Arizona republican., 1904-03-05
OF LOCAL
 Ill INTEREST

AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.-At the Country club this afternoon Mrs. c. H.
 Akers and Mrs. w. G. Lentz will serve.
 TEACHERS EXAMINATION-Th regular quarterly teachers examin- ation will be held next Monday and Tuesday. March and s. in the dis trict court room at the courthouse.
 A HOME IN ASHES.-R. G. Robin son, of the Buckeye country, was in the city yesterday. He reported the burning of his home last Tuesday. The, loss was total. How the fire originat- ed is not known, for there was no one at home.
 VACANCY IN THE RANGERS Governor Brodie yesterday received
 the resignation of Lieutenant Allison of the Arizona Rangers. Lieutenant Allison was appointed about eight months ago and had come well recom- mended, having served with the Texas rangers. He has been a very active of | ficer during his term of serEice.
 THIEF OR DRUNKARD.-Deputy | Sheriff Tipton and Policeman Barnett were called to Rumneys hotel on the Grand venue late last night to take charge of a man who had been prowl- VI signs of having indulged too freely in | spirituous liquor and the officers are
 in doubt as to whether he is simply d drunkard or a would-be thief.
 COMING OF GENERAL BALDWIN. 1 General F. D. Baldwin commanding the department of the Colorado arriv-
 ed at Hot Springs Junction last night on his way to Castle Creek Hot i Springs. He will spend about three weeks at that popular resort. He is l accompanied by his aide Lieutenant | H. A, Drum and Mrs. Drum. Before returning to Denver General Baldwin | will visit Phoenix and the southern part of the territory. He will be joined at the springs by Mrs. Baldwin in about a week. Both the general and 1 his popular aide will be warmly wei Icomed wherever they may be in the Iterritory. They first visited Arizona
 last June on an official tour of inspec- ton. They spent some time at Fort | Whipple and in the course of the tour | visited Phoenix and went over that
 part of the Phoenix and Eastern rail-
 road that was then completed.
 MIR. FoWLER'S RECEPTIoN-No doubt Phoenix will be well filled up today. It is expected by the manage
 meut of the reception to be given r.
 A. Fowler on his return from Washing 1 ton will be attended by every man and most of the women of this irrigation district. As has been announced tho i reception will be held at the courthouse plaza on the east side of the court house. Bills announcing the event, which is described as the celebratioc of an epoch in the history of the val | ley. have been sent all over the dis ! tTict which will be benefited by the ! Tonto Basin reservoir. There will be | enthusiastic speeches in the nature CI l addresses of welcome and responses will be made by MT. Fowler and Judge | Kibbey. It is expected that they will | describe the course of the negotiations
 at Washington ending in the signing
 or the contract on the part of the gov l ernment with the Water Users asso- - | ciation. The little that remains to be | done by the members of the associa | tiOn will also be described. It is also
 probable that there will he a discus
 sion of the matter of issuing bonds fol ! the building of the road to the dam ! But altogether. the meeting will be
 in the nature of a ratification or a joI. Ilification.