Arizona republican., 1908-01-12

to know home rule has again been recognized as regards appointments of the high officials
 The cit" council has started off the new year with a progressive spirit and as q consequence at their meeting last night gavf orders for the following inn provements in-the town: A new foot bridge across Hudgin street; installa- ton of new fire hydrants: securing more and cheaoer insurance for the town; and demolition of unsightly and unsanitary shacks and Sheds in the city limits.
 Nogales can boast of one Of the fin est up-todate fronts for business hOus- es anyone could find in the whole west. for the Boston store. incorporated. has recently rebuilt their store. and in stalled two large glass windows for displaying their goods that occupy the whole front. each glass window being nine feet high bv nineteen and half long. The windows cover an area of eight hundred and seventy eight cubic feet of space. This is the second ele- gant business building recently con structed in the town. the Vasquez building having been the first. and completed over three months ago. Both are ornaments to the town
 The Episcopal Sunday school has made it's report of the receipts and ex- perditures of the school for the past year. and shows very gratifying con- dition of affairs. The receipts were S'5.3S and the expenditures Ss9 5g. leaving balance of s5.76 to begin the new year with. Twelve dollars Were spent for tintinS the school room. aSi over seven dollars were given to home missions leaving only S4gg4 as necessary expenses for school supplies. "r a cost of only 94 cents for each Sun day. The school has therefore been self supporting one as all the re- ceipts come wholly from contributions made by the scholars and teachers. The church committee furnished the school with the Christmas entertain ment. The present enrolment now is thirty-fiVe scholars
 Robert D. Bell. formerly of San Francisco. but lately of Fl Paso. has been appointed by Collector McCord to a position as customs inspector. do- ing dut,' at Nogales
 Business has begun tp pick up and all the merchants and banks state that d decided increase k noticed all along the line Two fine openings in business pre- sent themselves to the public at this time in Nogales, one in the painting and decorating line. and one in the mechant tailoring line
 In view of the settlement of the water question for the town and the . installation of many more fire hy- drants by the city. many persons are now taking ont fire insurance. and the lodges also feeling the necessity oi protection have joined the ranks and are having their paraphernalia and lodge property insured. That time plays an important factor | in everything is especially noticeable in regard to the work of the reclama- ton service of the government. Ow- ing to the important work which has been done in all parts of the country by this service the country has at last awakened to an Appreciation of what i has already been acComplishd and so great has been the demand for th.. an- nual reports of the reclamation service that at the present time the supply is exhausted sooner than was to be ex- pected. The coming sixth annual re port Tor the past year will soon De printed and without doubt will be one of the most important. as well as inter- esting and instructive reports ever got ten out The work is particularly in- 1aT.sEf ing fn Ariznnan= I. ! Roosevelt dam on the Salt river. is given considerable mention. as well as many Texas projects. and mucn praise : IS due Chief Engineer Hill and his able assistant. Howard S. Reed. for the facts furnished and the business like manner in which the work at all of the projects in this part of the country has been done. The Laguna dam proposi- tion at Yuma is also progressing nicely and shows already the result of hard work on the part of those having it in charge. It will also mean much to that section of the country.
 The past fifteen days have been much of rcord breaking period as far as the immigration service k con cerned. Only dozen aliens have paid head tax during that Deriod.' Many thinamen have passed in transit but no arrests have been made of China . men. Some Japs were arrested lately and sent to the detention station at Tucson. The annual report of the commissioner general of immigration k now here and shows some very fine work done b,- this service. Many i'm portant recommendations are made for the improvement of the departmental work, and special mention is made as to the efficiency of the force under
 the commissioner general in all parts of the country