Arizona republican., 1905-01-14

M. Runner, lots ?. 3. 4. 5, and of block g. Dennis addition. This prop erty is better known as tke Marston place and consists of six acres on which there is a good orchard, a seven room house, barn, etc. It is one of the finest close in semi i-country residences in the city and a few years ago the orchard was famous for its choice early fruits.
 THE TONTO TRADE--J. L. Patter- son, formerly postmaster at Lehi, in this valley, but at present postmaster at Pine, in the upper Tonto basin, ar rived here yesterday via the new Roosevelt road. He says there is no doubt but that the construction of that road will bring the greater part of the Tonto basin trade to this valley as it is a fine thoroughfare and it will be equally as convenient for the people to come to Phoenix as to go to Globe.
 PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES-Ser- vices at the Presbyterian church to- morrow as follows: Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Communion and reception of members at the Il o'clock service. Preaching by the pastor Dr. McAfee, at 7:30 D. m. Theme for the evening, "Genealogies and Lists" Christian En- deavor prayer meeting at 6:S0 p. m. Subject, Am I My Brothers Keeper?" Gen. 4, S-15. Leader MT. J. l.. Kilker- son. All will be cordially welcome at these services
 SENT TO ASYLUM-Tom Tait was arrested yesterday on a charge of in- sanity. He was brought to the jail by a member of the Salvation army who said that he had beer drinking for q long time and that no doubt his mental condition was due to alcoholism. It was thought that if he could be re- strained he might be restored. His re- cord 5 not g very good one. He has served a term in the penitentiary at Yuma and since his return to Phoenix he has had no more useful occupation than that of a drunken loafer. He was given an examination in probate court in the afternoon and was committed.
 AN OFFICIAL DUTY-Sneriff Walker is beginning to find out that being sheriff does not consist merely in arresting and hanging people and drawing a big salary. There are a great many side duties. Last night a wom- an living in Brill's addition appraised him by telephone that there was a dead calf lying in ront of her house and that it was necessary that it be re- moved before the weather gets warm. She wanted him to attend to it tomor- row either in person or by proxy. It will be remembered that on the night of the flood the sheriffs office was wired to from a dozen different points at once for relief. The next day the office was called upon to hunt for a woman supposed to be lost.
 THE RAGING GILA--Little news has been received yet concerning con ditions at the GiIa river There is nothing authoritative and everybody is doing his own guessing. From a num- Der of sources, however, interested persons who ought to know as much as anybody about it, it was gleaned that yesterday morning the river at the crossing was just as wide as it could get without pushing away the hill on the south side or the big mesa on the north side. Its width was roughly es- timated at a mile and there was no means of measuring its depth. All that could be certainly known was that the railroad bridge was not in sight anywhere. It might have been swept down stream or it might still be secure on it's foundations beneath the raging torrent. The latter proposition, how ever, was hardly a reasonable one and nothing short of a real sport would put money on it. It is safe tOA predict therefore, that if the bridge is not en- tirely gone, some of it is. The West ern Union people could do nothing yes terday but sit around and estimate the amount of money they were losing, for they were cut off from the entire world except Tempe and for some req son that seemed to be the only place in the world that nobody wanted to telegraph to yesterday.