Arizona republican., 1902-02-17

and told him the ham wouldn't slice. as it was made of sawdust.
 HE CAME TOO LATE.-It happens in Phoenix, as in most ether health re- sorts, that distant relatives are hur- riedly sent for sometimes to administer l comfort to invaiids in the dying hour | Mir. J. J. Brady. a business man of | Winfield. Kan, arrived in the city yes
 terday morning in response to such d
 message. He had a sick brother here; | but Mir. Brady arrived too late. He l found his brother on the high road to
 recovery. He is going to get well. Mir | Brady does not regret his needless | journey. It gave him the opportunity
 of seeing a midsummer day in mid winter.
 | A SUNDAY PICNIC-A picnic party of twenty-five or thirty people, enough | to fill the two largest wagons in town, drove down to the Indian villages on the Gila river yesterday and took a look at the real American on his na- tive heath and in his native squalor. Much improvement has taken place among these Indians, however. during late years. and they are beginning to show the result of the labors of the missionaries who live among them. Both the Presbyterian and Catholic
 
 Sundays. and the Indians have adopted civilized customs almost entirely tn matters of dress. Their farms are quite extensive and there is a good acreage of wheat in evidence.
 4 COMPLICATED CRIME-Sheriff Stout returned yesterday morning from Gila Bend. where he went to make q further investigation of the circum- stances of the cattle stealing case for which an Indian by the name of Luesto of the Sacaton reservation, was ar rested last week. It was not then known from whom the cattle had been stolen It was known that Luesto had no cattle and no means of honestly getting any The sheriff found the owner of the cattle and also unearthed a criminal combination involving three or four In dians, who, along with cattle stealing have been engaged in importing mescaI into this country without the knOwI- edge and consent of the treasury de partment of the United States.
 RECEPTION TO GENERAL MAC ARTHUR.-The board of trade will hold a special meeting this morning 8 o'clock to complete arrangements for the entertainment of General Mac Arthur. Major Varn:-n and Captain Brown. who will arrive this evening from Prescott. Committees will b. appointed to drive the gentlemen to places of interest in the valley during the day and to prepare for the recen- tion 10 be held tonight at the. Hotel Adams in honor Of the visitors. The reception will take place at S o'oIuc,-. and it is expected that every citizen who can do so. will attend At least | they arc invited to du so and there | are none who would refuse to honor | grrr. :. l,-rN teem by the public generally
 ANOTHER RAILROAD-Wini ! already has three railroads and a fourth is on the tapis, says the News Last week Attorney II. r. Ashurst filed l. with County Recorder Hibben articles ! of incorporation of the Williams & | Cataract Canyon Railroad company | The articles provide for the building ! of a railroad from Williams to Cataract 1 canyon. which great scenic point cam | not be reached at present except by | wagon. Cataract canyon. while an ad- ! iunct Of the Grand canyon. rivals and ! is thought by some to surpass. the 1 beauties of the parent canyon. In addi- ! tion to the heavy tourist traffic that , would result, the benefits that would i follow to mining enterprises in that l locality should be taken into considera- | ton. A. l.. Hall, A F. Ccit. II. l.. | Byrne. N F. Sauer and Charles BIes | are the incorporators, and the amount l of subscribed stock is $90, GOO
 CONVENTION OF -BEENS - A convention of the Has Beens Fire men Of the Phoenix department Was held yesterday afternoon. This is 2 large and growing orEaniza tion. # did not have an extensive charter | but the city council has been driving members into'its ranks until now it is one of the bost thriv- ing orders in the city. There is no | other. except the Eagles that is grow ing so fast. The Has Becns expect to soon forge ahead of the Young 'Pen- ples Democratic society in numbers. The session yesterday afternoon was by a fire alarm from box 36. It was none of the HasBeens bus iness, but by force of ha bit the meeting vas adjourned, and the members made a rush for the engine house. It was well that they did SO. for the success sors of the Has-Eeens were having ! trouble with the horses which had not yet accustomed themselves to the new regime It was also fortunate that the fire was not much of q conflagrati1n, and would have burned itself out with put great damage If it had been let alone.