Arizona republican., 1898-09-10
SOUTH SIDE.


 Tempe, Ariz, Sept. 9.-(Spscial Correspondence of The Republican, A. J. Peters and family, c. A. Saylor and family, Neils Peterson and fam fly and Ms. John Edmunson returred this morning from California after long vacation
 Water Commissioner Trott is oh the souun side today.
 Dr. Eicfhrond is up from Phoenix to- day.
 L. R. See will leave tonight for Cal ifornia.
 Mrs William Penn is very i'll.
 There are 23,4SO miners inches of water iii the river. Eight cars of hay will go out O. Tempe tonight A. J. Peters will ship three, Frank Fogle four, and Peter Brock one.
 School district No. 31 between Tempe and Phoenix, will begin its school year the first Monday in Cc- .toher under the charge of Mrs. Flcr- ence Smith.
 J. H. Root has the gratifying infor- nation for the students of both the norm,l and public schools that he will have a complete list Of school books used this year in stock by Mon day morning.
 There will be twenty in the hay rack party tomorrow night. MT. and Mrs k. G. Finch will nave the party in charge and take it out to MT. Woods home several miles southeast of toWr.
 @ W. II. Sewers will soon move off tho
 ranch. as his lease expires this month and he will then be with out home. He is now looking for ranch to lent. He would prefer milk ranch with stock and everything else on it, but will take a hay or grain ranch. He says a ranch he must have F. J Meyers has leased his ranch for three years and sold his hogs to J. F. Sturgeon. Mr Meyers says he is now foot io.,se having everything eff his hands but his horses. MT. Sur geon will use the ranch in his cattle business, which is assuming large pro- portions Yesterday he purchased 800 tons of alfalfa hay at s6 per ton of Byron Carr, and leased that gentle mans 32O-acre raLch for pasJurage. These deals give MT. Sturgeon 1,20o acres of pasture lands and 2,500 tons of hay for his cattle to fatten on.
 Charles Mullen shipped car Of cat tie to Tucson last night.
 Bishop E. R. Hendrix of the M. E. church sou.h will preach at this place Monday evening, the 18th instant. The bishCp is one of the most scholarly . men of his age. as well as one of the best preachers of the American pulpit.
 Miss Adams of Prescott placed her name on the normal register today. The normal is thoroughly organized and running as well as possible with out tne new books. This lack Will be supplied next week. The boys are still aritating the uniform question consistently and expect to be soon shining like the new army Of the re- public The literary societies are be- ing organized, as are the baske- bail teams and tennis clubs. The week cIos6s with the unprecedented regis tration Cf 133 names. The sC'I5h slde departn ent Of The Republican has consistently shown up this institu- tion in all it's splendid departments and accomplishments with the above result It pays to advertise.
 MESA.
 Mesa City. Ariz, Sept 9.-(Specie, Cores pondence of The Republican-)- w. J. LeBa.on, T. O. Mason and John McKi1zie vent to Phoenix today.
 Al Miller and E. B. Goodwin of Tempe were in Mesa to1ay.
 T. o. Masan has sold his barber bus mess to Y. V. Wright.
 Nat Brundage returned from Globe yesterday lie says Kings canyon, which aftorGs the six-mile climb from Riverside, is in bad condition yet. Every .reighter who passes over the road ehere is compelled to work it sop.e and then pay toll on the other side of the mountain. On returning Mr. Brundage met a freighter with a ten-mule team pulling gunpowder for F. F. KellneT. The man left Florence with hay to last ten days and when he reached Riverside eight days of that feed was gone. MT. Brundage is still considering when the powder will get up Kings canyon even-
 J. R. Morse is recovering slowly from long siege of rheumatism:
 A. l.. Post took another wagonload of br0oms to Phoenix this week
 H. L. Weller is moving his broom factory from it's present location on the river to his new home one mile east of Mesa.
 Miss Alice Barkley is recovering from a severe siege of typhoid fever.
 Tn, trustees of the Nephi school distrlc. met last night and accepted the plans ana specifications of Archi- tect William Barton for the new school house they are about to erect.
 William Standage has purchased for s! 800 the Hawks pace of C. ,. Coed ell.
 Campbell. the contractor for the Code X Salter building, having re- turned from California, the new block will be rushed forward and completed by November.
 J. J. Tucker was severely injured on the head yesterday while cleaning out a well on the Spainhcwer place. A basket full Of stones fell into the well one of them hitting MT. Tucker on the head, ou+ eing an ugly gash in the scalp. The sufferCr IS doing well.
 The Mesa "skimming station" is do ing more business than at any time in it's history. The amount of milk received recently jumped to 9,00( pounds day. for the better handling or which 2 big vat has taken the place