Arizona republican., 1905-11-01

been painted a pleasing light green color, in great contrast to the dirty white that has been in evidence so long White is not a good color to be worn, even by an angel, in this country for it shows dirt too easily and costs too much for laundry. Anyhow the plaza angel Is surrounded by green trees and green grass and in modesty she should not conspicuously draw attention to herself. Bob Hudson, who is business manager of the plaza will today clean out the fountain and put it in nice shape for the winter season and for the reception of about a hundred new gold fish his daughter will bring from Los Angeles tomorrow.
 WHY HE COULDN'T PAY?-Couu- ty Treasurer Hayden has for sometime been sending out notices to property owners informing them that the open season for paying taxes had set in. l. is not the intention of the treasurer 10 open correspondence with the tax paw CTS but now and then one thinks it is incumbent upon him to answer the pO- lite note of the treasurer. In most of these replies some fault is found with the whole tax system. Others inform the treasurer about what time the writers will be in town to pay their taxes. Yesterday MT. Hayden got an answer to one of the notices in which the writer said that he would pay as soon as he could but at the present time he was 'hors du combat" He probably meant. instead of mot in con dition to fight" mot in a condition to pay"
 MURDER AT MAMMoTH-Gu Araiza shot and fatally wounded his ] wife at Mammoth last Wednesday and was himself shot in the leg by Justice i Kegel while trying to escape from the officer. the wound proving fatal, says | the Florence Blade. The leg was shat tered and had to be amputated. The l culprit died within a few hours after | the operation was performed. the shock | to his system being a greater strain l than be could withstand. The wife ] believing that she was on her deathbed made a dying statement to Justice Ke- gel. which was in substance as follows:
 "I, Antonia ATazia. believing I am gO- ing to die make this as my dying state ment: My husband and l had a quar- rel. He said he would get the gun and kill me. and went and got the gun and shot me without prOvOcation." Whac | caused the quarrel was not stated. The woman died Thursday.
 A DESERT OASlS-Jonn B. Mont l gomery was in the city yesterday from
 his home at Mullen's well on the des-
 ert north and west of Arlington. GIr.
 Montgomery is engaged in developing
 one of those little cases of the sort | Senator MOnden referred to in his
 speech at the Hotel Adams last sum
 mer when he said the time would
 come when there would be in Arizona
 thousands of valley farms, singly and
 in small groups, occupying the little
 benches along the mountain streams
 where water can be developed and
 filling the country with countless Hstle
 irrigation schemes "f private enter
 prise in addition to the huge projects
 of the government that require abun- l dant capital. There are already many
 such Tn the territory, but where there
 is one now there will some day be a ] hundred MT. Montgomery refuses to
 talk for publication, but by the use
 of repOrtoriaI auger it was learned that he has a nice little water supply for a small bunch of cattle that range in the nearby hills and that he has