Arizona republican., 1907-12-23
H. A. Diehl Shoe CO
THE piAz cAsE-That Antonio

THE DIAZ CASE-That Antonio
Diaz. under Indictment by the recent
territorial grand jury for attempted
murder at Siverbell. and Of whom
50 much has been printed in the ter
ritorial papers. has been released from
the Mexican prison at Hermosillo and
is now AT liberty. is the opinion Of
District Attorney Benton Dick. as eX-
pressed to a reporter Of the Tucson
Star. Apparently Mr.. Dick was firm
~ convinced that DiaZ had been re-
leased. but did not make known the
source Of his information. In explain
ing the natter he said that Il certain
affidavit necessary to secure the cX
tradition papers had been secured only
after considerable delay. owing to the
fact that the man who made the ar
fidavit and who was Witness to the
Silverbcll stabbins. had left this part
Of the country and had not been To-
Gated for some time by the local au-
thorities. This delay. coupled with the
SLOW procedure in issuing the eXtradi-
tion papers from Washington. in Mr..
Dicks opinion. gave the Mexican Of
ficials the idea that Diaz was not
wanted so badly as reported in this
country. and consequently he was re-
leased from the Hermosillo prison.
BLACKBlRDS - An overabundance
OF any good thing becomes a nuisance.
Everybody enjoys seeing the great
flocks of blackbirds that swarm over
this valley. and likes to hear them
sing. There is nothing wonderful in
their notes. but the good natured
Obi of fIantrGar1 nf ut
once is to say the least cheerful and
encouraging. All these views are CO.
incidcd in BY George Haugh Smith.
the gardener at the capitol grounds.
but just now he has become surfeited
with that sort of entertainment. All
the blackbirds in the world make the
capitol grounds their roosting place.
and every one Of them reports every
evening between 1870 and ) O'Clock.
The wonderful variety of trees on the
grounds afford the birds abundant
shelter. When one tree is changing
its dress. another has a new one, and
the birds can always find safe re-
treat. There are so many of them
now that they have become a pest and
i'm the mornings and evenings they de-
stroy many of the younger Towering
plants with tender leaves. so Mr..
Smith has 10 protect them with tin
cans until they attain several inches
in size. II is not desirable to take too
strenuous measures against the birds.
for they are quite an attraction them
selves. but at this season they are
very much of nuisance. 1t is inter-
esting to watch them gathering at the
capitol in the evening. At 4 o'clock
there is often not a blackbird to be
found on the premises. At 4: 30 there
are a few. and between that hour and
) o'clock they come in flocks Of all
sizes from a dozen to a hundred. and
from every point of the compass. One
can stand in the street on am side
of the grounds and look away from
the grounds; the sky may be clear at
the moment. and an instant later a
flock of fifty birds will dart into view
from somewhere. possibly another
clump of trees several blocks away.
and in less time than one can tell it.
the flock will alight on a tree in the
capitol grounds. Between 4 80 and
O'Clock one can see perhaps "A half
hundred flocks Of this sort no matter
on which side OF the grounds he is
stationed.