Arizona republican., 1899-05-03
NEWS
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BIDDING FOR BONDS. -ClerB i Gray of the board of supervisors yes : terday received three bids for the Mesa City school bonds lately authorized , by the board.
 ! EARLY APRICOTS.-Re Reports come in that at few orchards near PhOe- nix, apricot picking will commence i next week. The early ones will be mostly for shipping
 FOOTBALL CAME. - Football fans" are looking forward to a game which tn all probability will soon be played between the nigh school and an eleven mustered in the city AN EVENING PARTY Secretary and Mrs. c. H. Akers will give a party this evening at their handsome North Center street residence in honor of Miss Walker, MT. Akers' neice. NO MORE A GERMAN CITIZEN Jacob c. Schweikart yesterday fore swore allegiance to the Emperor Will liam and declared lis intention of be- coming a citizen of the United States. A STOLEN HORSE. James Griffin is the loser Of a valuable chestnut sorreI mare which was taken fror his place some time last Fridat after
 
 since
 APPLICATION FOR LETTERS. - Mrs. Susan D. Guthrie yesterday made application in probate court for letters of administration upon the estate of the late Rev. S. L. Guthrie of Tempe The estate is worth about S1,50O.
 ASSESSMENT NEARING A CLOSE All the additions of the city have now been assessed and nearly all the city proper. There are a few assess nent lists held by property owners which the county recorder is de5iIous of having turned in.
 MAY GO TO THE COAST.-The DeMund base ball team was reftted yesterday with paraphernalia. The team has been expecting to leave for a tour Of California and it appears the chances never seemed quite so good as now. The players have been prac- ticing steadily for the lest few weeks, and will probably arrange a game to be played n Phoenix soon.
 NEW LITIGATION. Three suits we're filed in district court yesterday. The first was by Lippman, Sachs & Go. of San Francisco vs. Ben Goldman. The other two were by Theodore Mich c..as and Elvira Nicholas, and Seth L. Johnson and NJ. L. Johnson against James Wilson of Pa.atine, III. The object of the two latter is to quiet tile to two tracts on the south side ir which the defendant has an adverse claim.
 TWO OFFERS.-The Lime Creek copper company yesterday received two fattenng offers from different parties in the east, for it's copper prop erty in the Magazine district near Lime creek. It will require TO small financial temptation, say the members of the company, to prevent them from carrying cut their original design Of developing the property. Active work will commerce in about ten days. The claims are located in one of the rich est copper belts in the territory, and lie in three parallel veins. Some eZ- tena0ns will be located and the con- ditions as to ventilation, are favor able for deep mining. The company does not intend to put in any great amount of machinery until it un- covers the body Of ore which 1t be- leves to exist. From the magnitude and character of the out-croppingS the owners have every reason to be- lieva their investment will be fruit ful. A map has been compiled which shows the amount Of work done and the nature of the ore encountered. and this enables them to judiciOusly estimate the value of their claims, a5 far as can be calculated from a small amount of development work.
 CRIMES AGAINST THE BALLOT. The general current Of the election yesterday was broken in only three places Three men tried to vote with out any legal right to do 50. Two CT them, M Lopez and Herbert Kleis. were arrested and taken into Justice Gray's court. where their hearing was set for today. The other man, a name unknown. He went 10 the Third ward polling place with a card bearing the name of Leo, ] the bartender at the Bank Exchange saloon and purpcrted to be that per son. He was unfortunate in the sa lection of his time for Leo, who h | well known in the ward had voted less than ten minutes before. The French man was taken to jail on an order | from Justice Johnstore and an efoT; | will probably be made today to find | out who gave him the card. Two uI i thesa men were arrested on com- | Plaints by republicans and one by | democrats. IL is Q somewhat signtf- | cant fact that all three of the men were released from jail at the in- | stance of ppl1ticiaRs Crimes against | the ballot are not regarded as ssrtou2 i ofenses in Phoenix.
 HISTORY OF \ DESERT LAKE, John R. Fisherarrivei yesterday from i San Diego. MT. Fisher has long been | interested in irrigation and his ob- i servations have led him to believe ! that an increased amount Of i will not increase the | humidity much. He was n | San Diego five years ago when i the people became alarmed on account | Of the increasing h1rnidity of the at