Arizona republican., 1902-08-10

He will be tried by Justice Burnett
 tomorrow.
 GETS COUNTY SUPPORT.-Domin- go Ybarri q Mexican of most reprehen-
 sible habits, was tried yesterday by
 Justiee Gray or a charge of disturbing the peace. Eharri attempted to com pei Mexican girl tc support him f. idleness from the earnings of her shame. The justice caustically told the prisoner that the county would con- tribute to his support for the next ten days.
 NEW CLERK.-Private Secretary
 Smalley of the governors office has been deluged with work since he has been in office. so that he is far behind. In order to relieve the congested con dition of affairs it has been found ne cessary to hire another clerk for the
 present. and it is possible that Miss
 Eleanor Harrison of Tucson will be ap- pointed to the position. Miss Harrison
 will reach Phoenix Tuesday morning. i FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
 CHURCH.-Those who have been at tending religious services at the First VI. F. church during the hot weather l have expressed themselves as greatly benefited by the short. practical ser | mons of the pastor. The theme for this morning at II o'clock will be How tC Become Like Christ In the evening at the close of the Epworth League meeting there will be short address
 on Some Qualities of True Manhood" ." AT THE SPRINGS.-Mdnage Cai- houn has returned from the east. where he recently met the directors of the company which operates the Castle Creek hot springs, and will start at once the work on the Improvements which have been decided upon. Brick layers stone masons and carpenters are already gathering at the springs, and d large force of Workrnen will be employed steadily until the hotel opens for the coming winter season. Among
 the other improvements will be an ex-
 tensive addition to the hotel. which is
 now c0mmodicus and modern. The pat
 ronage last winter taxed the. resources of the mana cement throughout much of the season, and as the popularity of the resort is steadily growing with the people of the east. the directors de- cided that it would be necessary to e-I- pend large sum of money and greatly increase the accOmmoda tions in order to keep pace with the demands from the public.
 THE TNSIGHTLY PEST HOUSE, A taxpayer and business man Cf tha city reminded The Republican yester- day that the old pest house is still standing where it has been for several years. an eyesore to the community and Q depreciator of the value of req! estate in the neighborhood. Ea suE- cests that now would be d good time for the supervisors to do something about it. There is no one in it now. and il could be torn down or sold without any inconvenience. It is q disgrace to the city. and the site where it stands is no place for q pest housa. anyhow. There is not another in the country ia the residence part of a town This property could be sold for good fig- ure and another pest house put u1 on an obscure corner of the county farm. where it would not be an object of interest to the sight seer in the city.
 GONE NORTH.-Charles H. Utting. deputy United States marshal. left this morning for Holbrook On business con nected with the marshals office.
 THE CATFISH AND THE CAN TEEN.-George H. Maxwell, in illus trating a point in his address yester- day afternoon told the following story: some years ago an eastern man came
 to this country and located near the Hassayampa river. He wrote letter
 to an eastern friend. giving q glowing
 account of the country and its great
 possibilities. He incidentally men
 toned that the HasSayampa river was
 quite q stream at times. The eastern
 friend thought he saw an opportunity
 oi making an investment that would yield immense profits. and mediately
 answered the letter of the lonely dwell
 CT on the Hassayampa, asking him
 what he thought of the project of stocking the HasSayampa river with
 catfish. He naturally thought from
 the letter of the Arizona nldn that the
 river in question was little short of being as large as the Mississippi. He fun ther requested the Arizona friend to communicate with him at once in re- gard to the proposition. In due time he received the answer. Yes" replied the Arizona man, you can make for
 tune by stocking the river with catfish: why the catfish here grow to great di- menslons. The other day l was asleep under tree near water hole in the river, when l was rudely awakened by i hearing great noise from up stream l Jumped up and rubbed my eyes. for
 l thought l was dreaming. What did
 l see but catfish nearly as large as | a whale. He came floundering down l the bed of the stream with d canteen
 strapped around his neck, looking for 1 water"