Arizona republican., 1901-03-02
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BASKET SOCIAL-The United Mod erns will hold basket social in Pyth- ian hall next Tuesday night.
 100 IN THE SHADE.-Deputy Sheriff w. A. Moeur, who was at Morrist1wn day before yesterday morning. said a thermometer in the shade there regis tered an even 100. which is not bad for February 2S of the first year of the century.
 A NEW CORPORATION Articles of incorporation of the Pacific Petro- leum Company Limited, were filed in the office of the county recorder yes- terday. The capital stock is $300,000. The incorporators are G. L. Eaton, Henry. A. L. Ryfkogee. John w. Bell. Paul R. Lewis and Arthur Brand.
 SMALLPOX AMONG THE IN- DIANS.-Advices from Yuma are to the effect that thirteen cases of smallpox have developed among the Cocopah In- dians encamped down the river a mile below the penitentiary. All Yuma h. dians are quarantined on the other side of the Colorado river and all Indians are guarded by patrolling guards with shotguns.
 WILL SHOOT TODAY.-The mem-
 bers of the Phoenix Gun club will have their regular weekly practice shoot at
 blue-rocks this afternoon at o'clock at their trap east of Phoenix park. The quail and dove season now being closed. an opportunity Is here offered
 to sportsmen for practice and improve of their chnotin0 n,,teidarc arc charged the same price per bird as the club members at practice shoots.
 BASKETS NOT GOOD.-According
 to a local dealer jn curios, the Indian baskets now being brought in are not of as good quality as usual. He says
 that the drouth of last year left the
 wood, which is used for baskets, so dry that it is in i'll condition for weav- ing. Some of the baskets are those which have been in possession of the
 Indians since before the drouth, and they are good ones. but those made later are not of such high quality. There is a scarcity of baskets on the reservation. The shipments east of curios are steadily growing larger and cause drain on the local supply.
 RECORDERS COURT. Two men were before the city recorder yesterday on the charge of vegrancy, partial hearing of their case was had and their trial was further postponed to il o'clock this mJrni lg. The arresting officers claim the men were reported to them as persistent beggars and with out visible means Of support. The de- fendants say they came here from Globe. where they were unfortunate in that they were running a restaurant when the shelter shut down, taking away their patronage and leaving them wrecked.
 A TRICK RIDER.- Mrs. F.. w. Mor- ley, who is an electrician by profession, and a trick bicycle rider by practice. gave an exhibition yesterday in front of the fire engine house for the enter tainment of his friends, which included all members of the fire department. In the course of half an hour he succeed ed in picking up a handkerchief from the ground without taking header. This is a very common trick for some people, but it is a remarkable feat for MT. Morley, who is so tall that he has to reach down about twice as far as most people to find the ground.
 DEATH OF WALTON TOWNSEND. MT. Walton Townsend of New York died Thursday morning at 1 o'clock in this city of tuberculosis. His funeral was held yesterday afternoon and was attended. by quite a number of friends whose acquaintance he had made since here. No relatives were pres- ent and his closest friends here were probably Dr. A. H. Noon, member of the assembly from Santa Cruz county, and lifelong friend of the young mans father, and MT. Thomas Oberle, who was drawn into terms Of intimacy with him by reason of the fact that both were actors. MT. Townsend was a member yf the MoroscO Stock company in San Francisco.
 THE FIREMAN'S BALL.-The an- nual ball of the Phoenix fire depart ment was given last night in the O'Nefll hall, and was a brilliant sue cess. The numbers present taxed the capacity of the big hall and the even lnS was Ollt VI SiNdt Pitosuit ioi oii' There are lots of firemen, each one has imany personal friends and most of them were out. The annual ball has become one of the established features of the department organization and it Is usually held on Washington's birth day. It was postponed this year by necessity but that did not detract from it's success. In fact. it seemed to add to it, as there was greater time for and less going on to di- vide attention.
 "A BREEZY TIME."- A cy- clone struck the Doris theater last night about 8 o'clock and played fearful havoc with the long faced few who happened to be in the big audience that greeted Fitz and Webster's "A Breezy Time" tut it was only a cyclone of fun and in- stead of killing people, it invigorated them and gave them a new lease on life. The company Is good one and is composed of artists whose specially is to please, and who know how to do it. There are many good specialties, pretty girls. good dancers and accom- plished musicians. The company has it's own orchestra and band that needs no recommendation to those who