Arizona republican., 1900-08-21

of interest visited was Mount Vernon. and since no,lng George Washingtons' | taste in the selection of an ideal home, | he has a greater regard than ever for [ the memory of the faith of his coun Try. Mrs. Mayors and s5n Frank are with. | relatives in Illinois and will remain there a few weeks longer.
 PAYS TO BE ENTERPRISING- - Business enterprise not only attracts , attention but commands r spect. Com menting on the action of the Phoenix board of trade in sending Secretary Chapman east on missionary work the Tucson Star says: Tucson should get some of the spirit of Phoenix and let the country know something about US. where We are and the advantages of
 our section If Arizona. Phoenix and
 Prescott are the only Cwo towns in Ari-
 zona that eastern people know anything
 about. Why not let them know some
 thing about Tucson and vicinity?
 HOW MOFFATT WAS KILLED.-A
 letter from Harrisburg received here yesterday gave an account of the con-
 fession by Santiago Ortiz of the mur-
 der of w. S. Moffatt. the store keeper
 at Harrisburg a week ago last Satur-
 day night. Ortiz said that MOffatt was
 sleeping on cot outside the store. He
 got miners drill sixteen inches long
 and, creeping up to where the old man
 lay, struck him a tremendous blow on
 the head. He struck him twice more
 and the victim was still. The first blow
 had probably killed him. The murderer next ransacked the store and coming
 out made sure work of. the killing by striking the old man twice more. Then
 he rode off to Cullen's wells, little inn agining that before twenty-fOur hOUrs
 his journey would bring him back to
 the scene of his crime.
 THE WATER.-The river made a big bluff Sunday and for little while Sun day evening there was a foot of wat-r running over the Arizona Canal dam. But it fell again almost as rapidly as it had risen. Yesterday morning it had raised a foot or two at Tempe, but by evening it was back to low tide again and it took the water nt arly all day to run down the river bed as far Phoe- nix. Last night it was reported rising again, though just how much was not learned. If the programme of small but frequent rises is continued for a few days it will be better even than a big flood. The clouds still indicate that it is raining in the mountains and there is every reason to hope that the whole valley will be soaked up at an early day. Already much good has been done in the upper part of the valley and the canals are running bank full north of the city, the water gradually working its way to the westward. The city ditches were well filled yesterday, some of them running over. and in some parts of town the water rippl5d around the roots Of trees that for six months or a year past have lived on nothing but air and sunshine.
 POLICE COURT.-Police court busi- ness yestel day afternoon was made ID of lightless bicycle riders. peace dis turbers and drunks. Under the two latter h aGS came El Reed and a man who said the priest had christened him John Doe. That was all he knew about his name. They had been talking flu entity in the early morning before, and John Dee pt on talking in spite of Officer Hale'S remOnstrance. At last he was forced to run John Doe in and Reed interfered. he said in court, to inquire what the row was all about. He was taken along and on the way used language which hurt the officers sensi bility. In behalf of John Doe several a hard-wOrking miner and was all right