Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-17
NEWS
OF THE
TOWN

ICE CREAM SOCIAL. The Sun
day school of district No. IA will Civ
an ice cream social On Thursday even
ing, July "a, for the benefit Of the Sun
day school.
HE MISSED THE GAME. -R:char,
Briscoe, the colored man called
Jeff. didn't get to go to the bal
game yesterday. He got drunk pre-
lna'trre1y and was put into the city
apartments. not unfamiliar to him.
HEAVY IMMIGRATION. "A Isl o
the people registered at the hotels yes
! terday shows a greater number of Wis
ljors at this time Of the year thar
ever before. There as a good sprink
ling of commercial men among the ar
| rivals. but a number of mining meI
appear also.
REPUTATION ABROAD. L. w
Coggins received a letter from q friend
! Il Boulder. Colo, yesterday, who says
that considerable Phoenix fruit is IN
| the market there. The people are
| delighted with the Prunus Simoni
| fruit and the early canteIope- The
/ wr.Eer says that Phoenix is making !
rep for itself there
THEY BOUGHT 1000 HEAD. Nc
| Donald & Johnson have purchased
| 900 head of sheep from Hurley Bros,
which will be shipped to Kansas City
! The prices of mutton have ruled eX-
csptiOnally high n eastern markets re-
Gently and good returns are expected
from tbs shipment which. however,
does no. consist Of choice stock alto
gether.
A SMALL SAND STORM. The
OCULAR Sundzy afternoon sand s10rm
of the summer season made its ap-
pearance on schedule time yesterday
afternoon. It was not much of i
sand storm. but was better than none
AZ all. leaving n its wake a purified
atmosphere and making the climate
easily bearable until the next storm
nsxt Sunday.
MORE WATER. The volume OF
water IN the river is gradually de-
creasing. but still there is flow great
ly in excess of the amount within the
last few months W. D. Fulwiler,
manager of the Arizona Water com
pany, says he thinks there will be
freshets from now on and that there
will be a greater supply than usual
his time of year.
FOR THE FILIPINO WAR Major
James H. McClintock yesterday re-
cruiting officer a. Denver engaged N
enlistment for the Thir,y-fourth rsgi-
ment Of volunteers. asking for an est
mate Of persons in this vicinity who
desire tC enlist Major McClint0ck
thinks there are about thirty. He VIII
end in his estimate tomorrow even
ing.
LEFT FOR THE ROYAL. James
Burson viii leave with a crew Of men
and ample equipments and provisions
for CuIlens We'll Then the party
will go over to the Royal property, SIX
miles distant. belonging to the Arizona
Copper and Gold Mining company. Of
which Mr.. Burs0n is a member. Work
will be pushed on this property, which, /
under limited amount Of develop
meEt. appears rich in copper.
THE YAVAPAI BONDS. The Yav- /
apai county bond case VIII be called .
a. Prescott today. This is an action /
brought on the part Of the territory /
TO compel Yavapai county to pay the /
interest on the P & A funded |
bonds. for which it 5 N arrears abOUc I
three years The defendant relies
upon a denial that the bonds have ever /
been funded, though The funded bonds /
will be put in evidence.
who associated with the 1
poultry industry Of this valley, has /
sold 1000 chickens and poultry equip
ments to John R3u and E. S. Jane
son. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond will go
to California On account of the i'll
health of Mrs Hammond Messrs.
Rau and jameson had already bought
a poultry ranch on the Tempe road
this side of the insane asylum.
EXPERIMENTAL WORK SUS-
PENDED. Word comes in from
Florence that C. C. Babb, who has
been in charge of the government ny
geographic experiments at the Bu5tes,
las gone to point eight
niles below San Carlos TO make
measurements of the depths of bed
,ock. Other work, excepting the
measurements Of water, is suspended
ind probably VII nc'5 be fully re
;umed until October, when the uopo-
graphic party will again begin work.
IN the meantime report Will be for
warded TO Washington, and n the
opinion Of A P. Davis, who formerly
had the work in charge, definite action
will be taken.
THE FIRST SAFETY. Manager
IoOdel Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company has the honor of being
he first b.cyclist to import a safety
bicycle into Phoenix The wheel had /.
.ushion tires, was of a high grade
make, weighed fifty-five pounds, so
nch gear and cost $125. Some time
,fter the safety wheel arrived Mr.
4oodell and a friend riding a SKY
craper" argued as to which could
,utride the other. a challenge to run
mile race was agreed on. The race
,egan, both working for dear life,
md dashed down Washington at full
peed G0Odell was defeated by
quarter of a mile, the run being made
Il ten minutes by the sky scrapaT-'