Arizona republican., 1902-04-10

ing the matter in charge find suita- ble location. Much interest is being manifested in the new club by the bus mess men of the town. and success seems assured. In Yuma a driving park association has been organized. with R. J. Duncan as president. and Ben C. HeYi as secretary. Committees were appointed to secure grounds for a race track and additional member ship.
 FIRE AT SAN SIAiON-lt was re- ported here last night that the depot at San simon had been destroyed by fire and that all the telegraph wires were cut or burned in two. san simon is lonely station near the line be- tween Arizona and New Mexico. and in case of fire CT any other catastrophe little can be done but to stand around and wait for help. as the station house is practically the whole town. All telegraph news arriving from the east last night was received from the north
 STUDY OF THE WATER CUES TION.-Judge Edward Kent. acc0mpa- nied by MT. F. J. Dunlavey. clerk of the district court. and Water Commissioner F. p. Tcott. left yesterday for the head of the Arizona canal to make d study Of the water situation and the plan of distribution. They will return tonight The north side farms are insisting on a return to the Kibbey decision in the matter of the distribution of water The aSgitation began to be made pub lie about two weeks ago, when ar engagements were made for meetings t. be hell at various places on the north side of the river, where petitions to the court for the reinforcement of the I<jb- bey decision were signed. These pc titons. it is understood, will be present. d in court next Saturday.
 4 DISORDERLY OUSE-Deputy Sheriff Eedwine late on Tuesday night arrested the proprietor of the Turk sa- loon. at the corner of Fifth and Madi- son streets charging him with keeping disOrderly house. It has been known fer q long time that the house was a disgrace even to that community which has not been over p&Tti> uiar regarding the Crderliness e it's residents, but at tenti0n Was more particularly directed to the place on Tuesday by a bloody fight between Jpaqain Muriztta and Tomaso Ortega. in which the latter was badly stabbed there T. was found out that women from the reservation had been for some time haunting the place. The proprietors of the saloon were ar raigned before Justice Burnett and their trial was set for April 15.
 BASEBALL-A baseball game las been arranged for next Sunday be- tween the Bremen and the Mansfields. the game to be played at Phoenix park. These two teams have furnished about all the baseball sport of the city during the past winter and are still jealous of each others cunning with the leather They are practicing UP and promise . good game on Sunday. The firemen have one or two points the best of il on the total number of games played during the season. but the Mansfeids are certain that they are getting q lit tie older and stronger every day and are looking forward to the time when the tables will turn. Prescott threat ems to come down here and wipe Phoe- nix off the baseball slate. so it is d good idea for the local players to get themselves in form.
 BROUGHT A FAIR PRICE-It is not often that the ful! market value is bid fer property at delinquent tax sales when the boundaries of the property arg accurately described. though ire uuenuy one agrees to take an infini- tesmal part of 8 town Iot and pay the taxes on the whole upon which his tax title becomes a cloud. The othe" day q tract of land lying south If Tem- pc. in the name of the London compa- ny. was offered for salc The taxes amounted to s1oS. One bidder offered to take the property and pay lne tax es. The bidding at once grew animat- ed. Another offered to pay the taxes for half the property. His opponent promised to pay the taxes for one fourth of the property. At last one Of them brought his bid down to five acres in the southeast ccrner.' Tha bidding ended right there and the five acres were knocked down t0 him a i little more than twenty dollars an acre. II is said that the taxes for the two previous years on the whcIe tract went delinquent.