Arizona republican., 1906-02-19

THE PEASE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE-United States Attorney Alex ander left for Yuma last night this time not on official business. He goes to defend O. A. Pease who is charged with the embezzlement of $S,OOO from the Amalgamated Gold company
 SHEEP SHEARING EXCURSION About one hundred excursionists made the trip to the sheep shearing camp at Beardsley yesterday, leaving Phoenix on the regular north bound train in the morning and returning on the train in the afternoon. Most of those making the trip took picnic lunches and enjoyed the day watching the shearing and. hunting over the desert in the vicinity of the camp.
 A BRIGHT PROSPECT w. w. Whitney, one Of the best-known hard ware and machinery men who make. Phoenix left last night for the, southern part of tho territory. Mr Whitney has made Arizona and this valley for many years. but he says the prospect was never so bright as at the present time He made this statement after reading the dispatches in yesterday mornings Republican. In all parts of the territory however, Mr. Whitney says trade in his lines has been good.
 A CONTRACTING FIRM - D. J. Desmond, of the firm of Shattuck & Desmond. is in the city. having arriv- ed from his headquarters at Los An geles last evening. At present his firm has over twenty camps of grading outfits at work at different points in Arizona and California Their prin- cipaI camp in this territory is in Gila county. where they are doing large amount of work for the Globe and Gila valley road. The firm also nave the contract for the freighting of the government supplies from Mesa to the
 Roosevelt dam. MT. Desmond will wis it Mesa this afternoon.
 RETURNED WITH A HORSE THIEEDeputy Sheriff Cunning | ham returned yesterday morning with
 Ramon Sabadra who is wanted near | Mesa for the theft of a horse alleged
 to have been committed last December
 The officer found Sabadra and the horse at Tucson. He left the animal
 there. pending the discovery of the truth
 of Sabadra's explanation of the affair.
 He said he did not steal the animal but came into possession of it through the
 regular process of trade and barter.
 He gave the complaining witness, Ra- mon Navarro two burros for it.
 Y. Nj. c. A. MEETING-One of the most successful of the Y. M. C. A. meetings yet held in the city was the one of yesterday afternoon not only in 1 point of attendance but also of inter- est. The principal talk of the after noon was made by Rev. Mir. Maclain
 of the First Methodist church who took for his theme that passage of scrip
 ture, "The Glory of a Young Man is His Strength He considered the question from three points, the physi-
 cal, mental and spiritual. talk was ] also made by George P. BuHard. In | a few minutes business meeting follow | ing the other service it was decided to ! bring to the city for a period of two | weeks if possible MT. Titus, secretary
 It is most likely MT Titus will reach the city before the coming Sunday. A GROWING GROCERY BlLL-An
 Armenian with the Celtic name of NJ.
 J. Brady is engaged in a flOurishing grocery and general trade in the south | ern part of the city. Some time ago L.. Hernandez became one of his custom | CTS presenting orders signed by Jesus Valenzuela for groceries Brady did not know Hernandez but he did know l Hernandez but he did know VaIenzuela and had a high opinion of
 him. These orders were always hon | ored without question. Brady ire quentIy saw Valenzuela but he thought it would not be polite to speak to him about the orders, fearing that Valen- zuela might interpret the allusion to