Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-01-28

general manager of the Murphy L.unl-
Der company at Green Bay. Wis. who
is also interested in the same proper
ties. had gone over to Mesa the day
before.
| DEATH OF ID. l. ROSS.-News has
just been received here of the dea tn
OF Mr.. d. L. Ross on January 9Th. at
the home of his father and mother in
Almond, y. y. Mr.. Ross came to Phoe-
NIX three or four years ago, at that
time suffering from lung trouble. He
was employed in T. F. Hudsons phar-
macy for about two years. and then
went to Bisbee, and from there TO
camp Verde, finally returning TO his
home in New York. Mr.. Ross was
unmarried and was a most estimable
young man of exemplary habits. He
has many friends here who will mourn
his untimely death.
THE HARQUA HALA.-Harrv Null
len arrived in town last evening from
the Harqua Hala country. and reports
things fiourishing. Mines are looking
We'll; there are almost twenty men
working at Bouse camp. and a new
company will start work on The Ffaroua
Hala mine on the first Of the month
At Runners camp the contractors on
the 2OO-foot level have struck a body
of fine ore and the mine is very prom
isinS. on the Mineral Belt mine. owned
by Q. L. Geer has shown up very
rich ore in the 20G-foot level. Other
miners are doing their assessment and
development work Mr.. Munan is an
old-timer and hail fellow well met
PHOENIX GOOD ENOUGH-AIr. and
Mrs. John \. Reitz and daughter of
Evansville. Ind. arrived here yester-
day and are stopping at the Ford
hotel. Mr. Rei.z is large lumber
dealer of Evansville. but of late years
has not enjoyed the best of health in
the winter time. He spent last winter
in Phoenix. and was very much i'm
proved. Early in the spring h went
10 Colorado, but the climate there did
not agree with him. He returned TO
Phoenix fully determined to spend all
his winters here in the future. even
though he lives Tor a thousand years.
And he thinks he can come nearer
doing that here than anywhere e!se.
\ NOVEL SIGHT.-Visitors to the
exhibition pens OF the Ostrich farm at
the west end of the street car lire. be
tween the hours of II a. n. and p.
m. on Wednesday, viii be treated to q
novel sight. that OF piucking the large
fowls. While most people have seen
ostriches, and nearly all residents here
3
or at the farm. but ve-y few have wit I
messed the plTcking process. The great |
size and strength of the birds and !
their lack of intelligence and apprec- !
iation of the fact that no one wants /
to harm them, makes the operation /
a dangerous one for an amateur. !
tn suSh it has been reduced 10 a science /
by the attendants at the farm. The |
ostrich, however, cannot be blamed for |
aGiG inc off -nh him ,Af hi
and valuable attire.
TOOK : HEADER-George Crowley. /
a small boy who is we'll known on the I
streets as n newspaper seller. got in
terested Saturday in flock OF pigeons
that we're holding a convention on the
roof of the irvine block. So he climbed
upon the roof and while trying to
catch the eye of the old BOSS pigeon
ne fell through a skyiight and landed
on his head in the nall. below a dis
lance of probably fifteen feet. Dr..
dolbrook. who has an Office in the same
felt the house jar when the
boz struck the door ana rushing out to
see If it was an earthquake. he found
little George temporarily dead. he
.arried him into his Office ard in few
minutes restored him to consciousness.
George finally left the place laughing
as though ne had played a great joke
IN the doctor by refusing to die.
CANAL DIRECTORS MEETING
A meeting OF the directors of all the
annals in the valley, called by the water
storage commission. viii be held in this
.ity today the object of it is to agree
lpon the terms OF the contracts " hich /
he commission has been trying to
make with the canal companies. to be
Effective in the event Of the ccnstruc-
ion of a storage reservoir. This is
ne most difficult matter with which
he commission has had to deal. on
recount Of the varied conditions OF
he different canals as to age. The
,riority question has every where pre- ,
ented itself, but the commission is {
lopeful of a satisfactory adjustment ,
f all differences. The commission has il
'racticaiiy completed the enabling act. :
tut it will not be made public until /
fter it has been submitted to a lawyer ,
or corrections Of phraseolCgy, and /
uch other changes as may oe found {
necessary in the interest of sound law.
after that, il will be published in the ,
of the valley. :
POLICE COURT.-Yester V-2s {
vag'' day in the police court. there I
eing three defendants to the charge. {
'wo of them were found guilty and &
entenced to twenty days each in Jail /
he third man made a good talk and I