Arizona republican., 1897-12-09
|AN Over Ariizona|

The teachers examination is in progress at the court house in Pres colt.
 Over 100000 sheep were shipped out of Arizona from September 14 to October.
 IA. J. O'Connor, wife and child, of San Diego, California, are visiting in Prescott.
 R. R. Coleman has arrived in Pres colt fom the Mohave desert for a brief visit with his family.
 M M Sherman, the we'll known cattleman of Cochise county, was in Nogales recently.
 Apaches are reported to be stealing sheep in the neighborhood of Slaugh- ter's ranch on Black river
 The Tucson city council is talking of naming the streets and numbering the houses of the old pueblo. More progress.
 A. D. Levy & Co.'S store in Pres colt Monday evening, the elevator fell seven feet with Charles Martin, giving him severe shaking up.
 While Carl Fair was driving to Pres colt from Big Bug Monday with eight tons of matte, his wagon went through a bridge in the Chaparral neighbor- hood completely demolishing the wag- on.
 The greater portion of sheep in Navajo county are being driven into Gila, Graham and Maricopa counties for the winter. This will make the collection and distribution of taxes somewhat complicated.
 The Eleventh infantry band of Fort Whipple is to give a concert at Pres colt. According to the Journal-Miner the band is composed of twenty-four natural born musicians. Probably an unnatural born musician wouldn't be allowed to join the band.
 Passenger traffic on the Santa Fe Pacific railroad is so heavy at pres ent that new time card is under consideration, providing for two trains a day each way besides the twice a week limited. It is expec led ito go into effect next week.
 The Tucson Citizen declares that the only way to keep up the econom- ical and rapid progress Tucson is mak- ing is to elect Push, Perry and Kilt to the council. We know nothing about Perry and Kilt, but we bank on Push. A council without push is worse than no council at all. By all means elect him!
 H. M Blackwell of St. Joseph. Mo. father of Mrs. George M. Sargent, ac- companied by his grandson, Ledwidge Sargent, arrived on last evenings train from the east. The latter has been visiting for several mon hs with his grand parents in the east. MT. Sargent went up to Flagstaff to meet them.-Journal-Min
 Judge A. J. Howell of Tonto was in town on "Wednesday to pay his taxes. He was much aggrieved over the action of the county board of equalization in raising the number of cattle assessed to him 200 head, which he claims was unwarranted The raise cost MT. Howell $96, which he paid after vigorous protest. Globe Belt
 The Tucson city council passed an ordinance prohibiting the wearing of hats, bOnnets or other head covering. except skull caps, lace scarfs or other close fitting head covering, in thea ters or other places of public amuse- ment, within a building and imposing a fine and imprisonment for so doing. The only place lady can now display her pet head gear in Tucson where there is an audience within a build ing, is in church, as that is not con- sidered a place of amusement. The Citizen fnclines to the opinion that church going by wearers of miracu- 1Ous bonnets may under the new or dinance become more general It also directs attention to the habit of Tue son men to spit on the floor and asks for a prohibitory ordinace. On the whole Tucson is improving.
 The Journal Miner prints the fol- lowing reference to firm of busy contractors now operating in Arizona. Henry Houser. confidential man for B. Lantry Sons came down from Ash Fork on last evenings train for a brief business trip. MT. Houser has the superintendence of eleven camps, for the above firm of contractors. at present covering wide range of ter ritory, and employing a great many men. The firm has bridge filling camp at Ash Fork, on the Mohave des- ert, another at Needles, Califo. mia, and one at Cartizo in this territory At Klondyke, a new siding between Ash Hill and Siberia, in CaMfornia and at Manuelito, New Mexico, they have a force at work building bridges. At Walnut canyon east of Flagstaff, and at SeIgman they have force of men at work in the construction of water storage dams. At Rock Butte, on the s. F. P. & F. railroad and at Putnam, just west of Holbrook, they have a force of men engaged in quar- rying stone for the above dams. Near Bellemont on the Santa Fe Pacific sihey have a force of men at work in einder pit taking out ballast for the above road. At Rock cut. twenty and half miles south of Ash Fork they have a grading outfit at work making change in the s. F. F. & P. railroad. While there is a fore man of the work at each of the camps