Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-05
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

Fifteen mining notices were filed IT,
day by {. c. Rcitz OF the Silver Bell
district
\ suit to quiet title was filed in dis
trict court today by Thomas Armstrong
VS. +. l.. Holt
In probate court today a decree was
entered setting apart to Mrs. EtchelIs
the homestead.
In the probate court today an order OF
sale of real state in the guardianship OF
William Rowland minor was ordered
made at public auction.
The Tucson bar association held a
last night which was largely at
tended, and number OF interesting
speeches were made.
The poll tax law will no doubt Ike re-
pealed as the bill asking its repeal has
passed both branches of the legislature
and is now up to the governor.
The government weather man was
way off yesterday on his prediction for
southern Arizona, The forecast for to-
day is: Rain tonight and Wednesday;
warmer tonight.
The legislature has adopted memor-
ial to congress asking that the present
legislative session be extended thirty
DAYS in order To allow more time for the
consideration OF the provisions OF the
new code.
The morning paper is improving
Last evening The Citizen called atten-
ton to the hypocrisy OF that paper
and this morning the Star lodges the
accusation and calls us a tramp. But
then We would rather be a tramp than
a hypocrite. The improvement noted is
in the disposition of the morning paper
to shoot back. which is commendable
even though the paper resorts to bias
phemy.
There was an interesting meeting OF
the city council last night. The electric
light question came up and Mayor Schu-
machcr insisted that the meters OF the
company should be placed low enough
SO that they may be read by the patrons
OF the company. 1t seems that there
has been considerable complaint on ac-
count OF the meters being placed in re-
mote corner Of the room usually so high
that the patrons could not read them
without elm bing twelye-foot ladder
The mayor carried his point. 1t was
decided to enter into new contract
with the company the terms Of which
are more exacting.
1t is reported on the streets OF lor-
ence Il at josiah Champion and his SON
in-law hav. sol4 the Belle, Columbia
AMI MARITIME mines to the Santa Bar
hara con pan formed by the late En-
gineer Ntrwa for $40 O00. The report
acks COZ firm .tion but there is reason
10 believe that some sort of deal has |
been made on these properties. Messrs. |
Both and Tibbets, experts, spent five or
six days on the ground with Mr.. Cham |
pion week before last and took twenty
five samples which were forwarded to
the company. These are the old Pinal
properties and are situated
eighteen miles northeast Of Florence
The Blade says if the sale has been con-
as reported, active opera
Llons will soon commence there.
DR.. J. G.. Norton, territorial veterinar-
ian, has returned from Yuma to Ph0e-
nix where he has been directing the dis
of railroad cattle corrals. A
shipment Of Texas guarantined cattle en-
route to Los Angeles were unloaded |
here few days ago on account OF a
wreck which delayed them so that they
,ould not reach their destination within |
The twenty-eight hour limit allowed to !
1old cattle ON cars. These cattle in |
ested the corrals with fever ticks which, |
t not destroyed, would attach them |
'elves to all cattle placed in the corras
Is healthy stock cattle shipped both |
Ways are unloaded in these corrals, no |
,stimate can he made of the results had !
he corrals not been disfected. The !
abroad officials spared no expense in |
them and have made them
.bsolutely safe. The Republican says |
hat fourteen cars of stock cattle shipped !
rom Phoenix last Friday were unloaded
t Yuma yesterday.
A. Roca, timekeeper and superinten,
lent of the commissary at the construc-
ion camps of Robinson & Toohey is in
tucson on a visit to his home. lie saws
hat there are $50 men employed by
hese railroad contractors, and four
amps are maintained. The railroad is
10 complete to Douglas on the border
inc and is to be pushed ON into Mexico.
camp will be established at once at
'ronteras and the grading will progress
oward that Sonora town and then on
0 Nacosari which is the terminating
oint on the new road Mr. Roca saws
will be over year before the work of
he contractors is complete. In regard
, the road which is being built east
fr. Roca said that nothing was known,
ven by the men who are engaged in the
ork of construction. Mr.. Roca says
Iere is considerable life la the camps Of
10 contractors owing to the magnetism
hich railroad camps have in drawing