The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-04
THE CITY NEWS
NPHRHGRHPHS.

At ) o'clock this afternoon train NO.
8 was reported four hours late. No. 10
is on time.
Rev. Henry K. Booth late pastor Of
Michigan City Indiana, has accepted
call to the pastorate of the CUngre-
gational Church in Tucson. Mr.
Booth graduated firm Hamilton college
with high honors and comes highly
recommended from the Chicago The
illogical seminary. The new pastor is
said to be a great scholar, original
and pleasing in manner, and an effect
i've worker among all classes. DR..
Kingsbury was largely instrumental
in securing Mr.. Booth as pastor for
this congregation aud the people of
the Tucson church feel very grateful
to him for so doing. DR.. kingsbury
is the representative of the executive
committee on missionary work and
has supervision over Arizona and
New Mexico.
According to the city engineer the
Congress street deep sewer will cost in
the neighborhood of $3012 A special
Russell and Anderson and Collector
llllil Will dppOIIlOu LIf3 assessments
on the property owners.
The Indian Training school was
opened for the new term yesterday
morning. About eighty-five Pimas
were brought in from the reservation
yesterday morning and placed in the
school. About the same number of
Papagoes will arrive in the next few
days. The local Indian school has
achieved great success under the man
agement of Mr.. F. S. Herndon, the
present superintendent. A long en-
rollment is expected this term.
Ramon Soto has received a letter
from the capital saying that Governor
Brodie would gladly accept the invita-
ton of La Junta Patriotica to visit
Tucson on the occasion of the carnival
on the 18th instant. The Governor
will arrive on the morning of the 18th
and will be received at the depot by
La Junta Patriotica. He will be ta-
ken to the Willard hotel where he will
deliver an address and formally in
augurate the carnival On the eve
ming of the 10th a grand ball will be
held in honor of the two guests, Gov
ernor Brodie and Governor Ysabel Of
Sonora Preparations for the three
idly and the carnival will surely be
a big success.
The grading of Sixth avenue will
be started in a few days. William
Phelps has been awarded the contract
by the city council His bid on the
work amounted to $4,000. The i'm
provement will be welcomed by the
residents in that section.
A marriage license was issued to
James Pogue and Josepha Mendoza by
the probate judge yesterday.
News of a killing at Gila Bend
reached here this morning. Joe An
derson shot and killed Will Cameron at
that place few nights ago. Both men
have served terms in the penitentiary
and have bad records. 1t appears that
Anderson was paying attention to
Cameron's sister and refused to desist.
The two met on the street and Ander-
son got the drop on Cameron first. The
murderer is now in Jail. John Cam
eron, a brother of the deceased, passed
through Tucson from Cananea last
evening. He is en- route to Gila Bend,
and trouble is expected when he arrives
on the scene.
Francis M. Stevens and Miss Laura
K. Hively of Benson were married at
the parsonage by the Rev. A. NJ. Glib
bons of the Methodist church this af-
ternOon.
Ln soI 1E
tines parish opened for the new term
this morning. The attendance was
particularly good for the opening day.
A large enrolment is expected this
year.
The latest action of the city council
with regard to the high license ques-
tion has occasiOned much comment on
the streets. There are many who
question the right of the city law
makers to call special election for
the purpose of allowing the people to
take action on problems which they do
not care to decide. There is said to
be no clause in the statutes delegating
such power to the council.
The Elks generously threw open
Cnolf D0dutlluI CluU HOuS0 ldSJ evening
for the entertainment of the delegates
to the Democratic convention. Many
of the delegates were Elks, and they
expressed themselves as surprised at
the elegance of the cluD, and congrat-
ulated the local lodge on its enterprise
Dr. David Griffith, who was at one
time instructor in botany at the Uni
Versity. is in the city. collecting speci-
mems of flora for the government.
Ever since the governmet has taken an
interest in irrigation schemes for the
arid plains of the west, it has been
making study of desert fora. The
hopes in this way to arrive
at important and profitable results in
the way of selecting grasses and ce-
reals adapted to those regions.
The press of the Territory was GER
tainly we'll represented in the Demo
cratic convention yesterday. The fol-
lowing gives one an idea of the infiu-
ence exerted by the newspaper men in
the ranks: Sam F. Webb. of the Mar
icQpd delegation, runs the Phoenix