Arizona republican., 1908-06-02
OF LOCAL INTEREST

YUMA VlSITOR-Captain Meeden, one of Yuma's old pioneers and a
 notable Colorado river navigator, spent yesterday in Phoenix.
 BOARD OF TRADE MEETlNG.- The directors of the board of trade will meet this afternoon. One of the matters for consideration will be an auvertising contract with MT McIn- tyre of Los Angeles, who arrived here yesterday to meet with the board.
 BOARD OF EQUALlZATiON.-The territorial board of equalization yester-
 day began the consideration of rail- road valuation for purposes of taxation the present year. The work will prob
 ably require the greater part of the week The full board is in the city composed as follows: Charles F. Slack, Tucson, first district; Charles Bowman, second district; F. H. Park
 CT, third district; Sims Ely. auditor and ex-officio chairman, and A. W. Lautz, secretary.
 ADDRESSES Y. M. c. A.-Colonel
 McClintock gave an interesting talk on the battle of Santiago last night at lllt I M. .. A CIlltl ne brought out the many instances in re-
 gard to this battle that have never
 been given prominence in the written documents. He aroused the patriotism
 of the audience by describing the deeds and skill of the American sailor as compared with those of the enemy.
 The colonel left no doubt in the minds of his listeners of his admiration of Admiral Schley. This will probably be the last of these popular talks giv-
 en by the '. M. C. A this summer. Another year and especially when the new building is occupied entertain ments of a social nature and education al talks will be given weekly.
 GRANITE REEF CElEBRATlON- At meeting of the board of governors
 of the Water Users Association yes terday. preliminary steps were taken
 off a celebration at Granite Reef. in recognition of the connecting of the Arizona canal head with the diversion
 dam. Mir Hill who was present said
 he could not tell exactly the day the work would be finished, but it will be somewhere between the 10th and the 18th of the month and he will apprise the association as soon as possible so it can proceed with the plans for its celebration. The board appointed a committee consisting of Governor Kip bey, Charles Peterson and John Orme to arrange the details. It is not in
 tended to have any very spectacular ceremonial but rather a picnic or ex-
 cursion party to the dam in which all
 interested may join, the ceremonies to consist of little speech making and
 the lifting of the gates and turning in
 of the water.
 YUMA ALL RIGHT-George Christ returned yesterday morning from Yuma. where he spent Sunday He
 says Yuma is all right and the La guna dam is all right. He has no fault to find with either one of them. The little railroad from Yuma up to the dam, running along the levee. has a train that makes three trips daily. Yuma is growing rapidly
 says Mir. Christ, and he believes it
 has a great future. With the com pletion of the Laguna project he ex- poets to see as notable and as con- tinuOus a period of prosperity as in this valley Yuma is making some AlAAA5 OA ei iGNOAu OiA tdilAdlOuptS lillS year Whether she has beaten the Imperial valley, in early shipments. has not been learned. for the crop there was set back a little by the late cold spell. But whatever Inn perial has done. Yuma sent her five carloads of cantaloupes east on Sun day. Mir. Christ brought a half dozen fine melons home with him to prove
 that he was not talking about imag- i mary cantalOupes either. Among the
 new structures in Yuma is a school house built of concrete and in the
 old mission style. making it a very
 attractive building and quite an un-
 usual one for school purposes.
 THEIR BERTHS.-Some of the
 baseball players who were seen in pro- fessional ball here last fall have fallen ! by the wayside but the most of them
 are still holding down a berth in some | league. Pepper Clark is not doing as good work with Wichita as last year.
 Edmunds who played first for the Browns is with the Enid, Oklahoma, nine, of which Walter Frantz is man.
 ager and part owner having bought his release from Louisville. Becker is
 sitting on the bench at Pittsburg though he batted well in the most of
 the games. Young still has a chance.
 though not having won a game. The | Pirate manager seems to think he will
 yet make good. Sullinger, an out
 fielder, is with Pueblo. Daley is play | ing with Terre Haute in the Central league. Bayless is in centerfield with Dayton in the same league. Arnold, Earthman and Reiger who played with 1 Cananea, and also with Douglas and i Bisbee are with the Shreveport team i in the Southern league. Big Allen of Tucson is with Mansfield, Ohio. Rube
 Walters, the umpire who was bumped | by Cy Young in the Phoenix Bisbee
 game in the fair tournament and who
 tossed for Douglas. is now with the
 Little Rock team. The Olsens have
 been transferred to the Southern
 league. Durham, who will be remem- l i. IL -s.