Arizona republican., 1898-06-14
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GRAHAM COUNTY.

GRAHAM COUNTY.
 Hunter of Stafford left on last Saturday for summer visit in the east.
 D. M Simpson of Stafford, Judge Blake's bookkeepar, left for Dos Ca basas Monday. He expects to be gone three or four days.
 A friend jokingly asks us why we do not run for an office of some kind. We dasent The affidavit fiends would not leave a grease spot of us-AriZonian.
 When the millennium comes there will be lot of Arizona affidavit fiends on hand to prove that it is an old sec ond-hand one left over from pre- Adamic times.-AriZonian.
 Judge D. Morris of Geronimo is in Stafford looking for location. Geron- imo is to be deserted, and the former residents of that town are showing their good judgment by taking up their abode at Stafford.
 Our great war ships have barnacles on them which retard their progress. There are barnacles who are trying to retard this government in its noble fight for Cuban independence. Darn barnacles, anyway.-Arizonian
 Ed Futile of Stafford went to Duncan last week with a load of spuds, and Tom Davis went along to help count them. They returned Sunday evening. While gone they had fine time fight ing stray stock out of their camp at night, when they wanted to sleep. All samee Stafford.
 At the trial before Squire Alfred, at Thatcher, last Saturday, in the case Of the Territory vs. George Roach, who was charged with using profane Ian guage before women and children, the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty, and the costs were taxed to Uncle Jim Morris, the complaining witness. Un- cle Jim was hot.
 MT. and Mrs. Geo. A. Olney and their children, of Solomonville, left Monday On the train for Los Angeles, where they will remain during the summer. Mrs. Olney is just recovering from severe spell of sickness and she goes direct to a sanatarium, where she will remain until her health is fully reStor- ed. Mr. Olney may return home about July 1st, but this will depend upon the condition of Mrs. Olney at that time-
 J. F. Judia of Solomonville went to Stafford Monday evening and attended a meeting of the board of directors of the Enterprise Canal company. The board employed County Surveyor B. R. Stafford to make new survey and plat of the canal and to furnish an es- timate of the amount of work neces- sary to build it. MT. Kimban presi- dent of the board of directors, is conf dent that the canal can and will be built by the people of this valley, and he is anxious to see the work begin.
 District Attorney Jones has com pleted his infantry company, and has offered it to the governor for service whenever the Arizona regiment is mus tered in. This is the first volunteer company organized in Arizona under the second call for volunteers made by the president on the 25th day of last month. It is composed of sturdy, act i've young men accustomed to physical exertion, and will prove an exception ally fine company. In point of excel fence as military organization 1t Is credit to our territory.-Guardian.
 Deputy Sheriff Ben Clark of Clifton was in Solomonville Monday, coming down to close up his work of assessing the east end of the county. He thinks the total assessment for that section or the county will show a healthy ln- crease this year. He collected ana turned over to Sheriff Birchfield $29Oo in poll taxes, which will be great re- lief to the school fund of the county 1t is generally understood that MT. Clark's friends at Clifton will push him as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff. He would make a good officer.
 YUMA COUNTY.
 George A. Brown was in Yuma from Fortuna last week.
 w H. Lester of Senator mine regis tered at the Southern Pacific hotel at Yuma last week
 E. 6. Ives, president of the State of Arizona Improvement company, re- turned to Yuma last Wednesday from a