Arizona republican., 1908-02-24
OF LOCAL INTEREST

RETURNED FROM LOS ANGELES W. A. