Arizona republican., 1905-09-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST

MIR. PIMA HoME-Nr. A. Pima, the [ Mexican consul here, has returned home from a visit in Sonora, Mexico,
 where he went to look after some val uable mining property in which he is interested.
 DELAYED MAIL-The mail from
 the east generally brought to the city by the Rock Island road did not ar rive yesterday until late in the after noon, it being delayed by washouts in New Mexico.
 PRAYER MEETING-The regular mid week prayer and praise service will be conducted at the Central Methodist church tonight, beginning promptly at 7:3O o'clock. The sub
 iect will be Institution of the Lords Supper"
 AT HOME NOW-Eugene Todd, the advertising man, is one of the most contented and happy individuals in the city today. His wife and children ar rived from New York City, his former home, on the beiated train from the south yesterday afternoon.
 THE FIRST BORN-Friends in the city have been advised that recently there was born to MT. and Mrs. Eu
 genie Redewill a fine baby girl. Mrs. RedeWill will be remembered as Miss Bessie Fickas of this city. At present the RedewilIs are making their home in California.
 EXPERIMENT AT IOWA-Last night A. J. Stevens left over the southern road for NorwaIk Iowa, taking east for interment the remains of his wife who died in this city Monday. They had arrived from the east but two days before Mrs. Stevens died, hoping to be benefited by this climate, but the journey from Iowa was too hard for her.
 BIG BARLEY cROPS-Ranchers in the vicinity of SolomOnville are in the midst of a contest seeing who has the ranch capable of yielding the greatest barley crop of the year. The prop erty of Frank Dysart who formerly resided in this county, appears to have taken the lead so far. From seven and three-fourths acres there was threshed 32O sacks of barley ~averag- ing in weight 100 pounds to the sack. This makes an average of a fraction more than 41 1-3 sacks to the acre. The Clifton Era would like to hear from any rancher who can beat the record, no matter in what part of the territory he may live.
 WON THE WAGER-On a wager of $2O. Ernest w. Reid and B. w. Hoover rode their bicycles from Phoenix to Roosevelt and return in thirty eight hours and eight minutes which time was fifty-two minutes ahead of their time limit to win the money. The start was made from the postofiice at four o'clock Monday morning and the team finished at the same point at eight minutes past six last evening. The young men say it would have been possible for them to have made even better time. In connection with the race several side bets over town were made on the result of the event
 CLIFTON TEAM TIED-The Cliff ton, Arizona, team tied with Las Ne- gas for the first hOnors in the base ball tournament just concluded at Al buquerque and got one half of the money put up for the winners, a purse of S750. The game was an exciting one not only on account of the good sized purse at stake but because Cliff ton wanted to win for Arizona and Las Vegas of course wanted New Mex ico to be the winner. Both of the teams won three and lost one game, in the tournament. Others teams playing were Trinidad, Fl Paso and Albuquerque. The Clifton team will play at Fl Paso Sunday.
 CONFIDENCE GAME-Henry ROs- enstein the second hand clothing man, was yesterday swindled out of a small sum of money by an unknown visitor in the city. The man was apprehended and is now in the city hall although Rosenstein has not got his money back Tne stranger went into the clothing mans place about noon and told him he had in hook a good watch which was worth ten dollars. On the watch he had been loaned four dollars and ne wanted to sell the ticket for one dollar more This amount Rosenstein gave him. When the pawn brokers shop was visited he was notified that the stranger had been there and served notice not to reliver the watch to any one but himself. The affair will be ad judicated today.
 MIR. WEBSTER .HOME-N. c. Webster who has been spending the summer in the vicinity of Los Angeles returned home yesterday morning. Var iOus people interested themselves to see that he was handed a bunch, but MT. Webster got busy first. He said he wanted to begin by telling some things about Jake Miller who poses as his re- cent benefactor. MT. Webster said that when MT. Miller left for home he ar ranged for the later shipment of some of his baggage, and it was attached at the depot by the owner Of the house ne had been living in who claimed that Mir Miller had carried away the bed ding and various other things of a port able nature He couldn't take the :Ot