Arizona republican., 1904-05-26
WATER COUNCIL MEETINe-The

WATER COUNCIL MEETlNG.-The lcouncil of the Water Users association | will meet at the board of trade room next Saturday at II o'clock. INDIAN RAND.-The Indian school band will give its usual weekly con- cert at Eastlake park tonight. to
 which the public generally is invited. ELkS MEET TONIC HT-Tne regular meeting of Phoenix lodge No. 335 B. P. O. Elks will be held tonight. Special business will be transacted, in- clu6ing action on bylaws. TWENTY DAYS.-Judge Thoma s only had one offender before him yes lterday in the city court, G. w. Madison who was arrested for vagrancy and sent to the cellar for twenty days. A FIRE ALARM.-The fire depart lment was summoned to the Irvine ad- dition yesterday afternoon about 3:S0 o'clock but there was little to do on ar irving. The fire was a little outbuild- ling that was burned up almost before the fire got a good start.
 GOING TO YUMA.-Judge J. H..
 Kfbbey will leave this evening for Yuma to attend a conference to be held tomorrow between the officers of the
 Yuma Water Users association and MT. F. H. Newell. chief of the re- Iclamation service and a number of his advisory engineers.
 BY. LAWS PUBLISHED.-The by laws of the Salt River Valley Water Users association have been published and copies were yesterday sent out by Secretary Parker to all the officers of the association. The cover of the by iNrrr- -l,o ANE fal .r association, the officers chosen at the recent election.
 NATIONAL GUARD MARcH.-Pro-
 lessor Fountain, author of the march dedicated to the national guard of Arizona yesterday received from the
 publishing house printed copies of the
 march. Its publication was expected sometime ago but was delayed by ur- avoidable incidents in the business of
 the publishers.
 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.-
 The commencement exercises of the
 Phoenix high school will be held to- night at the Doris theater. It will of course be a gala occasion for the high school students and all their friends
 which means the biggest part of the town. There is no doubt but that a large audience will be present to en- joy the music and oratory.
 DISTRESSING NEWS.-CIar r ence Rollins who has been employed for the past year as a clerk by the Home Baking company, has received a tele- gram announcing that his mother IS dying in Boston. He left for Boston on -his mornings train in the hope that he might reach there before the end comes.
 ENOUGH TO RAISE THINGS.-If there is any virtue in baking powder, Wakelin & Company are we'll pre- pared to raise things in this valley even if it never does rain again. Yes terday they received a full carload. 10000 pounds, of Schilling's Best, via the Southern Pacific railroad. That amount of baking powder ought to leaven everything hereabout that isn't held down by weight, and possibly one might raise irrigation water with it if he had the right sort of a hole in the ground.
 VALUABLE LOT SoLD.-The lot on the northwest corner of Washington street and Third avenue has been sold by the Harry E. Gros estate to the Redewell Music company, which owns the rest of the half block of which t IS a part. The consideration was $S.0OO. H. l. Latham who made the deal has been trying for a year to dis pose of this property and several deals have been half consummated and some of them prematurely announced but this is now finally accomplished and is a matter Of record.