Graham Guardian from Safford, Arizona • Page 1

VM MILLS HURD A COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Interesting Program Arranged by Graduating Class Two Medals Will Be Awaidad The commencement exercises of Safford Grammar School will take place this evening in Todds Hall A very interesting program has been prepared by the graduating class of 09 as follows Chorus by Etude Club Salutatory by Bernice Anderson Class History by Viola Houck Song Welcome Merry Springtime by Bertha Beulah and Blanche Freeman Immigration by Louise Martin Violin Solo By Gone Days by Alice Morris Our Forest Reservations by Jessie Birdno Chorus Serenade by Alice Morris Viola Houck Gladys Spauld ing Jessie Birdno and Louis Martin Class Prophecy by Solon Foster Valedictory by Lawrence Sherwood Song Tho We Part by Alice Morris Viola Houck Gladys Spauld ing Jessie Birdno and Louis Martin Presentation of Diplomas by County School Superintendent A Woods Presentation of medal to scholar receiving highest average in whole school by Foster Presentation of Medal to scholar receiving highest average in eighth grade by John Wber Prayer and Benediction by Rev 0 Andrews The following are the graduates of the class of 09 Lawrence Sherwood Bernice Anderson Solon Foster Louise Martin Viola Houck Gladys Spaulding Jessie Birdno lone Barnette Ray Spaulding Melville Foster Jessie Hopkins Will Hooks Herman Foster Alice Morris The medal presented by JAM Foster for tho best average for the year in the whole school was won by Bowen Clark of the fifth grade who had an average of 9712 per cent Ruth King receives honorable mention with 9G13 per cent The medal presented by John Weber to the scholar in the eighth grade having the highest average for the year was won by Lawrence Sherwood who had an average of 95 per cent The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy for the year ending May 21 1909 Eighth Grade Lawrence Sherwood Solon Foster Ray Spaulding and Viola Houck Seventh Grade Mildred Birdno Blanche Birdno and Joe Swift Sixth Grade Kathleen Anderson Fifth Grade Mae Anglin Ruby J3arry Belva Birdno Rosa Thorsten sen Albert Spaulding Clarence Spaulding and Vernon Patterson Fourth Grade Fanny Gray Edna Schroeder Martha Schrocdcr and Eddie Thorstensen Third Grnde Martha Gray Second Grade Annie Thorstensen First Grade Frank Foster Adams Re Appointed Adams who was forced to resign from the Territorial Fair Commission by Ex Governor Kibbey wa3 named as a member of the commission by Governor Sloan Mon day May 17th Adams had been an applicant for the territorial treasureship but at the request of business men of Phoenix 500 of whom signed a petition urging his appointment he accepted FIFTEENTH YEAR The Gila Valley Bank Trust Company Capital Stock 10000000 Surplus 6189777 MILLS President DR RICKETTS Vice President A PASCOE Vice President VAN GORDER Cashier DlttlCCTORS RICKETTS WALTER DOUGLAS A PASCOE VAN GORDER THOMSON HEGARDT We invite new business We pay 4 on term deposits FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Meeting Will Be Called to Arrange for a Three Days Celebration July 3 4 and 5 A meeting of the business men of SafTord and the Gila Valley will be called the coming week for the purpose of making arrangements for the holding of a three days celebration July 3d 4th and 5th It is stated by those who are enthusiastic for a big celebration this year that a program can be ranged that will bring a large crowd of visitors to SafTord from the surrounding country Globe Clifton Morenci Duncan and Metcalf It is proposed to hold a big race meeting on Saturday July 3d On July 4th a match game of baseball between Globe and the valloy team On July 5th the program would consist of a big parade and exercises at Wickersham Park a barbecue and bicycle races foot races and other athletic events to take place in the streets of SafTord If this program is carried out SafTord will have one of the biggest and most successful celebrations ever held and every citizen should take a patriotic interest and lend every assistance possible to the committee Weddings Bells WOODS ROACH Mrs Nellie Woods the popular school teacher in Layton School the past two years was quietly married to Mr Houston Roach at the parsonage of the Church Monday evening May 17th Rev 0 Andrews performed the ceremony Only the immediate relatives of the bride and groom were present Mr Roach is a well known resident of SafTord having lived here for many years and is greatly respected for his sterling character and business ability The MC COLLUM FARMER wedding of Miss Frances McCollum of SafTord and John Farmer at Phoenix Saturday May 15th is announced Miss McCollum is well known in Globe having for several years made her home here with her father Judge Mc Collum