Arizona republican., 1902-02-15


 nished gladly. MT. Wood is a strong | friend of Arizona. and is doing all he can to build mp this region in conaec- 1 tion with southern California, realizing | that the interests are mutual.
 BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.- The regular monthly business and social meeting of the Epworth League or the M. F.. Church. South. was held last | night at the home of Dr. and Mrs | Dameron. 52j North Fifth avenue. | After the business of the evening Was over g Valentine game was played and refreshments served. Many were pres ,nt and all enjoyed a very pleasant | time. All the young people are es- pccially invited to attend the regular Sunday evening services at G:30 D. u- l in the N. r.. church. south corner Jf l center and Monroe streets.
 A MASONIC TEMPIE.-'rhe mem hcrs of thc Masonic order have for some time been considering the mat | ter of building a Masonic temple. The site in prospect is the southwest corner of First and Adams street. The plans involve a three-story building with d frontage of 100 feet on First street and 1SO on Adams. This proposed site is part of the property iou"ht by a syn dicate several years ago. when the Chinese who had been occupying it aI- most from the settlement of Phoenix. were removed to their present quar- ters. More than half of he property bought by the syndicate has been lying idle eyer since.
 DISSOLUTION OF COPAETNEE- SHIP.-The co-partrarship heretofore existing between Morris Goldwater. Henry Goldvgter and Barry NJ Gold water. doing business under the firm | Fa.a NT .f# been dissolved. 1Ir. Henry Coliwater retiring. The firm has been cursa..I iu mercantile business in Arizona for over forty years. and is one ot ths best known houses in the southwest. A, present they heNe large stores il botI Phoenix and Prescott. The bu-ines.; will. be continued by Mes7rs. Morris and Barry hI. GollWJter under the same firm name. Alr. Henry Gold water. it is unders1ooG, retiIes for the purpose of engaging in business aio.e at sci-o point in the northwest. WATSON DISCHAEGED- Watson, the coloTcd man accused o- making a UUrGe~ouS orsautt or Juan Arros a couple cc weeks ago. v-.- given a preliminary hearing iv Ju-ti.. BurnettS court yesterday and was di=- charged. Sorue body certainly aesauIteI ArrJ= @t that time and place. for ne is just no~ able to be out after the experiences oc that night II was thought for a l3EE time that hc would die. Watson admitted the assault when he was arrested. and said hc was try ing to xiii Arros. The defense intended % rely on self-defeuse and show that earlier in the night Arros had dra -'n 8 gun on Watson. No sort Of de fense was necessary. though. for the territory failed to prcve by any of it's ou-n witnesses that there has been a1 unusual Commotion Of any kind that night. When the witnesses for the prosecution had all ben heard .n- matter Was dismissed.
 SANITARY PEgTIOE-Dr. d. C. No~,ou. territorial veterinarian. re- turned home yesterday mor-in. from an eight days trip -a the southern part of Arizona and northern SolOrI. the itinerary taking in La Cdnan-.i camp. The grip was the completion CT an inspection tour begun -cme weeks ago by Dr. Norton and Dr. <. D. Mel win. of the bureau Of animal iudusts.- in Washington. bat which l-as iaJe.- fered with by the illness of Ir. Mel win at Benson. DI. Melvin is now very much improved, but he sent Dr. Norton home y.itn Eis head and lungs in d sling. He refuses to be sick. but
 
 can carry around With SiT while al tending to business. Nothing of spec iai importance has traE=pirsi as a re- suit of the tour. Dr. -1elvin simply desiring to better acquAiEI himself with sanitary conditions i1 tEc south crn part of the territory and along the border line. which is also the United States quarantine line at this time.
 UNITED MODERNS-The United N1derns is one of the most prosperous fraternaI organizations in the territory now having about l .25O members. Grand Organizer T.. M. Elliott instituted a lodge at Octave day O. two ago with a charter list of twenty-five. Orga nizar| N. F. Harlan added twelve more to the ,. asa lodge Thursday night. and letters from Bisbee announce that Organizers JoEes and ZanGer will swell the mem bership there to 2JJ at the next meet ing, making it the baEeur lodge of the order in the territory. Nessrs. Harlan and Elicit will leave for Tucson to- night where they expect to organize o lodge. They base their hopes Cn th. fact that a new hall has recently been erected in Tucson. Os two previous occasions a charter list has been se- cured and all was in readiness for or ganizatiou. when they discovered there was not q hall in town with a night uu- occupied by some order. They talked of organizing in a tent, but tn fire mar