Arizona republican., 1904-08-05

A NEW NOTARY-A notarial com mission was issued yesterday to Thom- as Flynn of Flagstaff.
 LEFT LAST NlGHT-Dr. J. NJ. Swetnam left on last nights M. & F. train for a vacation of about five weeks in California After visiting the coast resorts he expects to attend the Knights Templars conclave in san Francisco.
 BOUGHT A HOME-D. ?. Clanton Of Buckeye has bought through the agency of w. K. James a lot and six room house at number $50 north Third street. The house is a modern and well constructed building, four of the rooms being of brick and the consideration was $S50. Mir. Clanton desired the prop erty for home place that his children might have the benefit of the city schools.
 NEW coRPoRATIONS-Articles Of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: The Osage Oil company capi- tai stock, $1,OOO,OO0. incorporators J.. E. F. McCee and J. J. Shea; The West iern Oil and Gas company, capital stock, S7QO,OO0 incorporators c. A. Smith, N. Fox and G. s. Martin. Amended ar ttcles were filed of the Tuxtepec De- velopment company changing the capi- tai stock to S1O0,O0O and limiting the provision for indebtedness of the com pany.
 THEFT OF A FAN-Yesterday morning a stranger stole a fan out os one of the rooms of the Anheuser sa- tC ESY.ip pflr n and represented that he had been us- ing to California. He offered it for the not need it any longer as he was go- ing to aliCfornia. He offered it for the attractive price of 8 and MT. Fried man took it. Not long after that it was missed from the saloon and it was quickly followed to the pawn shop. The thief was located at Tempe last night and was arrested by Constable Red wine He gave the name of Powers.
 FREE BRONCO ExHlBlTION-An elderly Mexican by the name of Baldenegro gave free bronco busting exhibition yesterday afternoon on Center street He rode bronco horse into town. the animal acting very decently under the saddle. But Bald enegro pawned the saddle to Harry Friedman, which fact seemed to touclI the broncos pride and when Baldene- gro mounted him to ride home bare back, or rather on a saddle blan'.a'. there was instant trouble. The bron- co bucked all over the street till he finally unhorsed the rider who fell in stunned condition and remained so till the bystarders carried him to the sidewalk The horse tried to run away but was caught about a block down the stree5 The old man event. ually recovered himself and took the horse home But he didn't ride. DESERT INHABITANTS HARD nESSED-Farmers and fruit raisers who live on the edge of the cultivated lands of the valley, bordering the de- serts, report that the recent rains were a benefit to them in another way than the simple wetting of the ground and the watering of their crops. They say the rabbits, chipmunks and other small desert animals were becoming q serious menace to trees and certain crops. It had become so dry on the desert that even the brush, trees and other plant life on which the desert in habitants usually subsist were practi- cally dead or killed back to the roots so there was nothing green for them to eat and as a result they were in vading the farms in great numbers. The rabbits. at least. were more num- erOus in the cultivated areas than ever noted before, and were especially harmful in the orchards
 STILL ON MAIN LlNE-Phoenix ,s still on the main line of the Santa Fe and nobody can tell exactly how long she will remain so. It altogether de bends on the weather for the condition Of the real main line in northern Ari- zona, with all it's temporary work in repairing the first big washout is such