Arizona republican., 1898-10-09

county jail yesterday klncald admit ted the theft and pleaded the sharp bangs Of hunger. Smith denied any connection with the affair. But there were two circumstances against him. He was standing in front of the store entertaining the proprietor by asking him questions about the price of ap- pies while kincaid was in the rear stealing the ham. The other circum- stance was that he was the travelling companion of Kincaid.
 TEAMS AND LICENSES.- Officer Molloy continued his war against un- tied teams yesterday. Three persons were fined s3 each and the other, an Indian, who was presumed to know nothing about the city ordinances, was discharged with an admonition. Three persons were arrested for failure to pay licenses due nearly two months ago. In addition to the amounts of the licenses they had to pay the costs of the proceedings. There are still oth- CTS who will be reminded that the first of the present quarter has long since passed.
 A LARGE ORANGE CROP.-W. M. Ward was in the city yesterday from his ranch near Camel Back MT. Ward has one of the most productive orange groves in the valley, and his shipments last year were larger than any individual shipper. He says that
 this years crop will be greater than last year, and the oranges and lemons are large and will mature earlier than last year. When about to leave the city last evening Mir. Wards horse fell down and broke the shafts of the buggy, but no further damage was done.
 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. - Journalism has made great strides in this valley since I came here" said Mesa City man yesterday Our peo- pie were surprised to find the political meetings by the democrats and repub- licans fully reported by The Republi- can the following morning. Although
 the meeting of the republicans held on Friday night was not over until Il o'clock, yet when we got up to break fast in the morning we found The Re publican at our doors with complete account of the meeting. Enterprise of this kind is appreciated by the Mesa City people, as we'll as those of other places who want tte news as early as possible"
 THE UNITED MODERN BALL. The ball given by the United Moderns
 at O'Neill hall on Friday night was most successful affair It was under the management of a committee con sisting of Mrs. T. W. Roberts, Mrs. D. A. Smith Mrs. R. c. Fletcher, Mrs. A. l J. Bradley and MT. F. P. Trott, though almost every member of the order may ! ho cess. The promp.er, A. E. Cobb, kept i things moving along. The attendance
 was secured wholly by invitation. The
 music was furnished by Fuerstein-s orchestra and the dancing programme
 was carefully arranged. Not the least enjoyable incident of the ball was the supper, consisting of sandwiches, cake, relishes, etc. Coffee Al eIdeared him. self to the lady managers by furnish ing the coffee free The dancing was continued until 2 o'clock yesterday
 morning.
 AN EARLY CROP.-Ex-Mayor Mon
 ihon says that the Bartlett pear is one of the best products of the valley At his ranch near the city he raised 12,- 900 pounds Of this fruit and next year he looks for a crop at least double that Of this yaar. There never was a time
 in the valley when the Bartlett pears ripened and were ready for 1he market
 as early as September %. as was the case slis year. The price the rancher
 received was 2 cents a pound, and some of them got the retail price of cents, said the eX-maycr II have
 an apple orchard on my ranch, and this year my apple crop was the best 1 have had. I think the difficulty some ranchers experience in fruit rais-
 ing can be traced to neglect in culti- vating the ground. I work my ground over seven or eight times duriing the season, and I think my success is ow-