Arizona republican., 1900-08-22
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.

extended visit in Switzerland.
 w. A. Mouer was a visitor in Phoenix yesterday.
 John R. Norton. one of the crowd of democratic aspirants to the office Of county sheriff. was caller among his South Side friends last night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Van Tuyl spent yester- day shopping in Phoenix.
 Two Mexicans were tried yesterday before Justice Barnard for drunkenness and disturbance of the peace. They were both sentenced to the county jail: one of them for ten days and the other for fifteen days. One of the NIeXicans is a familiar drunk. known as "Yaqui. ." who is sober about One-half of the time. when he makes a good class of various baskets. and pieces of furniture from the willows near the river. He had a close friend who during the afternoon. while waiting for the Collins horseless stage to take them to Phoenix. tried various methods of eXtricating him from his deep troubles and save him from the jail. He wanted someone to serve the fifteen days sentence for his friend for $5 which he said he would earn by going home immediately and
 
 eral offer Then the friend in need wanted an attorney to help him on his case and tried hard to find "Mizzori as the miniature lawyer of Tempe is known in Tempe by the Mexican popu- lation. But '.Mizzori' was in the coun- try and returned too late to cheat the county jail of two worthy ornaments.
 M. F. Curry returned yesterday from his visit to the coast. He says it is wonderful how many Arizonians one meets in California and that he was at home there. for he knew so many who. like himself were visitors at the coast
 Billy Moore of Phoenix was shaking hands with Tempe friends yesterday.
 G. B. Cummings. the other day, re- ceived another large shipment of the Louis James" cigars. During the past twelve months he has sold something over 10 GOO of this brand of cigars.
 M A. Stanford and son. Ed. Stanford. were on the South Side yesterday look ing after their cattle interests here.
 Professor A. J. Mathews states that he is constantly receiving letters from prospective normal school students from various parts of the territory, asking for information regarding the school and accommodations. Every in dication shows for a good attendance at the normal this year. There will prob ably be about ten or twelve in the grad mating class. It will be the first class graduated from the school under the advanced course.
 J.F. Lemberger. timer. and an old acquaintance of Rev. A. B. Tomlinson, arrived in Tempe yesterday from Los
 Nn.r | n fF Tempe his future home.
 Ed White and Charlie Carroll are still in their lately discovered Lost Spanish Mine" which is on the top of one of the highest peaks in the range of mountains about ten miles southwest of Tempe. They took out d windlass and outfit for entering and thoroughly exploring the shaft They have not been heard from since they left for the exploration.
 The round trip fare from either Phoe- nix or Mesa to Tempe on Labor Day will be but 40 cents. A large crowd of picknckers are anticipated.
 w. J. Birchen is digging ditches to his property near the river. He is un- doubtedly expecting to get some of this water Mir. BircheIl is eXpending d large sum of money and time on the
 
 when he gets through he will have con- verted a seemingly worthless piece of ground into d level and well improved home that will be d credit 10 Tempe.
 MESA
 Prof J. D. Loper seems quite at home in Dr. Bailey's drug store. He has charge of it in the absence of the doctor. Mr. Loper is a druggist by profession, having some of the best di- plomas from leading institutions in th, east.
 D. T. Hibbert's mule crea; some eX- ctement yesterday by trying tn get into J. w. Bailey's drug store. But he was hitched 70 a cart and the wheels collided with two posts.
 Collins horseless stage is continuing to do a big business these days. Mir. Troops is rustler from way back.
 Jesse Steele returned from the coast Sunday. He looks much improved in health. and had q good time.
 Attorney Goodwin. of Tempe, was a visitor in Mesa yesterday.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the addition to the Alma school building. The ends ara up to the square, and this week will see the roof going on. Stand age and Pomeroy are hard to beat al making walls, and Burton is a crack carpenter.
 There is certain peddler in Mesa who delights in giving not only good weight, but good value as we'll Satur- day he sold Montgomery X Sons a bucket of cucumbers for % cents and when MT. NJ. emptied them out he found a crisp 8 bill for good measure. Although the river has fallen very fast the past few days. yet the farms around Mesa are tting pretty well soaked.
 Albert Pinny, of Los Gatos. Cal. rep resenting l.. Bluominthal x Co.,. shoe firm, of San Francisco, was in Mesa yesterday taking orders. MT. Pinny says the drouth has been severe over the entire south, as far east as Fl Paso. but good rains are falling in all dis tricts through which he has travelled the past few weeks. At Jerome. Fri day. he experienced the heaviest rain storm of his life. and hail stones as large as quail eggs fell in great num- bers and covered the side of the noun