Arizona republican., 1905-02-17


 Bicente Martinez were each sent to jaii yesterday by the city recorder for sev- en days, the charge being vagrancy. MOTHERS CIRCLE-The Mothers Circle of the west end school will meet Friday, Feb. r at S:30 at the school house. All who are interested are re- quested to be present.
 HI HOOKER lLL-Hi Hooker is quite ill at the Sisters hospital c. H. Hooker and wife. his brother and sis- ter-inIaw arrived here yesterday morning from Jerome to attend him. 1 MESA BALL PLAYERS-The Mesa ] ball team has expressed a desire to cross bats with the Phoenix team next Sunday. The Phoenix team is willing but it is doubtful whether the elements can be harmonized sufficiently to make the meeting possible. If it clears up there will probably be a game. SENT UP FOR SIXTY DAYS Chas. Gustin, the restaurant cook, who
 stole a wheel from John Reber and
 sold it for ten dollars will have to give the territory time worth more than the price of the best bicycle made. He was yesterday sentenced by Justice Burnett to sixty days in the county jail.
 e | Van der Veer of the board of trade yesterday received a letter from a man in South Dakota who says he would like to locate in a warmer climate. He says the weather there is delightfully."- equable, but the equabiIity is all be- low zero and covered with snow. The temperature has been running nearly all winter between 3 and 35 below nothing.
 THE JOINT SUPERVISORS There was another meeting of the su- pervisors, of the territory yesterday. A great many matters relating to the raising of revenue were gone over and two or three bills were formulated for early presentation. The supervis- ors also adopted a recommendation to the legislature for the passage of the Bark bill for the taxation of transient stock.
 THE CAUSE OF TIL. c. Kicker son of Wickenburg admits that he is the cause .of all the trouble. He says he has never yet come from Wicken- burg to Phoenix that rain did not follow in a few hours. The former rain, early in the month, followed him into town. cut off his retreat and kept him here nearly a week. Tuesday heI announced that he was coming toI Phoenix again and his friends tried to prevent it, but he insisted that there was no danger as the weather was settled again. He came down that night and it was raining inside of three hours after his arrival.
 SPECIAL MEETING WANTED It has been suggested that the board of trade should call a special meet ing and by resolution repudiate any responsibility or cOmplicity in the present storm. They owe this much to the people they have advised to come here for a dry climate" It is also that another resolution be passed requesting the department of agriculture to take back the mustard seed and lettuce seed recently sent here for distribution and in it's stead forward a consignment of pond lily seed or bulbs or whatever the lilies come from. It is also thought that a 1 good robust variety of sea weed would 1 do well on the deserts; that is if there l is q sort available than can stand ] good deal of water
 A VERY CAUTIOUS MAN-when | ri E-[rc1 sized the sky up yesterday | morning he felts ure things had not | finished happening in the weather line. | He looked at the larder and concluded | there was more to eat in Phoenix than | there was on the ranch in the event | that either or both should be cut off | from the outside world by floods, so | he came to town. After it had been | raining good and hard for two or three | hours he teIephoped Mrs. Eldred that | he was alright and not to worry about | him, at the same time advising her to | climb tree if the water got too high. | Then he went to Hoghe's for supper | and the first thing that his eye rested |