Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-12-23

but has closed down for the holidays
After the first of the year he will begin
operations more extensively than ever
A RANCH SALE.-E. o. Reynolds
yesterday sold through the agency of
| Allen e. Wilson. to VIM s. Parker
his little ranch, northwest of the city
west OF the Black Canyon road ana
near the Grand canal. The ranch has
a nice little house upon it and the
new owner expects to make his home
there. He came here recently from
the east. MIR. Parker and family will
for the present move to the city.
THE LAUDER CONCERTS.-The
music lovers of the city enjoyed
another treat yesterday in the lecture
recital given in the afternoon and
evening by Professor Lauder in the
Fifth Avenue Christian church. They
were well attended and afforded not
only a great deal of pleasure to the
audiences but information as well. as
Prof. Lauder is an authority on mat
ters pertaining to music and thorough
| ly familiar with the classical COM
| posers.
NEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
the following corporations were filed
| in the office of the county recorder
| y CSlCi va AtAiNO anu OilCIll i wv IL
site company, capital stock $4,000 0OO
incorporators w. A. Williams, H. L.
Harmon and f. F. Grimes: Mexican
Securities company, capital stock
81, 100000, incorporatorS same as the
above; Kansas Southern Oil company
capital stock, $2.000000. incorporators
J. G. Turner. w. j. Squire and w. NJ.
| Qujgley; Cuba Tropical Food company
capital stock, $1,000 900, incorporators
| II. NJ Taylor, L. z. Webster, q. r.
Bryson and others.
RECLAMATION OFFlClALS.-Ar-
thur p. Davis did not return yester-
day as expected but he will probably
| reach here this morning from New
Mexico, where he has been for several
days. +. Duryea, the cement expert
| of the survey, arrived from Globe yes
terday and will probably be here till
| after the holidays. r. w. Hawley OF
! the Cadastral survey was in the city
yesterday from. mis- camp at Kyrene.
Marion Rays, who has been in the en-
ploy of the survey at the Tonic stor-,
! age basin for several months also came
home yesterday to spend the holidays
with his parents and friends.
DEATH OF GENERAL BULLARD.
| Word has been received from the
! City of Mexico of the death of General
Lowell ]. Billiard, father of Attorney
George Purdy Billiard of this city.
General Billiard was fifty-seven years
of age and had lived in the City of
Mexico for the last twenty years He
went there as the representative in
the Mexican republic of the Travellers
Insurance company. He was a thirty
third degree Mason and was at one
fft,na roreCiHant Of American g11rl,
in the City of Mexico. He was a native
of Pennington, Mass. He leaves also
a married daughter in New York.
POLICE COURT.-Ed Bird was yes
terday sentenced to one hundred days
in the city Jail for disturbing the
peace of his own family. Bird seems
TO be a man of some notoriety here
in former days and greatly given to
liquor. He deserted his family for a
long time and recently returned and
tried to become a member of the
household, but found himself persona
non grata. Then he proceeded 20
make things unpleasant and was ar
rested. Sandy Bell was arrested for
drunkenness but put up a cash bond
of $40 which was forfeited as was the
s. bond of Richard Roe for the same
offense. Jane Roe was fined 50 and
paid it, for lettering around a saloon.
TONIC TELEPHONE LINE
James r. Thorpe who has the contract
for building the telephone line to the
Tonic dam, returned last night from
a trip to the scene of operations above
Goldfeld. He says he has great deal
of material on the ground now and
more is coming continually. a force
of about twenty men is engaged in
distributing il along the line and in q
few days the force will be increased
and the work of actual construction
viii begin. Mr.. Thorpe had rather 4
chilly experience a day or two ago.
He and two other men were crossing
salt river in a boat, just below the
mouth of the Verde. at a point where
the water is too shallow to swim in
and too Gistressingly deep to wade.
being about four feet and a half. In
the middle of the stream the craft was
upset 1t would have ben a trifling
incident in July but it was an I'M
pleasant one for December.
TRAILING IN THE DARK-Last
night word was brought to the sheriff s
office that horse had been stolen in
the eastern part of the city. 1t was
already long after dark and last night
was a particularly dark night. Deputy
Sheriff Oscar Roberts started out with
lantern and went to the place whe. e
the horse had been hitched. He pick5 d
W the trail, put out his lantern on ac-
count of the high price of oil and be
cause ne did not need it. He followed