Arizona republican., 1902-10-21

fTludy nlSnl, OctODer "A, WlIn the world-famed melodrama, "The Phoe- nix" by the famous playwright and actor, Milton Nobles. The play is strictly high class. and has always played to crowded houses. This is about the first time the Home Dramatic company has attempted quite as diff cult a play as this one, but the troupe have been working faithfully for two monts. and can now promise the peo- pie an eXcelelnt performance. The play has a remarkable strong plot causing inense interest throughout. It abounds in heavy drama, "a love story" as pure as spring water runs through it." the comedy element is rich and side split ting. Moses Solomon, a sporty Jew" keeps his audience roaring with laugh ter continuously. The tragedy with which the first act concludes, where the william drugs his victim, steals the documents, then fires the tenement house, to cover his act; the rescue of the victim by Sadie the flower girl. all present a picture that is intense.
 Then there is a certain mystery that runs through the play that is simply fascinating. making the play one of the strongest on the road, and in which MT. Nobles gained such worldwide notoriety. The following is the cast:
 Q. Frank T. Pomeroy Jim Bludsoe, his double, le,-.......-..
 ............F Frank T. Pomeroy Leslie Blackburn, william, .....
 ...-.............C. R. flakes, jr. Wilson Roberts, Just returned from
 Australia" "............. Gus. s. Irwin Tom Fergus, reporter and detective
 ...................... Dudley Jones Moses Solomons, "A Jew out for sport"
 ..............B. Far Johnson, jr. Pidgeon. dive owner in Water street
 ...... ................Rob Stapley Dionysius O'Gall, Irish lawyer.
 Burt HunSaker Sadie the Flower Girl. Fife Fillmore.
 the actress. ......... Winnie Richins Katie Moran, tout for a lark. '......
 ............. ...... Vera Burton Alice Blackburn, .........M May Lamb James, servant. ......... Wellie Richins
 Servants. walters, bartenders, police men, firemen. etc.
 There were fully 25O landowners of Mesa and vicinity assembled in the Coop hall in response to the call of the reservoir water committee. Messrs. D. B. Heard. E. w Wilbur A. J. Chand- Ter. Mir. Woolf, and MT. w. H Wallace and J A Stewart of the committee were present and all spoke at the meet ing. Pres. c. R. Flakes was selected as chairman. and W. J. Le Baron as sec retary Mir. Heard explained the stor- age plan. and urged the water users to subscribe to the proposition so that the committee could know how to make the final plan. Different questions relative u@lr md n n swered by the different members of the committee. F. w. Wilbur said the pres ent plan did not in t''e least disturb the present vested rig, either in con- trolling them, nor v--uld it increase the supply to the o' rights. He said that the reservoir rights carried only the proportion of atorod water therA was in the reservoir. which would in all probability be held until it WE" needed by the land the most. Those who had no other water than the reservoir. could only plant the mount of land than their proportion of the stored water in the rc-ervoir would irrigate The duestion of subscribing for school land was asked. and MT. Wilbur stated that if he had schoolland he would sub- scribe for it. bu; he did not know yet how it could be crranged.
 Dr Chandler eaid that according to the best figures cbtainable, those from 1Sse to 1899. there could be stored 1O,- Oc0,OO0 feet of wH:er in the reservoir and if that amoult of water had been distributed over ;he land, counting the paving for tf reservoir. all the ex- pense would ve been only 26 cents per acre foot. Six inches makes a good ' 4. ~.~a1 cents per acre. The power under low estimate is worth s1 1,OOO. .O0O, and each shareholder, besides getting his water for 13 cents per acre, would have his proportion of that power. MT. Wolfe, of Tempe. said supposing the present water users did not take advantage of this proposition, the gov ernment then would build the reservoir and place the water on new lands. Suppose we let the rights go by the chance is forever gone" He said that in his judgment values would increase 10O per cent whenever the secretary signed the bill.
 President CIR. flakes had just re- turned from Utah. The people there are wide awake on this proposition. all though they admit that Arizona. on | accounSof her right was ahead of them | in the race.
 He said he met MT. Johnson, the Eastern Sugar Companys expert. and was informed that he expected tn start | fer Arizona in a few days. That the company were going to build the fac | tory. At the conclusion of the meet | ing 50 per cent of the land was signed | for under the Mesa canal.