Arizona republican., 1906-01-17
A SUIT FOR ASSESSMENTS

Suit was begun in the district court yesterday by the Utah Canal Enlarge ment and Extension company against H. M Mclaughlin for the collection Of S910.6S, due the plaintiff for assess mentS for the maintenance and opera tion of the canal. The defendant is alleged to be the owner of six shares in the canal. There is accompanying the petition a schedule of the assess ments beginning January l, 1900. They have amounted since then and until the beginning of the suit to $1.42A46. There has. been paid since within ,he same time $513.7S
 A S5 JOKES. Miranda appeared of ais own volition in Justice Burnett's court yesterday to say that he was one of the party of a half dozen ac- cused a week ago of stealing a lot of chickens from a man by the name Of Castro. One member of the parry who denied any connection with the theft was convicted and-is under a sentence of twenty-five days in the county jail. Other members of the party are await ing trial. Miranda said that the whole thing was a joke and tnat it was in tended to pay Castro for the chickens which were wanted for a barbecue. Miranda sad he had. to leave early the next morning for the country where he was at work and this was his first opportunity to get to town and square himself.
 TWO RESIDENCE PROPERTIES SOLD-W. K. James Las consummat- ed two sales of residence property re- gently that have not hitherto received publicity. One was the sale to l. w. Fry, who is interested a. the Troy Manhattan property in Pinal county of the w A. Milton residence, No. $50 North Second street, the consideration being S2,00O. Mr. Fry came down to see the territorial fair and decided tht Phoenix was d good place in which to make nis home. The other sale was that of a five-acre tract in the Greenhaw addition, known as lot 8. to Mabel N. Watson. The property now includes a brick house and o,her improvements will be made. The buy CT recently came here from the east and will make her home on the prop erty. The selling price of the house and lot was $1,29O.
 glass case of folding and closing frames to which are attached the eX- hibits of the work of the students of
  at the Territorial fair, is now installed cs a part of the display at the board rf trade room. The contents of the case are interesting. particularly to Phoenix people, and many wno did not have time during the fair to devote to a careful study of the high school work, will now take pleasure in looking it over But the chief purpose in dis playing it at the board room is for the edification of visitors and tourists They have heard much about the school system of Arizona since the statehood talk began and when they drop in to be shown they naturally like to see the schools represented, along with other resources" of the country.
 TELEGRAPHED FOR AID-Noah Martin. who claims to be a railroad man will always regret that he visited the tenderloin district in Phoenix. He had his railroad ticket and all ready to leave the city Monday night but he missed his train. He thought he would see the sights of the town and started in soon accommodating a jag of no mean proportions. Finally he drifted to South Seventh street and spent the night there carOusing. He had a sum of money something less than $500 when he started out on his jambOree and his railroad ticket. When the pO lice found him yesterday afternoon Jesus Romerez was in the act of go-