Arizona republican., 1905-07-28
OF LOCAL INTEREST

HUNTING FOR POWER-H. Clay Parker at the head of party of sur veyOrs is engaged in hunting a site for a power plant on the east fork of the Verde river.
 COMPANY MUSTERED OUT Company A of the N. G. A. situated at Thatcher has been mustered out of the l service. Captain Nash expects to leave shortly for Utah.
 A COMPETENT MAN-Phoenix has at last got a dog catcher "as is a dog catcher" In fact he can catch any thing he goes after, except possibly Ben Perkins Yesterday in raking over the town for dogs he picked up four stray horses.
 PICTURE OF DAM SITE-In the July 29th issue of Golfers weekly there is good picture of the Roosevelt dam site. It is probably furnished by the special correspondent of that publica- tion who accompanied the cOngression- ally party here sometime ago. There is no accompanying story however, except the explanatory note below the picture.
 DEATH OF LEE DUNN-A letter was received in this city yesterday from a sister of Lee Dunn formerly of this place and Tempe saying that he died in San Francisco, July 16. MT. Dunn was for time engaged in business in Tempe but he left that part of the country several years ago and was more recently engaged in business in Cananea and towns in the southern part of this territory.
 NOT GOOD LAW-The thirty-sixth session of the New Mexican legislature passed a law authorizing the territOr- ial authorities to issue bonds in the sum of $5O,0O0 to be sold for the re- lief of citizens who lost severely in the floods last fall A recent decision of Judge McFie is that the law in invalid for the reason that the legislature had no legal authority for creating casual deficit of that nature.
 HOW IT RESSED-There is an exhibit in the windows of the Bris- ley Drug company consisting of the first working model of the Wilkes au- tOmatic cash register and money 1 changer, and photographs of the stil: earlier and smaller model which was afterward sent to a Washington pat ent attorney. These models lead up by degrees to the nearly completed model which has been on exhibition there for the last three days.
 APPOINTMENT OF A TRUSTEE t-J. E. Hurlburt has been appointed trustee of the Artificial Stone com
 
 is any thing the matter with the com pany. On the contrary it is in good financial shape and is doing a good business. Some of the members have been unable to agree among them selves as to the best way to manage the affairs of the company and it was decided to leave it to the management of Hurlburt.
 UNOBTRUSIVE DEATH-From the earliest times the agents of the rival railroad companies of Phoenix have indulged in a friendly persihage toward each other. General Agent Goldswor- thy of the Santa Fe has something g new. It is the picture of a meeting -I between an Outcast dog and equally fOrlom cat. The dog observes: This
 world is too much for me. I'm look ing for a quiet place to die" To which the cat replies: ''Why don't you go over in front of the s. P. build ing; no one will notice you there.''
 ARREST OF A SUSPEcT.-A Mex ican who came down on the stage from Roosevelt was arrested at Mesa yester- day. The arrest was made on a tele- phone message from Ranger Peterson at Roosevelt. He did not say in his message why the man was wanted but
 he said that he would be at Mesa the next day after the prisoner. It is sur missed that the Mexican may be sus- pected of being one of the Livingstone murderers. Ranger Peterson has been engaged on that case ever since the dis covery of the bodies of Plunkett and Kennedy
 HELD TO THE GRAND JURY- Rafael ValenzueIa was arrested by De- putty Sheriff Dunnigan on Wednesday while trying to break into the Manila saloon through a window just as the proprietor was getting ready to close up. ValenzueIa was given hearing before Justice Burnett yesterday and was held to the grand jury. This pris- ! oner recently completed a term in, the 1 territorial prison to which he had been sent for a year, having been convicted 1 of an assault upon his wife with intent | to commit murder.
 ! A MELON WORTH WHILE-J. L. ! Hicks brought to this office yesterday ] a water melon like those one reads about It was raised by Mir. Hicks since April 2S, having attained a 1 weight of forty one pounds in less ! than three months. It is of the large i Rattlesmake variety and is as good as i it looks. Mir. Hicks place is near the Indian school in the viciinty of the l fertile McElligott ranch and on the road from Phoenix to the famous Todd place It would be impossible not to raise big melons in a neighbOrhood ! like that.
 GONE TO KLEMAN-President | F. M Murphy, General Superintendent ] w. A. Drake and General Freight and ! Passenger Agent F. A. Jones of the $. F. P. & P. arrived here from the north | last evening on a special train They ! left shortly after for Winkleman on the 1 P. & E. on a general inspection trip. l Governor Kibbey accompanied them to ! Winkleman as he has not before visit ! ed that portion of Pinal county east of l Florence since the building of the rail road. He will return with the party today.
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