Arizona republican., 1905-05-02
OF LOCAL INTEREST

COUNCIL MEETING-There was a
 very brief council meeting last night
 at which very little was accomplished except the auditing of the usual monthly bills. J. J. Matthews was ap- pointed election marshal in the third ward in place of J. NJ. Boyd previously appointed but who was found to be not a resident of the ward.
 THE PRIDE OF PHOENlX-The beautiful court house plaza is receiv- ! ing at present some substantial inn provements in regard to its walks and driveTays. All are getting a heavy coat of gravel. The flowers and ar tistic arrangements are as beautiful as ever and a delight to lovers Of nature. Sweet peas are about six feet tall on account of abundant rains. Pansies
 and poppies are still in full bloom and very showy.
 THE MESA MANAGEABLE. L. D. C. Jordan arrived in the city Saturday | evening, spent Sunday with his friends and left on the evening train for Mesa. MT. Jordan has for the past twenty years been associated with one of the
 largest wholesale hardware houses on the Pacific coast, and has just resign ed to accept the management of the Mesa store of the Arizona Hardware & Vehicle Go. The company is to be congratulated upon securing the ser
 vices of such a competent business man.
 THE GORDON cONCERT-There
 are still good seats available for the i Mackenzie Gordon concert Wednesday night and those who have not yet pro vided themselves should get busy if ! they expect to go at all. Tomorrow is the date and today will be a busy day
 for everybody. q few minutes might be spared however for there will no doubt be q big rush and a last chance choice
 of seats tomorrow night. The house will be well ventilated and the evenings are vet cool so there will be no discom- 1 fort experienced by those who go and ! the entertainment will be one of pleas ] ing features from beginning to end. FINE ALFALFA SPECIMEN-H. l.. l Cerdes of Glendale brought a sample 1 hil root or plant. whatever the pro l per expression may be. of alfalfa to the board of trade room yesterde--- It 1 is worth while seeing by those who may still doubt the ability Of Arizona plants | to grow some The tallest stems of | the plant are seven feet three inches i high which is about as high as a tall
 man can reach and many Of the stems are over six feet tall To be frank it i is not likely the plant could have grown
 so high and sustained it's own weight
 without help. but it chanced to grow alongside of a palm tree which it used | for a treIlis.
 HYDROCARBONS AT WORK l large number of men and teams were
 sent out to the Appropriators cana yesterday to prepare it for the pas sage Of water. It is not known just 1 how large the force is but within a day or two there will be not less than 100 teams. There will be two camps one opposite Tempe and the othe.
 about two miles this side. The work will be under the direction of Thomas ! King It is thought that the work can be finished within two weeks. That however. will depend upon the prompt
 ness with which the railroads put iT
 the bridges at points at which the ca
 nal will intersect the tracks. But the
 members of the company are quite
 confident that water will be running through this long unused waterway by
 May 15 the time fixed for the paymen | for summer water.
 TOO BUSY TO GO TO JAIL-Jus- tice Burnett had before him an indus
 trious bunch of prisoners yesterday