Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-09

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ANoTHgN ron YUMA
Yuma stlll has her leper. or. to be
more exact. San Bernardino's leper,
says the Yuma Sun. He IL comforta.
bly, housed In q tent ct the foot Of
Gpeese hill In South Yuma, and IL
said u have become 20 we'll pleased
with Yuma's climate that he n will
I'M 70 remain indefinitely. BY day
ana ~ night 10 y guarded to prevent
him from wandering forth and dis
ssminating the germs Of his terrible
malady, 20 that aside from the ex-
penss being borne by the people. he IL
wofking no detriment to the commun.
~. except Il b the detriment which
comes q having Il noised abroad that
there y ! leper here,
MARROW Escape HAD elo0gg-
Bllly stiles and Bravo Juan. old.
time confederates Of Burt Alv0rd. and
on Whose heads there II I price, are
believed to have been IN the Lowell
saloon n Btsbee last Saturday night,
p4rchaosd : gallon Of wine, and quiet.
u returned to Mexico. Stiles and
Bravo Juan. without any attempt to
conceal their identity, entered the
Lowell saloon, nea Con O'Shea's
place. paid the price for the liquor.
spoke to several people Ia the saloon
and left just AZ quietly as they enter.
"a. The local officers are inclined to
CONNECT the visits Of Stiles and Bravo
Juan With the robbery OF the Palace
roulette game at which time $3.50 III
cash wal taken.
FLlMFLAMMG0 a MERCHANT
Monday q stranger dropped In Il
Lordshurg store and bought a small
article. rendering q 80 bill In pay-
iient. and got most OF his change In
silver, says the Liberal. He did not
like - much silver, and pushed back
no and asked the cashier to give him
: bill for Il. When the bill was pro-
duced he discovered he had enough
small change In his pocket to pay for
his purchase. % he handed 1t over,
together with the 80 bill and the pile
Of silver and asked for his $40 back.
which he got. and the cashier did not
discover that he had been flimflammed
until he made up his cash accounts
that night, and found he was Just
y10 short. A similar game was tried
n . saloon the same day. but the
barkeeper was on and II did not work.
PAGE MONT FOOL THEM
There b q rumor generally current
at the capitol building. Santa Re, and
official circles, that the appoint.
ment Of game warden will be made
and that Herbert Sims. I health seek
Or q the sa~natarium In that town IL
the ~successful candidate for the job.
Just how much truth there Il IN the
49, uosu W NWy, UuS SutUI 10
Biven to the statement from the fact
that Mr.. Sims called upon Governor
Hagerman at the capitol building on
Monday and Tuesday. Governor Ha.
GERMAN. when asked about the ap-
polntment Of q game warden. said that
nothing had been done In the matter,
- no vacancy existed. He said that
PAGE B. Otero, the present incumbent,
had mot submitted q resignation. and
hat he did not know that he would
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CRIMINALS NAVE SNAP Z
In the district court In Maricopa
ex-Sheriff Frank Murphy OF
Tucson. has applied for a writ OF
nandamus to compel Territorial Audi
or J. n. Page TO compel the payment
4 $500 expenses incurred in going
California after Harconrt, the diA.
nOnd swindler, says the Tucson Cit.
ZEN. The expense was incurred on
he trip to Sacramento where he went
n ecrnrn exfrafitfeu ,anA~s fr,oA tt.i