Arizona republican., 1906-02-12

been pried off again in Jerome and it
 is. understood the games have been
 re-opened, or at last report were Go
 be opened a couple of nights ago. Je-
 rome E. Hoover violated the town or
 dinance in order to test the law. tie
 was arrested and taken 10 Prescott for trial. where he was released by ha-
 beas corpus proceedings, it having
 been held by the court that the pro ceedings of the council in enacting the
 gambling ordinance were irregular and
 the ordinance was therefore invalid.
 BOUGHT A TEAM-Acting Mayor
 Moss has bought a team of four year
 old sorrel horses for the city, from John R. Norton The horses are need ed for draft purposes, though if they
 work out properly they may be util- ized by the fire department The pur-
 chase price of the team was $350 which
 is considered cheap at present prices,
 for horses of that quality. Mr. Norton was willing to sell the horses cheal,
 for he said that they were fast devel-
 opinG republican tendencies and he did
 not want them left on hand next cam paign time.
 A PROGRAM WORTH HAVING
 The recital to be given by Airs. May
 French Cooley at the Doris theatc5,
 tomorrow night for the benefit of the building fund of the First Baptist
 church will be a treat The program
 will not be d long one but ie will be
 entirely new and it has been made
 up with the idea of pleasing. Mrs.
 Cooley will be assisted by Mrs. Tifc-
 any and Miss Mason. The opening number will be played by Miss Grace Hilgen the accompanist. In addition
 there will be numbers by the Indian
 school orchestra of fifteen pieces. The
 sale of tickets for the recital has al-
 ready been very flattering and no
 doubt the attendance will be large.
 A SPEEDY SHEEP SHEARER- In a contest arranged by the sheep
 shearers at Cave Creek recently a
 most remarkable record was estaO-
 ed by a Mexican member of the camp.
 In ten hours work he caught. threw and sheared by hand 26S sheep. This was by far the best record made at the camp although other figures showed the men to be remarkably capable iu their line of work In addition 70 win
 ming the prize and showing that his sheep were clipped as close as any O3 the other sheep used in the contest his average fleece was heavier in weight than several of the men who made re-
 cords oc 200 and over. The man mal- HIS the ItED4u was <Ailtbiit -sAabl ets anu
 he was born in Colorado. For years he has followed the sheep camps or Wyoming NeW Mexico. Colorado and
 Arizona and has always been noted for his great speed. lie is less than five feet in height and weighs 159 pounds For this work the day he made his re- cord he received in pay Sl6.OS.
 COTTON RAISING-The Arizona experiment station is reported as hay ing undertaken the experiment of r3is- ing cotton in the Yuma valley. l. is proposed to experiment with Egyptian cotton which is of long fibre and high grade commanding a higher price than the ordinary American product For some reason this variety of cotton seems not to have been successfully grown in many parts O ftae United States. IL is recalled though, tha, some years ago. Professor McClatchie made a very successful experiment with Egyptian cotton at the Phoenix farm of the experiment station. l. is said that former experiments near Yuma have been successful In one In | stance a three acre tract having shown 1 a very handsome yield. h order to test the quality of the product 1t was sent to Egypt and there sold for 1 Egyptian cotton, bringing the top mar ket price. Experiments begun near | Yuma last year were a failure owing
 to the crop being carried away by | flood.