Arizona republican., 1907-12-18
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 w Wells of Prescott was in the city yesterday on business and will remain | for few da-s
 LEASED THE POLK.-Mrs. w. w. Wade has leased the Polk house on | Polk street and will conduct it as a | first class lodging house.
 THE PRIORITY SUIT-The hearing of testimony in the case of Hurley gaainst Abbott and others was resum- ! cd in district court yesterday morning. An inquiry,was begun into the status | of lands under the Mesa canal.
 TO YOUNG MEN.-Young men are requested to bear in mind the Y. Nj. ! lC. A meeting Sunday afternoon at l o'clock. The new secretary MT Hayes | will have some thing of interest to say. ] All are cordially invited to be present. 1 THE DOKAYS.-The D. . K. K. goats are making great deal of noise and the camels and tigers are being | fed unusually well this week, all of ] which tells of the big time the Khoras- | sans are going to have Friday night 1 A big class is awaiting work and will ' be worked to a frazzle when the time comes. Most of them belong to the new K of F. lodge in Tempe.
 WILL REMAIN A WEEK.-Mr and 1 Mrs Charles Frank of New York. who came here for a very brief stay will i lengthen their visit for a week at least and would like to stay longer if they could. MT Frank came on business in connection with the opening of the [ California Wine and Liquor store and they are scheduled to spend the holi- days in Los Angeles so the visit is necessarily short.
 RUNAWAYS. - There was some thing in the atmosphere in the vicini- ty of the city hall yesterday tEat was peculiarly disturbing to the equanimi l ty of nerVously organized horses. Buell. Maple who was driving a load of oranges east on Jefferson street and leading two horses in the rear l found his attentions distracted by trouble at both ends Of the wagon and the driving team finally broke into run that scattered citrus fruit regard 1 less to the great pain of the small boy who picked up more than his share of | it. Another team at another time, pulling a lumber wagon north on Sec ond street. became frightened in front of the Golden Eagle and took a bee | line for the north pole which it may ' have reached by this time. A man and a boy were in the wagon.
 POLICE cOURT.-Recorder Thomas faced a motley gathering in police court yesterday afternoon. passed out | justice to all corners and still had lot left for those who are yet to make their applications for it. Mitchell | ing drunk. and A Benson drunk and disorderly. each forfeited cash bail bonds of &. Ed Leyhe and R. M. Burns. convicted of vagrancy were each given ten days in jail. Ignacio Pima was given a S3 fine for drunken
 ness. Maggie Morales was fined S10 for not being a good woman. Andy lGarcia was on hand to answer roll call
 as usual but he was too drunk to tell
 why he did it so he was sent back to the cellar to rest for another day. CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTEO.-
 Word was received here yesterday that
 Judge Nave of Globe had granted a change of venue applied for by the
 Salt River Valley Water Users aSso-
 citation. in the case brought against it in Globe by the Lee family at Roose-
 welt. The case will be sent to Tucson
 to he heard by Jurge Campbell. It
 was expected the case would be settled
 by an agreeable arrangement out of court and such settlement was in progress when the application for
 change of venue was made. The Lees however made demands the associa- tion could not comply with even if t
 -s nd st+ fer a settlement rather than go to the
 trouble of fighting a law suit. an alter
 native however that in no way embar- rasses the association if litigation is
 the choice of the Lees IL is d mere
 matter of business though and the as- sociation even vet is willing 10 settle
 if the Lees will stipulate reasonable
 terms.
 INFORMATION WANTED. - The
 Phoenix Directory company herewith
 announces that it has no connection
 whatever with the office of the poll
 tax collector. the government revenue
 department or the Pinkerton Detective
 agency. All it wants is information
 for its own use in publishing a city
 directory. These remarks are made
 for the reason that the solicitors of
 the company when they have applied
 at various houses for names of mem
 hers of the family and such other i'm
 formation as is needed in the'r busi-
 ness. have been eyed suspicioIsly as
 though they might be representatives of the firm of Trouble x Co., seeking to rib mp something. on some oc- casiOns it has been necessary to answer a category of questions denying connection with any money collecting
 institution of an official character. be- fore they could learn definitely wheth-
 CT or rot Mrs John Doe still had a
 husband. They announce that any in
 formation given them will be held sacredlv confidential if il is unfit for publication in city directory.