Arizona republican., 1899-03-28
NEWS
 OF T HE
 TOWN

EITHER CLUB. - The Mizpal Either club will hold it's entertainment at the O'NeiH hall tonight.
 SHORT TERM SCHOOLS. A fev
 of the short term schools of the count, have closed and a number are. about tt
 be closed The last apportionmen
 will probably be made by April 10.
 FOUND A SHADOW.-Acti Mayo
 Dyer yesterday left at Justice John stones office photograph which he
 had just picked up on the street. Ii
 bore the name of a London photogra
 pher.
 HARRY TRTTLE BETTER. Harry
 Tritle, assistant territorial secretary
 has been confined fer a week by ap-
 pendicitis. His condition has been
 serious until last night. when a no
 ticeable improvement took place. TOOHEY FOR MEXICO. R Toohey is making preparations to leave for the Cananear mine in Mexico. He intends hauling ore and provisions for
 the mine and it will probably require
 13O head of stock to carry on the
 freighting.
 SOCIALIST LECTURES.-Job liar
 riman, the well known California ad-
 vocate of socialism, will begin tonight
 at the I O. G. T. hall in the Padgett | building, a series of four lectures on sOcialistic subjects. MT. Hartman kspent some time here last year. OUT WITH A CHALLENGE The | Canadian club of Phoenix, which took part in the late tug of war contest, is
 out with a challenge to all the other i teams participating in that contest, the American team preferred, for purse of $500, $1,000 or any larger sum side
 CUT DOWN EXPENSE. A party
 Of surveyors left few days ago for Ash Fork, presumably to complete the survey for new track around the Ash Fork hill south. The purpose of building the road is to decrease the grade extending a few miles south of Ash Fork. IA heavy grade forms a large item in the expense of operating railroad.
 INCREASE OF PRODUCT-A. Vandervort left last night for Flag staff. His shipments of wool this year have amounted to 900 pounds. One carload was shipped last night and it is estimated that there are 100000 pounds yet in the valley awaiting ship ment. The wool shipments this year have shown a marked increase over last year.
 TEMPORARY ARIZONIANS. - Messrs. Tom N. Lee and Vincent Nellany, two young gentlemen from New York, who have been in the valley for more than a year. have taken the ranch of Colonel Cotton and will take up there temporary residence in Phoe- nix. MT. Nellany is a nephew of eX- Lieutenant Governor William F. Shee han of New York
 MINOR OFFENSES.-J D. Lorraine yesterday pleaded guilty in Justice Johnstone's court to selling liquor to a minor and was fined S5. L. P. Shen dan. who had followed Deputy Sheriff Bush around inviting arrest, until he was locked up, was fined S6 for a dis turbance of the peace. The case of Paul Davis charged with petit larceny. was continued until o'clock this afternoon
 REMOVING AN EVIL. A few days more will be required for the compile ton of the new ditch which will be e substitute for the old Dutch ditch. The latter ditch has been a source of great inconvenience to the adjoining land | holders on account of an intermittent overflow. This nuisance will be obVi- 1 ated when the water is turned into the 1 new ditch. Another advantage is that many more acres will be tributary to the ditch which have hitherto not been | supplied with water. This is due to the canal traversing several elevations ! of land from which the water may be | drawn from different directions The i new ditch parallels the old one for a | mile and half The old ditch will inn | mediately be filled up.
 DAVIS AND DOE DEFENDANTS = Two suits were filed in district court | yesterday against Ira Davis and his partner, man called. John Doe. be- cause nobody knew his other name. The plaintiffs in the first case are w T. Smith and James Benson, who want to recover two tailing tanks and two pumps, which are now in the posses sion of the defendants. The property is valued at $4O0. The plaintiff in the other suit is Richard Fletcher. He that the defendants have en- tered upon tract Of land belonging to him and refuse to get off. There is on that land an artificial mound ap- purtenant to it. The mound is rich in gold and other precious metals which the defendants are threatening to eX- tract and appropriate to their own use.
 THE HALF NOT TOLD.-MarshaII Young who has contracted to supply the meat for the Crown King mine was in town yesterday and he will probab- " return to the Bradshaws tonight Since his short stay in Phoenix he has been asked regarding the authenticity of reports emanating from the recent strike at the Crown King mlne. He asserts that the reports in most cases are true. He has been ! watching the different mentions of the strike made in The Republi- can, and he said that he has read noth- ing which he could criticize Refer ences to the enormity of the strike have not been exaggerated, and in