The Arizona sentinel., 1901-07-24

Miss -ti. II. EQSD, InS E9GaI agent O1 the Butterick Publishing Company (limited). secured three out of Q poss;- ble four prizes during the Delineator spring contest fer SIG. GOO fer work done in March. April and May. The towns and cities were divided into six classes, according to the population, Yuma falling into the fifth class, which in- cluGed al having & population between $50 and POGO. Miss Post-gOt the first prize in her class for April, and also fer May. on account of the largest num- Der of DelineatOr subscriptions taken during those mon.hs, and the grand prize fer the greatest number taken during the three months. It is quite probable that she would have get the first TriZe for March also ii she had re- ceived her papers ill time to take sG5- scliptic1ls during March. Miss Post keeps constantly cn hand at Captain Polhamus'S $ choice assortment of But teric!1's patterns in all the ordinary sizes. Delineators and patterns for August now on h2ud.
 Under Sheriff Johns has returned from Yuma, where he went to sub poena witnesses in the Fain case. After he left, the authorities got to- gether and decided not to prosecute Fain. and teiegraphed to that effect to Prescott yesterday. Then Judge Sloan dismissed the case, and Mir. Fain was released from custody. Mr. Johns en- countered weather of a t0rrid charac- ter all along the route, but says the heat at Yuma is not at all oppressive. He speaks iii enthusiastic terms of the fertile farming country south of Yuma, where six crops of alfalfa is the aver ace yield each season. and some lands yield eight crops. The section, he says. is q hunters paradise, aS doves, pigeons, and other small game abound. Years ago, the Courier said the Ynma section afforded the finest opportunity for big crops by irrigation and for suc- cessful senli-tropic fruit culture in the United States, and what Mir. Johns says verifeS that opinion. Further south, near the Mexican boundary line deer and wild hogs abound. The land, far beyond the Mexican border, is said to have a deep soil and to be suscepti- ble of being made to produce wonder ful ops,-Prescott Courier.
 Hon. Eugene Trippell of Tucson was on Mondays west bound passenger on his way to Los Angeles. in response to a telegram announcing the dangerous illness of Frank B. Wightman. his brother-in-law, from Bright's disease. Mr. W!ghtman formerly lived in Yuma. where he filled the offices Of postmaster and Deputy United States Customs Collector. He will be remem- bered by all the old timers, as he was well-known and popular.
 An alarm Of fire Saturday night about 9:30 brought out the department with a rush. but the boys didn't make run to the blaze, which was nothing more than pile Of boxes down on the levee. The boys hooked on to a plug on Main street, as a test. but there was no water as the water company had been repair ino the main on Main street and the supply was cut off. It was about fifteen minutes before there was any water available.
 The company which was organized some weeks ago for the purpose of con- structing telephone line from Yuma to Picacho. Ehrenburg, Cibola and Tyson's Wells are now making prepa- tions to put up the line. Harry Morse has put in a bid for the construction, ought to be able to secure it as he has had extensive experience in such work and is reliable in every way. We hope to see Harry get the contract.
 The dog is said to be mans best friend; but his friendship would be better appreciated if he could be in- duced to sleep less in day time and more at night; the dog is not much good as a burglary preventive, any way, and it is the opinion of tired and sleepy people kept awake by noisy ca hines that their bark ought to be peeled off at night.
 Frederick Balsz, father of the little girl. Caroline Balsz, who was killed by an electric car at Phoenix two weeks ago, has brought suit against the street railway company for damages in the sum of 5000. The little girl killed was niece of David Balsz, proprietor of the Yuma Cold Storage meat mar ket.
 Jack Dunne of the Ruby saloon has purchased the Ashenberger cottages on Second avenue. Mr. Dunne is hay ing the site graded and the cottages remodeled and when finished will make great improvement in the appearance as also the convenience of the occu- pants. Amos Adams, well known miner, came in from the American Girl Mine last Friday, nursing badly injured thumb, which was badly crushed by an accident at the mine. He came to Yuma to get surgical treatment for the injured member.
 District Attorney TimmOns left on