Arizona republican., 1906-07-06
Cor. Washington and First Streets

compiled by Miss Henrietta Dawson and Miss Jennie Roberts. The figures will be made a part of the annual re-
 port of Superintendent Fulton to the territorial superintendent of public in struction which report he is now pre- pairing. Reports from other counties over the territory show large increases in school population. the most notable increases coming in the counties of Cochise, Graham and Gila. Douglas and Globe, so far as the returns are
 now in. show the most marvellous
 growth in school population of any of the cities of the territory.
 POLICE COURT-In police court
 yesterday Albert FekrOse was jailed for
 five days for drunkenness. Mary Will
 Hams, for drunkenness and disorderly
 conduct forfeited $15 bail. Jane Doe
 pleaded not guilty to a similar charge
 and her trial was set for today. Mary
 Doe was fined S for frequenting a
 wine room. Peter Kelly was fined S5
 for drunkenness and disOrderly con-
 duct. John A. Lane was sentenced to
 ten days for vagrancy. John Doe No.
 was fined $1O for fighting. John Doe
 No. l, his antagonist, pleaded not
 guilty, but was tried and convicted and
 fined s1O.
 AN ARLINGTON BARBECUE There was a double celebration at Ar
 liugton on the Fourth of July. There was a barbecue in remembrance of the
 freedom of the American colonies from the domination of the British and in celebration of the freedom of the ranchmen of Arlington from the grasp of the desert and the drouth. After many tribulations following the going out of the dam and the headgates. wa ter, after many months, was turned in to the canal in abundance. It was de- cided to have a barbecue. The beef was furnished by Dwight B. Heard. C. T. Hirst and James A. Day contrib uted literally to the event, and the peo- pie of the vicinity brought out no end of other food to supplement the beef. All Arlington and the country round 1tt Ut. including all of Buckeye, were | tHere. There had never been such a day in that part of the country. PhOs- nix was there by proxy. MT. Hirst, P. A. Gilmore, representing MT. Heard, and MT. Lassen went down to contrib ute to the gaiety of the casiun. The day was filled in with feasunG fun and merrymaking, but the day was not | long enough, so that night there was a dance. lasting until nearly morning, at | the newly completed residence of MI. | Cooke.
 U. S. COURT AT TOMBSTONE
 T. L. B. Alexander, United States at l torney, has returned from Tombstone. ! where he had gone for the purpose of | attending the session of the federal court for that district. The calendar was not a large one, and the cases un- | der consideration were for the most part Chinese smuggling eases. One
 man who had been indicted for such an offense, Jesus Burrel, was convicted and sentenced to serve six months in | jail and to pay a fine of $10O. He had previous to his sentence. been in jail | awaiting trial for a period of four
 months. The fact that he gave a great | amount of valuable information to the | officials, which may lead to the arrest
 and conviction of an organized gang Of smugglers now operating along the l border had much to do with the light 1 sentence Burrel was given. He was a | tool of the real lawbreakers. Mensa | Rodrigues. indicted for bringing alien women into the territory for immoral purposes, secured his acquittal. On