Arizona republican., 1905-12-28

county when elected to the territorial legislature a year ago. He says con- ditions in and around Clifton are very prosperous.
 THE TEACHERS OF THE TERRI TORY-Circulars have been out an- nouncing the holding of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Territorial Teachers association at Prescott, be- ginning January B. The association
 will be in session for three days. The leading educators of the territory will
 be there. A public address will be delivered on the second day of the
 session by w. Scott Thomas professor
 of education and examiner of schools
 of the university of California.
 PROSPEROUS YUMA.-Hon NJ. J. Nugent of Yuma county. who arrived in the city yesterday, says that the city of Yuma is booming and every day there are state fair crowds on the streets. About fifty residents were able to get away from their work and are now in Phoenix. All of them with whom Mr Nugent has conversed since their arrival here say they are pleased with the fair. MT Nugent himself is very enthusiastic and highly praises the fair commission and the fair asSo- citation.
 DEATH OF JOHN SllK.-Mr. E. J. Bennitt yesterday received telegram from Los Angeles informing him of
 the death there yesterday of John Silk, who had been employed by MT Benz nit for several years. MT. Silk mad been a resident of Phoenix for about ten years. He was unmarried and so far as known he leaves no relatives. He had many friends in Phoenix. The cause of Lis death was heart disease.
 He went to the coast last summer and was taken sick soon after his return.
 He sought Tn vain here for relief and q short time ago went to the coast.
 REFORM SCHOOL CHRlSTMAS.- Governor Kibbey yesterday received from J. F. Mahoney a letter descrip- tive of the exercises held at the school on Christmas day. He wrote among other things that ne had never in his life seen a more happy lot of children when in the evening they surrounded a Christmas tree which he had pre- pared for them. Each one received some kind of a present. Among other things, Mir Manoney served for the delectation of his pupils fine dinner and he wrote that there were none of the good things overlooked. from tur
 key to peanuts.
 COUNTRY CLUB SUBSCRIPTION BALC-Tonight at the Hotel Adams
 will be held the fourth annual sub
 scription ball of the Phoenix Country
 Club and from all indications the af-
 fair will be the most largely attended
 of any social event of the season.
 A program of fourteen numbers and
 several extras will be danced. During
 the evening an intermission will be ar
 ranged for and refreshments served.
 The dining room at the hotel will be
 used for dancing and the entrance for
 those attending will be the south en-
 trance of the hotel. Ladies and gen. tlemen's dressing rooms will be on the first floor. In order to allow visitors
 from out of town an opportunity to at
 tend a number of tickets have been re- served which may be secured either at the office of the Hotel Adams or from II. l. Latham at his office, A
 north Center street. A large list of pa ' tronesses has been announced for the
 affair
 ARIZONA CATTLE GROWERS This morning at ten o'clock at the
 capitol building will convene the an nuaI meeting of the Arizona Cattle | Growers association for the purpose of | attending which. there are in the city a great many of the prominent cattle men from all points of the territory. MT. Heffler and MT. McKittrick, the presiding officers of the association a,e expected to reach the city today. Among other work of the association will be the election of new officers 10 serve the ensuing year. A general dis cussion of live stock matters and af- fairs bearing on the industry will be discussed. It is likely several recOm- mendations will be made to the ter ritorial live stock sanitary board. IL was also intimated by a member of the association last evening that in the re- solutions adopted one would be d strong protest against the jointure of this territory with New Mexico and their admission as one state. Cover nor Kibbey will address the assOcia-
 tion shortly after they convene and welcome them to Phoenix.
 A WRITTEN STATEMENT-John James Wilson, the old man arrested on Tuesday morning for stealing trifling articles from various stores was brought before Justice Johnstone yes terday. He had prepared in jail written statement which he offered to the court without word. It admitted the picking up of the articles as charY- ed. Two of hem he had given back when he was asked for them. He said he was not a chronic thief and that he would never commit an offense of that kind again. He had been a soldier in the civil war in an Indiana regiment, he is seventy-two years of age. He has a pension but he allows his wife who lives in the east to draw the mon ey. He is on his way to Santa Monica to enter the Soldiers Home. The let ter stated that the writer would rather take 100 lashes than to remain another day in jail. The letter was straight forward and impressed the court who complied with the letter of the law by