Arizona republican., 1900-10-25

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 l FRATERNAL SOCIABILITY.-Th United Moderns held a very enjoyable social dance and reception in Pythian hall Tuesday night and last night the toresters held a similar function in the Padget hall. which was well attended | and enjoyed by all.
 WICKENBURG MINES-Dr. J. NJ. Evans. general manager. and William
 j. Strassburger. secretary of the Key stone Copper and Gold Mining com rany with property near Wickrnburg.
 ar" in town on business. They report
 operations very active and satisrac-
 tory in that district
 PEARS OF LARGE SIZE-An ex~
 traordinary specimen of the possibili-
 ties of pear culture in the Salt River
 valley is on exhibition in a local fruit
 store. It consists of eleven pears on
 one small twig. the total weighing five
 pounds. They were picked from the
 Orme orchard west of the city.
 BURNING RUBBISH. Col Duncan
 of Washington, D. C.. a special agent of the Indian department. is visiting fhe
 Phoenix Indian school. his speciol bus
 mess at this time being the condemn
 ing and burning of old property that
 has passed the age of usefulness for
 any purpose whatever and which con stantly accumulates around an institu-
 tion of that kind
 DISTRICT COURT.-The attention
 of the district court was occupied all
 day yesterday with the suit between
 the Cobra Grande Copper company and
 a- a1 NLa c1a Tf
 the court at Arizpe. Sonora. testified as
 to his records. and Con OI[eefe, wit
 ness for the plaintiff company. was on
 the stand all day. The case will be
 taken up again this morning at 9I o'clock.
 NEW. SANITARIUM. A twenty acre tract Of land has been purchased two miles north of Phoenix on Central avenu= on which Dr. Stone and Nr. Archer, two gehtlehlen Who have fully tested the clima,a of this valley con [ mplate the erection Ofa sanitarium. IL is proposed to build a number of cot tages for the use of patrons, that the sick may be in measure separated, 1 though all enjoying Jh5 sane 7na- | veniencas.
 ANNOYED CHILDREN. One Yre- quar. a Portuguese. who has been | about the city for some time. was ar rested yesterday by Officer DOweH and | taken into Recorder Jobs court on a charge of vagrancy. Yrequar is a fla | miliar figure to most people and with his long black hair could easily be | taken for an Indian. The police had | been notified that Yrequar has been | annoying the children at the schools, | the girls, and he Was ! questioned about his failing for chil- | lren in court yesterday. Through an | interpreter he managed to explain that he was a tinker by trade. repairing i anything from broom3 to sewing ma .hines and that he endeavored to keep 1 1n friendly terms with the children l hat he might obtain the patronage of i heir parents. The police believe him nsane.
 ELECTION PARAPHERNALIA.- Clerk John Gray of the board of su- oarvfsors has the ballot boxes for the twenty-nine voting precincts of this county all ready for distribution when the time comes. with the name of the precinct painted on each box. He has adopted a plan to facilitate the early gathering of election returns that Will | be d vast improvement over the old time method of getting the news from the neighbors who get their inforna- ton from hearsay. He will place in each box an envelope addressed to himself, with the request that the various election boards fill out blank ballot showing the results and send it n with the box. He can then get prac- -icaIly official figures without waiting Or the official counting by the board, which comes some weeks later.
 SLAUGHTER OF GAME-The sound of the breech-loader is heard in the and and from all sides come stories 1f fine sport among quail and ducks. Large numbers of quail are being brought to market. one man yesterday selling nearly 150, which he killed ten niles northwest of the city. Despite he vigilance of Game Warden Gibson, luail traps are being used in all parts If the valley. In most cases a figure trap is used, and many a bird falls victim to the seductive and innocent Ooking death box. An Indian residing .ast of Phoenix has brought in more Iuail than any other one man. but a arge number of his birds are killed by lis sons. Along the same line it was loted that the first morning after the luail season opened there were hun lreds of them for sale in this city by o'clock. The inference is that some me opened the quail season before the aw did. Who. is not known, but it an hardly be believed that so many were brought down with a shotgun in hree hours after the season opened.