Arizona republican., 1906-07-22

THE WATER IN THE RIVER-Ac- cording to Frank Trott, the water com missioner. there were 10000 inches of water in the canals yesterday after noon. It was divided among the vari- ous waterways in accordance with a schedule agreed upon some time ago.
 A RURAL oUTING-Phn Wharton and wife, Byron Hartwell and wife. P C. Paddock and wife, and Jock Blink orn will spend today at the Karl Hedger ranch, on the Agua Fria. The party will leave early in the morning and, according to the present plan, will return to the city tomorrow night RETURNING ST. JOE BOOSTER Tom Cover, who, with a party Of friends. left Phoenix some time ago for the coast, returned to the city yester- day. accompanied by his brother. Harry Cover. TheO. Haffner. who was a member of the party. is still in Los Angeles, and will remain there for some time.
 HENEY- Y-BELVIN-A San Francisco exchange announces the engagement of Frank Heney. a prominent attorney of that city. to Mrs. Rebecca McMullin Belvin, a lady prominent socially there and a daughter of an old Kentucky family. MT. Heney was for years a resident of Arizona and prominent in politics here. More recently he has at tained prominence on account of his prosecution of the oregon land fraud cases as a special United States at torney.
 HE REACHED HOME TOO LATE A letter was received yesterday from A. w. Lamm. who left here several days ago for Danville. H., on account of the illness of his mother, saying that he had arrived too late. His mother. who had been dangerously ill for sev- eral weeks, had passed away on the afternoon Of the 18th, the day before his arrival He will remain in the east for several weeks on matters in con nection with his mothers estate.
 THE ADAMS HoRSEs-According to letters received in the city yester- day, the Adams string of horses will. the coming week. be at the Windsor track, near Detroit. but on the Cana dian side of the river. The following week they will be at Cleveland, Ohio, where the two great events of the grand circuit, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants and Manufacturers stakes, will be raced for. The second week in August the horses will be at the Buffalo track. The trial work of Custer is very satisfactory to MT. Adams trainer and to MT. Adams. At present he is in fine form, but the let ter did not say positively whether he would be started in the Chamber of Commerce event or not. He has been entered for tho race.
 ABSENT MEMBERSHIPS social organization of the Ford yesterday re- ceived letters announcing the good state of health of three of their past members. one letter came from the scouts, Messrs. Stull and Smoke saying they were in the best of health and at present at their home in South Bend, Ind. They send their best regards to all of their inquiring friends and issue a general invitation to all Phoenix to visit South Bend. Much of their time they are devoting to a new automobile they purchased since returning east. They are planning to return to PhOe- nix in the fall. A second letter came from George Gilmore. who spent last winter here for the benefit of his health. He is now at Shreveport. La. and in very good health. It is his plan to return to Phoenix the coming winter