Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-12-25
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HERE FOR CHRISTMAS Leo
! Rosenburg is home from Tucson to
spend the holiday season with rela-
tives and friends.
! A TUCSON VISITOR.-Mrs. Philip
Hughes. of Tucson formerly Miss Mat
tie Wright of this city, is here to spend
the holidays with her many friends
and relatives.
SEVEN DAYS.-Jesus Arvsa win
spend Christmas in Jail. He will also
spend a few of the following days
there. He got drunk too soon was ar
rested with knife in his pocket, open
ed and ready for use. Seven days was
considered about right.
CARRIED A GUN.-It looked like
the wild west sure enough to strangers
in the city who yesterday saw a lady
riding out of town with a big belt
and revolver strapped around her. She
was evidently a tourist and did not
propose to take any chances on the
| jackrabbits in this county. SorfIe of
them are mighty ferocious.
| WATCH YOUR WAGONS.-It is
unsafe to leave anything portable in
a buggy or wagon for even the shortest
time these days. During the last week
! there have been numerous instances
of sneak thieVery, some of them re-
markedly bold. Ladies' cloaks. wraDs.
/ buggy robes and a variety of articles
have been taken, sometimes when the
owners were not out OF sight ten min
utes
FOR A HOLIDAY REsT.-E. NJ.
Latham and wife arrived yesterday
morning from an extensive tour of the
southern part of the territory and will
remain in Phoenix for several days.
Mr.. Latham is the representative of
". A. Newmark & Co, wholesale gro
/ GERS and coffee dealers of Los Angeles,
and Phoenix is the headquarters for
| their Arizona business, consequently Il
is Mr.. Lathams present home.
SKELETON ON EXHIBlTION.-
Harmon b. Smith, better known as
! the Misourian who breaks records
raising corn in this valley, yesterday
| brought to the Board of Trade an eX
/ hibit that is out of the ordinary. es-
pecially for him. 1t is the skeleton Of
! a ella monster of rather unusual size
and perfect except that the lower jaw
] and the tip of the tail are missing.
/ He found it near Comeback noun
/ tain.
| A WOMAN SERIOUSLY HURT
| one of the passengers on the outgo-
| ing NJ. G p. train last night was Il
Mrs Morgan, who lives at Sacaton.
| When the train stopped for her to get
off it stopped on bridge. 1t was very
dark and Mrs. Morgan. unaware of the
/ precise location of the train, stepped
off and fell about fifteen feet. She
was so badly hurt. though the precise
nature of her injuries could not be de-
1 fprr10inaH that IL
bring her back to the city.
| HOLIDAY RACES.-The big post
! ers are out for the second annual hol-
/ iday race meeting at the Phoenix Driv-
| ing park 1t will be held the last day
| of December and the first day of the
new year and there viii be a fine pro-
gramme of sport. The trotting races
will be held under the American asso-
citation rules ard the running purses
will be divided as follows: First s..
| second 50 per cent. Entries for the
! harness races will close December Is
and for the running races the night
before the race.
CHRISTMAS p. o. HOURS.-Post-
| office hours today will be from 10
| o'clock until noon. There will be 10
! city carrier delivery but the rural car
riers will go out as usual. The regis
! try business of the Phoenix postoffice.
! in fact all the business of the office for
/ the last few days has been the heaviest
I ever known. Yesterday morning there
were received sixty five bags OF
! Christmas packages and on the day be-
! fore sixty six bags. The greater par.
OF the mail is now coming i'm from the
south, being carried from the east over
/ the Rock Island as il was last winte..
! ALMOST MISSED THE TRAIN
! A young boy whose name is not given
/ because the proceedings in his case
We're secret as provided for by the law,
was taken to the reform school last
night by Sheriff Lewis, of Cochise
county, who happened to be going that
way. The boy was committed partly
on his own suggestion The hearing
took place early in the week, and he
was allowed his liberty until the Of
ficers were ready to take him to Ben
| son. Yesterday he was at the sheriffs
office to see whether he was to be TAX
en- last night. He went to supper with
: one of the deputies and after that said
/ he would walk about town until it was
time to start Shortly before the time
of the leaving of the train he could not
be found. After a little while he was
found in a bowling alley, surprised
/ that time had passed so quickly. re
was as fearful of missing the train as
the officer was and they got to the de-
pot just as the farewell bell was ring
! ing.
DISEASES OF THE HORSE-Del-
egate Wilson has sent to Secretary Van
der Veer, of the Board of Trade, d
number of copies of the revised edi-
! ton of Diseases of the Horse issued
| by the department of agriculture. The
book is a most valuable one for those
! interested in such things and viii be
distributed among Delegate Wilson :
constituents in these parts. Much has
/ been printed and written regarding
/ this publication and it is surely wor-
! thy of all the nice things said about it.
| On account of the size of the books
/ they contain 500 pages, including a
number of drawings and colored illus
/ ratiOns--it will be impossible to dis
! tribute them except upon personal APP
plication at the board room and then
| to those who are especially interested
| in the subject treated. 1t may be eX-
| pected that there will be a rush for the
books and as there are not enough for
.1,r,1 yr-ill 90.