Arizona republican., 1905-04-17
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 INTEREST

X. T.. NEE lNG-PnOeIllA COhi- mandery Knights Tenn plar will confer
 the Order of the Temple this evening.
 FOR THE SUMMER-Mr. Harry J.
 Jones left last evening via the M. &
 P for Los Angeles He expects to go
 east from there and probably will not return here again until next fall.
 THE TRIAL JURY-This is the day set for the active trial of cases and witnesses have been subpoenaed in
 several cases but it is thought that on account of the Hobbs hearing little will be done.
 GOING TO BIsBEE-Carl Behn, formerly of Phoenix, but more recently in business in Tombstone, was in Phoenix yesterday, returning south Hast night. MT. Behn is going to move
 to Bisbee and will open a drygoods store in Brewery Gulch, on the former brewery site and next door to the post office.
 BAND BOYS cLoTHEs-The members of the Phoenix band were resplendent last night in their new un- iforms which are the handsomest ever
 worn by a musical aggregation in this part of the country. They are dark with white trimmings, the uniform in- cluding the cap. The band played bet
 
 audience of the season.
 HIS LAST LEGS-This is the name
 of a play which was to be given at the Doris last Tuesday night foI the benefit of the Woodmen of the World but on account of the condition or the weather at that time it was necessary to postpone it, though many tickets had been sold. The play will, however, be presented at the Doris on Wednes- day night and all tickets previously
 sol6 will be honored.
 ONE ON JOHN-Oficer John Moore had a narrow escape yesterday from
 being arrested for stealing a pocket book from under a buggy seat. Early in the morning young man employed at the creamery on Third street stop ped a runaway horse and buggy on Adams street, drove it to the plaza
 and tied it and reported to the mar shaPs office that there was a purse un- der the cushion on the seat. Officer
 Moore told him to put the rig Tn a stable and himself went to the bug gy to get the purse and keep it for the owner. Just as he was appropgiat- ing it a man who recognized the rig and knew it's owner came along and
 interposed an objection, saying that he knew the owner of the rig and wanted to know what right the officer had to be swiping things from It. It
 was then explained to him how 1t came to be there and what was proposed to be done with the outfit when the cit izen decided not to disarm the officer, steal his keys and throw him in. The officer at the same time pressed the
 citizen into servcie for the delivery Of
 the team to the owner.
 WOULD FILL RESERVOIR-En gineer c. H. Matthes of the reclama- tion service has been making a little estimate on the quantity of water that has passed down the Salt river this | year. The result of his finding is that sufficient water passed during the
 months of February and March to fill 1 the Roosevelt storage reservoir In addition to that considerable water went down the river in January and there has been a large flow so far dur | ing April. MT. Matthes says his ng-
 ures are only approximate and there 1 fore he does not wish to have them published, but the totals are sufficient ! ly large to warrant the statement made. The reason his figures can not ! be made with accuracy now is that
 many gauges were washed away in the | floods and only temporary gauges were l put in their places These temporary
 affairs will have to be compared as
 to their measurements with the reg
 ular gauges, or to express It more
 clearly perhaps, reduced to the same
 system. Hence there will undoubtedly
 be variance but as mentioned above
 there is plenty of lee way to work up-
 on and before the floods are over per haps there may be enough to fill the
 big basin twice.
 | CLOSING OF SCHOOL-Friday the
 IA was a gladsome day to the teacher,
 pupils and parents of the Fowler II scool. The day was devoted to the | closing exercises of the school under II the efficient management of Mrs. II Swiggert who has given herself earn II estly to the work of the school room II during the year. The exercises were II opened with the singing of "America'' | and prayer by J. B Hutton, pastor of | the Baptist church. In the songs and
 recitations which made up the program II the teacher and pupils did themselves | credit. Mention should be made of II the beautiful hymn, Nearer my God Il to Thee" in pantOmine by six girls in Il white robes and also "F'lower song | drilI' by 10 little girls. At the close | of the exercises a dinner was served | in the adjoining room, such as those
 present had never seen equaIled for | good things to eat, both in quantity
 and varietv. In the afternoon there