Arizona republican., 1902-10-29

Burmister and M E. Morin of Pres colt who returned from the Bisbee tournament, went out yesterday for a
 contest against the real thing Though
 they can fire intd flock of blue rocks
 and get every oIA of them, yesterday $
 hard work only netted them five birds
 each. They say some one had put the
 quails next and the birds were all hid
 ing out as they got over hundred per cent of all they saw.
 ROUGHING IT.-Dr. J. c. Norton.
 territorial veterinarian, returned home l yesterday morning from southern Ar,-
 zona, where he has been in the line of duty on sanitary inspection work During his trip in order to economize
 on time he bade adieu temporarily to | hotels and camped on the mountain | side with the cowboys wherever night found him. It gave him an opportunity
 to appreciate the joys of the cowboy, such as sleeping on the soft side of
 rock and turning the rock over occa-
 sionally when it seemed to get tired.
 He says he only knows of one thing
 that is better to sleep on than the hard ground of cattle range and that Is a bed.
 THE BAINBRIDGE RECITAL.-A
 large audience greeted MT. Oliver Bain- bridge last evening in the auditorium of the First M. E. church to enjoy his recital of adventures in many lands,
 interspersed with humorous stories and descriptions of some of the many won derful things in the world il has been
 his privilege to see. He has travelled through every civilized country and
 many of the unciNilized parts of the
 earth, the greater part of the way on
 foot, and has d store of information that could not be exhausted in d hun
 dred lectures. Those who were priv:
 legged to hear him were both edified and
 amused.
 THE CARNIVAL VANGUARD.- Frank CavallierO. who proposes to be a conspicuous figure in the Eagles car
 nival has already bought him a camel for the big parade. At least Harry Friedman says it's camel. though MT. Cavalliero insists that it is a horse.
 MT. Friedman says that the first thing
 the new owner did was to trim off about six inches of the animals hoofs in the hope that he could get him
 down near enough to the earth to ! rups were still SO high he could nol reach them. so he hired 9 cowboy to
 throw a rope over the horn of the sad de, and now he goes up the ladder as far as he can and then shins up the
 rope. He is now trying to rent d two story stable. as it will be necessary to
 feed the horse from the second floor. THE ACREAGE INCREASING.-I was stated in recent issue that E. A. Fowler had secured a representation of 33,000 acres on the list he is ciculating for signatures to the water storage plan. He said yesterday that the list
 had now grown to over 3S, 600 acres. but he also called attention to the fact ! that he was not entitled to all the cred it for that list. He started it personal ly and secured many signatures but never could have succeeded so we'll had
 it not. been for the efforts of Vernon L. Clark Frank Alkire, Frank Parker, J. ". Doris and others who have spent
 a great deal of time in his assistance and who have done and are still doing most excellent work. The signatures
 on the board of trade book now repre- sent 32CC0 acres, and 19,000 acres is reported from the south side, making
 a total of 5000 acres.
 A STRANGE TEETH. Nj. Weir ick attended the band concert at the Doris theatre Monday night, hitching
 the horse and family carriage near the corner by the Presbyterian church. When he went for the carriage after the performance it was missing. and from another carriage nearby a ladie.
 wrap and some fine robes had been taken. Yesterday morning Mr. Weir ick found his horse and carriage in the road near Five Points, where the thief had unhitched the horse. stole the har- ness and turned the animal loose. The horse, being well disciplined and having no instructions to the contrary stayed by the carriage. as he thought it his duty to do. The harness and the robes are still missing. A couple of bicycles belonging to young men about eighteen years old were also stolen from the Presbyterian church Sunday night The people in this town who feel that they really must steal ought to generalize a
 little more and not put the tariff all on in one place.