Arizona republican., 1899-05-19
NEWS
 OF THE
 TOWN

SICK OF APPENDICITIS Low ell, scn of Contractor Lcveil of the
 capitol building, is lying at the resi-
 dence of MT. Warren quite ill of ap-
 pendicitis.
 l THE BEGINNING. Officer Billy Dowan made his maiden arrest on | Wednesday night. The victim was an | Intoxicated person, but more than common drunk
 INNCREASE IN PENSION. Spec | ial Pensjcn Agent Gilbert D. Gray has obtained an increase in the pension Of John S. NJ Foster. MT. Foster has hitherto been allowed a pension of SS
 per month and it is now increased to SIP.
 SCHOOL MATTERS. -The board of
 school trustees held a meeting yester- day and permission was granted for
 the grammar school commencement
 exercises iuo be held in the new build ing The board visited the high school and found it in good order Superin- tentdent A. H. Fulton also visited the
 schools yesterday He examined the
 several grades of the grammar schools of the city and reports that there IS little rclcm for improvement.
 FRUIT PACKING DAY AND
 NIGHT. "A crew of seventy-five men left yesterday for Walter Hills fruit
 camp at Scottsdale Altogether tlhere
 are about 200 men engaged at Scotts-
 dale in fruit drying this year. MT.
 Hi.N blcught a great deal of the fruit
 Of that place last year, but this year
 he has contracted for practically all of it. The intention is to push the
 work as rapidly as possible and with this plan in view lamps have been pl1r- chased so that the work may be carried on during the night.
 WORK FOR ALL. HI. Dayton of Globe said yesterday that the place is in a ml7re prosperous condition than it has been for some time. The mines are doing nicely and there is no req son why a man Wtll3 cares to work should not have employment. He says that the Old Dominion operators will soon olnmence~to extend the main shaft $50 feet The most notable inn provement which will be made on the prdperty will be a new steam hoist. It will be placed in a short time and will undoubtedly be the largest hoist in Arizona.
 LICENSED TO WE'D. License to
 
 w. Pierson and Mrs Josephine Col hns. Mrs Collins is the widow of Frank Smith, who was murdered one night four years ago at his home three miles east of the city. Mrs. Smith subsequently, married John J. ClzI.in5 fHifaa left here a year ago last spring and enlisted in a. Wyoming regiment which saw early serice in the Philippines. On the mastering out of the regiment he returned to Phoenix. Mrs. Collins procured a di- vorce from him last winter.
 DEBATE IN SOCIALISM. The de- bate on socialism between Attorney John McAndrew and J. A. Leach at tracted fairly good crowd to the city hall plaza last night. There was a considerable sprinkling of ladies in the audience. The merits of socialism were less the subject of discussion than the present practieability of the dCc- urine. MT. McAndrews took the ground that socialism is a religion and can have nc part in politics. Its teachings can be enforced only when the great ness of the people make demand for a change in the order of things. MT. Leach held that the doctrine is ap- plicable ncw and that now is the best time to apply it.
 NEW INDIAN SCHOOL. -E. Had 1 ley, the Indian agent at Sacaton, was in town yesterday. He says the new school to be built at Sacaton will ac commicldate 225 pupils The present | school seats only 186. There are about | 300 young Indians on the reservation | who are anxious to attend school, but | there is not the means to convenience them. The pupils are just recovering ! from measles epidemic. At one | time there were 136 Of them sick | There will be two other schools built | at places under the supervision Of | MT. Haidley. One will be cn the Salt | river reservation north of Tempe and 1 the other at Gila crossing. Each | school will have a seating capacity uf forty.
 A MODEL RANCH. A visit to the stock ranch of o. H. Christy on the Yuma road these days is very enjoy able to one who admires rich fields of grain and alfalfa and herds of blooded stock MT. Christy has wheat and oats that stand six fe- high, ''and still a-gncWin'," and enc piece of barley that cannot be equaled for color or weight in the entire territory. His herds of shCrt-horns a1.d herefords dre very atufact1Ve. IheSe handSOme animals are of the best blood obtain able. They represent heavy invest ment in money and the experience Of years in breeding, and people who are interested i'm good cattle will find an inspection of the herds und ar Mir Chr1styS guidance very profitable. The fame of his short-horns has gone lar abroad and the Salt River valley | is getting much enyiable attention in II