Arizona republican., 1906-07-14
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G. WASH SMITH-G. Washington Smith was yesterday sent to jail by Judge Johnstone for making a nuis- ance of himself in the vicinity of Third and Washington streets. His sentence was seven days and among other things he had been found guilty of swearing in the presence of women.
 STREET SPRINkLING-For the third time since the city resumed the sprinkling of the streets all of the streets and the alleys have been gone over by the sprinkling carts. Of course many of the more frequently used thoroughfares are sprinkled many times each day, but it is the plan of the superintendent of streets to cover the entire town as frequently as pos s.ble.
 CHURCH OF cHRIsT-corner Fifth avenue and Monroe street. J. Cronenberger. minister. Residence, 722 West Fillmore street. Bible school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "Wayside Ministries" Evening subject: "The Supreme Aim in Life" Christian En- deavor at : D. m. A cordial welcome to all Electric fans and a short help full service.
 ! LIVE STOCK FOR THE FAIR-A. C. Mcqueen, the superintendent of the live stock department of the territorial | fair, for some time past has been re- ceiving daily letters from various cat
 tlemen over the territory which show
 that greater interest than usual is be-
 ing taken in the coming fair. It is also an assured fact that the exhibits in the
 cattle department will be larger and
 more in number than they were at the last fair.
 1
 J. L. B. Alexander, United States at torney, yesterday morning returned
 from Prescott. He had gone there for the purpose of having Judge Sloan al- 1 low the accounts of the clerks of the 1 United States courts and the various i United States court commissioners as
 presented for the last quarter of the | year ending June 30th Such a pro-
 ceeding was necessary in the absence of Judge Kent from the territory. 1 LUXURIOUS INDlANS-J. B. Alex ! ander superintendent of the Sacaton ; reservation, arrived in the city yesiter-
 day afternoon on business. The In
 dians, according to MT. Alexander are
 living in the most riotous luxury ob-
 tained through the returns of their re
 cent crop of wheat. As a usual thing i they are willing to work when it is of fered them, but this they now refuse to do, although they have had many offers from the melon men near Mesa City.
 PRICE OF LAND ADVANCES Through the agency of Green & Grif-
 fin. the Edwards real estate agency assisting, a plot of land consisting of
 eighty acres, was yesterday sold to ! Hamilton brothers, two young men who came to Phoenix several years
 ago from Iowa. The land is located
 about five miles southwest of Glendale. It was just thirty days previous that . the Green & Griffin agency had bought
 the land from Emil Gang and it was sold at a fair advance in price The
 exact consideration was not made pub lie.
 WELLs-FARGo IMPROVEMENTS
 W. H. Colby, route agent of the Wells-FargO company, arrived in the
 city from the south yesterday morning He will remain here until tonight when he will leave for Prescott to be absent over Sunday MT. Colby is busy overseeing the express shipments of the cantelOupe crop from the val ley. He is also overlooking the erec- tion of a transfer shed at the Mari copa and Phoenix depot now being erected by the We'll Fargo company The shed is all complete but the root which was begun being built yester. ? day.