Arizona republican., 1907-06-15
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 Matchctte of Fl Paso. the travelling
 freight and passenger agent for the
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 PRACTICE TOOAY.-The Phoenix
 Athletic baseball team will have a
 practice game today at o'clock at
 Eastlake Park. to get itself in final the Southsiders.
 | there were to be some good jobs in
 the city water service shortly. the eight pound son of John Rau. the present trouble" man for the Sher- man plant. arrived here yesterday morning and filed his application for situation under his father. who also has hope of connecting with the city. PRESBYTERIAN SERvIcES-Sun-
 day school at 9:45, l.. J. Rice. super
 intendent. Preaching morning and eve
 ming by the pastor. Morning theme.
 Christ Wear. But Working" Chris
 IIan EndeaVoT at 3:30 as usual. In
 the morning Mrs. Edward Depcw will
 sing and in the evening Miss Etter.
 All are assured of a warm welcome at each os the above services.
 COUNCIL MEETING-There was a special meeting of the city council last night at which the only official con summation was a further extension of time to October I. to the contractor for the Carnegie library building. and adjournment until next Monday night The extension was made on account of the contra ctor's inability to secure the necessary building material. The council spent the rest of the evening in the discussion of an ordinance to be passed Monday night. naming the officials who will be in charge of the waterworks plant after July l. fixing rates and providing for the conduct of the plant and water department.
 A NEW CHAMPiON.-The baseball game yesterday at Eastlake park, under the auspices of the city league. was a very good one, and resulted in a victory for the Pacific Gas and Flee tric Light company team over the New York Store team. the score being to :. The game was much more interesting than that of the week be- fore and much better in respect of good ball playing. The battery for the Electric aggregation was Hall and MagOffin. the opposing battery being Quiros and Porter. Both teams did good work. Particular features of the game were the good work of Quiros and Graham. the latter getting four hits out of as many chances. and also stealing home from third base on a pitched ball There were several good plays that cannot be mentioned for lack of space. and altogether it was a very satisfactory exhibition. The Elec- tries flashed out in new uniforms of gray denim that bore the legend Cook with gas"
 PlUMS-Mothcr Nature has at last found her limitations in the produc- tiveness of the plum tree and she has met them in this valley. Unless she can devise some plan for making two plums grow in the same place she must stop her efforts along this line Yesterday William Matthie brought to the board of trade loom a limb of a plum tree on which about eighty plums were hanging. thirty of them on one small branch. This branch was preserved in a jar and placed on exhibition. Shortly afterward J. w. Black. better known as Strawberry Black brought in a twig less than a foot long. to which thirtyfOur plums were hanging. as close together as the grapes in a cluster. He said that four or five more were shaken off in bring ing the twig to town. These will also be put in pickle Both these growers secured their trees of the Hall Bros. nursery and neither man knew for a certainty the name of the variety The plums will average in size larger than English walnuts.
 ACTUAL WORK BEGUN-The great wheel began to revOlve yester- day and active work on the new Noble block was started. The initial day saw the erection of a tool house on First street and some preliminary work in the excavation. While at work on the side next to the alley a cave in oc- cured and a strip of about ten feet fell into the hole. The constant tra- vel through the alley by heavily load ed wagons had loosened the dirt so that it took but little to cause small land slip. The amonia pipe of the Cold Air Storage plant was damaged, one of them broken at the joint allowing the fumes to escape, which drove the men away from the scene. At Thayer's it was necessary to close the rear doors to prevent the air being filled with the gas. Horses in the alley were almost stifled and everybody was weeping tearfully for a time. It took some time to repair the break and en- tailed a considerable loss. upwards of s100 to $20O. A great many people visited the scene of building yester- day.
 FINDING GOOD ORE BODIES pe.iLtendert Smurthv ate of ihe Grand Traverse and Arizona Mining Co. on Cave Creek is in the city anj reports good progress il: the develop 'ncBt of that property and an uEcX- i,ected discovery of fine orC. body. This occurred in the main shaft on the Grand Traverse property which is now down about 325 feet. The vein pitches on an incline and the shaft was not ex- pected to strike the ore in any quan- tity at this depth being sunk nearer to the foot wall and it was planned when the propper depth was reached t:. crosscut to the hanging wall where tho greater "alues were exported. However at the depth of 300 feet the shaft broke into a six foot body of