At the time of her marriage she was employed with the Forest Service at Prescott Mr Farmer is also in the Forest Service and formerly had his headquarters at SafTord Mr and Mrs Farmer will make their future home at Roosevelt Globe Belt Moving Pictures at The Royal Theatre The Royal Theatre re opened for the season Tuesday night and a large audience was present and enjoyed the latest moving pictures This popular house of entertainment will be open every night with an entire change of pictures every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday Notice To Debtors AH who are Indebted to VV Sparks are requested to settle on or before Juno 1 1909 Accounts not settled by thnt date will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection You will save extra cost by settling at once ll 4t Will Sparks UHOLKItl IMOKI1US OUIiliD This is one of the most severe and dangerous diseases In almost every neighborhood some one has died from it Mrs Smith of La Marque Texas writes My little girl was taken with cholera morbus The attack was so severe I she would die A druggist advised me to give her Chamberlains Colic FOR SALE Sweet potatoe slips Cholera antl Diarrhoea Kemecly Inquire of A Shirley four miles which I did and three doses relieved uh Utf SHtfcMfc 10- yr by Strfficwd Dwg Cv MkftmtowN2ruMZEesaaatrfowmniram9rrjtrmtnt ffifahOT JURY FINDS MEXICANS GUILTY Were Charged With Violating the Neutrality Laws of the United States May Get New Trial Tombstone May 17 Guilty with a recommendation to clemency was the substance of the verdict brought in by the jury which tried the alleged revolutionists Flores Magon Antonio Villareal and Libra dor Riveria The men were charged with violating the neutrality laws of the United States by promoting an armed expedition against the friendly government of Mexico A verdict was reached after the jury had been out eleven hours and was announced in court at 1145 Sunday morning Arguments on a motion for a new trial will be heard tomorrow If that is denied appeal will be taken and bail asked for for the prisoners pending a decision by the Supreme Court Villareal smiled when the verdict was read Magon and Riveria did not change their countenances The penalty is a term of imprisonment of not more than two years or a fine of not more than 5000 or both Kansas City Stock Yards May 17 1909 Cattle run here last week was 35000 head fully as many as in any recent week but demand was equal to the supply and sellers rejoiced in an advance of 10 to 20 cents for the week on all classes Supply today is 15000 head which includes 4000 head of stackers en route to the Northwest and not on the market Steers are steady to 10 lower today cows and stockers and feeders steady Offerings from the West today include a shipment of ostyn hay fed steers from Ouray Colorado 1340 pounds at 630 and other hay fed Steers from Colorado at 645 A feature sale last week yas a string of 930 pound steers from Plainview Texas at 600 for the big end balance at 575 Some of the steers sold at 670 others at 665 last week best figures for these cattle this season Supply of range stockers and feeders has been light lately a few feeders at 530 and 535 stockers at 475 to 515 Sorrte 1040 pound native feeders sold at 595 today indicating strength of market for feeders Country buyers are more willing to pay high prices for feeders than a few weeks ago account of firmnessof cattle market and packers also bid on half fat steers in an effort to cheapen up droves of high priced heayy fed steers A RlCKART Correspondent Notice A out Groceries Having been told- that the valley is being worked by some firm selling groceries who haye no interest whatever in common with us I hereby make the following proposition to any one who has placed an order with them I will duplicate any bill you have with the same grade of goods at the same prices Now if you want us to handle your hay and other products you should do one of two things either give us the business or arrange with the other people to handle what you raise I will not knowingly handle hay or other products for any man who places his order with people outside of the valley except at lower prices If you live off what you raise then you should help those who make it possible for you to dispose of the products of your labor Foster Special Tax Will be SUZ The assessment roll for Safford School district shows taxabe property to the amount of 316000 Tho special tax to bo levied for the pur poso of raising 3000 to build an addition of two rooms to the Safford school house will be 112 For Sale House and lot household goods buggy and harness Apply to this office 13 4t Good Pasture To let on Coons place just east of bolomonville Apply to Coon 8 8t It is reported that parties are