Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-22
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

Jacob d. Meadows today made desert
entry OF 140 acres of land in Pima
county.
William D. Riley, Robert L. Hanshe,
VIM. H. Lyon, VIM. j. Jones, Ii. j.
Blame, Edward C. Phillips, and Orin c.
Johnson filed upon lands today at the
United States land office.
Train No. 10 was delayed Yesterday and
did not arrive until after noon owing to a
burned trestle at Mohawk Summit,
The bridge was l30 feet in length and il
took some time to rebuild it so that the
passenger could pass.
At the meeting on Saturday afternoon
the school trustees were instructed to
purchase the west half of block l20 and
all OF block six.y-five for two OF the new
school houses. The third site will be
selected at a meeting to be held on Sat
urday.
The warm weather has set in in earn
est, and camping parties will soon start
out to the Catalinas and the cool shades
of Old Badly. There are ideal summer
places within a short distance of Tucson
and there is vastly more comfort than
the crowded coast resorts afford.
Attorneys Rouse and Franklin this af-
ternoon submitted arguments pro and
con in the matter Of obtaining a mill
site for the Ray mining company. The
arguments were made before the regis
ter and receiver of the United States
land Office in this city.
AL Donau has returned from Califor.
MIA and will remain in Tucson. Mr..
Donau has been away great deal dur
ing the past year, having been engaged
in mining in California for L. Zecken-
dorf 4 Co. He likes Arizona better than
California and is glad to return here.
His many friends are glad that he has
come back to remain.
The court of Justice Hickey in Flor
ence, had case which is OF interest to
hunters. Patricio Servantes was found
to have in his possession a young ante
lope. He was fined 800 and sentenced
to ten days in the county Jail. This is
the minimum. penalty under the new
law for such an offense. What must be
the maximum?
In the district court today the case oi
the Tucson Lumber Company vs. Thomas
Garfield was continued for the term by
agreement of the parties. The case Of
N. Hyman vs.. E. C. Bartlett was also
continued. The case of Anton Hittin.
ger vs.. John G. Bartlett was ordered
dismissed upon motion of the plaintiff
Anton HittiDger vs. Joseph Fl. Ball was
also ordered dismissed upon motion Of
the plaintiff.
The Florence Blade says that Messrs.
Shields < Price have ordered carload
of grain sacks to hold their grain crop
this season. The load consists OF forty
thousand sacks and the cost of them,
delivered from ship to the car at San
Francisco, was $4,000. How is that
for Pinal county farm, in the so called
desert OF Arizona7 They have fifteen
hundred acres of grain and it will yield
about three times more grain to the acre
than will the famous grain fields Dakota
of Minnesota.
Louisa Martinez was picked up yester-
day afternoon at the Indian school where
she was sitting on the steps. She had
wandered out there from the city. The
woman is very old and her mind is
evidently weak. 1t is said that she has
relatives in Tucson who are in good
circumstances and able to take care of
her. If they are too poor to look out for
this aged woman it is OF course the duty
of the county to take charge Of her, but
if the woman has any friends in the
city they should be called to account for
the destitute condition of the aged
woman. She is at the city jail