Arizona republican., 1896-04-01
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 The most stylish straw hats seen or the streets nowadays came from tht Alkire store. They have the larges stock of any one in the city and car fit and suit anybody from a pappoost or an Indian cigar sign to the new gov ernor. The young men of the city should certainly call at the Alkirt store if they want something nice il a spring hat.
 An application was made to the su pervisors yesterday asking exemption from taxation of the property of the Wesleyan university, in University addition, assessed at $132.80. The statement that it was designed for ar educational purpose was endorsed by District Attorney Millay as correct but the board refused to grant the prayer.
 Yesterday the reduction in tele- graph rates took effect and both the Western Union and Postal companies were in charge of the connections Manager Goodell of the former is pre- pairing to move today into the old Hartford bank building on the corner of Wall and Washington where con- modious and we'll arranged office has been secured.
 In the recorders office yesterday were filed leases from M. M. Wormser to John M. Caruthers and by him to M. N. Cooper and J. F. Hummer, of certain tracts of land located south of Phoenix, across the river. Six hund- red acres are leased at S1 800 a year and GAO acres leased at the rate of $3 per acre per year, both leases running for two years. It Is upon this ground that the experiment of oanaigre rais- ing will be tried on large scale by the English and New York capitalists lately here. f7
 There were seventeen roadmasters in the rooms of the supervisors yes terday, representing every road dis trict in Maricopa county, brought there by command of the august board The reason for their convocation was to definitely fix the mileage of Fac- cepted'' county roads within the coun- ty, as no record has been kept in the supervisors office heretofore of what are usually known as open roads. Each overseer made his report, Draughts- man Dyer was on hand with county map to mark out the roads, and now there will need be no cause for con- fusion.
 Tucson, reports Receiver Trippel of the land office, never before had such strong feeling of present and con tinuous prosperity. This is shown by the amount of building in progress and projected. The grand new ca thedral is an instance in point, the Grosetta building is receiving exten- sive improvements and additions and the Workmen of the city, the two lodges combining, are preparing for the erection of a hall that will cost $25,G00. It is to be of brick, the upper story containing the finest and largest lodge room in ithe two territories, as well as a number of office suites and the ground floor furnishing accommo- dations to eight business houses.
 The school districts of the county are reporting slowly to the county su- perintendent the names of the men elected to serve as trustees for the succeeding three year term. The list, as far as heard from embraces the fol- lowing named districts and trustees: No. 1, Phoenix, J. W. Kincaid; 2, Mes quite, Horace Van Fossen; 5, Tempe, Samuel Brown;7 Osborne, J. w. East wood; g, Wickenburg, Ignacio Garcia; 10, Lehi, D. F. Jones; IA, Creighton, East Phoenix, J. M. Etter; IS, Crismon, Ernest Crismon 20 Double Buttes, George H. Archibald; "A, Gila Bend, Mrs. J. A. Noonan; 30, Grand avenue, R. Hall. In 32 an election was he'd, but the county superintendent upon looking up the matter finds there was no vacancy, the appointees holding over for the year.
 Monday at the works of the Agua Fria Construction company at Frog Tanks, forty miles northeast of Phoe- nix, Constable Sam Bayley sold all right, title and interest of the com pany in and to an assortment of per- sonal property, mainly comprising en- zines and boilers, steam hoists and derricks and supplies on hand. The lot was bid in by Phoenix capital tst, John c. Kel,um by name, for the amount of the pending judgments and costs, aggregating s1,7OO, and re- markable Ito state, the amount was paid in cash. There were seventeen judgments, mainly for labor The property solda ggregates in value many times the amount realized, but it is understood the company will within a month settle every financial difficulty and come once more unto it's own again.