Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-03

the river. The order Of sale and W.T.
of restitution were received yesterday
from the court Of The Fourth judicial
| d.strict. Ao.ton against the defend
ants was begun by Charles Goldman,
administrator of the estate of NJ.
WOrmser, to recover rental amounting
to S17,577. The case was transferred
to Judge Sloan, who lately gave judg
ment for the plaintiff The properly
of the defendant consists of crop Of
oanaigre. utensils of various kinds and
a miscellaneous lot OF personal prop
erty.
GOT DRUNK UNKNOWINGLY. -
A single sleeping drunk appeared be
fore the recorder yesterday and was
fined 81. He was Mexican wood
hauler and gave sufficient excuse for
getting drunk But the law does no.
probe into the cause. The man sad
he had 4 ranch across the river and
drove in with TOAD or wood on Mon
GaY. He started home sober, but the
river was not fOrdable and he returned
to town. He supposed he had taken
2 few drinks, but not enough to intoX-
icate. AS he was returning to his
wagon lis legs began 20 vibrate He
sank into a stupor from which lie lid
net recover until he had been Iemoved
SUIT ON \ NOTE. Arthur J. Ed
| wards. administrator of the estate OF
E. P Hayden, Will today file suit
against Charles F. Simms and George
| T. BrCsiGs, executors of. the will of
the late James T Simms, to recover
on note of $4,000 given by Col
Simms in 1894 The ntcila was secured
| by mortgage on various tracts in the
Simms addition. Several other per
sons are mad: parties TO the defense
by reason of appearing N the records
as having tysen connected at some
time and in some way with the prop
isTty described in the mortgage. E. p
Hayden was ct one time a resident OF
Phoenix. He was drowned at Vallejo,
Cal, last year.
ANOTHER WOOD CUTTER AR
RESTED. Officer Joe Porser.a. who
went TO Fort Mcdowell on Tuesday
evening. returned yesterday morning
with jose BURN, who was indicted by
the last grand jury for CUTTING wo0d
on government land More than
year ago BURN took UP forty acres of
government land at Buckeye He
moved there with his family and COM
mence1 farming. But he lost his crop
on account of scarcity Of water and
took up another location where there
is water. He has cut wood and sold
it in Mesa. but as far as IS known he
has only sold it in small quantities and
20 buy provisions. This IS q practice +
which the officers have not tried to
suppress.
BEYOND ALL CALCULATION. - /
For a long time the water commits i
sioner and persons connected with the /
canal Office have been estimating the /
+o1. in T7.o ri1- h.
days it would be 5000. than 10000. /
then 10000 The volume sotE beyond /
all calculation Yesterday. They couldn't (
even guess az it. IN the afternoon I
there were Two fest OF water pouring /
over the cres,1 of ths dam. The dam
is 800 feet long. so that the Salt had !
become a river in Iced. After that re-
port had o'clne down there were black
rainclouGs in the nOr,h. It would not f:
be surprising If the crest were six feet
under water this morning II was
estimated that there were $4,000 inch
es CT water going Ovsr tkI9 dam at the
joint head OF the Maricopa and Sall
River canals.
AN IMPENDING DAMAGE SUIT
An Uitlander is threatening the city
with a damage suit. He had a dog
In IL last Friday m 7rning. He is en-
gsgsd in business inside the city lin
its. That morning the dog followed
him in and while the Uitlander was
ealing his breakfast at restaurant
the dog catcher seized the dog. The
owner went out and demonstrated
The dog catcher being Informed that
the dog was not a resident and tax
payer offered to release him f0r so
cents. The owner refused to pay it
and she deg was taken 70 the pound
The owner called at the city hall every
day TO inquire how the animal was
getting along and to tell the dog
catcher that his death would be
avenged. The dog died on Tuesday.
The owner called yesterday to say thar
he had consulted a lawyer and would
begin an action for damages an item
of which would be the loss of certain
and fruits destroyed by
chickens which would not
have dared to come on the premises II
the dog had been there.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT
Mr. o. A. Turney, secpe-
tary of she Evans Loan and Invest
ment company, returned yesterday
from an extended vacation
0n the coast. Southern California. he
says, is not at It's best JUS now. 1t is
very nearly at its worst. The scarcity
Of water is appalling. There IS a
greEG scarcity of vegetables and fruits,
all the w2Cer available being required I
% keep the Grange groves alive. The
town of Onsar-o has just paid S11. 900
5or a water right carrying with il
thirty inchss, and 81 200 w3s spent in