Arizona republican., 1901-05-09

tin group of mines in the Harqua Halas. Development work on large scale will shortly be begun on this property. Mir. Woodbury is an old friend of NJ. R. Hoar, of the Doris Furniture company.
 FOUND A BICYCLE.-Mr Elwood Hadley, agent of the Sacaton agency, writing to The Republican, says: My policeman brought to my office this date bicycle which he found on the reservation. three miles west of the Maricopa X Phoenix railroad, lying on the ground apparently for a consider able time. The wheel looks well and should judge 1t good one. The owner can get the property by prov ing ownership and paying expenses of advertising and small amount to po-
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 A WILD RACE.-Charles Flitz achieved a reputation as Q good driver yesterday afternoon in sort of Roman hippodrome performance that took place on Washington street. He was driving a big. fine looking double team somewhere along the upper end of the street when. the horses took a notion to SlNt du lHty sUdTltu west at high pressure, and as Mir. Flitz was seated on spring seat in big lumber wagon, he let them go. allowing them to choose their own gait Another reason for his leniency in the matter was that he could no more hold them than Phoe- nix could the capital of the United States, which she chung to jealously for three hours the day before. Flitz devoted the best energies of his young manhood to keeping the horses in the road. as did Mir. Mckinley in holding down the Chinese war. The horses also secured the undisputed right of way. another thing in which the procession resembled the presidential train At Fourth avenue he got them under con- trol and drove back up town. where he was metaphorically presented with the output of the bakery
 A SEAL SKIN SUIT.-The case of Myrtle Hall against S. Rosenswfig. was tried in Justice Burnett's court. This was another incident Of com prehensive episode involving a man named Harry Hall. Charlotte Monroe. valuable seal skin cloak, some bor- rowed money and diamonds and the plaintiff. Mrs. Hall. Miss Monroe with whom Hall has been living during the sickness of his wife in hospital, le- ceived the cloak from him as security for money she had advanced to him. In order to make herself whole she pawned the cloak with the jefsn1aa: for $50, though it was worth great deal more. Mrs. Hall brought suit for its recovery and was given judgmcEt. She will now begin sui, against Miss Monroe to recover the amount of the expense to which she has been put 3y this intricate transaction.
 MIR. MASTEN'S FUNERAL The funeral of Mir N k. 'Masten will be held this morning at 9:30 o'clock at his home in San Francisco. In token of respect the main office in his city of the M. X r. X $. R. V. railroad. of which Mir. Masten was president, will be closed from that hour till noon to- day. Furthermore, orders have been issued by Superintendent B. r. Porter that at 9:3O o'clock this morning all employees of the company shall cease work, wherever they may be. at office, depot, shops or elsewhere, and all trains which may be in transit shall come to dead stop for a snort time. if only for a minute or two. The only train that it Is expected will come under this order is the Mesa train, and wherever it may be, the order will be obeyed. Should the regular morn ing train from Maricopa be late and therefore not in. the order will apply to it as we'll Mir. Masten was greatly respected by all his employees and the of the road as well as the public generally in this city. On re- ceipt of the news of his death here tel egrams of condolence were sent to the bereaved family by Governor N. o. Murphy, the board of trade and most of the leading business men of the city who recognized in him a public b. nefactor and one of the earliest friends of this valley. He was a pio- neer railroad builder In Arizona. and was one man who invested his money in this locality with great faith in it's future, when the success of the enter prise was looked upon with gravest doubt by other capitalists. Though never a permanent resident of Phoe- nix he made frequent visits here and was in close sympathy with every movement for the benefit of this people.
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