Buckeye Valley News, 1912-04-18

| PM Verde | By I. H. Parkman Tom Henderson, the young man who has been working for J. B. Wedg Wedgworth - worth Wedgworth for some time past, left re recently - cently recently for Slegman, Arizona. George Hardesty's baby is again quite sick. Mrs. Hazen and her two little girls accompanied by Gertrude Newton were passengers on Saturday's train for Phoenix. They returned Mon Monday. - day. Monday. William Walton and wife were Phoenix visitors this week. Olie Wedgworth took a load of bee fixtures and supplies down to his brother's bee yard in the Enterprise valley the other day. Dr. Rubel was called to the lower end of Arlington the other day to the Larse Anderson home. The Steel boys have just completed a small house on their new ranch.- * Miss Mellon, the principal of the Palo Verde school, was the guest of Miss Glynn, at the McDonald ranch Tuesday night. J. W. Parkman is down from his Avondale ranch visiting with his brother and sister. This is his first visit since January. Mrs. Suther, mother of Mrs. Hard Hardesty, - esty, Hardesty, went up to the capitol this week for a lew days. The Sunday School picnic that was to have taken place last Saturday was postponed on account of so much sickness and the weather, until May day, when it will be combined with the school picnic and be one big suc success. - cess. success. All parents of either school or Sunday School are urged to make ar arrangements - rangements arrangements to go and take the little folks. All who reside in the district are invited. We are pleased to mention the fact that the road overseer of this district has recently had the bridge across the canal, moved to the place where it should be, that is at the end of the lane up through the Flower Pot Cattle Company's Ranch This will make a much better road to the Hassayampa station than the old road down the canal border where the bridge used to be. There was a jolly lot of picnicers from the east end of the district piled into a hayrack Sunday morning and went down to the Heirogliphic mesa and ate their dinner and made them themselves - selves themselves tired climbing around over the rocks. Among those going were Mrs. M. E. Trout and children, Mrs. Geo. Drew and children, Miss Mellon, Ivan and Dorris Harbison and several others whoes names we did not learn. Mr. Hazen has been having a barn erected on his ranch recently and the Bruner boys have had Mr. Hamil Hamilton, - ton, Hamilton, the carpenter at work on one for them, for the past few days. Just two more days of school and then those jolly vacation days.

build one large house 'on the present site, employ three teachers and have one good graded Jschool. If they build one good school house then watch Arlington grow. School closes Friday the 19th. Prof, and Mrs. Doty will leave for their farm at Casa Grande. Emma Harris goes to Mesa to visit her brother Calvin. Mrs. C. K. Green has gone to Phoenix to visit her parents. John Bassett and family will leave soon for their Glendale farm. Your humble servant and family will leave soon for Mesa or Phoenix, and right now I want to say that dur during - ing during our sixteen months stay in Arl Arlington - ington Arlington we have been with a good people, and though we may never re return - turn return to old Arlington again we will never, never forget you. 0 Notice of Election IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47, MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees in and for School District No. 47, Maricopa County, Arizona, duly passed and adopted on the eighth day of April, 1912, calling the election hereinafter mentioned. NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held in the Powers Butte school House, situated in said School District No. 47, in Maricopa County, Arizona, on Monday the 29th day of April, 1912 between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. That Wm. Fitzpatrick, Dan Millett and C. W. Peterson are the judges ap appointed - pointed appointed and named to conduct said election at said time and place. That the purpose of said election is to submit to the taxpayers of the said School District No. 47, in said Mari Maricopa - copa Maricopa County, Arizona, the question whether or not the bonds of said School District No. 47 shall be issued in the aggregate sum of four thousand dollars, in denominations of five hun hundred - dred hundred dollars each, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum and to run for twenty years after their issuance. That the proceeds of the bonds herein proposed to be issued will be used and devoted for the construction of one school house and supplying the same with furniture, necessary apparatus and improving the grounds thereof, in and for the use of said School District No. 47. Dated at office of School District No. 47, April Bth 1912. Mrs. Sena Ritter, J. R. Biddlecome, J. G. Montgomery Board of Trustees for School Dis District - trict District No. 47, Maricopa County, Arizona

Notice to Contractors Office of Board of Supervisors, Mar Marcopa - copa Marcopa County, Arizona. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 10 o'clock a. m., Monday, April 22, 1912 for the con construction - struction construction of a branch jail at Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona. Plans and specifications may be seen at this office, and at the office of R. W. Lescher, architect, 401 Na National - tional National Bank of Arizona Building, Phoenix, Arizona. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check for ten per cent of the amount of bid and a copy of this ad advertisement - vertisement advertisement attached thereto. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. All bids must be addressed to James Miller, Jr., Clerk Board Sup Supervisors, - ervisors, Supervisors, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona, marked "Proposals for Branch Jail." By order of Board of Supervisors. JAMES MILLER, Jr. Clerk of Board of Supervisors Maricopa County, Arizona. A horse buyer from the east visited the Valley this week looking for heav heavy - y heavy draft horses. He found them but said the ranchers wanted more for them than he could get in Kansas City after paying the freight. Seed buyers arealready visiting the Valley and offering to contract alfalfa seed. This promises to be a banner alfalfa seed crop year not only in qnanity but price. Alfalfa cutting is in full blast this week and the click of the mower can be on all sides. While the crop is a little bit latter than usual this year, it is quite heavy and will average more tons per acre than usual.

