Arizona republican., 1906-04-25
LITTLE NICKEL PIECE
 BROKE POKER GAME
The Officers Had Been Trying to do
 the Same Thing.

| Roosevelt, April 23.-(Special Corre- l spondence of The Republican Ut cost Pete Lorenzo just an even hundred dol | lars for running poker game without | a license in Justice Evans court on Tuesday of last week. Pete is the pro- prietor of the French restaurant in this l place, and for some time past it has been known to the officers that he has been operating the game in the rear of | his place of business, but definite proof ] has always been lacking whenever a case was about to be brought against | him. At all times he has employed a l lookout to warn his patrons of danger ! but it was not raid of officers that proved his undoing last Tuesday. It all came about over the dispute relating 1 to a five-cent debt. For some time past one of the patrons of the joint has been complaining of being buncoed out of small sums every time he "cashed | in'' his checks. The mans name is l Morales. but he said in speaking of the affair later. that shortly before he had been done out of about S2 and on | Tuesday night, when he went to "cash | in." the owner of the joint would not | give him the full value of his checks. | but cut him down five cents. This act l on Lorenzos part led to a very heated discussion, but he still refused to pay | llAc iilChlts NucIeupOH AOFaleS, longing 1 for revenge, went out in search of Con ! stable Russell. It was not long until l he found him and in company with | Ranger Holmes the trio returned to the gambling joint. The officers experience ed no difficulty whatever in securing admission and found the game running | full blast Lorenzo was immediately arrested and put in jail for the night and his place closed up. In the morn | ing he was brought into court for trial ] but the case against him was so clearly defined that the matter of the trial was only formality. Most of his patrons of the place on the night before were summoned as witnesses, and the story of the whole affair came out with very little difficulty. His fine was set at SlOO. part of which he paid immedi- i ately, giving security for the balance II The little Church of Roosevelt is to have bell to call its worshippers to service, and in the getting of it lies an interesting story. A short time ago
 when two gentlemen from Phoenix were visiting at the government camp. among the various subjects talked of was the little church recently finished Some one made the remark that the
 wOrkmen of the town had steam whistle to call them to work but no bell to call them to service. Immedi- ately one of the visiting gentlemen took the subject up and said that he would start subscription for bell by giving II 8. Whereupon the other visitor added S1O more to it. These generous gentle men were none others than Dwight B.
 Heard and his father-in-Iaw. Mr
 Bartlett of Phoenix. MT. Duryea. the cement expert, also added S5 more and the bell fund was we'll started MT. Haq r6
 Phoenix be allowed to contribute. SO
 henceforth the fund will be open to
 Phoenicians especially. but no one
 wishing to help the good cause will be
 refused an opportunity
 charles S. Witbeck, who for a con-
 siderable time past has had charge of the legal affairs Of the project. has
 been transferred to Yuma. where he
 went on Tuesday morning of last week.
 The break, which for the last few
 days has kept the newly-instalied wa
 Ter wheel tied up, has been temporarily,
 repaired and at the present writing the
 wheel Is again running. The shutdown
 or the wheel necessitated the closing up
 of the cement mill for the time heinz
 as well as the cutting out of the work
 at the contractors camp, both of which
 places receive energy for operation
 rom the power generated by the tur-
 olne Permanent repairs will be made
 as soon as the new parts are received
 from the makers. which will probably
 be in about three weeks or a month. MT. F. Terchman.- the designing en- slneer. left hurriedly for San Francisco
 on Wednesday mornings stage He has
 daughter living in the burned city.
 ana It was anxiety for her safety that
 called him away so hurriedly.
 The sale of the ranch of Robert L. Lee located short distance from here.
 IS reported as being made to Smart and
 stevens. cattle dealers. The price paid
 Tor the property is rumored to be near ly s10.O0O.