Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-27

Kansas and would arrive not before to-
morrow morning. His coming is await
ed with great interest for he viii make
known on his arrival the precise terms
on which the valley can secure water
storage.
WILL START TODAY.-For several
days past some of the local papers have
issued daily bulletins announcing the
starting Of the drill of the Camelback
Oil company. Owing to unforeseen
events and unavoidable incidents, the
drill has not yet started, though there
is little doubt that work will begin to-
day. 1t was expected the drill would
start yesterday morning, but when the
crew get steam up a piece of packing
blew out of the engine, causing another
delay. That was remeGied, and yester
| day afternoon the boiler was again
heated up and the engine tested. 1t
is expected, therefore, that the drill
will begin its work early this morning.
BRADLEY WAS BRAvE.-Janes
Bradley was found yesterday afternoon
| on the corner of First avenue and
Jefferson street very much under the
influence OF liquor. Constable Kyle re
quested him TO accompany him 10 the
he were under arrest. The officer re-
piled that he was. Then Mr.. Bradley
offered to bet him that he was not,
and that he could whip every police
man and county officer in the city if
he could only get at them. About this
time the officer lost his hold on the
man, who fell down Of his own weight,
and the subject OF a mill was dropped.
| He was jailed, and Will be tried Mon
day, instead OF Sunday, as ali evening
| paper announced.
RETURNING TO NORMAL-Not-
withstanding the bluff the clouds have
! been making and the furry in the river
a few days ago, the stage of the water
is rapidly returning to its normal con-
dition of nothing. There was hardly
more at the Arizona head the middle
of the afternoon yesterday than there
had been before the rains. Compare
lively little OF the water that fell ever
reached the river. 1t disappeared when
it struck the sands of the desert. as
water does when it is poured on red
| hot stove. w. D. FraZee, who has
charge of the dam, came to town yes
tcrday morning. He said that the
water supply during the so-caIled
freshet was the most erratic he had
ever seen. The division of it by him
and Commissioner Trott was a math-
ematical problem which kept them up
night and day. The water kept rising
without warning, and then with equally
as little notice it would disappear.
NEW LAUNDRY FOR PRESCOTT.
The Arizona Laundry company is
now figuring on putting in an up-to-
date plant. similar to the plant they
own in Phoenix, in Prescott. The
amount OF laundry sent down from
Prescott to the Arizona laundry is suf-
ficient indUcement for the stockholders
to embark in this new enterprise in
| the northern city. Mr. W. X. Maull
the vice president CT the Arizona laun-
| dry company recently made trip TO
| Prescott and looked over the situation
| there. He was so well pleased with the
outlook that he made partial arrange
ments for the erection of a building,
/ and as soon as Mr.. ]. J. Kolberg re-
! turns from his vacation the necessary
machinery will be contracted for. 1t
is hoped to have the plant in full oper-
alton by October l. The Arizona laun-
dry has Won the good will and patron
age of the people of Phoenix, and they
hope for the continued patronage and
! good will Of the people of Prescott