Arizona republican., 1904-06-17
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COMMITTEE WORklNG--The com mittee of the board of governors ap- pointed to investigate the regularity of III proceedings to date. concerning the nominations made for positions of can al commissioners, was yesterday en- gagged in the study of the law and the facts ia the case, and will make it's re- port to the board of governors at it's special meeting to be held Saturday at Il o'clock.
 A SUMMER VlsiTOR-C. J. Hallett of Denver has arrived here and will spend the summer with his cousin. J. S. Baker of the Cook jewelry store. MT. Hailett has lived in Colorado for the last twenty years and till lately was engaged in mining at Cripple Creek, though he left there before the present labor troubles began. He may decide to stay in Arizona permanent ly.
 SCHOOL BOND ELECTION-The date of the school bond election is fast approaching and the few people that are left here when the day arrives should make it point to be sure and vote, for hundreds of electors have al ready left the city for the summer. The election is upon the proposition of is suing $1O.OOO bonds for the improve ment of the high school building, and other purposes, and the election will be held June g at the high school build ing, between the hours of a. m and f m.
 THE CARNEGIE LlBRARY-The city council has referred the matter of the selection of a site for the Carnegie library, and the collection of data and information touching the same, to the Phoenix library board, with instruc- tions to make report as soon as possi- ble. Parties having suitable locations for said library building should file description, giving price, with A. Downing, secretary of the library board 314 North Fourth avenue. The next meeting of the board will be held in the city council room, Friday even- ing, July l. 1904 at T:30, at which time owners and agents will be given an op- portunity to set forth the advantages of the sites they offer.
 A PHOENIX PLEASURE BOAT B. A. Grant, q rural route mail carrier has made an odd investment for a man who lives in the midst of a country where for 500 miles in every direction, all animal kind is fighting for drink ing water. IL was thought by many to be a strange proceeding when manu- lecturers agents began placing steam dredgers down here on the desert, but MT. Grant has gone them one better and bought himself a gasoline launch twen- ty-fve feet long and big enough to accommodate twenty excursionists. But he does not intend to navigate. the streets of Phoenix with. it--not theis year at least. He has ordered it ship ped direct to san Diego where he will launch. 1t ia the bay for the use of all pleasure seekers whO have the small excursion price, Phoenix tourists pre- feFred. Seriously GT. Grant says he Is setting tired of going to the coast eFery summer fOT a fsw weeks and separat- ing himself from all the money he saved during the rest of the year and as he couldn't break the coast habit, all he could do in self defense was to buy a launch and join the ranks of the sep arators. He, will make an effort this year to play even on his outing. He has named the boat the "Eloise."
 MINERAL CIMENS-Orlando Merrill of Mesa City, has returned home from Douglas where he has been living for sometime. coming mainly to recuperate his health which has not been good in the smoky line city. MT. Merrill as many people are aware, has on exhibition at the board of trade, ore of the finest cabinets of mineral speci- mems to oe found in any country. Every specimen in the case is a beauty drG there are lots of them. He brought back with him a number of nice ones hecently secured from the Spray shaft Of the Copper Queen Co. One in par ticular is an unusual exhibit. It is a piece of copper rock on which the bright green coloring all over it ap- pears like moss and scattered all over it on this background are little wire