Arizona republican., 1905-03-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST

V probably more people out for a breath of country air yesterday than any pre- vious day this year. It was the first real nice Sunday since the holidays when one could be sure of going to the country and getting back again before the rain. Not only were the roads dotted with carriages but many were out on horseback and one troop of lady rough riders ranging in age from ten to fifteen years had an after noon of sport riding back and forth on the city streets.
 NEW RESIDENTS-Mr. T. H. Dock and MT. M. J. Foley, arrived in Phoe- nix Saturday from Jerome, Ariz., to become associated with the Arizona Hardware and Vehicle Co, and the Arizona Iron works of this city. MT. Decker has for the past seven years occupied the position of purchasing agent and store keeper with the United Verde Copper Go. MT. Foley has also been associated with the United Verde O.. in charge of their boiler shop and will install and have charge of a simi- lar department for the Arizona Iron works. MT. Foley has no equal in the west in this line of work. Both are men of families and will make their fu ture home in Phoenix.
 THE DESERTS-The deserts are the reports of the dozens of people who daily drive out to call on Mother Nature. The word desert is a mis- homer this year as applied to any con siderable section of Arizona, though later on perhaps some part of the territory will be able to live up to it's is green everywhere with grass or weeds and in many places with flowers fnr. ha ic TOar adise valley though which is usually a vast flower garden in the spring. has but few flowers this season owing to the close browsing of the thousands of sheep that have been in those parts during shearing season. But if it lacks flowers it is green, and a beautiful valley to look upon.
 WILL GO TO TUCSON-The Phoe- nix baseball team will go to Tucson next Friday night for a couple of ball games with the Grays. This is def- nitely decided upon and is about the first thing in the baseball line that has been announced in the last two months that didn't have string to it. Dur ham the Phoenix pitcher who intended ii leave here for the east this week will remain over and go to Tucson with the Phoenix team. What will be OOHe to lHe 1HOeHl8 idQS lfllS tune re- mains to be seen. They are not quite in the pink of condition as they were shortly after the holidays but they will brace up as much as possible dur ing the week and it is confidently ex- pected they will do to Tucson what they did the first time they visited there.
 INTERPRETING THE SIG NJ Those who believe in signs have some during the day there will be train in here from Maricopa. Whether it will be early this morning or later no one makes announcement but the. rail- road company has pledged it's faith to get a train out for Maricopa at 4 o'clock this afternoon, city time, and it can't be done until after a train comes in for the coaches are on the south side of the Gila river now. The sign above referred to was posted on the door of the M. & P. office yesterday and reads as follows: Train to Mari copa, Leaves Monday at f P. M. City Time" The bridge would have been repaired on Saturday night no doubt as announced, only for a mishap to one of the pile drivers which was out of commission for day or so and de- layed the work just that much. It was
  Saturday.
 WHITE TANKS DISTRIcT-J. E. Maddox who came in from the White Tank mountains on Saturday says the desert between the Agua Fria and the mountains in its vernal attire looks like a vast wheat field. Various claim owners in the White Tanks are rush ing development work on their prop critics as hard as they can. s. w. Haynes is taking out some fine ore from the 200 foot level of the Gila Gold Lode company's mine. One rather un- usual thing MT. Maddox noted at the mines was the presence there of in flies a little smaller than the regular house fly, that annoy the horses worse than almost anything else in the insect line found in this He has never noticed this insect in any appreciable number be- fore except once and that was after a long rainy spell. He thinks the in- sects are a sort of a rain animal" and will go away as soon as it gets dry again. They not only worry the horses hV fipklinp them h1rf hita fhar,o