Arizona republican., 1904-12-14
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LICENSED TO WED-A marriage license was issued yesterday to Cove E. Phelps and Fife Ellsworth both Of them residents of Mesa.
 A NOTARY PUBLIc-Acting Gov erIlor Nichols yesterday issued a mo- tarial commission to c. E. Price of | Cherry Yavapai county.
 RETURNED TO CALIFORNIAN Dewitt Wharton son of Mrs. E. M. Wharton of this city, has returned to California to ue-enter school after spending a vacation here with his mother.
 NEW CHAPTER oFFIcERs-Ari- zorsa Chapter No. 2, R. A. M. -held a meeting Monday night and elected the l following named new officers: Selim Nicholson, high priest; George F. Mer- rynlan, king; Mark Thompson, scribe; George H. N. Luhrs, treasurer; Francis A. Shaw secretary.
 A NARROW ESCAPE-Dave the three year old son of Mir. and Mrs. | David Peters narrowly escaped being stamped to death by a horse Monday afternoon. He was playing in the street when a buggy came round the corner of Fifth avenue and Van Buren street rather suddenly and the little fellow fell under the horse. He was badly bruised but was feeling all right again yesterday except for the shaking up.
 FOR A BRIEF STAY-Louis C. Levy who was formerly employed by the Sunset Telephone Go. and who hadi much to do with the work here of changing the Phoenix system from the old to the new. has returned for stay 1 of few weeks. He went from here to No3ales and later to California. After | leaving here he met with fall that crushed him very seriously but he has mace 8, good recovery and is now rep resenting the Cido- -Coccine Chemical Co, of san Francisco. He is here on a business visit the length of his stay be- 'ng indefinite. I
 LINGERING RETURNS-Though the time is long past when the re turns from the counties showing the vote, for delegate to congress should be made to the secretary four counties l have not yet complied with the law and l in consequence the real majority Of Smith over Fowler is not yet known. l That is perhaps the only contest in the | United States, the figures of which cannot be aScertained month and a | week after the election. The coun- ties still out are Mohave. Navajo, Co., chisa and Yuma. Smiths majority as | shown by the returns already in is IA Fowler was given a small majority il Navajo but all the others of the miss ing counties were Smith counties. In the absence of any official information at the office of the secretary they may be still voting in some of the outlying l precincts of Cochise.
 STREET APPROPRIATENESS Of rlcio Street Commissioner Henry l BIoon1hoerst is beginning to show re- sult., from his work on the city streets. Frha Eff1a match On w. ShinVfnn street west or Center, that was formerly q mudhole in wet weather, since gravel ing Is the cleanest spot on the whole thoroughfare. Similar work is being done on Center street, south of Wash ington. It was long ago demonstrated that the gravel made a great improve fnent on a street, but the trouble was that only small areas were so treated. and in a short time mud from the cross streets and beyond the graveled portions was carried to the clean spots and they were made as bad as eveI- It is understood that it is the intention of the authorities to keep up the good work until several blocks are treated and there is-too much clean street to be buried again. The work of putting in a cement gutter along Adams street is progressing rapidly, and the widening of the sidewalk to ordinance demands is under way on the west half of the block between Center and First avenue on Washington street.
 NEW ATIONS-ArticIes of the following Corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes- l terday: The Rantoul Oil and Gas company capital stock. $1,00O,000, in- corporators T. J. Watkins, c. G. Mat thews and H. T. Lamb; Bishop Gold field Toll Road company, capital stock. 00OO, incorporators T. Hughes F. E. Smith and w. ". Waterson; The King company, capital stock, s2.000.0O0. in- corporators N. T. Lundenberg, w. Wyant and F. King; The Augusta Oil and Gas company, capital stock, $500,- | 900, incorporators A. Kuster, J. w. Skear and w. H. Bureh; Sour Dough Mining company, capital stock, $100.- 1 900, incorporators A. T. Atwood, J. k. Newman and J. S. Jackson; Tonopah | Gold Reef Mining company, capital stock. $1,000.000, incorpora 'ors J. Me N Kane. c. Keilhofer and N. Crocker; Federal Cola Mining and Milling com pany, capital stock, $1,O00,000, incor- porators J. M Thomas, Jr., W. J. Rus sell and H. L. Servass; Bull Frog Ex- tension Mining company, capital stock, | S1,000,000, incorporatOrs J. E. Kerr, J. 1 D. Brown and w. w. Jones; Monarch Gold Mining company capital stock, 1 s1,0O0,000, incorporators R. c. Lane and H. J. Roote; La Rug Mining and Tun- nell company, capital stock, S15,0OO.OO0. | incoIporatoIs R. V. Hilands, C. M. Simpson and J. Pickens; Bueno Ven tura Oil and Gas company, capital stock, S500,0 incorporators J. c. Ner- ney, J. H. McClay and F. D. Eager; Cooks Inlet Hydraulic Mining com pany, capital stock S50O.OOO, incorpor- ators H. T. Hampstead, D. Crowley and G. Fitzgerald; Mary $. Goldfeld Min ing company capital stock, $1,50O,000, | incorporators B. F. Burnett w l.. Stone and. L. F. c. Hinckley; Gold field Consolidated Ventura corpora