Arizona republican., 1906-06-22
or LOCAL
 Ill INTEREST

SAN JUAN'S DAT-Sunday oI lIls week will be San Jusn day and the Mexican residents are preparing a big celebration, which will take place at Winllleman, For the occasion the Phoenix and Eastern road has made 2. rate.
 BLOOMING CENTURY PLANT The century plant of which mention was made some time ago on the Will ] liam Acuff ranch, few miles out on the Christy road, west of town IS blooming. Several days ago, the small shoots which have broken out on the main stalk, now about thirty feet high, i began to blossom. Only those about ten feet from the ground have so far blossomed, but similar shoots along the entire stalk show that other bios sons will follow.
 THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER ] -Commissioner Trott, who is now in charge of distribution of water among all of the north side canals, announced yesterday the manner in which itI would be turned into the Arizona and Appropriators canals. The water to- day will be allowed to run as it has been running Then the Arizona water will be run for three days in the Alp propria tors' canal After that it will be run alternately six days in each the! Arizona and Appropriators'.
 THE SLIPPERS FlLLED-The tourist and the standard sleeping cars which were to form a part of the equipment of the back east excursion train to be run by the Santa F'e leav ing here on the morning of July End, have all been sold out and the local passenger officials of the road were forced to secure more reservations. This they were able to do, and now have half a car which came from Los Angeles. When it is considered that every upper and lower berth in two Pullman cars have been filled with passengers by the local passenger agents of the road a fair estimate of the amount of work necessary in mak- ing such an excursion a success may ba formed.
 A COUNTRY FIRE-A house be- longing to MT. Rich on the McDoweH
 road, near the end of California ave- nue, was burned yesterday. The house
 was unoccupied. MT. Rich, since the
 sale of his property to A. c. Utly,
 having taken up his residence at Long Beach, Calif' The fire is supposed to
 have had it's origin in a large patch of
 weeds in the rear of the house and
 soon after the flames were discovered
 there a couple of boys were seen run ming away. Though the fire was far
 out of the city limits and beyond any.
 water line the fire department went
 out with the chemical engine and pre- vented the flames from attacking an other house nearby, also belonging to
 Mir Rich. The burned house was a five-room brick structure.
 BASE BALL ON SUNDAY-A game
 of baseball has been arranged for, next Sunday at the park between the PhnpDiy Juniors ,,fn from Wakelin's and the fire depart
 ment- The lineup of the teams will be as follows: Phoenix Juniors Harter, catcher; Donovan. pitcher; Jones 1stI base; Porter 2nd base; Benenato short stop; c. Byers, 3rd base; L. Quiros left field; J. Quoros center field; s. Byers right field. Wakelin'si and fire department-Delgad pitcher; Porter, catcher; Davidson, 1st base; w Davis. 2nd base; Amator, short stop; Sullivan 3rd base; B. Davis. left field; Tevis, centerfield; Hanscomb.
 right field; substitutes J. Towers and C. Wiley. The game will be called at S:S0. These teams practically com posed of the same players recently played so close a game that an extra inning was necessary to decide it. A STRENUOUS COLLECTOR-T Estranda has inaugurated a peculiar system for the collection of debts. He has for some time past been in the en- ploy of a ranches who lives twelve | miles southwest of the city. named w w. Willis. Last Saturday through a disagreement the Mexican quit work and in the settlement of accounts Es- tranda claimed there was due him a weeks pay. Willis disputed the claim whereupon Estranda, it is claimed. drew siX-shooter and began beating Willis over the head. He closed his at tack by informing Willis that unless he paid him what was due him he would kill him at the expiration of a few hours. Willis came to town and secured an officer, who visited the ranch but failed to find Estranda. Yesterday he was located and taken | into custody on a warrant charging him with assault with deadly weapon | His hearing was set for tomorrow and
 in the meantime he is in Jail in default | of $200 bail. Earlier in the day Judge Johnstone sent Manuel Vasquez to jail
 for seven days for being drunk and disOrderly in his conduct.