Arizona republican., 1907-12-05
: Of Local Interest
VISIT OF WALTER KissEY-wal
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 ter Kibbey arrived here yesterday from
 Los Angeles, and may remain for some
 time. He came on business. but may
 stay until after the holidays. for the
 sake of visit with the home folks.
 FIXING HiGHWAY-S. J. Roche.
 who was in the city yesterday. stated
 that considerable work is now being accomplished on the roads in the Isaacs neighborhood. The highways are being plowed up and graded and placed in good shape. About two miles have already been worked over. They hope to have all fixed before winter rains and packed down solid.
 TAUGHT A LESSON.-Lotso of peo-
 pie ride on the sidewalks and don't
 get caught at it. but the wise ones.
 when they are caught. always find il
 to their advantage to make the most of a bad bargain. It is no use to bluff
 the police for they hold the winning
 hand. The other day man named R. A. Robinson was caught riding along
 in front of the city plaza. The marshal
 warned him and in reply he undertook tO justify himself and rather insolent-
 ly argue the matter. He was then placed under arrest and told to appear
 the next afternoon at o'clock. He failed to keep the appointment in po-
 lice court and the next day the marshal met him on the street. His excuse was that he was too busy to go to court. He was taken to the city hall. the in- tention being to have the recorder
 name q bail bond. That official was t0o busy with the council. and the marshal took it upon himself to make the bond S3. Robinson agreed but told the marshal he would have to give him receipt for the money. in- timating that it was his purpose to thus defend himself against possible cXtortion by the officer. Not having any receipts for that purpose, the mar shal jailed him until court time The recorder fined him the sS and told him he was a lucky man to get away so cheaDly and would not only that he seemed to be acting under the spell of arrogant ignorance rather than a crim- inal bent
 CITY REcTORY.-Mention was made yesterday morning of the work in progress by couple of Phoenix gentlemen for the publication of a new city directory. It now transpires that Fletcher Ford has also been engaged in the same kind of an enterprise for sometime, representing the Baumgardt Publishing Co. of Los Angeles. It is understood that Mir. Ford. and Mir. TeasleN. representing the company first referred to. got together yesterday and opened negotiations for buying or selling one to the other. It is certain Iy to be hoped that these negotiations will be brought to successful and satisfactory arrangement between them so one may take present contracts off the hands of the other and proceed with the work. for it is apparent to all. that Phoenix does not need two di- rectories. There would be little profit in either for the publishers. and per haps confusion for the public But that Phoenix does need one directory very badly, is beyond question. The Baumgardt company. which MT. Ford represents. is in that line of business, and well fitted to do the work. MT Ford Is a resident taxpayer of the city and has been for some years. spending much of his time here and some of it in Los Angeles. where his publishing interests are. He says he has already done a great deal of work and is pre- pared to rush the book to early com pletion, having it ready for delivery in January. He has secured office head at West Adams street and is preparing to employ sufficient force to do the work accurately and with dispatch. It is expected that he will reach a settlement with the other today.
 BOARD OF TRADE CAMPAIGN-I Messrs. Cowgirl and Engebritsen are | pursuing the work of securing sub | scriptions to the advertising and main- | tenance fund of the board of trade. | with very encouraging results. though | the response it not as active perhaps ! as 1t would have been had not the en- thusiasm Of the good beginning been | lnterfered with by the fair. Neverthe- | less they propose tO keep the project | moving as fast as possible and in this | attention is again Called to | the board membership. There should | be 300 moro members of he hnard of