Arizona republican., 1905-03-09

SeTieS OI them aggregated enough
 to turn the surface of the ground into
 paste again, though a little sunshine
 would dry it all up. There has been
 no heavy rain for several days but
 there never has been a time for the
 last month when a cautious man would
 want to gamble against a possible
 shower.
 ALWAYS OPEN-A statement has
 been given publicity to the effect that
 the general delivery at the Phoenix
 postoffice was closed on Tuesday un-
 til Il o'clock during the distribution of
 mail. The postoffice officials say the
 general delivery is always open from
 8 a. m. to p. m. every day in the
 year except Sundays and holidays, and
 then on the hours announced. The general delivery is a department by it.
 self entirely separate from the dis
 tributing department, the distribution
 being done by other clerks who have nothing to do with the general deliv-
 cry. There would be no object in closing the general delivery for the clerks at those windows have no other work to do.
 BETHEL CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY-The Ladies Missionary so- ciety of Bethel church of the Osborne neighborhood met yesterday at the residence of Mrs. w L. Feel for the purpose of electing officers and hearing reports. Mrs. Feel was elected presi-
 dent; Mesdames Mcclure Smith and
 Morrell were elected 1st. End and 3rd vice presidents; Mrs. c. Tannehill, sec retary; Mrs. Ruck, treasurer; Miss Hedgpeth, corresponding -secretary; Mrs. C. B. Wood, literary secretary, and Mrs. Feel and Mrs. Fields dele
 gates to conference. The reports showed a large amount of good work accomplished in the last year and
 plans were laid for even a larger amount for the coming year. Shortly
 the ladies propose to give a strawberry
 supper for the benefit of Home Mis-
 sions to which the public will be in- vited.
 NEW coRPoRATIoNs-ArticIes of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday: National Investment and Agency company. capital stock s2OO,- 900. mcorporators F. L. Blumer, l..
 Cassidy and A. J. Edwards; Pittsburg
 Tunnel Mining and Milling company. capital stock S1.000.0OO, incorporators
 D. R. Kunkleman, J. w. Rosser; Beach Amusement company, capital stock S1,-
 500, 900, incorporators J. A McKeown,
 NJ. S. SomervilIe and N. s. Snyser; Fillmore Milling company capital stock S50O.0O0. incorporators S. H.
 Chase, R. s. Ruble and F. L. BurreIl; the Goldfield Victoria Mines company, capital stock $1,500.0 900. incorporators H. J. Newman. c. P. Campbell and T. F. Major; Kawich Goldfeld Mining company, capital stock $1,OOO,O ,O0O, in- corporators w. B. Pittman, J. w Langley and F. A. Stevens.
 THE RIVER-Thera is still a good flow of water in Salt river, but it fell materially yesterday. In the morning there was two and one-tenth feet go- ing over the Arizona dam and last evening it had fallen to one and six tenths feet. That isn't much compared to the flood that has been coming down a good part of the time for the last two months but it is a very large body of water in comparison with the flow that for months at a time does not get over the dam at all. After the wealth | CT gets finally settled and the figures | since the first of the year have been | carefully calculated. which work is | now in progress both by Water Com | missioner Trott and by MT. Parish of | the reclamation service, it will be in- teresting to know just what the flow has been. There can be little doubt, | however. that enough water has gone | down the river this year 10 practically | fill the reservoir had it been construct ed. though this statement is not yet by the officials named
 TWO VAGS-William Steers and l, John Smith, arrested for vagrancy, | were sent to the city jail by the re- corder yesterday on sentences of ten and fifteen days respectively. Smith 1 would have received no more l punishment than Steers had he not | tried to be funny and make light of | the court. When asked if he was | ready to hear his sentence he first said | he didn't understand what the court | meant by a sentence. The recorder explained that what he meant was to | ask him if he was ready to hear what ! the court had to say regarding his | ease. He replied with the question as | to what the situation would be if he | were not ready to listen to the court. | Then he was told he would be sent to ! Jail to wait until he was ready. Still i he professed ignorance of what a sen tence meant. He was asked if he would | know what it meant to be discharged | and he said he wouldn't. Then he was | asked if he would understand what it
 iNe'Iit iiI eii~ event ne was Seilt lo Jdii For 150 days. He finally admitted that | he thought he could grasp that idea | and said he guessed he was ready to | listen, whereupon he was given fifteen | 1ays.
 ELkS MINISTRIES TONIGHT-l Tonight is the occasion of the first | performance of the Elks minstrels at | the Doris opera house. The dress re- | hearsal last night settled all doubt | the success of the enter | prise from an amusement standpoint | It's success from a financial stand r point was settled the first day of the ! ticket sale. In this connection however It is stated by the management that | there are still a few good seats left | For those who want them; not the ! choice of course for the sale has been large, but nevertheless as comfortable |