Arizona republican., 1906-06-06
WHlSKEY FIDDLER
 AMONG INDIANS
He Invaded Their Village and cOm-
 pelIsd Them to Buy.

Roosevelt, Ariz., June 4-(special Of The Republican)- The past week has been a very busy one in Judge Evans court, and the vol- tune of business done on Wednesday was probably record breaker. No less than five cases occupied the judges Iattention on that day and all of them were due directly to mans love for whisky. The first case brought up for trial was that of Pedro Lopez. charged with selling liquor to an In- dian. The evidence against the man was the strongest possible and after very short hearing he pleaded guilty. and was sentenced to spend ninety days in the county bastile at Globe. The man was reported to the police by the Indians themselves, and this fact as well as the time of day at which he the whisky to the Indians. makes the case somewhat remarkable.
 One morning during the latter part of last week Lopez took four quarts of whisky and started from his home. about three miles from here to the h. dian camp just east of town. He ar rived at the camp before the Indians had arisen and proceeded to make him self at home by adding one of the bot ties of booze to a large pot of "tula- pail that was sitting nearby. After doing this he aroused the Indians from their slumbers and made them buy the remaining bottles Of fire water at three dollars per. This they did in order to keep peace in the camp, but just as soon as the Mexican was gone an In- dian was immediately sent for Ran ger Holmes to look the man up. A ,A1F,. he was nowhere to be found. He was seen again, however, on the afternoon of the 25th and his whereabouts were given to Ranger Holmes, who again set out in search of him and found him and brought him back to jail.
 During the hearing he at first made a slight attempt to deny all the charge against him, but he soon saw the use lessness of the plan, and pleaded guilty. He was taken to Globe the middle part of the week by Constable Russell.
 The other episode that attracted the attention of the citizens of this other wise quiet burg, and which had its beginning in a small jug of whisky, was that which landed four of our most respected citizens in Justice Evans court and was the cause of each one of these most respected citizens being
 
 dollars. Ranger Holmes was again mixed up in the deal and he tells the story about as follows: During the early part of the week, a jug of goodly proportions was brought in by the stage driver Joe Phelps, to C. P. Hill, a dairyman, of this place. The jug arrived safely and was accepted with great eclat by Hill and a few of his friends. During the evening the drink ing became quite steady and two new members, Ed Lahey and Oscar Fly att, were added to the duet with the jug. It was merry party indeed, and when some one of the crowd suggested tamales, the bunch made a dash Tor Mexican town. They were not long Tn getting there and being unable to find anyone at home at the first shop, they proceeded to knock in the front door Just at this stage of the game Ranger Holmes blows in. Hearing the shouts and commotion he started out to see the cause of the trouble. but had not gone far when he saw a peculiar sight. Out in the street mounted on a horse was Hill, riding back and forth just as fast as the horse could carry him. The rest of the quartette were on the ground running from house to house, looking for the man who sold the tam ales. Finally one of the bunch saw Holmes standing alone, and ran up and grabbed him by the shoulders and be- gan to shake him somewhat roughly. This was a little too much for the rangers patience, and he landed good right swing on the eys of his assailant. Two or three more quickly followed and the man was soon down and out. This quieted the remainder of the crowd and they were all placed under arrest. "Six dollars apiece,' said Judge Evans, when they were brought before him the rol- lowing morning. The fine was paid immediately by all except Phelps. His was settled later by Jack Fraser, who came up from Fish Creek, especially for that purpose.
 Frank Mitchell, who for the past three years, has been connected with | the reclamation service on the Salt River project, left here on Wednesday morning last for Browning, Montana, where he has been transferred by the department for service on the Milk River project. While located here Mir Mitchell has risen from the position of rodman to that of chief of party and has seen the Salt River project change | from practically nothing into the aI- most completed work that it now is. | And in this work he has played no mean part, and his ability in engineer ! ing lines was known to all. His trans fer to the Milk River project is in the nature of a promotion and it was with greatest regrets that his friends saw him leave for his new field of work. pr. J. c. Norton. the territorial vet
 erinary surgeon from Phoenix, is wis
 itor on the project for a few days. He
 is accompanied by Mrs. Norton and his
 son.
 Edson Lee returned on Monday, after
 a short trip to Phoenix.
 | Walter Lubkin was a passenger on
 the stage from Mesa on Friday even
 ing. He returns from a short trip over
 the Yuma project.