Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-30
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George Raber, son of Mr.. AMI Mrs.
E. c. Raber, and Ralph McMains, two
of CIfton's boys who have been fight
ing Filipinos. and who have been hon
orably discharged from the army, re-
turned home Sunday.-Clifton Era.
Nephi Packer of Duncan was in Sol
omonville Tuesday and exhibited a
beet which weighed twenty pounds. 1t
was the largest beet ever grown in this
section. Mr.. Packer could not give the
name of the variety of this vegetable
monster. but it was a White beet and
probably a sugar beet.-Solomonvi'ie
bulletin.
There are now two hundred pupils
in the L. D. S. academy at Thatcher.
says the Solomonville Bulletin. and the
school is doing excellent work under IN
able corps of professors and teachers.
Prof. Maeser, the principal, has done
much hard work in getting this school
on a firm basis and has the work now
laid out in a systematic manner. The
young men of the school now wear blue
uniforms and soon it is expected to
have a commissioned officer Of the
army to teach them drilling
a man was reported killed on Chase
creek Tuesday night, says the Clifton
was seen by passersby lying in the
street near Balls & Bingham's store
Officer Hamilton was notified and when
ne arrived on the scene and was view
ing the body the fellow looked up,
asked why he was gazing a him. The
man, no doubt, was full of "red eye
and had been with companions In like
condition. He had been knocked down
and his head struck a rock which made
an ugly scalp wound.
j. H. Langtry, superintendent of the
southwestern division of Wells Fargo
4 Co, was in the city for a short time
Thursday, says the Tucson Star. He
was accompanied by Roy Stevens.
route agent for the company in Ari-
zona. One feature of his visit was an
agreeable surprise to Agent Wood. as
well as a recognition of faithful ser
Vice-a substantial increase in the sal
airy of the Tucson agent. The present
large business of the office, the rapidly
increasing volume of business and the
prompt and satisfactory service are
items that have brought about the in
creased Importance of the Tucson
agency.
serious accident occurred a few
days ago on the A & N NJ railroad
about four miles from Clifton to
freight train composed of six cars and
a caboose. The engine ran ON to a
rock in a cut near bridge No 10 and /
the engine and three cars loaded with !
coke were derailed- Engineer Freeman
and Fireman Thomas Sidebotham were !
thrown from the engine. the former (
receiving some slight bruises about the !
back and one leg. Mr.. Sidebotham +
did not fare so well, receiving two So
we're though not fatal wounds. One is
Il cut from the upper part of his left
ear extending down toward the mouth. /
and the scalp on the same side of his 4
head was laid bare several inches. He
is at the hospital under the care of .
Drs. Davidson and Fales and is get
ting along as well as circumstances
will permit
Graham county's supervisors have
discovered a new method for keeping
down the expenses of their office. The
Solomonville Bulletin says: Solomon
Vile and Thatcher school districts have
been made the victims of something
that was never before heard of in any
country. A demand was made on these
school districts to pay salary and mile
age Of the board of supervisors of Ora
ham county. incurred at a special
meeting of the board which was held
to transact business in the issuance of
the school bonds necessary to build the
new school houses in Thatcher and Sol
omonville The trustees of these two
districts paid this money. believing
there was some law for it. Such pay
nent was clearly without authority
and the trustees are liable to the dis
tricts for this money. The board Of
are created by the statutes
and their salaries and manner of pay
ment is prescribed by law. The law
makes it the duty of the board of SUI
pervisors to perform certain duties in
the issuance of school bonds and
these duties are performed at
81 regular or special meeting could in
no way change the source from which
they should receive their salary. The
trustees of the Solomonville district
have made demand on the board Of
to return the $50 paid by I
this district. l