Arizona republican., 1899-06-06

| this season of the year The books at
 the Hotel Adams show that the busi>
 ness is more than twice as heavy as it has ever been during the first week in June. The same comparison may
 be as favCrably made as to the -whCle
 of the month of May. No tourists to speak of naturally come in at this
 season of the year, but the increased | travel is that of business men. capi-
 talists, mostly engaged in looking up
 mining enterprises. There are also
 mere commercial travellers.
 1 THE SANTA MARIA. Reports
 come in that the Santa Maria district.
 sixty miles west Of Congress Junction,
 was visited by one of the heaviest
 rains in the territory. Agriculture is | coming tc the front in that region It
 is a new district and was known of
 but little until within the last
 eighteen months, during which time ] it has received considerable attention | from mining men. Marcus Daly, the | Montana senator and copper man, has l become interested in the Santa Maria
 and his agent is expected soon tCN ex- l anime some mining properties there- DETERMINED TO BREAK IN. - Col. J. F. Wilson, delegate-elect to l congress, it is reported is determined
 
 journalism. Col. Wilson, as will be remembered, had designs cn the Phoe-
 nix Herald and the night before It's
 purchase by Dr. G. H. Keefer his friends believed he had practically be- come the owner. Still the deal lacked cOnsummation. It is now said that Col. Wilscn has recovered from that journalistic rebuff and has made over lures for the purchase of another Phoenix newspaper.
 THE TNGLESIDE ROUTE Tine engineering party, just returned, has completed it's plans for the southern route to Ing.eside and beyond as far as the river, in the extension to Tempe. The party has confined it's workings to the southern route and will examine the northern route in a few days. The southern route, if ac- cepted, will be built in almost a straight line to Ingleside from the present eastern terminus of the s. r. P. & P. line. The track now placed will be part of the route When the line is competed it will be bread gauge and will be used beth for cleo tric and steam trains. This is done to accommodate passengers and i freight. It is intended also that reg ular excursion trains wilI run between here and lngieside.
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. = The territorial beard of equalization i began it's June session yesterday This ! is the first meeting of the newly con- ! stituted board, consisting of R. \. Fredericks of Prescott M. P. Freeman | Of Tucson, Captain E. A. Cutter of ! Graham county, and Territorial Au- | ditor Dr. G. w. Vickers. Captain Cut i  board Harvey J. Lee, who Some | ago resigned the position of ] clerk of the board Of control. was | yesterday elected secretary of the ! board Cf equalization to succeed W. ] H. Cooper of Tucson, who having 1 been elected district attorney Of Pima i county last fall, was disqualified for i his place on the board At this meet ! ing of the board only matters relating | t-. railroad valuations are considered !
 LOUIE FILES ROBBED. A rob- . bery was comThitted early this morn ! ing at the barber shop in the alley 10 ! the rear of the Palace saIocn Of Louis i Flies, known as Louie, the A}arber'' He was using q pair Of trousers as 3 . pillow and was awakened when the trousers were taken from under his head. He arose in time to see a tall slender man making his = y hurriedly toward Adams street. He grabbed an iron bar which he threw at his de- parting visitor, but was cratic in his aim. With the trousers was taken SIP, besides a pair Of shoes and few other articles. MT Files had a similar two years ago. He was s.eeping in tn esame place then when 3 pair Of shoes and about S7 was stolen from him. He is unable to give 3 good description of this mornings robber, but believes he was cclored man.