Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-21
CASA GRANDE.
THE NEWS GATHERED BY OUR REG
 ULAR CORRESPONDENT.
Three days of Excitement--How Peace Officers Work up Business---School Matters---Notes of Improve
 ment---LocaI Gossip.
CASA GRANpE. Ariz., June 11th.

CASA ORANDE, ArIZ.I June 1Itn-
 Illustrative of the. size of the earth which we inhabit, wesare taught that the highest mountains and deepest valleys which constitute the irregular ity of its surface; are in comparison very like the outer rough peeling of may look upon the little spot around which our interests circle, as compara- lively speaking, in comparison to the worlds surface, as of little interest
 Yet for three consecutive days we have had, each day, something of interest to wake us up The first day, the loud report of a gun in broad daylight caused quite little gathering in one Of the principal streets. Instead of anything worse, a yellow dog had been summarily dispatched for chicken stealing. The second day a great noise was heard which some imagined to be a cry of fire or murder, or what not. The many who pressed forward to see what had happened found peaceful COW had taken off at one mouthful, the whole top of one of the few trees dedicated to the public; one of the pioneer trees, so to speak, that have been planted along the sidewalk.
 Jim Sans voice had been raised in protest to the cows proceedings. The third excitement was caused by the taking oi a prisoner to Tucson by the ubiquitous and ever jealous deputy sheriff The prisoner, so the story ho. o.l r., { I had laid 1t away in some place in order to cook his meal. An Indian took the bottle and the deputy1took the owner ol the bottle; consigned him to jail and then went on a still hunt for the Indian who could not be found. At the preliminary examination on a charge of selling liquor 10 Indians, the prisoner demanded q jury trial. As sufficient evidence was not available and foreseeing conviction impossible, our deputy telegraplfeJ U. s. Marshal Paul, gets an order to bring him to Tucson, and there placed him in the l hands of the Government officials. It has raised quite a storm of Indignation and q petition has been busily circu- lated for the removal of a deputy sheriff who is considered rather over Jealous. What does it mean. Deputy | Sherifls must live They can not live on air although, judging by the num- erous deputies with which Casa Grande is blessed, by their personal appearance, their general learn ness and lankness, they must do so Not so Dick-"pretty Dick" who is slick and fat. People are beginning to ask why, in peaceable and law-abiding little place, there is any need of so many deputy sherifis. Even in earlier times 1t was considered sufficient to have a constable. We have one now, a good man, amply able to cope with and take care of any and all bad characters who may turn up. No matter how good men the deputies may be, we do not need so many. It IS only putting the county to a great expense and no need of it, and good citizens are tired of such state of affairs. With one good officer, there are plenty of law-abiding citizens
 ready to help to make peace and keep
 peace Ii trouble comes. Let a work ing man, a Mexican or any poor GUS
 toner, who gets little hilarious, slop over, or boil, as 1t were, in he goes to
 jail and big bill against the county
 for this, that and the other. Let a
 man dressed pretty we'll, and not a
 stranger take 8 little too much, he can
 do pretty much as he pleases, not that
 he pleases to do so very badly, but il
 one man can have little fun, why
 not another, especially if nothias
 very bad is done and that an arrest
 and trial every time a man Is taken
 runs up bill and takes good money
 which can be put to better purposes
 Many soldiers have passed through
 here of late, and one would imagine : preparations for war had commenced } by the armed forces going by in botl directions. Those coming from tht
 north manifested considerable interes , in the country to which they hav' ) come. Those passing westward art
 the troops who have been stationed } here in Arizona but who are goin; , noTthward, and had not the eager ! questioning look of the bold soldier who come from the north and in thi
 country for the first time.
 The last Saturday in the month l ] designated for the school business 0 ] election of q new trustee, and som : interest Is already manifested Tn office is one that holds no compensa r ton, although full oft it's tasks ar
 arduous and require time and atten
 ton. No one can hope to suit ever
 one, yet should do his best for tn
 good of all and for the greatest goo n to the public aside from what he ma
 like to do for his personal friends. l : is not likely the mistakes of the pas : year will be repeated; 1t is known tha
 the trustee whose term has now eH 2 pired was opposed to the large salar r given the teacher which cut down tn
 term to but four months, duration! ! F movement is oR foot to purchase fC e the school an organ which the gle o club or musical association pledge y themselves to pay for, and could no u owing to disbanding. A subscriptio Il has been taken, several giving wha
 they could. If by a subscription ci < culated among the people, this orga i. can be paid for, well and good; it wi 1t be very fine thing to have it. r. however, as has been said, the schoC IS funds must be drawn on to the exter
 of a single penny, not to say hdl q dred or more dollars to pay for 1t i 2. the name of all that pertains T. civilization let the school funds r, r ,e main untouched, since depletion ( , a hundred dollars even should mean 5f shortage of over a months duEatio y of the school term. If ill Yuma tl
 public schools are in session te n- months out of twelve, at least we ma j" be able by guarding our resources 10 have our school terms of the san .s length as in the neighboung places n- Florence and Tucson. For . sma 1f school, where there is not over a le average of forty pupils attending, an 1t of low grade, there are plenty of soc as teachers who will Do satisfied with es moderate salary With the five huI ID dred dollars paid out last term fC
 four months tuition, the school shou' have lasted at least five or six month ,d and there IS no call to pay one eel Il f.,.. ir