j Arlington | By J. H. Staixengs Jr. * Last Saturday George Pilchard, Curtiss Long, Ocie Bales, Miss Watts and Miss Barkley made a trip to the Enterprise valley, making a short stop at Arlington. Dr. Rubel made a hurry up trip last Saturday to the home of L. An Anderson. - derson. Anderson. The Stork was on his way also. Well, its an eight pound baby girl, mother and child are doing fine Mr. Anderson is back on earth again. Mr. and Mrs. Kite have moved onto the Anderson ranch. Prof, and Mrs. Doty were enter entertained - tained entertained at the Miller home Sunday. John Montgomery, Roy Morter and D. A Millett are in Enterprise valley after cattle. S. S. Green returned from Phoenix Tuesday. He drove through. J. B Lillibridge, the cattle buyer, bought Ritter's beef cattle and ship shipped - ped shipped them on the 16th. Indian Mollie's baby is not expected to live. The Indians have lots of sickness lately. Fred Schwass has sold his farm for $2,500. Mr. Schwass leaves for Ray in a few days. J. Mcßroom bought the place and has^ moved onto it with his family. Tom Baker the mining man has been in Arlington again. He was in the Eagle Tail mountain during the last storm when it rained here, but Tom says up there it snowed and blowed like it used to in Montana. Saturday the 20th is the day set for another school meeting. Some want to divide the district and build two school houses while others want to

A good clean game of ball was play-I ed on tbe Buckeye diamond Sunday I afternoon between the Glendale boys and the Buckeye braves in which the home team went down to defeat by the decisive score of 10 to 6. It was an ideal day for a ball game and a large enthusiastic crowd turned out to witness it. The visitors took the lead from the start, two runs in the first inning and three more in the second, while tbe home team had to content themselves with one lone run, made* in the second inning. No more runs were made un until - til until tbe sixth inning when Buckeye came in strong with four runs, which tied the game and their stock went soaring skyward as was evinced by the numerous ten and twenty dollar bill flashed in tbe hands of the sport sporting - ing sporting fraternity. But tbe seeming vic victory - tory victory was soon turned to defeat for tbe next inn ng the visitors came back with four more runs. This practually settled tbe game altho Glendale scored one!more in the eightband the home team one in the ninth. The Glendale boys are a nice bunch of fellows - gentelmen - every one of them - and some good ball players. They have played several games this spring and are in good condition,

in the state for years and are in a posi position - tion position to judge of tbe true condition as compared with other localities - they are here to stay. Now is the time to get in right. All we ask is a look. Everyone should see tbe best there is to be had in any line before they de decide. - cide. decide. It aids the judgement in make makeing - ing makeing comparison. We know if you will become interested enough to make comparison that the jig is up. It is true we are off in a little cor corner - ner corner by ourselves, but it's a cozy cor-, ner, and the best corner on earth for a man to get a start. We have had no land agents to boom and raise prices, making it especially attractive at this time. Its especially good for the rich and retired, because of its health give giveing - ing giveing climate, and beautiful surrounding. Be sociable, come over and see us, you wont regret it, and we guaraute e you wont forget it. Only a few min minutes - utes minutes ride from Phoenix by auto or the Arizona Eastern, fine roads ail the way. Come any time. ,If you want a snap you can't come to soon.

while our boys have had no practice and several in Sunday's game had never played with the Buckeye nine, having come here since the ball season closed last fall. This is not offered as an appology but simply to show you that we were at a great disadvant disadvantage - age disadvantage and badly handicaped. The boy* unquestionably made a good showing, taking all things into consideration and if we mistake not we have a better ball team than Glendale and before the summer is gone we will show them. F. A. Neis, E. J. Fiock, C. H. Tinker, R. Stauffer, A. W. Bennett, and Sam Neis were among the visiting root rooters. - ers. rooters. Considerable money changed bands on the result of the contest, but most of the gambling was indulged in by the Buckeye sports - some betting on their judgment, others Influenced by their patriotism. A gentelman from Glendale umpired the game - we did not learn his name - but he was fair and square in all bis decisions and gave good satisfac satisfaction. - tion. satisfaction.

Constable Keene while attempting to dislodge a bunch of grass from the sickle bar the other day had the misfortune to have a finger almost severed from his hand. The finger was on bis left hand. W. R Beloat is having fine success with the wells he is putting down south of the river. He struck water in one of them at the depth, of eighty feet the other day and is now in Phoenix purchasing a windmill to put up. Eight car load of cattle were shipped from Buckeye Saturday, four to Wood Woodworth - worth Woodworth and Bennett of Los Angeles and four to the Houser Packing Company of Los Angeles. The cattle were furn furnished - ished furnished by Messrs Day, Millage and Newton. Johnston and Roberts have fitted up a room in the rear of their confec confectionary - tionary confectionary store for the benefit of their country friends, which might properly be termed a rest room. It is a nice cool comfortable place with easy rock rocking - ing rocking chairs, and the public is cordially