Arizona republican., 1906-08-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST

PROSPERITY OF GRAHAM-John U. Bfrdno of Stafford. county assessor
 of Graham county, is in the city for
 the purpose of attending the meeting
 of the territorial board of equalization.
 Rains in his section have assured good
 crops and all interests are according ly prosperous. He will remain in the
 city for several days.
 THREE DAYS WAS ENOUGH Mrs. Maggie Morales who was sen
 tenced to fifteen days in the county jail for throwing d stone through the window of her mothers house, was turned loose yesterday morning on the payment of SIP. She had served three days of the sentence. Nicholas York acting probably for a silent partner
 put up the money.
 l A BUSY DAY-Taking into account the temperature and the humidity. Jus | tice Johnstone had very strenuous day yesterday. Among the minor cases | before him were those of Placido Sal ares and Martha Valdez, who had been | arrested the day before on the com plaint of neighbors for a general dis turbance of the peace by fighting. Knives figurede in the encounter. The man was fined $S and the woman who was as guilty was let off with $7. Au- gustine Quara was sent to jail for sev- en days for drunkenness and disturb ance of the peace Andreas EstreHa| who is accused of having whipped Jose Arvisa pleaded not guilty to the as sault and will be given a trial this afternoon.
 THE DRUNK WAS NET-A we'll known citizen of this part of the coun- try who has been employed at Roose- welt for some time arrived in the city on Saturday with SS5 He got to plung- ing and in the course of the day and evening he took money from the games amounting to $150. He was a regular plunger. But that night he lost $235, so he was just even or a little more than even. The beautiful jag which he was wearing had really cost him noth- ing. He was that much ahead of the game but still he was not happy He. had such a tendency toward grouch- mess that the constabIes had to take him in. He was before Justice John stone yesterday By that time he had come to a full realization of the kind of burro he had made of himself He said that it was the first time he had ever been arrested and the first time he had ever broken any law He wanted to go back to work He was fined $I, which he promised to pay out of the first fruits of his labors.
 REVISED RURAL RoUTE-In- structions were received at the post office yesterday from the fourth assist ant postmaster general amending the description of rural route No. l. The change goes into effect on the 16th Of HN.H-
 the route is as follows: Beginning at the postohice the carrier will go east to Marble road, IF miles north to Mc- DoweIl road, 1 mile west to Cave Creek road. l mile north to Grants, miles east to McFalrs, 1 mile south to Me DOwell road, miles east to Ellers 215 north. 55 mile east to McBrides, F mile south to Tempe road, IF contin~ uing south past school house 5s mile west to west line of section 12 1 milo north. F mile south retracing to Schultz, 13s north to Henshaw road. F west to Central avenue, north to postOffice ] mile. In all the route GOV CTS 22 miles Of country road. The change was made on the petition of several persons to be served on the new route. The numbers for the boxes necessitated by the change may be se- cured by application to the postmaster
 THEY WANTED EXCITEMENT-I While Constable Harry Troops was serving papers in the vicinity of China town yesterday afternoon he found some women in China alley in a state of perpleXity over the actions of a group of children in a house all by themselves. It was suspected that they were engaged in some unlawful pro- ceeding. The constable made an in- vestigatiOn. The oldest child of the lot was a boy about fourteen. He had just handed q match to one of the smaller children and he was about to strike it and touch it to lot of paper in one corner of the room. The other children were grouped about the door, expect ancy written on their faces. They were about to make a getaway" The match was not struck and the con- stable began an investigation. He brought out that they were going to fire the highly infiammable house in that very infiammable quarter with the object of seing the fire horses run. Then ensued period of real excite ment. The mothers of the children had gathered by this time and each took possession of her own snd for the next quarter of an hour the neighbor- hood resounded with their walls punctuated by the crack upon them of straps and other instruments of casti4 gatiOn.