Arizona republican., 1904-03-07
SLOVENIAN HERE

STONEMAN HERE.-George Stone
 man, ex-district attorney of Gila coun-
 ty is visiting in Phoenix.
 BICYCLE STOLEN-The police
 were notified yesterday that a Crescent
 bicycle belonging to Howard Wald-
 bridge was stolen some time the night
 before from the O'Neill building, First avenue and Adams street.
 FOR FIVE POINTS.-An alarm in- dicatOr was installed yesterday in the
 fire house at Five Points and here after when an alarm is turned in, the location of the fire will be shown on the indicator at Five Points, as well as at the central station in this city.
 A LOST BABE.-A little Mexisan child, with great big tears streaming from it's eyes, and with the one pitiful cry Of mamma found it's way under the sleltering roof of the West End House yesterday and the unfortunate little babe cried. and cried while Mrs. DOheney, proprietreSs of the house. neiEhhOrs and the police searched for the missing. but much wanted mother. It was several hours before the missing parent was located and the anguish of the child apDeased.
 HOW NEW MEXICANS FEEL.-- Last week the Roswell Record inter viewed 55 well known citizens of its town upon the question of combined statehood with Arizona. The interview sized up as follows: Thirty-siX in favor of single statehood absolutely. II in favor of combined statehood with Arizona. and eight desired that this territory remain in a territorial con ditiOn That's the way 1t goes all over the territory. In some sections it is fOur to one against combined state hood; in others five to one. In all eases, however, the majority are in favor of going it alone and not being hitChed up with Arizona against hcr wishes.
 A PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.- Capt. J. H. Tevis. of Bowie Station. and father of Mrs. w. w. Edwards of this city is the pioneer of pioneers in Arizona. Capt. Tevis is now positive that there IS not white man living in Arizona who was here when ne first came to the territory. The Solomon vile Bulletin SaYs of him: He is a democrat and an unrecOnsructed rebel and has done his share always in keep ing the democratic party to the front iu Arizona. lie was present at it's frs. convention and has never fcrsaken it or it's candidates. Capt. Tevis is now growing old. but he is vet full 'of vim and courage and is one of the strongest Hearst men in the west Ii was Inc. who first declared for Hearst in Ari- zona; that was just after the last presidential election in a letter written to the editor and published in the Bulletin.
 MAKING HAY-Thc Imperial coun- try is about to relieve tho hay string ency on the coast though it will not be immediately felt in this valley since about all the hay that was shippad from here has already teen sent out. r. S. Crane who came in from Inn periai yesterday said that 1Eerc are q few fields of grain in that region which will he ready for cutting for hay with 'n two or three weeks vhica will make by far the earliest kay in the state. The producers are now figuring oa the possibility of shipping this to Los Angeles. where the piice of grain hay ranges about SIS ton. The freight rate is $4SO, leaving the Imperial price on board cars $t3.2O. These early crops are all volunteer and very heavy. It is expected that some of them will run to four tons to the acre. Under these it looks as though some of the farmers might get from S30 to $40 an acre for their early hay crops. and there may be number of cases where the crop exceeds in value the total cost of the land and all improve ments.
 SUDDEN BUT NOT MYSTERIOUS. A carpenter by the name of Pager berg died on Saturday night on Mon roe street, near First He had been sick for a long time and not long ago had been submitted to a surgical oper- ation. He was able to resume work after that but q few days ago was