Arizona republican., 1905-12-13
BRIDGE WHIST

BRIDGE WHIST The Bridge Whist club was last evening entertain ed by Mir. and Mrs. s. Oberfelder at their home on North Central avenue. MARlCOPA CLUB PARTIES-The first of a series of card parties, to be given by the Maricopa club will be held on Thursday evening, December II. Five hundred and bridge will be the games played.
 WARMER AT ESCOTT-Word from Prescott yesterday brought the intelligence that the snow which had fallen in that vicinity on Monday had entirely melted and that Prescott was enjoying a very warm day. The pre- cipitation in the city of Prescott amounted to two inches.
 CHILL THIEVES SENTENCED Miguel Nunez and Jose Mendoza, who nave been before Judge Johnston every day for the past four court days on some phase of the case against them that of stealing a bag of chili, were yesterday sentenced to serve thirty days in the county jail
 MAY START TODAY-It is expect ed that Mir. Garner, an expert driller of the reclamation service, will today leave for the Arizona head to estab fish his camp and will at once begin the borings for the locating of bed rock at the proposed site of the new concrete diversion dam.
 EXCESS MOLE-Tnere is one sur plus mule in the city pound that the officers would like to have the owner come and pay charges on and take away, or leave the mate to him around loose where he could be picked up. A mule team is not bad property in these days of street improvements, but half team is like a shovel without d handle to it.
 PLAYING THE SOUTH SIDE-The Ethel Tucker company is playing a three days engagement at Mesa and will follow with a three nights stay at Tempe. It had planned to visit Roosevelt. but was unable to make the trip and was forced to turn back to- wards Mesa by the condition of the Roosevelt road. Charles Mack. who owns the comany, spent yester- day in Phoenix.
 A SMALL BlAZE-An alarm of fire yesterday afternoon about ? o'clock called the department to North Fifth avenue where a small blaze, started by children playing near a barn in the rear of the home of Supt. Ensign of the light and fuel company had been dis covered. The flames were extinguish- ed before the department reached the scene. No damage was done.
 DEATH OF MRS. N. RUCk-Mrs. Ruck, wife of MT. N Ruck, a conduct or on the street-car system, died yes terday morning at her home on North Center street not far from the Indian school. The funeral will take place this afternoon at o'clock from the undertaking rooms of P. Mohn. Mrs. Ruck was twenty-nine years of age and lived in this city about two years.
 HEADQUARTERS IN PHOENIX MT. and Mrs. Walter S. Bowen of Al buquerque and Howard w. Ballard, are in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Bowen for a brief visit and MT. Ballard to remain permanently. MT. Bowen is manager for the Equitable Life for Arizona, New Mexico and southwest Texas and MT. Ballard is district general agent. He will open offices in Phoenix in a few days and send for his family making Phoenix his headquarters hereafter.
 TO GIVE AWAY-The irrigation questions of the Salt River valley have inspired quite a number of citizens to make a special study of nearly every thing in connection with irrigation and the work of the reclamation service. Those who have done so will no doubt be pleased to know that there are avail able for distribution, at the office of the reclamation service in this city, quite a number of copies of three diff ferent water supply and irrigation pa pers. They are all stream measure