Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-11

SALOONS cLoSED-The saloons
Of the city will all be closed today
| from A. m. TO O'Clock this afternoon
on account Of the election on the Tonic
road bonds People who want lots Of
water later should keep sober. work
hard and do without any sort Of irri-
CATION today.
BAND cONcERT-The first even
| INK band concert OF the season was
given on the city plaza last night, and
called out the largest crowd OF any re-
cent concert. II was a delightful ev
eulng the music was good and every
body was happy.
WILL VISIT YOSEMITE-C. J. Co.
nell left on last nights NJ. * p. train
| for California. After leaving Los An
Eries he viii 80 20 Yosemite valley for
visit In that wonderful natural park.
then 90 20 san Francisco for a short
stay From there he will go TO New
| York which r. 10 be his home here
after.
THEY LIKE THE coUNTRY-Geo.
/ a. cook and wife Of Chicago are in
| ne city for q few days stay on bust
ness Mr Cook being a travelling rep
/ rrs~rtntlvc Of the Mining World of
.
/ h. was convinced OF the pleasing fea-
tuT-s - this climate and OF the future
q the valley. and invested in tract
- nne orange land near the head OF
I the crosRcut canal
TIE COLORADO DAM-Through n
/ typograp hical error IN a story in yes
tfriay's paper. about the Colorado
/ river dHm. 1000 feet were carlessly
] 81 4
| structure. The statement was made
/ that the dam was 20 be 100 feet long
/ when BE- Was intended 10 say AGO feet.
The correction Is made 50 the Yuma
| readers may know that they are 10 re-
[ ceive their fun moneys worth Of dam.
I and Tor the further reason that the
structure might leak II a had a 1900
I foot hole ln d. The dam j. not design
| - Tor storage project. but merely 10
I diFeft the waters on either side. and
I uin b. constructed with n view To
overflow in time Of high water. the
manner 81 construction being af-
1 ier that 81 the big weir dams In India
ana Eg,pt IL win be but ten feet
above the natural flow Of the river.
i that o. o. crest will be 81 a height Ia
/ raise the natural flow OF the river ten
feet ~ that point.
| ciRcUmsTARTlAL EVIDENCE -
/ Circumstnntial evidence came mighty
l near getting somebody into trouble on
I Saturday. A policeman rode down 10
] fhe li~dlight saloon Saturday after
noon on hts bicycle. When he came
I out 90 the place only few minutes
after. h's wheel was gone. though ne
saw another one standing there On
making Inquiry he learned that a man
had been seen riding from there to-
| Ward the Arctic ice works a few min
ufes before on a wheel that resembled
his. Hastily 0veTtaking the man the
Officer asked him where he got the
wheel. He replied that he had Dor
| rowed IL from a friend at the merry
~ round and was 10 return il in a lit
lie while 10 the owner at the Manila
saloon Knowing the wheel to be his
I own and jumping 10 the conclusion
II that the story was an attempt to COW
er up his purpose Of stealing il, ne
Y placed the man under arrest. Another
thing thar made the story seem I'M
\ truthful was the fact that no one
would have had time TO ride down
from the merry go round while he was
In the saloon. II looked like a clear
case. notwithstanding the victim pro-
tested that his story was straight.
The officer sent the victim and the
heel - the Manila saloon under the
escort Of a plain clothes man to see If
the other party showed up which he
| did and was also arrested. His story
| conceded with that OF the other man
but he said the man first arrested had
a different wheel from the one he had
loaned him. Rhat was taken as an
attempt on the part of man number .
to shield himself. Then another trim
was made TO the Redlight and the
other wheel was found, when both men