEY TO LOAN WILL SELL YOU A LOT AND LOAN YOXJ MONEY TO BUILD A HOME WITH PAYMENTS LIKE BENT. 2-Room Houso, lot 40xll2, S560.00, $150.00 down, balance like rent, close in. 3-Eoom House, S550.00, 8100.00 down, easy terms. 5-Boom Houso, $850.00 on installment plan. 4-Eoom House near DreamlaniLlot 100xll2Vi, $2100.00, oat-half dewn. 3-Eoom House and lot 54x100, Pascoe Hill, $800.00, Two lots on Pascoe Hill $450.00, one-half down. Ono lot Nob HilL $850.00. One lot Noftsger: HilL $50.00. Come and see our list we can save you somo money. TOE BENT Two room houso partly furnished: IS room house partly furnished: 2 room house partly furnished. FIRE INSURANCE WRITTEN IN BEST COMPANIES. 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