Arizona republican., 1905-08-18
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1 boxes in the city were today treated tC a coat of paint of green color in ac- l cordance with a recent order made by l the postoffice department.
 RAILROAD INSPECTloN-W. A Drake superintendent and Walter Goudna. chief clerk to the master me 1 chanic of the Santa F'e were in the city ] yesterday, MT. Drake leaving at noon | for an inspection trip over the Phoe- ! nix and Eastern.
 A LOST CHILD-Considerab ex- | citement was created in the vicinity of Centre and Washington streets last evening about six o'clock by a Mexican woman who had lost her child. In | broken English she told her story to every passer by. The police were called and with their assistance the lost baby was soon located and restor- ed to it's parent.
 NO TROUBLE AT ALL Chief Kin ney of the police force denies most strenously that there is any trouble existing between the city police and the sheriffs office authorities. There is no jealousy on the part of the men in his department and they have in any acts of his administration done only that which they deemed to be their duty as they have seen it.
 HYDROCARBONS CANAL WORK -Bewteen sixty and seventy men are now at work on the grading gang which is digging the Appropriators' canal and the work has progressed to a point north east of the Indian school James Cashin, who is connected with the contracting firm having the work in charge while on Q recent visit east purchased six New Era graders, each of which machines has a capacity of 1000 yards for ten hours work. It is likely as soon conditions will per init that one of these graders will be put into operation on the canal when much better headway will be made.
 THE GROWING PoSTOFFICE- Since the year 1S9S-9 the receipts of the Phoenix pOstOffice have increased at the rate of nearly fifty per cent. This showing has been made in face of the fact that the rural free delivery routes have been established and the force of carriers nearly doubled thus cutting down materially the revenue received from box rents. Covering the period from 1898 to the present year showing a steady groth. In 1S9S9 the total receipts of the office was s21.121,- 90 and for the year 1904-5, S32, ,203.3S. For July of this year the receipts went to s2412.50 against $2O7S.56 of a year ago.
 A PHOENIX IDSHIPMAN-Th Baltimore Sun of a recent date prints the roster of the fourth class for this year of midshipmen for the Annapolis naval academy. In the list appears the name of Arthur s. Dysart of this city so it is known his admission to the school has been perfected. The class at present has a membership of 217 and others awaiting the outcome of minor physical defects who will prob ably be admitted will bring the total up to 24O. Last year the class num- bered 297. In the class admitted is the first Japanese nlidshipman to enter the academy since 1899.
 THE SAME OLD DISTURBANCE-I Jesus Miranda was yesterday sentenc- ed by Judge Thomas to serve fifteen days in the city jail for disturbing the peace of Jesus BaIdenegro. Both the guilty party and the prosecuting wit ness reside in the vicinity of the Porto Rico saloon and any time that they are both at liberty it is a safe bet to make that there will be trouble. F. G. Con gales was fined $20 which he paid for making an assault on Jesus Rico in the red light district. The assault was made with a stick of stove wood and only the fortunate lodging of Rico saved for him his life. As it was he escaped with a badly bruised arm.