Arizona republican., 1906-09-11
OF LOCAL
 INTEREST

MIR. MOWRY BETTER George F.. 1 Mowry, who has been 1T for several weeks. is improving very noticeably and regaining a large measure of his former strength.
 FOUR WILDCATS Walter Hast l ings yesterday brought 10 the board of supervisors the skins of four wildcats he had killed on the Agua Fria and for which he put in q claim for four dollars bounty.
 EXAMINATION OVER-The terri | torial board of examiners has finished the grading Of the papers submitted ! at the last examination and the mem bers are now waiting for the kicks to come in from the disappointed teach CTS.
 A MOUNTAIN TRlP-Mr- and Mrs. H. l.. Krohn. who reside at GIG North Fourth street have returned from an extended mountain trip made during the summer months. Ar Krohn was very much improved by the trip and will remain in Phoenix during the coming winter.
 TAXES ON THE AUTOS-Numer- ous complaints have been made to tha city assessor and tax collector regard ing the failure of owners of automo- piles operated for commerc al pur- poses to pay the quarterly license tax. A recent ordinance passed by the city council makes it obligatory on the part of the owner of the machine to pay tax and if it is not done every 1 day makes a new offense which under the same ordinance is punishable by
 fine. the minimum of which is s5. If the licenses are not paid within the next few days, il is likely warrants will be sworn out by several of the
 hack men.
 A SERIOUS cHARGE-James Nearly. who was Sunday night arrest ed by the city police was yesterday turned over to the county officials
 and arraigned before Judge Johnstonc on a charge of attempted burglary. Neary has been in Phoenix ever since the San Francisco fire, coming here on a ticket furnished him by the relief committee. He accompanied a sister. who is in poor health and who since arriving here has somewhat improV- ed. He. himself is an invalid and un- able to do any work and has spent much of his time about the saloons. When arrested he was in the redlighl district and the officers caught him in the act of cutting a screen. IL is on this fact that the charge against
 him was sworn to. Neary claims that he was drunk and that he had no knowledge Of what he was doing. Ills examination will be held this morning
 and in the meantime he will remain in jail having been unable to furnisp the S4OO bond required.
 POLICE COURT-Judge Thomas of the police court had an unusual array ! before him yesterday afternoon. Ed | Long, a Scandinavian who has been at work for the government along the | Tonto road had come to town with ] $40. He bought a limited amount of
 clothing and appoitioned the change I which he had left in drunk fund IL i only required about third of the fund To put h.m in al condition where i he had no control over his own acts, and it was his misfortune to land l 1 this condition on one of the main ! streets of the town. He was picked up i by the police and the sentence of the court was that he pay a fine of $15 or go to ja for fifteen days. He chose the latter. Juan Maybe took dinner Sunday afternoon at the English Kit chen IL was only by the combined
 efforts Of three Chinamen that he did not take everything else in the res taurant besides dinner An officer fin ally arrived on the scene Of the dIs-
 ! turbance, and after hearing the evi-
 dence, he was committed for per o1
 { of ten days Mariana Sanchez who
 was just a sleeping drunk. was fined
 i S3 Manuel Morales was given a sim
 liar sentence but not because his
 was any lesser one. He had received
 some punishment in the way of a
 broken head administered by some
 body. the evidence. of which he car
 lied with nm and offered the court.