feared 1 negotiating with Geo A Olney to get him to build a second story on his new building about to be erected on Tenth street for the purpose of leasing the second floor for an Upvtra rxnitt MUST REDUCE ITS RATES Wells Fargo Co Express Rates Declared Too High by Interstate Commerce Commission Saturday May 15th the Interstate Commerce Commission announced its decision through Commissioner Prouty in the case of the Maricopa County Commercial Club of Arizona vs the Wells Fargo Express Company involving express rates from Missouri river points east and various points on the Southern Pacific coast and those between Phoenix Arizona tfner variousnoirifs on lines of the Southern Pacific anq Santa Feimostly in the Territory of Arizona TJie Commission found that the revenues of the defendant company were excessive and that its charges might well be reduced if in comparison with other considerations theytwere unreasonably high which was found to be the fact and lower rates were prescribed by the com mission The defendant is the only express company serving Arizona Territory and it was insisted that this monopoly resulted in extravagant rates but the only evidence tending to show that the rates attacked were unreasonable was the comparison of rates prevailing in other sections The base rate governs the changes on all shipments large or small The question of graduated scale employed by express companies was not attacked as this is uniform throughout the United States Mer chandise and general special rates are the important ones the former covering packages and the latter perishables The new rates established from Kansas City by the order of the Commission necessarily automatical ly reduces all rates from all eastern destinations up to and including New York Early Closing for Safford Stores The following business houses of SafTord will close thr stores at 700 oclock every night except Saturday On Saturday stores will remain open until 8 oclock Tho Foster Mercantile Co Reynolds Alex Hunt Gila Valley Furniture Hardware Store Welker Co Paul Brown Houck Olney Hardware Co t5e6rge Jacobsori Campbell Thum Olney Meat Market Olney Ijams Furniture Co Dqwdle Morris City Market Reduced Rates to Salt Lake gntfan SAPPORD GR AHAM COUNTY ARIZONA MAY 31 109 Meat Summer School for Teachers An eight weekssummer school for primary teachers will be opened at Thatcher Monday May 24th The general plan is the same as that followed in the training department of a normal school There will be regular class work done by the attending teachers with the children of the primary grades All of the work to be carefully supervised The training department will run from eight oclock a until one oclock after which will be held a class in applied psychology Noticj Every member of cthe Methodist Episcopal Church South is urgently requested to be present at the church Sunday eveHlhg at 8 ocldck sharp to take partin the confer- ence There is some mportant business to be transacted andHivery member should ho Resent Jewett bray Pastor City Excursion rates to Salt Lake City account of Young Mens and Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations convention will be 4410 from Thatcher Sale dates May 29 30 and 31 with sixty days limit Grain Bags Wo are prepared to furnish you witn new secona nana Dags at tho right price See us before buying The Foster Mercantile Co MULE FOR SALE Weigh about 1000 pounds Good work animal Apply to Lutrjex Green Solomonville Arizona 9 tf George Young has sold his ranch in Artesia to I Vaybourne The purchase price is said to be A STRAN6E BURIAL REQUEST Ennls Kellner of Globe Secures Permission To Be Buried in Underground Tomb in California Los Angeles May 18 Permission to build an underground tomb beneath the lawn of his luxurious home at St Mark Boulevard Couer DAlenes street as a future burial place for himself and wife was granted last night by the city trustees of Ocean Park to Ennis Kellner a wealthy mining man and banker of Globe Arizona Kellner is president of the Globe Savings Bank Company and says his request to the city was procured by the consent ot neighbors He will leave a will in which provision fbr having the bodies embalmed and placed in a casket of Arizona copper which will rest in a sarcophagus under the lawn The only outward sign of the graves will be in the form of a headstone or monument made of Arizona porphyry Eastern Hardwoods in California The Pacific Coast will soon be the Bcene of an interesting tree growing experiment The United States Forest Service is planning to introduce a number of the more important eastern hardwoods into California and will this year experi ment with chestnut hickory bass- wood red oak and yellow poplar or tulip trees Small patches of these trees will be planted