Arizona republican., 1903-02-06

act which limits indebtedness to I per
cent of the valuation. but contains =
restriction that only those persons may
vote who own property subject to taxa
ton. AT the last election on this ques-
ton many voted claiming to own prop
erty and be therefore entitled to the
franchise when their names have never
appeared on the tax roll before nor
since. The bill before the Legislature
provides that citizens must register and
list their taxable property with the as
SCISSOR, whether it be real or personal.
before they may vote.
AN ARIZONA MISSIONARY.-A. p.
Baylor OF Robert, H.. was a recent
Phoenix visitor. When he went home
he took along a nice exhibit Of Arizona
products which he said he would dis
play at a farmers institute he was
then planning TO attend. Secretary
Van der Veer of the beard Of trade has
Just received letter from him in
which he says: Our institute was
grand success. The exhibit of grain.
oats and vegetables was fine. But
there was no exhibit that drew the
crowd as much as the Arizona exhibit.
On the wall l arranged the photographs
and also a large print OF Phoenix. Tn
der these on Il table / placed the sew
enIeen pound sweet potato and u large
plate Of grape fruit and oranges.
Around these we IaiG the printed, mat
ter you gave me. and ii was a draw
ing card"
ARBOR DAY.-This is Arbor Day,
and it will be pretty generally observed
throughout Southern Arizona The
Arbor Day of the northern parJ VIII
come along later. Many Of the business
houses of the city will be closed today
and all the banks and public Offices
The active celebration OF the day, now
ever. VIII deVOlve upon the school chill
dren who will plant class trees 1T is
the practice to name the trees after
some prominent Individual. usually q.
literary character. But this year the
thoughts of the youth of the schools
are centered upon statehood. so that
many of the trees viii be named after
the leading advocates of the omnibus
bill. The name of the tree OF tine senior
class of the high school for Instance
VIII be quay 1t will be set i'm the
ground with an earnest prayer that
both it and the man it is named after
will flourish
y RlOT.-There was small riot in
trent Of the Western Union office yes
terday afternoon. Missouri" Tomp-
Nins, a messenger boy. and another a.
D. T. boy were engaged IN skyIarking,
which finally took the form Of mud
throwing. one handful aimed Dy mis-
souri, went wide Of the \. .. 7. boy
and landed in the eye Of b. Goiooerg.
new boy in town 70 whom Missouri
had never been formally introduced.
Goldberg knocked him down. but mis-
.scuri came from a part Of the countr,,
where the Inhabitants insist on beins
shown how. In the continuation of the
struggle he had rather the best of il
and Goldberg withdrew. Nisscur:
thought that was the end Of it, but it
was really only the beginning. for Gold
berg had only gone away after rein
forcements. He returned with his
brother, but Missouri did not have time
to go home after his. and besides ne
has none. HCstilities were resumed.
Missouri made a good fight. but ne was
slowly getting worsted when Dystand-
ers interfered. At this juncture also
Constable Redwine came along ana
took charge of the combatants The
details Of the affair viii be made known
70 Justice Burnett this morning.