Arizona republican., 1903-05-17

l OuElDdE anu MT. 2lDGrI Kyle,
 foreman for Frank Ketchersides, have
 been subpoensed for the prosecution.
 WATER SEASON ENDS.-The win
 ter water season in the Grand. Mari
 copa and Salt canals ended on the 18th,
 and all gates will be shut down until 1 purchases for the summer season are
 made. The regular run will come in
 the Maricopa tomorrow, and will con
 tinue for four days. The next run in
 the Grand and Salt River valley canals
 will begin on Friday morning next
 The river has been falling slowly since
 the last rain, and the total available
 supply is now but about 14,000 inches. | SUITS FOR DIVORCE-A trio of | dissatisfied spouses came into public
 notice yesterday. Suits for divorce were | brought by Jose Maria Robledo against
 Angela Salazar Robledo; Victoria Leal
 against Guillermo Leal, and Maggie
 Edwards against William Edwards.
 Abandonment was the ground alleged
 in all the suits. The bliss of the last
 named couple was short-lived. The | marriage took place in this city on | February 1. 1S)9. and the husband Cis- l'appeared on July 12 of the same year
 and has not since been heard from. ! NEW ATIONS.-Articles of
 the following corporations were filed in
 the office of the county recorder yes | terday: Wisconsin & Oregon Lumber company. capital stock $1O0,00, incor- porators Charles k. Foster. R. C. War ner and D. L. Killen; Sonora Consoli- dated Mining company. capital stock l $1,0C0,0 000, incorporators Charles F. Haanel, A. R. Verdier and others; The Topeka & Overbrook Leasing company. capital stock S10,OOO incorporators l.. Bryson, Grant Harmon, C. H. Roof and others; The Capital Mining & Develop
 ment company capital stock S5OO0O0, 1 incorporators II. H. McCord, II. $. Nave, J. P. Wells and others.
 FIREMEN'S PICNIC.-The annual
 picnic of the Phoenix Fire department ! will be held on Sunday, June :. at
 Eastlake park. The department has appointed committees which are now ! deliberating and which expect to hold Q conference today. when some an-
 nouncement can be made of arrange
 ments. All that can be said now is
 that the picnic is to be a bigger and a better one than any yet held and all the firemen's picnics have been good ones. There will be amusements of various kinds and the public will be invited to participate in the festivities of the day
 AN EXHIBITION TROT.-At the race track yesterday afternoon, while waiting for the running race to start. the spectators were given fine eXhibi- tion of trotting speed by Senator L., holder of the worlds four-mile trotting record. MT. Smith, owner of the horse,
 who has recently moved to Phoenix from Fresno Cal, has certainly added much to the horse interests of Arizona | by bringing this stallion here, as tho Senator is a grand individual Of royal blood, and the smooth way in which he trotted past the grand stand at a 2:30 gait or better. hitched to a heavy cart and wearing no boots or trappings eN- cept a harness, would stamp him Gs a great trotter, even if it wasn't known that he was the champion four-ni.e trotter of the world
 FUN FOR TEMPE Recently the members ot the Christian church choir. of Phoenix, assisted by the male quar-
 tette Of the First M. E. church and others. gave q "Mush and Milk social. which was pronounced by those present one of the most pleasant functions of the season. Not a woman was permit ted to participatein the programme or to assist in serving the refreshments. The fame of these men entertainers spread abroad. and an invitation waz received from Tempe to go over and repeat the performance, for the bene- fit of the Good Templars lodge. Ar engagements haxe been perfected for giving the concert in the M. t,. church, Tempe on Thursday evening next, and
 the boys are working hard to improve the programme. and give an entertain ment worth going Inile5 to hear. Their full chorus will contain Messrs. Todd. Wilson, Beller, c. s. Evans. Moore and Ice tenors. and Messrs. Donneu, Pratt. Irwin. Dysart. Walbridge, H. P. Evans and Robinson. bassos, with MT J.icht- enstein as accompanist. Messrs w. F. Davis and Joel White will contribute character sketches. and there are no better entertainers in the territory. It has been found necessary to leave the mush kettles at home. as the only man who can make the genuine article re-
 fuses to soil his hands stirring the mush. The musical numbers will in clude full chOruses. Quartettes and so- los.