Arizona republican., 1900-08-28

DEATH OF A CHILD.-Mr. Frank
 White received d telegram yesterday
 morning from Mrs. White, who is
 spending the summer in Salina, Kas.,
 announcing the death of their infant
 daughter, Frances.
 PACKERS FOR CHINA. It is said
 that the enlistment of eleven packers for service in China was the quota asked for at Fort Grand and that in response to the call there were nearly a hundred applications.
 A GLORIOUS VICTORY. That's what an aspiring candidate said last night. He knew by the way things were shaping themselves that some one would reach the nomination goal ''dead easy" but he wasn't sure whether it was himself or the. other man.
 ABOUT CITY COUNCILS.-PhOen
 isn't the only town that has a munich
 pal council on its hands. At Fl Paso
 the other day when the city printing was to be awarded the fathers" simply rose up and awarded it to the Times, without stopping to even eX- anime the bids of competing papers.
 HE IS NOT A SICK MAN.-Not long ago it was published in this paper that Dr. w. c. Robbins was at San Francis co in i'll health and it was intimated that he might not recover. Professor w. B. Creager who has lately returned from San Francisco, spent some time with the doctor there. He is in excel lent health, better than he has enjoyed for years. He has gained ten pounds lately. He has just finished a post graduate course and is now at Los An geles on his way back to Phoenix.
 GRAND LODGE OF GOOD TEMP LARS.-The ninth annual session of the grand lodge I. O. G. T. of Arizona will convene in Stafford on Wednesday. September ,. The Southern Pacific. MaricOpa 6 Phoenix and Gila Valley &, Globe railroads have made a round trip ra,c for delegates of one and one-fifth fares. This is about $17.5O from Phoe- nix. Last night Garden Valley lodge No. l elected as delegates, Dr. J. W Thomas. O. Gibson. Esq, A. P. Wal bridge and Miss Ida Wilson, and as altcrnates E. O. Reynolds, Miss Birdie Baum, Mrs. Maggie Reynolds and w L. Norris. It is expected that each of the four lodges of the county will be represented as well as Maricopa dis trict lodge.
 DOUGLASS REPUBLICAN CLUB A meeting of the Douglass Republi- can club was held last night for the purpose of electing officers. il. H. Harvey was declared elected president by a majority of one after spirited contest. The other candidate was Will Anderson. In counting the vote it was found that there were fifty-One tallies, of which twenty-six were declared to be for Harvey and twenty-five for An derson. It was discovered, though, that there were only forty-nine ballots. Thus there was 9 singular discrepancy which furnished the groundwork for a wrangle. The election was postponed to another meeting which will be called by the president before the opening of the campaign.
 AN INDIAN DITCH. HI. R. Pat rick has surveyed Q line for a new ir- rigating ditch to be constructed by the Indians near the old stage crossing of the Gila river south of Phoenix. The ditch will have a carrying capacity of l 200 inches and will be seven miles long, covering a large body of land os the very finest quality. The Indians attempted soma months ago to run the | line Of the ditch without technical as- and after doing a great deal of work upon i. found that they had run on high ground and that it was in useless to them. This la bor will be almost entirely lost. The ditch heads below any other ditch on the reservation and picks -up the. water