Arizona republican., 1904-08-04

companied by Mrs. Black and his
 partner, MT. E. H. Cooper. Mr. Black
 has been very ill of typhoid fever and
 the fever seems to have run it's course
 but he is still very weak and it is
 hoped the cooler climate of Iron
 Springs will hasten his convalescence.
 ON THE MOVE AGAIN-The Los
 Angeles Times has the following to
 say concerning a couple well known
 here: MT. and Mrs. w. H. Code will
 leave Monday for an extended trip
 through the north and east. Mr. Code
 is engineer in charge of the govern
 ment Indian reservations and is also
 connected with some of the important
 contracts for retaining arid lands.
 WASHOUTS IN THE SOUTH-Two
 or three days ago severe wasnouts
 were reported along the line of the F..
 r. & $. w. in southern Arizona No
 further news has been received here
 respecting the conditions but the facs
 that but very little southern Arizona
 mail and only an occasional Bisbee pa per, is making this port, suggests
 that transportation lines in the south
 are considerably embarrassed.
 ENJOYED HER OUTING-Miss Belle Moore returned home yesterday morning from a six weeks vacation during which she visited in Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. Most of her time of course was spent at the worlds fair which sine says was a most interesting study for her and she improved her opportunities to the fullest. She expects to leave at once for California to spend the rest of the summer.
 THE FLORENCE HOMIclDE-Lce Hop, brother of Wan Hoy, the China
 man who vas killed Tuesday morning l in Florence by sam Lee, another Chi naman. went to Florence on yesterday mornings train to look after the funeral of his brother and the disposition of his effects. Lee Hop is a vegetable peddler quite well known here. No | further details were learned here yes terday concerning the killing of the | quarrel that preceded it.
 A PRESCOTT PARTY-Mrs. Bev- erly Cox who has been spending q month with friends in Prescott was expected home this morning. She was the guest of Mrs. J. c. Herndon and also of Mrs. J. J. Hawkins who. | entertained in her honor last Tuesday afternoon at a railroad euchre party l The house was beautifully decorated | with sweet peas and potted plants. The l refreshments were delicious. Three | charming young ladies, Miss Lila Haw- ! kins, Miss Mabel Norris and Miss Ana | bell Bailey, assisted in the serving. | Three prizes were given, one for pro- | gressing the greatest number of times. | one for the greatest number of lone hands and a cOnsolation prize for the one making the least number of points | The guests were: Mrs. Cox, Mrs Hern- | don, Mrs. T. c. Norris, Mrs '. l. | Fisher, Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. George II. | Cook, Mrs. .Anewalt, Mrs. Emmert, Mrs. Harry Tricle, Mrs. k. H. Bur | mister, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Anderson,
 Mrs. Walcutt, Mrs. Draper, Mrs She | pard, Mrs. Wheatley, Mrs w. w. Ross. | Mrs. Howard Burmister, Mrs. Young. | Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Mason Ross. Mrs. l Peters, Mrs. Butcher and Mrs. J. J. | Fisher, Mrs. Cox and Mrs Herndon visited Mrs. E. J. Bennitt at Iron | Springs. Mrs. Bennitt gave a five ! hundred party in their honor. The l guests were Mrs. Herndon, Mrs. Cox. | Mrs. G. IT. Cook, Mrs. Aaron Goldberg, | Mrs. Doris, Mrs. J. F. Walker, Mrs. James, Mrs. Mcqueen, Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. | Walter Bennett and Mrs. Robinson. | Refreshments were served and three ] prizes were awarded
 | MELONS-Those who pro- | fess to be watermelon connoisseurs
 assert that the average watermelon l found in the Phoenix market this year
 IS of better quality than the melons Of any previous year the fact being at | tributed to the drouth. The melons 1 Were perhaps d little later in ripening | but they seem to be sweeter. and more | uniformly ripe. In other years one 1 would often find a fine looking melon ripe on one side and green on the other | or with green streaks through it. This | year, if ripe at all the melon is apt to ! be all ripe. The theory is that here i tofore, in their efforts to raise large | fine looking melons, their internal l qualities have been ruined by over ir- ! rigation. This year there was if any | thing under irrigation and some no 1 doubt have lost their crops but those | who had just water enough to pull l through made melons of ample size ana | unusual sweetness. A Phoenix man ] who was in the Buckeye country last week observed that the melons down l there were large and in general, finer ! looking than in the upper valley but