Arizona republican., 1900-07-22

Refreshments were served, and the guests left their autographs as a pleasant reminder of the event. The guests were Mrs. l.. D. Dameron, Mrs. Perry Sears. Mrs. Ora L. Spangler, and Mrs R. Grigsby
 NOT QUITE so GOOD. Friday night it was announced that there was raise of 5000 inches in the river at the Arizona canal dam. Last night it was given out that the flow had decreased by 4O0O inches which with the previous $500 inches makes the pre- sent flow at the dam 1.5O0 inches. It was hoped. .he larger flow would not only continue. but increase but then it may be getting ready to rain again.
 RETURN OF DIR. HUGHES. pr. II. A. Hughes, who was chairman of the Arizona delegation at the Kansas City convention. and Mrs. Hughes. who ac- c0mpanied him, returned home yester- day morning. After the convention adjourned they went to northeastern Kansas to visit a brother of the doctor S whom he had not seen for thirty-two years. While there the doctor and his brother were taken for twins on ac- count of the same rotundity of figure and general similarity of appearance.
 NEW CORPORATIONS.-Articles of the Ash Rapids Mining company of Minneapolis, with a capital stock of S25, ,O00.OO0 were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday. There were also filed articles of the Pittsburg Con solidated Oil company. with a capits l stock of $7,500,000. The incorporators are A. P. Snowman and F. H. Lyman The Arizona Copper Mining company was incorporated by P. P. Parker. NJ. J. Galpin and J. K. DOolittle. The capi- tai stock is $5OOO.OOO
 PLANTING DATE PALMS.-A car load of imported date palms have been received at the date palm orchard of the agricultural experiment station near Tempe. This shipment consists of 45O suckers, including specimens of ali the best varieties known in northern Africa. The palms left AIgiers June Il. They were carefully inspected upon their arrival in New York, after which they were shipped by way of New Or leans. The Southern Pacific company has transported the palms from New York to Maricopa free of charge. and the M. P. & s. R. V. railroad carried them free from Maricopa to Tempe. Professor Forbes will personally sup- erintend the Immigration and setting out of the palms. In three or four years they will be producing suckers which will be available for distribution throughout the territory. This inaugur- ation of the growing of the best varie- ties of date palms bids fair to be one of the most important commercial achievements accomplished by the eA- perimental station for the territory.
 A HORRIBLE DEATH-Word comes from the Willow Spring ranch in Gra- ham county of the horrible death, through accident, of a man named Chamberlain. The name of the man killed was not learned exactly. but h. is known to be one of the brothers of the proprietor of the ranch. The death took place in the Fort Grant wash two or three days ago. A Mexican who was going home discovered tracks of wheels. and between them is a long line indicating that something had been dragged. Following up the trail, which turned from the road in some places. he came upon the body of MT Cham berlain. He did not stop to ascertain If he was dead or not. but drove on to a ranch and informed the men there Of what he had seen. They went back and found the man dead. His skull Was fractured and he had been dragged. They held an inquest over his remains and buried him. It is supposed that tha tongue dropped and the horses ran away, throwing him and dragging him on the ground. One horse was still in the harness near the body but the other had run away.