Arizona republican., 1902-07-24

f inches of water at the head Of the Arizona canal. It did not last long though. for by noon word came that the volume was receding and it kep: getting lower and lower all day. The thirsty canals and the still thirstier country had drunk up the flood. At a
 late hour last night the clouds in the eastern part of the valley locked as if there would be another flood from
 that direction today. At o'clock last night there was 15 GOO inches at the head.
 RESERVOIR DELEGATES.-Dr. J. NJ. Ford, chairman of the meeting held last Saturday to take steps for secur- ing the building of reservoir at the Tonto Basin site, yesterday appointed d committee consisting of William Chris | ty, B. A. Fowler and J. w. Woolf to go to Washington and present to the sec retary of the interior the advantage of the Tonto Basin site. It is not likely | though that the committee will have any duty to perform. Since the meet | ing authorized the appointment of the | committee it has been learned that Mir Fowler who has been in Washington | is now on his way 10 Phoenix with a proposition from the secretary. Mir. Fowler will arrive in the city not later than next Saturday.
 TOO POOR TO MARRY-Alejandro Morales and Juana Ruiz were arrests ed yesterday morning by deputy United States marshal for violation of the l Edmunds act. and were taken before United States Commissioner Wood ward. They had been living together | in tent south of the city for the last | six months. They made no denial of i the charge. and in fact admitted all that had been said about them by their scandali2ed neighbors. They said they wanted to marry. and would have done so long ago, but they wanted to save
 the expenses of matrimony. Alejandro said yesterday that nothing would give him greater joy than to be married a
 once. but he had no money to pay fer the license or for the services of the
 officiating tie-binder He thought he
 could save enough by next Wednesday, and the case was continued until that time.
 CONGRESS IMPROVEMENTS George H. Gallagher of the firm of Fifield & Gallagher returned last night from Congress. where he closed a con- I tract with the mining company yester- day for the erection of buildings which will cost S2O, ,0G0. One will be a store
 building, 1C0x40 feet. two stories and basement. The other will be an of 1 flee structure. a part of which. 32X32 ! feet, will be two stories and an equal area one story. They will be built of Phoenix brick. Work will be begun on
 the contract this morning. The time of
 Mir. Gallagher will be pretty well occu- | iad fn,. lr-x i Congress and Benson. where the firm is ! building the territorial reform school.
 MT. F'ifield is at Cananea. where he is
 under a years contract with the Greene l Consolidated Mining company and will have no time to look after the business | of the firm.
 | A COURSE IN MINING-Nick Wick
 Osborn. who has been in WickenburS
 with his sister Catherine for the last
 two months. returned yesterday morn 1 ing. He is only eight years old. but | he took a great interest in the mining
 resources of the Wickenburg district,
 and brought back with him so many
 samples of ore that the railroad com
 pany wanted to charge freight on the
 lot. There is hardly a mine. CT even
 a prospect, in that region not repre-
 sented in the two bushel bag contain l ing the samples. He said that ever
 since he could remember people had i been showing ore samples at him and | telling that they contained so much 1 gold or so much silver. and he had to
 take their word for it. Now when any
 one gets to talking. about mines.Cr min | erals in his presence there will be an
 expert in the vicinity. and statements
 as to richness will have to be con- l fined within reason.
 DISINTEGRATION OF X PARTT.-
 The controversy which has been going | on for some time over the liveness or
 the deadness of Miss Brava is likely to
 divide the democratic party of this
 community into factions. During her 1 residence here Miss Brava was not l known outside the small circle of her 1 friends and the police court. Now she | is as much Of a figure in small way
 as the late William J. Bryan. Those | who think she Is alive are HOW In the
 majority, and those who have been | holding to the theory of death are in | despair. They were thrown into deeper ! depths yesterday by the announcement ! that she was not only alive but had l lately WithStoOd q bite by rattle | snake, which must have been a low doWn reptile, not particular about his | associations. The encounter with the
 rattlesnake occurred in the Cananea | country, and Miss Brava at once set out for Phoenix that she might die at home, according 10 programme. When
 she got to Naco she did not think that she would last that long. and according
 to Joe Encinas sought religious consc-
 lation. The next day she had the best
 Of the rattlesnake, and by the time
 she got to Tucson, where she now is.