near the forest rangers cabins on the na tional forests and if these do well larger plantations on a commercial scale will soon be established on wider areas There are over 125 different species of trees in California a number of which produce some of the most valuable varieties of lumber in the country Although considerably aver one half of the species are hardwood or broadleaved trees yet with the exception of the exotic eucalyptus there is not a single species of hardwood here ranking in commercial importance with the leading eastern hardwoods Climatic conditions in many parts of California are undoubtedly favorable for the growth of a number of the valuable hardwoods and the absence of those trees Is due mostly to un favorable factors of seed distribu tion If the experiments are successful a valuable asset will have been added to the forest resources of this State which should prove of special benefit to the local furniture and vehicle industries Chestnut and red oak are highly esteemed for furniture while with hickory bass wood and eucalyptus at its command California should lead all other States in the vehicle industry Will Celebrate Independence Day Mesa Arizona located in the Salt River Valley will hold the first celebration since six years ago on the coming 4th of- July The occasion will mark the completion of an elaborate water system for the town The people of Mesa claim that the town has been growing so fast since the beginning of the government reclamation work at Roosevelt that they have had no time to celebrate Arrangements have been made to care for the entire population of the entire Territory at the forthcoming celebration A feature of the celebration will be day and night fireworks Do It Kow Now is tho time to get rid of your rheumatism You can do so by apply Chamberlains Liniment Nine cases out 01 every ten are simply muscular rheumatism due to cold or damp or chronic rheuma tism and yield to the vigorous ap plication of this liniment Try it You are certain to be delighted with the quick relief which it affords Sold by Safford prug Co The Methodist Church South will givo a Sunday School picnic next Friday May 28th at the Ceinega springs The other two schools in Safford will be invited and requested to attend also the Artesia Sunday School Wagons will be furnished all who havo no conveyance This wll be a regular picnic where all the lunch will be spread on one table and a good time for all whQ attend Wagons will lev promptly at eight oclock from the front of the Foster Mercantile Companys store We hope to have every child in town attend and their parents to help serve the lunch and sco that all enjoy the day Foster Supt AJhVrtfcftfn TUB GUABOTAK vifa JVTTMliETT 13 Yotir BauMqg Business Strong and progressive yet conservative the Bank of Safford is prepared to transact all banking business entrusted to it Accounts are solicited from farmers merchants firms corporations and individuals who rely may upon courteous treatment and the very best terms that are consistent with good business methods THE BANK OF SAFFORD Capital 3300000 Wlckoraham Pre JN Porter Viae Prea Local News Geo A Olney left on a business visit to Clifton Tuesday Our Walk Overs are here Call and see the snappiest and best- wearing Oxford3 and Shoes ever shown in the valley The Foster Mercantile Co 13 lt Harry Solomon of Copper Hill was a visitor in town Tuesday Charles Alt of Clifton has leased Will Dials farm on the Solomonville road I I William Claydon of Globe Daughters was a visitor in 10 wn ounaay ana Monday Columbia double disc records music on both sides A large as sortment just received Fos ter Mercantile Co 13 lt Geo Birdno and his son George left Sunday by team for Phoenix Mrs Mashbir left Friday evening for a weeks visit at Indian Hot Springs Allbritton and wife of San Carlos were visitors in town Saturday and Sunday Try a Columbia Indestructable Cylinder Record Fits any machine and lasts forever never wears out never breaks Price 35 cents at The Foster Mercantile Co 13 lt Clayton left for Tucson Sunday morning where he was called as a witness in the Eddleman case Mrs Phoebe Stiener and daughter Sylva of Morenci spent several days this week visiting in Safford and the valley There is comfort style quality and durability in every pair of Walk Over Shoes- The Foster Mercantile Co 13 lt Owens has sold this week to Brown of Southern Springs Texas the property of Mulhns in Layton Mr and Mrs Eugene Baker of Tucson arrived here Sunday eve ning and will visit with Mrs Bakers mother Mrs Beebe Patent Leather Gunmetal Tan and Champagne Walk Over Oxfords at The Foster Mercantile Co 13 lt The Home Missionary Society of the Church South will hold regular meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of