Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-01-14

photography. The more classic form,
however, seems firmly implanted and
will most likely endure. The bird of
mythology from which the name was
taken, was supposed to live singly, dy-
ing to rise from its own ashes and to be
therefore immortal. In like manner it
seems probable that Phoenix it will
always be.
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The duck season is at its height. The
market is regularly supplied with lots
OF the different varieties. In this part
of the country the most plentiful are
the blue winged mallard and the teal.
The rsrest and finest favored are the
canvas backs. A number of the latter
have been received, mostly from the
neigh borhood of Buckeye, on the Gila,
some 40 miles southwest. They retail
for about forty cents each. In San
Francisco or Chicago they are worth
many times that sum. Within the past
few days many wild geese have been
noted. Several large, fat, gray fellows,
known as ''honkers," have been
brought in. They are said to be very
fine for the table.
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The young lady teachers who at
tended the Institute at Tucson returned
week ago today. They agree that the
old pueblo's reputation for hospitality
has not been overestimated and that
the manner in which the comfortable
homes of its residents were opened was
revelation and a delight. They say
Tucson is not mnch to look at, but for
genuine soclability and liberal enter
talnment it cannot be equaled.
Judge Wright's opening address at
the Institute was as usual when the
judge speaks gem. He is the best
elocutionist in Arizona and far from
the least witty. He is not giant phys
ically. so the girls were tickled to death
when speaking of his school DAYS and
how he had suffered from foggings he
said: "0riginally 1 was intended to
have been man of mighty stature, but
corporal punishment did its deadly
work, and" placing his thumbs under
his suspenders and cooking back his
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What a relief from the cold snap OF
last week the warm sunshine and mild
temperature since, has been! The
weather must have been terrific some
where in the north, else we never would
have had such wave here. In many
parts of southern Arizona the thermom-
eter registered below 20 for several
mornings, and ice from three-sixteenths
to halt an inch formed wherever there
was standing water. This, however,
the old residents say was an unusually
cold spell. So keep it to yourself and
don't give our tropical climate black
eye in the east.
The plan of public exhibitions of
school work and literary and musical
recitals at the High School hall every
other Friday evening is most excellent.
The training which the pupils receive
in deporting themselves before an audi
ence is valuable as cultivating self-pos-
session. Naturally, also, there is
greater emulation to submit something
creditable when parents and friends are
critics. Greater care is consequently
given to the Rotations, more thought
to the ESSAYS and longer practice to the
musical performances than otherwise.
A higher standard of excellenceis there
by reached. The essay on thrift" last
Friday evening was masterpiece.
K x
The San Francisco Examiner recently
printed long story about the killing
of a mountain lion which weighed 80
pounds. That's nothing. Mr.. ]. H.
Coughran, whose ranch is six miles
southwest of Phoenix, brought in yes
terday couple of scalps of mountain
lions which he shot near his place
week ago. The larger of them weighed
AK pounds and when hung up by the
the hind legs measured feet 4 "a inches
from the hind feet to the fore paws. For
several years he has averaged annually
to kill half dozen of these destroyers
of stock. The bounty was formerly $40
scalp, but by an act of the last assem-
bly, was greatly reduced. 1t is now OPP
tional with the boards of supervisors to
pay small bounty or none, as they
NAV decide.