Arizona republican., 1906-06-05
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DISTRICT CoURT-The greater part of yesterday was taken up in dis. trict court by the case of the Hunts man. Sheldon Auto company against E. s. Wakelin to enforce a contract for the purchase of an auto truck. The suit of V. F. Messinger against the county was continued for the term.
 PHOENIX SLlGHTED. = Weather Observer Jesunofsky announces that Phoenix is not getting her fair share of the warm weather that is being dis tributed around the country. There has been for the last two weeks all average daily deficiency of seven .ie- grees of temperature. though on the entire year, from January 1, Phoenix is still twenty degrees ahead. This month she has lost a net of twenty seven degrees. There was a trace of rainfall on May II but aside from that no record of rain since April 27. The deficiency for the month of May was IS of an inch and the total deficiency for the year since January l is .02, which is pretty close to the square deal"
 ASSAULTED IN AN ALLEY-Last evening. shortly after dark a waiter who has been employed in one of the restaurants of tha town assaulted cattleman named Lafield, from Col orado. who has been in the valley for several days. The affair took place in Hoghe's alley, and the party making the assault at once disappeared and had not been apprehended up to late hour last night. The police are looking for him. Lafeld was taken to the of flee of pr. R. w. Craig, who dressed his wounds. and he will possibly leave for his home in Denver this morning. The instrument used in the assault was some blunt affair. and a gash several inches long was cut in the scalp of the man attacked.
 MEETING OF WATERWORkS OMMISSION-A meeting of the Phoenix waterworks commission was held at the city hall last evening, which gave the members an opportunity to go over the plans and specifications of the proposed plant which were received | from the engineer, Alexander Potter. last Friday, and also to discuss the project of a pumping plant on the Agua Fria river and another on the Verde 1 river Several photographs of the ex- terior of the proposed building accom- panied the plans, and have been left for exhibition at the city hall. Mr. Potter, it is expected. will arrive from the east the first of the coming week. All of the members of the commission were present with the exception of H. H. McNeil who is in California.
 l FAIR ASSOCIATION MEETING | TONlGHT.-The annual meeting of | the territorial fair association will be held tonight at the board of trade room | for the election of a new board of di- rectors. The reader should not con found this with the Fair Commission, which gives the fair. The association is the stock company which owns the grounds and it is desired that as large | a representation of the stock as pos sible shall be present. There will be the reading of the reports of the off,
 cers who have served during the first year and such other business as nat urally comes before an annual meeting.
 There should be good attendance to-
 night whether the members be either
 small or large stockholders. It is de- sired that as much interest and en- , thusiasm as possible may be shown as
 the time is at hand for active prepara- 1 tion for the next fair.