The Arizona sentinel., 1901-08-07

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 Mr. W. D. Luce, of the Castle Dome mining company, and Mrs. Luce are in i town and registered at the 5. F. hotel. Mr. Luce expects to take his departure for Alaska and will remain away sev- eral months. Mrs. Luce will accom- pany her husband to San Francisco, where she will visit several weeks with her daughter, who is attending school there.
 Mr. Henry Sherry, leading citizen of Pasadena, Cal, spent the greater part of last week in Yuma and Yuma valley with the view of investing in land. He called at this office Saturday and judging by his talk there is strong reason to believe that he will make some investments here. MT. Sherry is most favorably impressed with Yuma and its tributary valleys and he may establish himself in business here.
 Yuma is being sighted this season by the hot weather humOrists, who have found more prolific field in Phoenix and Tucson. The following story which has not been verified is told of Phoenix man wno died and was being cremated: ''The attendant opened the furnace door to see how he was getting Cn, whereupon the de- ceased complained: please shut the door, the draft is little chilly
 Johnny Rimpau, the Yuma merchant left for Les Angeles on Monday morn ing's train and will be gone about thirty days. Mr. Rimpau will combine business with pleasure while in the city, and will purchase big fall and winter stock of dry goods, ladies' and gents furnishing goods, etc., for his store in Yuma. Mr. Rimpau is ac- cCmpanied on the trip by his little girl.
 Father Durand left on this mornings express for Los Angeles. The Father is quite i'll and on his arrival in Los Angeles will enter the Sisters Hospital. Father Durand has during his stay here worked very hard to remove the large debt which covered the hand some Catholic church which was built several years ago, and no doubt his in- defatigable efforts in the interest of his church has had considerable to do with his illness. His many friends in Yuma hope for his speedy recovery.
 The pumping plant of the Farmers canal just west of the old Quarter masters department buildings on the bank of the Colorado river has been undergoing repairs this week. The old adobe work encasing the large boiler has been torn out and replaced with new adobeS and the work has consumed the greater part of the week. The settlers along this part of the canal are now happy as water is once more flowing through the canal and they will be able to il rigate their crops which needed water very much.
 Dr. and Mrs. P. G, Cotter returned from the coast yesterday evening and will leave tomorrow night for the east to be gone for at least two months. They will see the Buffalo exposition and then then go to Dr. Cotter's old home, Plattsburgh, N. Y, for an ex- tended visit with relatives, and friends of auld lang syne, and it is here that the doctor and Mrs. COtter anticipate the greatest pleasure of their eastern trip. Dr. Cotter will go to New York City from Plattsburg and take post graduate course in the New York Post Graduate Medical College.
 In the land contest case of Duke ys, King ct al, the department has taken action to the extent of eliminating all the contestants opposed to Duke except Carey and the hearing is set for the 9th day of September. The contest was originally for 160 acres, but as it now stands there Is only 40 acres in dispute, between Duke and Carey (who filed | under the name of Collins). So far ev- erything has gone in Dukes favor, and | naturally George is feeling frst-rate over the results. He feels confident | oyer the final outcome and that he will | have no trouble in establishing his priority claim to the whole quarter, which he entered a5 homestead in Judge Davis has acted as Dukes attor- ney in the contest proceedings.
 Go to Geo. Paxton's store and get all kinds of fruit, vegetables, cigars. to bacco, bread, cakes, pies. etc. Quick sales and small profits is my motto.
 Yellowstone and Monogram whiskies at The Ruby.
 Rabbit metal for sale at the SENT1- MEL office,