Arizona republican., 1905-03-05
OF LOCAL INTEREST

Ross of Douglas arrived in the city. yesterday as the representative of the merchants of that town in a legal mat ter. MT. Ross 1t a brother of Mrs. Walter B. kibbey.
 ELkS MINSTRELS-The Elks are holding nightly rehearsals now fer their big minstrel show that will be given here Thursday and Friday nights of this week. The program is under the direction of Mackenzie Gordon and a large part of it is of a musical nature there is full assurance that it will be an incomparable one. The first part will be something new for this country in the way of an amateur per formance. The choruseS will all be sung in parts instead of in unison and careful and persistent training has produced most harmonious results. The music will be not only good from the tandpOint of harmony but it will be well punctuated with humorous texts for the songs and of local applica- tion. 1t is to be a comedy entertain ment strictly. and and any patron who attends the show and refuses to laugh will be promptly arrested by the au- thorities as dangerous character or sent to the hospital for incurable mel ancholia. The advance sale indicates that hy Friday morning every reserved seat will be taken for both entertain ments.
 A SPECIAL HATcH-There will be big doinSs at the aerie of Phoenix lodge of Eagles on Monday night For sometime the Phoenix birds have been incubating on a special double setting of eggs and 1t is expected there will be a matching of about two dozen Eaglets on that date. There will be ,T....r eggs but they all seemed to be in good condition at the last examination. A special expert in such matters will be on hand to superintend the function and give the lodge the benefit of any technical information he may have in doubtful cases or in the event any of the fledglings are weakly or have cold feet. This will be State Deputy Pres ident Bond of Prescott. An invitation is extended to anybody and everybody who has the passward or who is smart enough to get in without it and any visiting Eagles who may be roasting in the brush, away from their home fiocks are especially invited. Two do- zen is a big hatch even for an Eagles lodge and the event will be celebrated by an entertainment of some kind be- tween the christening and daylight
 GOOD GROWING WEATHER-I There never was time in any country when things would grow as fast as they are doing now. The farmers say that it is fun to sit on the fence and watch the race between the weeds and the crops, for it's too muddy to inter- fere with it in any way. Some of them though intimate that if they had to do any betting they would put their money on the weeds for they are cer- tainly growing some. One man who has had number-os teams engaged lately in planting grain says he has to cut the field up into small tracts and make short rounds for the grain comes up so quickly that if he tackled a long field. the horses on the return trip would tramp down and ruin the grain that sprouted after being sown on tile outgoing trip. The barbers say that farmers who only shave once a week ordinarily now have to come to town three times a week for that purpose. It would seem to be a snap for the barbers but it isn't for the whiskers grow so fast even with three trips a week that each shave amounts to a haircut and the wear and tear on the razors and the extra lather. takes away all the profit
 THE ROOSEVELT TRAGEDY-Win Galpin arrived here yesterday from Roosevelt and added little something to the story of the collapsing of the suspension bridge on Thursday the main features of which were published in yesterdays Republican. MT. Gal pin has fairly good idea of what hap pened for he was one of the five men on the bridge when it went down. He says the drop to the water was about twenty feet. He and q man named Palmer are the two men who saved themselves by swimming and it was fortunate for them that they were eX- pert in the art. They were heavily clothed and had on heavy boots and it took all their strength and headworks to reach the river bank. They heard Mills Van Wagenen cry for help three times but were unable to give him any assistance. Just as they reached a place of safety they looked around and saw his head above the water for x moment and then he sank from view entirely. The body had not been recov- cred whe he left Roosevelt MT. Gal pin says there has been considerable blasting along the river below there and many large boulders were lying in the channel. It is supposed that his body caught on one of these and is perhaps now buried in the sand and cannot be recovered until the river goes down or the waters shift the sand and bring it to the surface. It is the opinion of MT Galpin that MT. Van Wagenen in the fall, struck the water on his stomach which might have in jured him >or at least knocked the breath out of him so he could do little to save himself.
 NEW ATIONS-Arttcles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yeS- terday: Los Angeles Goldneld Mining company, capital stock, $1,000,000, in corporators, E. A. Forester. E. P. Johnson and c. NJ. Wood; The Can non Ball Gold Mining company, capital stock $1.O0O, ,000 incorporators G. F. Colerin, R. Linn and w. Fl. Kimball Goldfeld Bullfrog and Las Vegas Auto