Arizona republican., 1903-07-14

{ A MINING EKPIcRT.-JOSeph Hyd- 1 Pratt of New York spent Sunday il | Proenix, having just returned herr | from a trip to Pinal county. where h' went to examine q group of mining | claims. Mir. Hyde is q mining expert | and his principals are considering heavy investments in Pinal county | which he thinks will begin to boon with the completion of the Phoenix < Eastern railroad next fall. MT. Hyde | expects to return again in about thre, months, and is now figuring on riding into Florence in a palace car instead oi a stage coach.
 AN WORCESTERSHIRE FIRE The entire fire department was called out yesterday afternoon by an alarm from North Third street The sm oke looked as if the whole of that part oi town were on fire. It was only barn belonging to l.. H. Rhuart. It had caught from an outbuilding in an ad- joining yard. The neighbors began packing their effects, for there was a strong wind Blowing and there was nc telling where the fire was going to stop. One man in the neighborhood de- termined that he would not lose his house without desperate struggle. lie kept throwing water on the roof of a low porch with d tin wash basin.
 THE GOOD -Notwith- standing the hot weather work seems to go right along in Good Templar cir cles. Preparations are being made for the grand lodge which will convene in Prescott on August 18th, and the dis trict lodge of Maricopa county will meet in the Cartwright schoolhouse on Fri day night next. The members of the local lodge and of Central lodge will go down on hay rides. and the south side lodges will also send delegations. To- morrow evening Grand Secretary Wal bridge will go down 10 the Isaac dis trict to complete the organization of q new lodge, the foundation for which was laid last week. Some tWenty-five CT thirty names have been enrolled, and all indications point to a strong organi- Zation.
 TAXING THE BANKS.-County As sessor Luks has changed the method Q; assessing the banks. and it is now for the board of equalization to say wheth- CT the new assessments shall stand. It has hitherto been the practice. at least for the last two years. 10 assess the banks for 60 per cent of their capital stock and to deduct from the assess mcnt the real estate owned by the bank. The assessor this year has as sessed 75 per cent of the capital stock and he has refused to make any reduc- ton on account of the real estate which he finds credited to the capital stock. The real estate of the banks assessed by him this year amounts to $S4GO0. Representatives of all the banks were before the board yesterday and the matter was referred to ths district at torney.
 DRUNK AND TEARFUL--In maud lin melancholia and saturated with in ebriate tears. Martha Nalderez and her lover. Placito Salarez. were yesterday arraigned in Justice Robertson's court on the charge of disturbing the peace. It was no ordinary charge. for the com plaint was made by no less a person. age than N. c. Garcia. the official dog catcher of this municipality iE behalf Of residents of Jackson street. Both had been drinking sentimental whisky and their nervous tepsion was too great for them to endure the hardships of q trial yesterday. so the man was order ed sequestrated ir the county jail till 
 maiden was allowed to go on her own recognizance till d similar change had taken place in her condition. II was the announcement of this latter Gecis- ion that almost broke her heart. She pleaded with the court that she might also be locked up with her true love. but the court was obdurate. He said that the only people he allows to go to Jail are those that don't want to. Be- side. he does not think the county jail proper environment for the activities of Cupid, and anyhow there is no law under which he cohld commit the winged baby.
 NEW CORPORATIONS of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: Tonopah Mining and Develop ment company, capital stock $l.00O. 900, incorporators J. $. Cook, J. l.. Butler. l.. l.. Richards and others; Arizona Line Mining and Development com pany, capital stock $500, ,00O. incorporat- ors W. Fl. Johnson, A. l.. Anderson, R. R. Mason and others: the Cherry Creek Oil and Gas company. capital stock s600. 900. incorporatoIs J. H. Cannon and C. C. Rittenhouse: the Chicago
 
 stock sLOOOOG OGO. inCorporators F. A. Westcott. C. l.. Casey. V. C. Hauser and others; the Investors corporation. capital stock $1.000000. incOrpOrators F.. F. Barrett. A F. Ross, O. F. Chapin and others; Missouri Submarine Water Filter company. capital stock $5.O000O0. incorporators G. A. Hancock. J. Roche, w. II. Henry and others. the Assyridn King Gold company. capital stock Sl,- 100000, incorporators w. N. Jones, w. k. Lowe and r. K. Jones; Bella Del Norte Mining company, capital stock S5,O00.000. incorporators Fl. V. Branden- burg, J. NJ. Ostrander and F.. Tibbitts. Chicago Tropical Planters company, capital stock s750,OCO. incorporators c. A. Chiffon. w. H. C. Ryder and w. R. Stevenson.