Arizona republican., 1901-08-27


represented that ii was $1,000. IL ac-
cordingly brings suits to recover $500,
half of the difference.
FUNERAL OF MRS. QUACKEN-
BUSH.-The funeral Of Mrs. Charles
Quackenbush was held yesterday after
noon at the parlors of Mohn & Easter
ling, and was attended by large num-
Der of friends.
S. j. JOHNSON KILLED.-Silas ].
Johnson was killed al the O'd Domin-
ion smslter in Globe, last Tuesday, by
being accidentally pinned against a
timber by a break In the machinery
moving the ore buckets. He was about
so years ola, leaves a wife and baby,
and 1t Is said, was for several ysars
resident OF the Salt River valley.
PIGEON KILLING.--Jim Gray, Rob
ert Frledel and Mr.. Ream went hunt
ing again Sunday with the greatest
kind of success. The pigeons really got
in each others way in their mad haste
to get in range of the sportsmen, They
killed all they wanted and killed them
so quickly that they had To come home
before the contemplated days sport
was half over In order to keep
from wantonly wiping out The pigeon
family
POLICE COURT-Mlsuel Nunez
the Mexican who got drunk and ter
rorized the women in the Turkish store
at the corner of Monroe and Second
streets on Saturday night, was given
thirty days in jail, or on the chain
gang, according to the discretion of the
marshal and the necessities OF the
street commissioner Another man was
fms s. for drunkenness and the usual
daily bicycle case was worked off in
the usual way. Jack Peek who got up
in his 81 ep on Saturday night to hunt
a bad man believed to be aging poison
for a dog, and who wandered into a
saloon with a gun in his hand before
he tally knew what he was doing, was
given a twenty-day sentence. II Is re-
puted to be the best kind of a citizen
when he Is sober and the q ntence was
impos d for the purpose of impressing
him with the necessity of sobriety in
the future.
THE RATE OF TAXATION. 49, The
board of supervisors met YESTERDAY,
mainly for the purpose of fixing the
county tax rate for the coming year.
The total rate, with the items compos-
ing It, was given by The Republican or
Sunday morning No change from the
estimate of sl.i5 of the total county
rate prepared by the clerk of the board
was made. but it was found necessary
under the law to separate the general
fund levy of So cents into two parts.
The law authorizes levy of IL cents
for the water storage bonds. 1t was
intended TO transfer the amount that
would be raised nv this levy from tn
general fund, but the acting district at
torney decided that it could not be done.
levy of l5cents was mad
for this purpose and the general fund
levy was reduced 10 10 cents. II was
50 cents last year The total rate for
this school district, including the coun-
ty and territorial rates and levies for
school bonds and high school mainter-
ance, is s2.SS. as was estimated
a LANGUISHING ENTERPRISE
When II. l. Latham first came to Phoe-
nix he got a ranch on North Central av-
enue which he afterward sod To At
torney j. NJ Jamison. IL is said that
Mr.. Latham went out from the city
some distance for the purpose of en-
gaging in the business of raising
skunks for their hides. He was in a
measure successful, and no doubt would
have made a fortune If he had stayed
in the business, but he didn't. When
he sold the ranch to Mr.. Jamison he
made no charge for the then CROWN.
skunk crop and Mr.. Jameson is deriv-
ing the pleasure and profit Of Mr.. La
tham's early efforts. one morning re-
Gently Mr.. JamiSon went out before
breakfast and shot six skunks, every
one OF them thor1ughbreds and having
many fine qualities flvm the skunk fam
cier's point of view. But skunk raising
is not in his line of work, and he is re-
GREETING that he bought the ranch be-
fore Mr.. Latham had an opportunity
to harvest his crop. The skunks seen
to do well regardless Of drouth or hot
weather. and though h. has given then
absolutely no attention he notes tina,
a big volunteer crop is now maturing
It is more than likely he would allow
Mr.. Latham to harvest the crop Oh
shares.