each month Mrs A Richmond daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearson who recently returned from a visit to New York left Monday for Tucson The regular meeting of the Wo mans Christian Temperance Union will take place at the Church Friday May 28th Members are requested to be present We have just opened a large assortment of Thoroughbred 300 Hats also a large line of Stetson Hats The Foster Mercantile Company 13 lt The Ladies Aid Society of the Church serenaded Houston Roach and his bride at their residence in Layton Tuesday night The serenade was a success and greatly enjoyed by all participat ing Charles Spaulding Charles Solomon and Archie Merrill were the -lucky ones in the raffle held Saturday evening at Todds Hall Mr Spaulding won the reed chairs and athletic apparatus Mr Solomon won the shot guns and rifle and Archie Merrill won the brass bedstead etc The raffle was given aB a benefit to Otto McSwane FOR SALE One share of water stock in Union Canal Inquire of A Dodge Central 13 2t The lawn of the parsonage of the Church presented a pretty appearance Tuesday evening the occasion being an Ice cream and strawberry festival given by the Ladies Aid Society Japanese lanterns strung from tree to treo lit up the tables which were very prettily decorated with flowers The festival was greatly enjoyed by cTl who nttwidexl Surplus 260000 I Solomon Vice Prea EW Clayton Cashier Abbott Asst Cashier Mrs Theodore Collins of Globe is a visitor at the home of her mother Mrs Britton of Artesia Jack Todd and Ben Smith left Tuesday morning on a hunting and fishing trip in the Black River country Oscar Webster who has purchased the Nevin hay and grain business at Globe was a visitor in town Wednesday Charles Freeman the contractor is putting the finishing touches on the new addition to the Olney Hardware Cos store Star Lodge No 20 of Rebekah will irive their first reception and hon at Todds Hall Tuesday evening May 25th The two children of Mrs Dave Phillips are reported ill with the measles rs Phillips and children are stopping at the home of Mrs George Birdno Miss Chloe Welker left Thursday morning for Salt Lake City where she will attend the I Convention Before returning home she will visit Provo Utah to attend the closing exercises of the Provo School Mrs Bunch of Solomon ville past noble grand of Morning Star Lodge No 20 Daughters of Rebekah has been appointed dis trict deputy by Mrs John Brodie grand president of tha order in Arizona An enjoyable dance was given at- Cluffs Ranch Thursday evening This popular resort near the Gra ham fountains has re opened for the season and offers a delightful retreat to those seeking a days pleasure The Safford Fire Department donned their new uniforms last Saturday afternoon and played the Pima team at the Fair Grounds The game was one of the best ever seen on local grounds the fire lad dies winning out in the tenth inning by one run The final score being Safford Fire Department 6 Pima 5 Miss Beulah Olney daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo A Olney who with her sister Henrietta is attending school at the Mary Baldwin Seminary Staunton Va will be a member of a party of schoolmates who sail for Europe June 5th The party will visit England and the continent the trip lasting during the summer months The Etude Club held its regular meeting at the home of visses Lillian and Alice Morris Tuesday evening The following new members were elected Misses ildrcd Blanche and Jessie Birdno and Rev Jewitt Bray The program for the evening which was greatly enjoyed was as follows Bandmasters rs Swift Orchestra Leaders Sidney Mashbir Blind Musicians Mrs Clayton Organists iss Mae Dowdle Opera Singers Miss Lillian Morris Great Violinists Miss Lottie Colton The Club decided to hold one meeting each month during the summer The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Nellie Todd The Smart Set for June contains a number of features of peculiar excellence A House to Let by Mary Mullett The Woman in a Million by Marie Belden James Green Chartreuse by Frederic Taber Cooper By Allah Given by Maud Leonard Towson To the Devil and Back by Fraser Hill Miracle by Adelaide Stedman As They Would Have Told It by Louis Baury and The Trick of Timo by Federico Mariani arc all clever stories- of- the sparkling breezy type that have made the Smart Set the magazine of cleverness Tom Masson Theodosia Garrison Elsa Parker Channing Pol lock and Wilberforce Jenkins are represented by other stories sketching and verse How old is your baby brother asked little Tommy of his playmate One year old replied Johnny Huh exclaimed Tommy Ive got a dog a year old and he can walk twice as well as that kid can- Wellhe ought to replied Johnny hes got twice as many A ISjjSSSIS.