Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1898-06-07
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Small Paragraphs of Gen.
erdI Local Interest.
News of Phoenix and Tributary Re-
giOn. The DOingS of People ard
Other Matters.

oieV0n dppllcdQIS.
This is lodge night Of the United
Moderns. The meeting place is Elks,
hall. Though the lodge here was in
stituted only a short time ago it al
ready has large membership
The reading room at the Baptist
church will be open on every evening
except on Tuesday, when all are in
vited to the lawn fete at the residence
of Rev. DR.. Halsey on East Van Buren,
street.
DR.. William Dodge of Los Angeles
and Miss Celia NJ. Fisher OF Fort
Wayne, Ind, were married in this city
yesterday. Both arrived here the night
before. They left last night for Los
Angeles
Tonight the Good Templars will ten
der Mrs. E. A. Ross a farewell social
in the hall, and will escor. her to the
Santa Fe train at $50 o'clock. The
social will be an informal affair, and
open to the public.
Mir J. P King, well known through
out Arizona as fiji -t-class newsla per
rustler, has accepted pos,,4ca on the
Arizona Gazette, where his talent will
have a wide field. The Republican
congratulates the Gazette on securing
Mr.. Kings invaluable services.
DR.. William Duffield left last night
on an extended eastern tour. He
goes directly to Denver After a
snort stay there ne will attend the
Omaha exposition. He will next visit
friends and relatives in Iowa and Wis
consin. He will then spend some time
in Chicago, after which he will go on
to Philadelphia, where he will take a
post graduate course in medicine and
surgery.
The bids for the bonds lately issued
by school district No were opened
yesterday and that of E. T. Pascoe, I
per cent above par, was accepted, so
that the district receives 1920. The
bonds bear Z per cent interest and run
twenty years, though they may be paid
after ten years. 1t is seldom that
Arizona securities have ever been sold
above par. The high rate of interest
in this case was the chief attraction.
The Children's Day exercises at the
Christian church on Sunday mornin g
were unusually Interesting, and the
little folks rendered their several parts
in very creditable manner. They
had been trained by Mrs. Young, Mrs.
Dunlap and Miss Zelda Dysart, and
went through the difficult programme
without skip. The collection for
foreign missions amounted to S17.7I.
Eleven members raised one dollar or
more each, and are thus entitled to
membership in the Dollar league.
The hay industry this year is an al
most entirely new source of wealth to
the valley, and it is also a bounteous
one Within the last month there
have been shipped by the Maricona &
Phoenix 500 cars to California. Within
the same time about 200 cars have
gone out over the S. F. P. & P. to
California points. 1t is estimated that
the average vaule Of a car of hay is
500, so that the farmers of the
valley have received in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 less the freight. A
vary large part of this hay was bought
directly from the farmer.
board of equalization began yesterday
in the rooms of the territorial auditor
with all the members present. The
morning was taken up with routine
business and the afternoon was de-
voted to going over statements re-
ceived from the railroads of the terri
tory. Only railroad property is to be
equalized at this time. None of the
railroad attorneys have arrived yet,
but they will probably be on hand be-
fore the board agrees upon figures.
1t is believed that the work of the
session may be finished by next Fri
day.
Several business men of Phoenix
would like to be brought in communi-
cation with young man named Rob
ert E. Lee, quite well known here and
in Flagstaff. He was married and
lived here with his wife for some time.
Then they moved to Flagstaff, but did
not reside there very long. They lately
returned one night That night Lee
scattered forged checks all over town
and the same night or early the next
morning both disappeared. The for
geries were all small, but there were
so many of them that the aggregate is
said to be important. All effort to To-
cate the forger has failed.
Last night a tall Mexican, half
drunk, sat at a faro game in the Pal
ace. He invested $40 in blue chips
and proceeded to play without d mani
festatlon of any knowledge of the
game. He bet on only two cards and
near the close of the deal had all his
wealth on these cards. 1t was plain
that he was betting against himself
+ The dealer considerably moved one OF
the stacks to the four-spOt. The Mex
lean moved it back. You must have
money to burn" said the dealer. The
| Mexican indicated that he knew how
he wanted to bet, whereupon the
dealer took up his chips and gave the
Mexican his money. He went into an
other place and became implicated In
another faro game. His blue chips
dwindled away and the player ran
sacked his pockets for dimes and