Arizona republican., 1908-01-31

ed guilty and asked for the mercr' of the court. The.' were given the min imum sentence and in default of pay ing the fine, went to jail. There was talk of arresting the proprietor of the house where the gambling occurred but it has not Vet been done and prob ably will not be. The two men in jaii insist that the proprietor did not know they were gambling for money.
 GOLD RING FOUND.-There is a gold ring at the Dostoffice that the owner can secure by proving proper ty. It fell out of a letter and got caught n the electric stamp cancelling machine, in such war as to remain there unObserved for two or three days and without interfering with the operation of the machinerY. There was no wa- of knowing whose letter 1t came out of, but any person who has received a letter that should con- tain a ring, by bringing the letter to the Dostoffice and describing the ring. may be abe to identify it.
 POST CARDS HERE-There is now at the hoard of trade room a consign- rnent os 10000 post cards on which is reproduced the Los Angeles Times cartoon, showing Arizona to be in the lead in the copper race with the rest of the world The cards are for mail ing for the advertising of Arizona and were printed as a project of W. T. Smith and ". B. Twitchell, the board cooperating. It Is desired if pOssi- ble to get back the first cost of the cards. which can be secured Of the a~d pF nr pf init Members of the board and tourists who desire to send cards away, will be fur nished free. but residents not members of the board, will be charged s1 per hundred for them.
 cANTALOUPE ASSOCIATION. - While the Phoenix Cantaloupe asso- citation has not been creating much visitble stir of dust, or lately had much to say. yet the fact is that there has been considerable activity mani- fested and things are shaping up very satisfactorily. one of the members yesterday stated that fully 400 acres of ground has been signed up. plowed and placed in readiness for planting soon. More interest than at any time has been taken in the proposition and the prospective growers are pleased with the project which promises good financial returns. The representatives of the distributors will be in Phoenix within day or two, when the business dealings and contracts will be finally closed up for the coming season.
 A CONFEDERATE ELLA mining man. probably unintentionally. yester- day tried to buy a ticket to California with a s50~ Confederate bill. at the Southern Pacific offices. After inquir- ing the rate for the round trip. he de- cided to buy. had the necessary strip of paper as long as your arm made out, which entitled him to a ride on the cushions to the coast. The bill pre- scented to Agent Treathaway was dim worn with age. and that functionary thought it had come over with Colum- bus. The purchaser of the ticket had a magnifying glass for examining ore, which was called into service and Mir. Cater who is an expert on most any kind of hieroglyphics. deciphered the stamp of the Confederacy and pro- nounced it no good on the Espee. The traveller was much abashed and dis claimed any intentions to beat the rail- road company in these stringent times. He said the bill had been palmed off on him and he never knew its utter WOrthlessness until yesterday.