Arizona republican., 1901-01-02

MEXICANS CELEBRATED The
Mexican residents of the city held a
"baie" and watch party Monday even-
| ing.
A NEW YEARS EVE DANCE.-The
coored people had a grand ball and
cake walk in the O'Neill hail. which
covered a portion of two centuries.
A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN.--If the
street cleaning department of the city
wants to get off the New Year right, it
should come around and remove sew
cral geological strata from the street in
front of The Republican office.
HUNTING ON THE GILA,-Messrs.
]. A. Kurtz, ]. j. Blinkhorn and Will
lam Dowell returned last night from a
three days hunt along the lower ella
1t was not very good hunting weather
Mr.. Kurtz contracted a very sever"
cold.
A BROKEN PRINTING PRESS
While the printing press of the Gazette
was being moved last night it was
broken, and in consequence. the read
ers of that journal will be deprived of
much moral and religious food this
morning.
w. c. r. u. ELECTION.-The Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
will hold a meeting at it's rooms, corner
Center and Monroe street, at half past
two o'clock this afternoon for the pur-
pose of electing officers for the ensu-
/ ing year
MILITARY BALL Company B., n.
! G. A. held watch meeting and ball at
| Forester's hall in the Padget block,
Monday night They not only welcomed
the new year but used up pretty good
chunk of the present century before
the festivities ended.
| WINTER SPORTS People who
know that il never SHOWS In this part
of the country should not think for n
minute that Salt River valley youths
are entirely deprived OF winter sports.
on Christmas day a couple of lads con-
structed some pretty respectable look
ing sleds out of such materials as were
at hand and attaching them to a farm
wagon had great sport sleigh-riding in
the dust,
| A BOYS CRIMINAL FOLLY.-Mrs.
]. f. Walker was the victim of a boy s
criminal carelessness yesterday after
noon. She was riding on bicycle on
| theYuma road in the afternoon, when
she met a boy on a wheel He was
riding with his arms folded, imagining
he had no use for the handle-bars.
! There was collision, which Mrs
! Walker was unable to avoid. She
was thrown from her wheel in such 8
manner that the bones of the left
wrist were broken squarely off. Not
, withstanding the pain, she mounted
her wheel guiding it with her right
hand, rode to town.
| CAUGHT AT YUMA.-There Is O
woman at Yuma in a great deal ol
, trouble She arrived there between
and o'clock yesterday morning on her
way from Chino, Cal, to Benson, this
| territory. with carload of cattle. The
live stock quarantine law which had
been in suspension for two months
went into effect again at midnight o!
Monday, about four and one-half
hours before she reached the territory.
| DR., Norton. the territorial veterinarian,
received a telegram about the case
yesterday, but could offer no relief
He will telegraph to Washington eX-
planning the situation and may be au-
thorized to inspect and pass the cattle.
THE BONDING BILL Notwith-
standing yesterday was a holiday the
members of the water storage commit
tee got together early =, and resumed
work on the bill authorizing Maricopa
county to bond itself for irrigation pnr-
poses. A little after noon all, the
amendments had been agreed, to. an and
the committee, as; a. body adjourned
/ So #''' ~ ''- s. 10 g r. ~ ~ d,