Arizona republican., 1903-02-13

in the states they would need two 0" three stenoeraphers apiece. One of the letters received by one of them this week reads as follows: As some of my Methodist friends have written to some of the Methodist minist CTS of your town l. as member of the - church. will write to you. l want you to write me just what your conscience dictates IS right. Do you have storms of sand and what duration? Is the soil productive? What is the price of building material? Living expenses. and how about board Are there much alkali in soil? How is the water, hard or soft, and how deep are wells? How about mechanics and day ldborers, per day wages? Are there any objections to climate? Can l buy level lands suitable for irrigatio price: How is the schools and churches, well attended? Anything else? Please write.
 FREE RACES TODAY.-There will be another race meeting at the track of the Phoenix driving park this aftei noon to which the public generally. o!l and young. male and female. saint and sinner. if they are nOt too sinful are in Vited. They are not Caly invited ;O come themselves but to bring along their best horses and step them around the track just to see what sort of mo- ton they have. There will be no ad- mission fee and no entry fees, as the occasion is strictly one for the amuse- ment entertainment and edifcation of horse fanciers. There will be some good exhibition work by the local favorites. and any one who has horse he wants to work out will be given the privilege to do so: even more, for he is urged t0 do it. There are lots of horse lovers in
 the city now and the meeting is ar ranged for the sole purpose Of building
 Up horse" sentiment and awakening an enthusiasm that will bear good
 fruits when the regular races are an-
 nounced.
 OPERATION WAS NE, ESSARY.-
 An operation was performed at the sis
 ters' hospital yesterday, for the rem0V-
 al Of the bullet accidentally fired into
 the head of J. T. Randall bs- himself
 several days ago. The bullet pcnetrat-
 ed behind the ear and the locatian of
 the wound being a delicate one the
 physicians did not operate at once fearing the surgery might dn yaor. hurt i-1 tfent never showed any symptoms cf paralysis. fever. or other alarming conditions. still his recovery was so slow as to cause uneasiness and an opera tion Was decided upon. The bull let was found behind the ear To great distance rem the wound driven into the inner table Of the skull It had broken loose piece Of the sl.1u abCu:
 the size of q half dollar. and pushed It in forming a blood clot The patient stood the operation nicely. the bullet and the loose piece of the skull were removed and there is now little fear for Mr Randalrs recovery.
 THEY THOUGHT IT WAS HEAV- EN-Judge D. II. Hole of New York. a member of the firm Of w N Colel, & | Co. who was here early this weei: to represent that firm before the loan commission in the matter of the Pima bonds, said that on his way west he
 met party of ladies some of whom he had once known on Staten Island.
 It was their first journey west. and they were not favorably impressed with
 the country as they were passing
 through Texas. Their impression of New Mexico was still less favorable. ] of Tucson their sentiment of the coun- try had degenerated to a fit of disgust. Wait till you see Phoenix" said tba judge, but they replied that no good | thing could come ont Of Nazareth. When they had passed the edge cf th..
 desert near Kyrene they said it was tha first reminder Of civilization they hal had ia two days. At Tempe they had
 
 thought the country was an earthly paradise. The green fields kent grow
 ing on them. and by the time they had reached their hotel one of them oh | SC, Ned that PhoeQiX was heaven
 DESERVED REBUKE-Nr. CuIt tiss
 Of the Curtiss Comedy company made
 few remarks from the stage at the
 Boris theater Wednesday, night that were entirely appropriate and should
 have been made a long time ago. There are many in the Phoenix audiences.
 more especially the gallery gods. who
 have acquired the habit cf getting up
 and with noisy shuffline O: the feet leaving the theater toward the cIoze of the last act. or Just as scor as they | | of the play. Tbis is preba bly, not done maliciously but it is ve:y bad manners just the same. Neither is it intended
 as slight toward the company. If it were. the company is far too courteous
 to say anything in remonstranoe
 Ih9se who attend the theater. net for
 tie mere purpose of studying out the
 plot. but to enjoy the acting. desire to
 see the climax where frequently some
 of the best work is done. With large
 part of the audience chasing down the
 stairs. nothing can be heard by those
 whose eyes are 3l the stage and Mir l Furtiss in his remarks calling attention | to this fact spoke for the better class
 Of his patrons, rather than fer himself. | though it cannot add inspiration to an | actor to have the ears of the people
 stopped against him just d $ he reaches 1 m inc off .,f !