Arizona republican., 1902-08-20

| Lumber company. The capital stock Is ! $2 900 ,OO0 the incorporators are J. C. | Wilson, A. s. O'Neill and H. R. Lund-
 blad of Illinois.
 A BABY'S FUNERAL.-The funeral | of little Margaret Osborn took place yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the
 residence of the family on West Adams
 street. It was attended by a large num- | Der of the friends of the family to
 whom the child had endeared herself ' On account of the death of the babe
 the board of supervisors, of which MT | Osborn is clerk, adjourned until today. | THE FIRST BIG ONE.-The most | important real estate sale in many months was closed yesterday by l.. II. ! Chalmers purchasing of the J. w. Ev-
 r. us estate the eighty acre ranch on North Central avenue. This property
 is only d mile and half from the cen ter of Phoenix, and has always been
 considered one of the choicest pieces of property in the valley The sale was
 made through the office of Weirick &.
 Latham and the consideration is said to be something over $100e9.
 A COMPLETED DEAL.-The pur-
 chase of the Arizona Gazette which was begun by the Creighton brothers last spring. was completed yesterday by the requirement of the interest of Colonel McCord, which has been lying dormant since a certain memorable visit by him to Washington. While | he was gone the Gazette changed
 hands frequently, and the major inter-
 est of it, controlled by his partner. S. F. Webb. was bought by the Creigh- ton brothers, who have since been in
 charge ot it.
 HANSON BUSINESS COLLEGE
 The annual report oi the Lamson busi-
 ness college to the bureau of education
 Washington, D. C., was mailed yester-
 day. The report shows that the total
 number of students enrolled during the
 past year was eighty-two. of whom
 fifty eight attended the day sessions
 and twenty four the night sessions. Twenty-eight studied the business
 branches, thirty stenogr& phy and
 twenty four the English branches. The school was reported to be in excellent condition, and that the fall term would open September &, 1902.
 AN IRRIGATION REPORT.-W. H. Code, United States inspector of irri- gation, has just completed a report to the secretary of the interior relative tc supplying the Indians of the Pima res ervation with an adequate water sup ply. Mir. Code has recently made a careful field investigation in company with Agent Hadley. and being thor Oughly familiar with the water ques- ton. owing to his long residence in Arizona. should be able to make a val uable report on the matter. Mir. Code left last night for San Xavier reserva- tion. thence to the San Jacinto, in Cal ifornia.
 MRS. r. J. DUFFY DEAD.-Mrs. Frank Duffy, wife Of District Attorney Frank Duffy of Santa Cruz county. died at the hospital in Tucson about noon Monday. She was suffering from catarrh of the stomach, and was brought to Tucson for medical atten- tion about a week ago. She was given the very best of care. but the disease had gone too far, and it's inroads could not be stopped. Mir. Duffy and his wife's sister were at the bedside when the end came. Mrs. Frank Duffy was one of the most popular residents of Nogales. Her remains will be shipped to that point for interment. MT. Duffy was for several years resident of Phoenix, and has many friends he:e who will be pained to learn of his be- reavement.
 EDWARD P. SCOTT DEAD.-Ed- ward P. Scott eldest son of Warwick Scott of this city, died yesterday after noon at l o'clock at the Sisters hos pital. He has been sick for several months having suffered severe hem orrhages, which developed into teber- culosis. Early in the summer he went to Tucson, where he stayed fer seV- eral weeks, returning here four weeks ago. He was well and favorabiy known in Phoenix, having lived here nearly ten years, and being a gradu- ate of the Phoenix high school. For Q time he was manager of the local office of the correspondence school. He was twenty-five years and ten months old, and most genial and talented young man. The funeral will be held at O clock this afternoon at the parlors of Mohn & Easterling, and the remains will be buried here temporarily. Later permanent interment will be made in Bellefontaine cemetery. St. Louis.
 THE GOSPEL OF LOVE.-For some unknown reason R. Balkes big black dog has for a long time cherished a pronounced animosity toward Charles Gittner, the ''champeen'' snipe hunter of this country. In fact, the dog be- came so demonstrative that Mir Gittner found that one street was hardly wide enough for both he and the dog to sue cessfully navigate it at one and the same time, though the animal is not a vicious one and never interferes with others. Finally MT. Gittner resolved in his own mind that he would "fX dat tam tog.' Straightway he applied to MT. Bake for permission to make friends with his dog and, gaining his he had the animal captured and tethered with a log chain behind his bicycle shop. Then he made a con-