Arizona republican., 1901-12-13

PROF. MESKIMMONS BETTER Prof. Meskimmons of Sacaton, drove over to Phoenix yesterday. accom- panied by his wife and her brother, MT. O. O. Matthews. MT. Meskirnmons is recovering from an attack of ty- phoid pneumonia, which has kept him in bed for some time. and tonight he will leave for California for a short rest before resumina' his school duties.
 AN A O. U. W. EvENr-Henry Gates of Clumbus. Ohio. a general deputy of the A. O. U. w. order, is ex- pected to arrive here this morning from Tucson. where on Wednesday night he introduced a class of fifty candidates into the mysteries of that fraternity. It is expected that somewhere in the neighborhood of a hundred candidates will be secured here for initiation next week. Mir Gates is spoken of as q most pleasant and accomplished gen tleman.
 NEW RATIONS.-Articles of the following interpretations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: The San Rosario oil company. capital stock, s250. .000; incorporators, G. M. Holbrooke, F. J. Partiand and M. Mckinney of New York. Bufa Noun tain Mining company, capital stock
 
 s. Akin and H. c. Grove of Fl Paso; Cerro Verde Copper company. capital stock. s50O.00O; incorporators, C. Hedges. J. W. Parrish and C. Lehman of Fl Paso and Washington, D. C.
 VIOLENT EXERoISE.-The danger that always attends man who at tempts to do hard labor was well illus trated yesterday by Justice Gray. He went out in the yard about noon ani. picking up a hoe tried to chop down weed, with the result that he got sprain in the back that almost put him out of business. He was hardly able to climb into a buggy to ride down town and was unable to walk around much after he did get down. There are men in this town no doubt who. learning of his experience, will never work again.
 ORPHEUS CONCl5RT-The Orpheus society will give their first concert of the season at the First Methodist church. Thursday, December 19 The music lovers of the, community are looking forward to this event with a great deal of interest, as it is the first concert of the year, and promises 10 be unusually good. Several of the best soloists of the city will appear or the programme ir, addition to the choruses. trios,- quartettes, etc, Of which it will be mainly composed. The leader of the society. MT. A. M. Ben ham, is considered one of the best di- rectors on the Pacific coast, and has conducted the largest choruses ever gotten together in California. On this occasion the society will be. assisted by Mrs. McCar2, ;ln eminent .soioist from Pittsburg. Pa. ..
 DELINQUENT TAX SALE The xt-fl1 d,x begin the sale of property on which taxes have gone delinquent for the present year. City Assessor Luke will Wednesday, begin the sale cf delinquent city property The amount of taxes due the city from delinquents is about s4,5OO. including the Bennett addition. There is an injunction against the city assessor and tax col lector. restraining him from selling de- linquent property in the north half of this addition. There is -a notion among some of the residents Of this district that they are enjoined from paying their taxes and the collector from receiving them. The injunction does not go so far. Only the sale Of property by the collector is prohibited. The constitutional right, and the in estimable privilege Of the taxpayer to pay. are undisturbe.d by the injunction
 THE BRADY GUARDIANSHIP The hearing of the petition for the re- moval of Mrs. Harrop from the guard ianship of her children. the Brady minor, will be resumed in probate court at 10 o'clock this morning. A great deal of i'll feeling has been engendered in the neighborhood of Lehi, where the parties to the case come from. that a lively session may be looked forward to with more or less confidence. Some neighborhood irritation was disclosed at the close of the hearing on Wednes- day. MT. Wing. the petitioner for the removal of Mrs. ldarrop. met on the court house steps. MT. Tiffany, one of the witnesses for the guardian. Said Mir. Wing: 'I can find two men in Lehi who will swear you are a liar for every one that you can find who will swear that I am a liar" On the face of 1t this seemed to be a fair mathematical proposition and for time Mir. Tiffany remained in thought as if he were try ing to solve it. Then he said: Maybe you can; you can find almost any kind of freak in