Arizona republican., 1905-08-04
OF LOCAL
INTEREST

THIRD DEGREE WoRK-There
will be meeting tonight of the Ma
sonic lodge in which there will be
work in the third degree.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-At the
regular meeting tonight of Phoenix
lodge No. 2, Knights of Pythias. there
will be work in the second rank.
OFF FOR THE NORTHWEST
H. Greene and his sister, Mrs. E. S.
Griffin, Will leave this evening for a
visit of a month or six weeks in the
northwest. They will go to Seattle.
Portland and other points in the sound
country
DELAYED MAILS-The eastern
mail seems to be having hard time to
find Phoenix. Yesterday there was no
eastern mail from either the north or
south MOI on the Santa Feand No. 43
the Rock Island train on the S. P. be-
ing too late for connections
MORE PEACHES-A. G. Bailey yes
terday brought to the board of trade
room another sample lot of peaches
from his ranch five miles north of the
city. They are of the Wheatland va
riety, larger and better looking than
his former donation. They will of
course find a place in the boards tenn
pie of fame.
IRON sPRINoERs-Mrs. H. S.
Creighton left for Iron Springs We'd
nesday morning. Yesterday morning
Mrs. Dan McDermott and Miss Ruth
LightbuIne were passengers for the
springs and this morning Mrs. Peter
Gordon and daughter Irma, and Mrs.
+. Sunderland and daughter will join
the mountain colony
THE HAY SURPLUS-Alfalfa
growers may get a little higher price
for hay this fall than they had expect
ed for certain of the farmers are unin-
tentiOnally reducing the surplus after
the manner of the cotton growers of
the south. Reports come from two
different ranches of efforts to burn
brush that resulted in the burning of
haystacks to. the extent of approx
mately fifty tons in each case
THE SALTON SHOOFLY-Inouiry
was made yesterday at the Southern
Pacific office concerning the work on
the shooffy around the ragged edge of
the Salton sea The officials said they
had heard nothing lately about the
progress of the work though there
was a report that it had been finished.
The trains are coming through every
day though which leads them to be-
lieve that the shoohy may now be in
use.
DETENTION OF coULTER-Dr J.
II. Coulter, whose arrest by the police
on suspicion Of insanity was announc-
ed by the Republican yesterday morning
was removed to the county Jail later
in the day. 1t was at first intended to
take him before the probate court in
the afternoon. A friend however, said
that he was wei connected and that
his people were amply able to care for
him. 1t was then suggested that an
effort be made to communicate with
them. A telegram was sent them but
last night no reply had been received
In the meantime he is occupying the
women's cell OF the county Jail
HE WILL LAY THE GHOST-Quir-
inc Serrano and old resident of this city
and one who has had extensive exper-
fence in such matters desires the Re
publican to say for him that he has
followed with great interest the strange
dOings of that mysterious parsonage
who haunts the roof and premises of
ranch house in the country eight
miles north east of the city. He says
that he can solve the mystery and that
if any one is sufficiently interested in
the matter to arrange for his transpor-
tation to that place he will clear the
whole matter uD in a very short time.
THE PRESCOTT EXCURSION
The excursion to Prescott and thence
to adjacent towns and camps will leave
Phoenix at 8: 80 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoOn arriving at Prescott al ten
o'clock at night. To those who may
Imagine that that is an incOnvenient
hour it may be said that the conven-
fence of al! has been arranged for.
General Agent w. ). Goldsworthy has
made a list of all hotels and lodging
houses in Prescott He will be on the
excursion train and before it's arrival
in Prescott will make a canvass o.
it and Will ascertain from each mem
Der of the excursion where he would
desire to stop so that there will be no
cropping about in the dark after the ar
rival of the train.
INVENTED HORS & S-Sheriff
Lowry of FYavapai county left this
morning for Prescott with Ross Gre
we'll and Mexican Charley who are
charged with the irregular possession
of a lot of horses which they brought
20 the valley early in the week. Gre
well was arrested night before last on
a Geographic request from the sheriff
and the Mexican was not fined until
yesterday morning. At the time of
his arrest Grewell said that he had in
spector's certificates for all of the
horses in his possession. However, he
could not show them though he had a
certificate for a horse not in his pos
session. 1t is not known that Grewell
was ever in trouble of this kind before
but the Mexican is regarded by the
Yavapai authorities as an accomplish
horse and cattle thief. He has been
on trial several times but the territory
always fell a little short of conviction.
NATURES BUG TRAP-A. Stark
weather called at this office yesterday
to say that he had been reading a great
deal about bug traps lately. He said
he had about 400 natural Brown Leg
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