Arizona republican., 1907-12-09
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THE BIRTH OF A SON. - There was born yesterday to MT. and Mrs. Morris Smiser of $50 North Second | Avenue, son.
 INJURED MPROVING-Freight Agent McNeeley of the Santa Fe, who | is in the Sisters Hospital from injur- ies received in an assault upon him Sat urday, was reported yesterday as i'm proving.
 1 HEALTH LEAGUE.-There will be an important meeting of the Arizona | Health League between g and 10 o'clock this morning at the home of Mrs. w. F. Nichols, 5O9 East Adams St. when the subject of district nursing will be discussed.
 SHIPMENTS lARGE-The records of the freight departments of the two railroads for the month of November show that shipments into this city have been ten to fifteen per cent better than they were at the same time last year. This increase in carload lots and | general freight business shows that ! Phoenix is in a prosperous condition despite the financial troubles else | where.
 RETURNED FROM NEVADA-John Gibson and Charlie O'Neill returned l yesterday from Reno. Nevada, where they have been spending the summer and fall. Times are not very good there nor anywhere else in the state. C. H. Hirschfeld who was in business at Reno. has disposed of his interests there and will return to Phoenix soon. AVOID THE SHUTTING OFF OF WATER.-Tomorrow will be fatal day for those householders who neg
 lect to pay their water rates before the close of business for the next day or at any time thereafter it will cost a dollar to have the water turned on again. It would be better for all con- cerned if they do not wait until the last day to make payment for there | will be a rush then.
 RETURNED FROM HUMID. H. ! Mccarthy and Henry Michel of Du- | buque, Iowa, who have been on hunt in Mexico, yesterday returned to Phoe- nix from a days hunt near Congress, which was devoid of special incident, l but they found game plentiful. The ! Dubuque party. which includes these two gentlemen and Postmaster Morgan of that city and Dr. Walker, will leave l for home today and will have d good word to say for Phoenix.
 RETURNED FROM LOS ANGELES C F. Schiiling returned yesterday 1 from Los Angeles where he has been for some time on business. He says that business conditions are quiet | To fn af far some of the work to be done on his mining claims in the Kelvin district. He says that most of the mining men are in hope that the assessment work will be postponed this year.
 EN ROUTE TO SUPERIOR. - F. W. Hoar who is in charge of property in the Superior district, accompanied by his family. were visitors in the city yesterday and left in the afternoon for i tine mine. MT Hoar says that work of developing is going along as usual but the mining operations in the district are quiet to what they were a few
 months ago. He is hopeful of aD ear Iy resumption of the former activity and believes there are numerous signs of d turn in the tide.
 PRESIDENT COLQUHoUN RE- SlGNS.-James Colquhoun has resign
 ed as president and general manager
 of the Arizona Copper Co, operating
 in Clifton. He first entered the en-
 ploy of the company in 1883 as an as
 saver and gradually worked his way
 to the top of the ladder When he was
 made president the company was in a
 bad way, but he was personally famil- far with conditions, and possessed the faculties for achieving success and his
 monument is the big Clifton plant and the well known operations of the com
 pany as one of the large copper pro- ducers. His successor has not been | announced
 PRESIDENT RIPLEY COMING TO CASTLE HOT SPRINGS.-The man. agement of Castle Hot Springs Hotel
 received word on Saturday that Pres ident Ripley of the Santa Fe, with a party, would arrive in his private car some day this week. It is MT. Ripley's intention to remain at the springs a
 few days at this time, but will return
 and remain throughout the month of
 March and part of April Work is rap
 idly progressing on the golf course, and the management expects to have it
 finished in time for the arrival of the party, as MT. Ripley is a very ardent enthusiast of the game. T. BIG DAYS RECElPTS-The pay
 ment by the United Verde Copper com
 pany of $6223S.29. representing full
 payment of the company taxes to the
 Yavapai county treasury Saturday
 brought the days receipts up to s75,-
 O2s.20. One of the company's checks
 amounting to S5O23s.29 represented
 what is generally known as bullion tax
 levied in accordance with the mine tax
 law passed by the last legislature.