Arizona republican., 1898-07-14
SOUTH SIDE.

George N. Gage. Mrs. William oteiz- reide. James McNeil and J E. Stur- geon vent to Phoenix today.
 Charlie BerkencaGp was .. 2hoenlx x5s::scr today
 Al Hansen is hauling out lumber to he used il tue construction of new house.
 Jim Sturgeon will tonight leave for Prescott to receive lot of cattle which he purchased some time ago.
 The Woodmen of the World meet tonight. There is to be an initiation and every member should be ln at tendance There will be three carloads of honey shipped out from here tonight. This will make the total shipment eieht cars for the season up to date. Terape leads the valley in cattle, hay. grain and honey shipments.
 William Penn has sold his interest in the Penn -Neighbors cattle ranch to MT Neighbors MT. Penn has se- cured the services of F. W. Butler to build a barn 1Sx30 in the rear of his residence on Eighth street.
 There are 29,40S miners inches of water in the river. This is a rise of nearly 10000 inches since yesterday. P. J. Meyers will plant ten acres of sorghum and thirty acres of corn.
 Byron Redden has finished putting ID his second crop of hay.
 Mons Ellingson will SOW fifty acres to sorghum. He has 300 acres of a third crop of alfalfa to cut, but can get no one to do the work on account Of the heat. He says if he canno, get some one soon he will let 1t go and take a trip to the mountains and cut it next September. He says the present growth will lodge, but stay green and that another growth will spring up and almost make double crop for September. E. A. Murphy has a rubber tired long distance axle buggy in his barn for the use of his patrons. He de- cIares his Is the only livery stable Tn Arizona which has @ rubber tire buggy for rent.
 The city council met last night in regular monthly meeting Present Mayor Tohn Knight Counciimen sam Rrov- a. Greeves and C. R. Finch rftv A+-,r-ev H. z. Buck and Clerk F. II. Sclureuaan. The quarter'7 re- nort of Marshal Smith was received Tn the matter of the delinnue1t citV faxes remaining unpaid. the marshal was authorized to give the delinauents until August i to make settlement After that date all property still dr Hpnuent will be sold IT T.. Chandler Of Mesa appeared before the council with q tWenty-IVt year franchise permitting hiTa to erect and oDerate an electric light systenc fin the town of Tempe. His franchise proyides that the city shall. for a pc riod of five years. contract to rem three arc street lights at s491 per year. The franchise was referred r. the proper committee.
 Curt w. Miller submitted fran chise granting him the right to con struct and operate system Of water works in this city. He proposes to pu in complete water works system tha will meet all the requirements or thf city for many years to come. Th' franchise reeites that "theTe shall D. not less than four miles of mains iai' within the city limits, to be known a; the original pipe system. Upon this oriespa, pipe system shali be placed twenty double discharge hydrants. tht locations of which are % be specifief by the city. The grantee agrees t furnish to the city. free of charge during the continuance of it's fran chise and contract. water flor the nnr nose and use of the building or build ines of the fre department and rltA offices. and also one public drlnkin- fo1;ntain.'' The franchise is for a pe riod of twenty-five years. durin; which time ty'e city contracts to pa! fo Curt ". Miller or his assigns, aI annual rental of $500 for t'le use O the twentv-fve hydra-sts. This is ra+e of s45 per year for each fire hv drsnt The city of PhneniX hes ftt' bvdrants and .,avs s70 per year To each of them. This franchise was als' referred to the committee.
 MESA.
 Mesa City Ariz.. July 13.-(Specia Co-resnondence of The Republican.l- l- n 6 Peterson, J. NJ. Schuele. A. Hun c,ter Mrs. P. A. Phillips and cnitcrHl and mother. Mrs. Hackney "en' U Phoenix today. ao atoc avisit today. e 1,,on;x i the guest of Miss Dora Haoies oi N phi. 1o@ polton z
 D. A. LeBaron and JeH bolton r1orence came over yesterday With load of honey. .,,;-t,,-for
 Johnson Bros. shipped thlrty-io' boxes of fruit today. ,, |,
 Otto Butzer of Tempe Is III hissd '' day. s for 1T
 M. J. Forster left today TOT |. ;. northern part of the territory to Il troduce his rubber cement pants;
 Tomorrow evening there Will pc nicnic with wide scope and dlVers'he features. A party Of Mesa people VI start early on hay wagon ana arr to Phoenix. where they will Wltne at the park theater the perforinah of oKathIeen MavoUrneen. Retufl ing they will not only enjoy sWe converse in the yellow moonlight, D will feast the n'vsical man on hi funch which will be brought along | the purpose
 \ narty Of Mesa people have be- irving to make transportation terT -r. -x-o--T1 oroIIa thor7 t0 cDpnd f