Mesa free press., 1898-06-24

and half million dollars per month
instead Of four millions as provided
In the senate bill. The amount oi
bonds was also compromised, tie
amount authorized to be issued being
$4O0. 900, OCO.
Republican--The returns from the
late quarterly examination Of teachers
are coming in. Yavapai county papers
complain that the questions laid before
the teachers at Prescott were so unnec-
essarily severe thai four out of five ap :
plicants failed. Five Maricopa county
teachers took 9 60 at the same list and
only one tailed. That, Of course, does
not prove anything, for small delega-
ton OF teachers cannot be regarded as
an index Of the intellectual development
ofthe county in which they live. But
thisipcident calls up another In which
a Yavapai county school teacher with q
grievance, . little more than year ago.
caused communication TO be printed.
in Prescott paper in which be took
the ground that the teachers of this
county were below par. He charged
that living among SO much alfalfa and
under blazing sun had tendency to
make them fat-witted and inferior to
the pedagogues of the porth.
> Have you seei.-yes, Of course you
have. We refer to Phil Nets pres
emit pup. 1T was sired by ap import
ed bloodhound sept to Arizona to
trsil Apacbes and which was killed
on the trail years ago by the Apache
Kid. It does NOT look like . blood
hound, resembling more the bull side
Of it's ancestry. 1t is fine pup and
when 1t arrives at dogs estate will be
a monster animal, In daytime its
temper is serene, ssbut it becomes very
violent when broken of ITS slumhers
at night.
1t is unlawful to kill any game now
though the open season for doves be-
gan June l.. Il is unlawful on all
seasons to trap any game. The law
is operative as we'll against buying a.
killing or trapping game out of season.
Asidefrom doves no game can be
killed until October, except buck
deer and buck antelope, the open sea-
son for which begins August L..
It may be all right in the estima-
tiQn of some people to refer to the
people Of the Hawaiian Islands as.
lepers, but it remains fact never
theless, chat the people in control
there are ss intelligent, educated and
refined as any people on earth. Such
against annexation are
decidedly weak and puerile.
Prof. j. d Lopez and Miss Agnes
Dobbie were married Wednesday at
the home Of the brides parents. in
Gold6eld, Rev. Guthrie of Tempe,
officiating. Mr. Lopez has been one
Of the teachers in our schools and has
been elected as principal for. next
year and his bride is also one Of our
teachers. Their many friends wish
then long life full Of uRa|lpyed
The greatest care should be exer-
cised on the Fourth with 6recrsckers
and other explosives. Everything is
as dry as finder, and as we haye no
water system, ii Ere were to start
up, all we gould do would be to git
down and watch Ger burn. An ocdi-
nance of the town prohibits the use
of fireworks anywhere on the business
part of town.
n Samuel Stout, OF Newcomb, Ills.
has just been allowed patent for a
farm gate, through Copp & Co., pat
emit attorneys, Washington D. Q. He
is probably the oldest person who has
ever taken out patent, being now
eighty years Of age.
Tempe has concluded to take water
instead Of light. Water is well enough
in its place, to wash and irrigate with,
but light, to those who do not prefer
darkness rather than light, is OF
first Importance. However, we con-