Arizona republican., 1901-12-14

feathered game, but under the law he could not dispose of quail or a duck for money if all the birds in the terri tory were to give themselves up. All he can use his wonderful power for is his own amusement. Yesterday a lit- tie yellow breasted linnet met him on the court house plaza and looked un. at him as though it wanted to be caught. MT. Byers threw down his ha; and the bird walked under it. He took the bird into the court house and it ct once made iself at home, making no effort to escape from captivity when released.
 THE WORMSER ESTATE.-A hear ing took place in probate court yester- day on a petition for an order for a partial distribution of the wornser es- tate. The order was granted. There is $24.00O to be distributed. arid of this S1S000 will go to heirs in Europe. Pre- vious distributions amounted to $60 OOO. There yet remains of the estate $6, ,OO0 in cash and about $5.OO0 in real estate. In the estate of Emily A. Woodruff the hearing of a citation to lOr. w l.. Woodruff to show cause why he is not in contempt for having neglected to turn over to the present administrator of the estate. certain funds as he was ordered to do by the court was con tinued
 A PHOENIX INVENTOR.--A recent issue Of the Scientific American an- nounces the invention by Timothy W. Miller of Phoenix. of a file-h.andle and guide described as a novel device which guides the reciprocating movement of an attached. file used to sharpen the teeth of saws whereby any desired de- gree of bevel can be given to the cut
 
 suitable rake or forward pitch to the teeth. The same issue or the paper. in the list of inventions for which pat ents were issued for the preceding week. credits to a man with il German name the invention of a process for making an acid compound of ''dimethy- ethylphenylpyrazolo but it failed to announce what the com pound is to be used for though it is suspected that it would be handy in moving houses.
 ABOUT TAX SALES.-An error which caused some annoyanc,.. and In some quarters consternation. found it's way into The Republican yesterday morning. It was stated that the sale of delinquent property for county taxes would begin next Monday. What was meant was that the time fo. paying taxes would expire on Monday and that property on which the taxes had not been paid would then go delinquent The tax sale under the law cannot take place until next April. but after Mon day a penalty will attach. Some tax payers entertained a hope that the board of supervisors would extend the time for the payment of taxes. but tn. board will not be in session before the expiration of the time. and if it were it could offer no relief, since the law fixes the time.
 AN ARIZONIAN.-The New York Tribune of last Sunday contained a long story of the life of Professor George A. Treadweu. Illuminated by an excellent picture of this distin guished Arizonian. There is an interesting par agraph in it showing how Professor Treadwell got to be a westerntr. Tn 1861 he consulted his friends Pro fessors Silliman and Dana of Tale as to his future career Professor SilH- man said to him, "Go west ard look for copper. for copper is the coming metal" Professor Dana added "Yes. but try to find your copper mine with q lot of gold in it." It may not be gen orally known here that after the pro- lessor had spent several years in this territory, ia 1884 he went to London as lecturer on assaying and metslliurgy in the Dexter School of Mines. He re- mained there three years. That ! 3 why he is called Professor Treadwell.
 A COLD DNIGHT.-Thursday night is said by cid timers to have been one of the coldest ever experienced in this val ley in the month of December. the tenn perature falling to 26 degrees. No re- ports of damage to citrus fruit trees were received yesterday. The cold snap was the breath of blizzard which had been raging for twenty-four hours in Colorado. Wyoming and a part of Utah. The cold was somewhat frealkisI. Al ether times not so cold as Thursday night was, iron water pipes froze up. but there was little inconvenience on that account yesterday morning though the ice on exposed water was thicker than many people in this part of the country had ever seen it. A large pond belonging to Supervisor F. C. Norris was entirely frozen over. His cattle furnished him with a great deal of amusement. They had never Before seen ice and when they put their noses to the ice they beloved with astonish- ment.