Arizona republican., 1903-05-10

doubt about the construction of the res ervoir but if the landowners fail to
 complete the signing up process in the
 next few weeks there may be some
 doubt about the construction work be-
 ginning this fall. The only people that
 can hurry the building of the reservoir
 now are the people who are to enjoy it's benefits.
 THE BOSS ALFALFA RAISER | w J. Welcome brought in bunch of
 alfalfa hay yesterday standing some
 thing over five feet in height in its
 stocking feet. MT. Welcome said he
 could have easily increased the length
 oi the straws a foot by digging the
 roots up, but hat the wea ather was too 1 hot for such violent labor. This alfalfa 1 was grown six miles northeast of PhOe
 nix under the Arizona canal and dem
 0nstrates what an Arizona desert can do by judiciCus application Of a little | water.
 TEMPE AFTER A GOOD THING The gentlemen who gave the delightful
 "Mush and Milk" social in the Chris
 tian church last Thursday evening. have been invited to repeat the pro- 1 gramme in Tempe in the near future l anu " III ilOSl llAClN dNtEil li-t llLN lth- tion They say. however. that they can
 not we'll haul the mush kettles so far, and hence may eliminate that part of 1 the entertainment. If this concert is | repeated in Tempe there will not be q house large enough to hold the audi ence if the people appreciate d good thir<.
 | A MOONLIGHT PICNIC. - Last
 evening the guests of the Keiso gave a novel farewell party in honor of
 Miss Trobridge. whose departure oc CUTS next week A moonlight drive to the hole in the rock, where light re- | treatments were served with only the | rays from the orb of night 'to iliuminc 1 the repast, was the merry way in which the departure of Miss Trobridge was Commemorated. The many friends
 O; Miss Trobridge and all lovers of art rejoice in the good fortune that brought | her to Arizona and hope to see her l speedy return.
 | M'DOWELL RESERVATION TO BE | OPENED.-Word has been received from the register of the land office
 at Tucson. Milton F. Moore, that plats
 e. the survey of Camp Mcdowell, abandoned military reservation have ! been filed in his office and the lands 1 therein, except tracts upon which there 1 are government improvements. and the | north half which is reserved for h. | dian settlers, will be open to home stead entry ca June 15 1903
 NEW CORPORATIONS of
 the following corporations were flied in 1 the office of the county recorder yes l terday: Toropah Gilt Edge Mining company, capital stock s1 100000, incor- poratOrs W. $. Merrill, A. l.. Hudgens and J. P. Lennessey; The Pacific oil and Gas cOUpany, capital stock $l,0J0. 00C, incorporators G. L. Epps. A J. Ak ] tell and F. L. E7ps; Lone Mountain | Horn Silver Mining company capital stock s1 coo. eco, incorporatOrs Vincent Perinno, J. w. Douglass. C. w. RiCb- ards and others. Tennessee and Texas
 Mining and Milling company capital stock S1.000,0O0 incorporators J. w. | Graham and Henry Jennings.
 AN EARLY ARIZONIAN.ZMars | Young came in from Turkey, Arizona
 the other day with a large bunch ot cattle from the Young Bros rangec. | Mir. Young was one of the first resi- dents of Phoenix and it is a pleasure ! for him to annually meet his friends i;i 1 this valley. This time it is with more | than usual pleasure for his friends. Mir. Young very recently married Miss
 Addie Champie the daughter of MT. | Champie. a prominent Columbia mining
 man. Marshal Young was born in Ari-
 zona in 1866, being one of the first white 1 children born in this part of the terri
 tory.
 | A BURNING DRUG STORE.-About
 o'clock this morning fire was discOV- cred in the basement of McClure's pharmacy on the corner of Adam 5
 street and First avenue opposite the postoffice. The department responded promptly and there was some diff
 culty in arousing MT. and Mrs. Me | Cure who were asleep within. It was
 fortunate for them that the fire vas discovered as soon as it was else they
 might have been suffocated for the odor ! of the smoke was very suffCcating. | smelling like burning rubber After 1 the hremen gained an entrance the
 smoke rolled out of the building and
 was so dense as to be very oppressive some blocks away. The collar Of the
 store is untilized for the manufacture Of ice cream. soda water and other things as well as being q stOreroom for various kinds of goods and the smoke
 was so dense that it was some time be- fore the firemen could clear il out sufi- cient Co get below. At press time this morning the fire was still burning and the loss cannot be estimated.