Arizona republican., 1906-02-23

the church parlors this afternoon at ? o'clock
 SOCIAL TONIGHT-A Washingtons birthday social was given last night by Miss Avis at her residence on N. Fourth street, to the Endeavorers of the Church of Christ and their friends. The social began at s o'clock. There was an enjoyable evening of music and other good things.
 BLOODY DOUGLAS-There were three homicides in Douglas last week. The first was a Mexican girl named Jesus Angula who was shot by her lover. the second was Jack Brice, killed by Charles Webb in Winchester duel and a third was Christobal Ram irez, fatally shot by Deputy Sheriff Hayhurst and Constable Shropshire while resisting arrest.
 THEY GOT THE LIMIT-Quail hunters were out yesterday in large members. going in all directions. NIessrs. Stone, Jessop. Bittell and Pe- nick were out south of Tempe and secured the limit in a few hours, and report plenty of birds and good shoot ing The season closes Marcn 1st, and indications are the birds win be kept busy lodging the hunters until that time.
 WANTONLY SHOT-A complaint was made at the office of the sheriff yesterday of the shooting of a MeXi- can boy who was herding some cows near the park. The shoOtin@ had been done by another boy on horseback. It is not known who he was. There was no provocation. The boy was riding by and stopping aimed at the Mexican boy and fired. The act was witnessed by a man near by. The Mexican boy was not seriously hurt though two or three shots lodged in the side of his neck.
 FIRE DEPARTMENT BALt-The annual ball of the Phoenix fire depart ment was held last night in Melczer hall. Like all previous functions of this kind, it was we'll attended, for there is no more popular organization in the city than the fire depar -ment. As usual tle hall was appropriately decorated and the best of music was furnished for the dancers. The com mittee had done their work well and nothing was lacking for the success of the evening.
 MEASURING THE SANTA CRUZ Last October a guaging station was established on a bridge across the Santa Cruz at Tucson by the reclam- ation service and records of the river flow, when there is any, are being kept, and will be for at least a year. This does not indicate that Tucson is to be turned into a storage reservoir but it is a very convenient place to determine the annual water resources of that stream which information may be valuable some day in determining the feasibility of some reclamation pTojecG some where along its course. The Santa Cruz is a very characteris- tic Arizona stream. It operates spas medically and though it is dry a great deal of the time it carries a great deal of water in the course of a year.
 JUST LIKE A WOMAN-It happens nine times out of ten. Night before last John Williamson. who, with his wife his brother-in-law and sister-in- law were living in a tent near East Lake park was arrested by Deputy Sheriff SIankard. The officer had been sum- moned by neighbors who had been at tracted by the cries of the woman. When they started to her relief they were headed off by Williamson with a gun. On the arrival of the officer the face of the woman was covered with blood from the beating Yesterday morning she was at the jail bright and early to say that a mistake had been made; the wrong person had been arr rested. She said that she had started the trouble by throwing some missile at her husband and he being of quick temper, had given her a few love