Arizona republican., 1898-02-07

so by an oversight. f So far as could be discovered nothing was taken. The cash register had been left open by the proprietor. The place was bu g. laIized six weeks ago by some one who was evidently familiar with the custom of the proprietor, for the money. which was hidden in an ob- scure place, was found. After that the hiking place was changed and it's precise locality is regarded by MT. Stein as an inviolable secret between him and himself.
 Company B, N. G. A.. at it's last meeting turned out twenty six mel il line. with five sergeants, Cna lieuten- ant and the captain. The play en- titled 'In Old Virginia" given under the auspices of the company and by the Phoenix Players club, was not as we'll patronized es it should have been, but in many ways was a succe and the audience was we'll p'eassd With he effort of the club. Great effor,s are being made by National Guaris- men and officers to make a grand sue cess of the parade on the 22d, which will, it is thought, be one of the big gest gatherings of National Guards men ever participated in by Arizona miltiamen. Sergeants McClintock and Olmstead, Corporal Lam and Pri- vste Weldon were over 10 Tempe on Saturday evening 70 see some of c company's boys, and received a very welcome and hospitable cep- tion They speak highly of Captain Mullen and the sCciable way in which he treated them. Also of the ve y comfortable quarters which the e m pany has.
 It is an impossibihtY to please some people. Three or four weeks ago many visitors arrived from the norlh clad in heavy overcoats and furs. They shivered amid the phenomena of rain and chill refused to accept 'he apology of residents, who said that the season was unusual, diff r. Tt from anything within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, etc., and seemed inclined to hold the municipal, coun- ty and territorial government resp n- sible for the climatic freak. A week ago the weather mOdera ed and the sun resumed business. Then. th3se visitors had something else to kick about. Yesterday one of thsm sit ting on bench in the court house plaza, wearing a heavy overooat and with a comforter wrapped about his throat, growled, "It's going to be an other hot day" "Yes,'' sighed a wo- man beside him in a sealskin sacque; i've got all of this climate I want; can get all the roasting I wan at home in the summer time without coming down here to fry Out in Feb ruary'
 The problem of a suitable lawn grass for this climate has been solved. Bluegrass has been proved to be un- available. IL does well enough for year or two after it is planted, but after that it cannot stand the scorching heat of summer. The eXperienoe of gardeners at the city hall plaza has shown this. Bermuda is a strong summer grass, but turns brown in the fall. Gardener Dave Turner of the court house plaza has been experi- mentng with rye grass on Bermuda lawns and the result has been entirely satisfactory. It is, of course, nee S sary to sow the rye grass every fall but it is done with SD little troublei that the reward of a green lawn dur ing the winter months is entirely ad- equate. It may be plan;ed in two ways. One Is by digging up the Ser muda without, of course, destroyi g 1t, and sowing the rye grass seed upon the upturned earth. Or else the Der muda may be closely mown and dirt sprinkled over it, upon which the rye grass may be sown. This is the only way In which a lawn in this eli mate may be perpeiually kept green.