Arizona republican., 1905-10-24

FOElCE COOR TWO Me&lcanS were given five days each in jail for drunkenness yesterday, by Recorder Thomas.
 A NEW RANGER ToDAY-J. D. Bailey will today be commissioned a member of the Arizona Rangers in which organization he served for sev- eral months the first of the year. To swear him in and give him his detail Lieutenant Harry Wheeler of that or Sanization is expected to arrive from the south today.
 A FORMER RESIDENT IN TOWN MT. w. H. Hamilton, former resi- dent of the valley and the owner of a large tract of land near Glendale, ar rived in the city yesterday morning from Maine, where he has been visit ing MT. Hamilton is also heavily in terested in and about Eureka. Cal.
 A PROMISING PROPERTNJ. A. Lewandowsky, superintendent of the Savage Gold and Copper company. spent yesterday in the city on busi- ness. He will soon leave for a trip east on affairs in connection with his company. MT. Cwandowsky said that a shelter is soon to be erected at his camp having a capacity of fifty tons. In the cOmpany's work it has encOun- tered sulphide formations. and the owners of the property are most jubi- lant over their future prospects. The property is located few miles from Douglas.
 WHERE THE NICKELS WERE The cause Of the shortage of niCkels and dimes in the Phoenix money mar ket that has been noticeable the past week was explained away yesterday during the course of sale of ranch in the northwest part of the valley. J. D. Tipton and wife sold to J. C. Den man a ten-aCre tract of land, the to- tai purchase price being something less than $500. Of this amount MT. Denman paid the former owner near ly $200 in nickeIs and dimes. He cx- plained that he had for some time past been laying aside small sums with a view of purchasing the piece of ground and that nickels and dimes were usu- ally the kind of money he laid away. They were turned into a local bank and will no doubt soon be in circula- tion again.
 MIR. BENHAM'S WORK-A letter was received at this office yesterday from J. W. Benham. who had charge of the Arizona exhibit at the Lewis SS Clark exposition along with his private exhibit. MT. Benham writes that he had just shipped the Arizona exhibit home. He. says Your newspaper men will appreciate whether we will get any results from the exhibit here when I tell that your daily papers have been read constantly by thousands of visitors; that ! have given away about 400 pounds of the Mesa Press TOnto dam number; that I have distributed 5000 of the new booklets that Crenshaw got out, and a soOdiy lot of railroad mat | ter. all pertaining to the Salt River MT. Benham writes that he expects to spend about a month in New Mexico l and the next three months in New York. He is sorry that he can not be l here to assist in the territorial fair
 A CANAL ELECTION-A meeting | of the board of directors of the Salt | River Valley Canal company was held | at the offices of the company yester | day afternoon for the purpose of elect | ing officers to serve the ensuing year and to fill the vacancies on the di- | rectory. Lloyd E. ChTisty was elected l president and R. l.. Miner secretary. | Nelson Bradley was chosen a member | of the board of directors to succeed f Jos. Cope. Several other matters were | considered, but the most important to | the ranchers was the price which will | be charged for water under the canal. | This the board has set at S4.5O an inch | for the year, S3 for the winter season, | and $1.5O for the summer season.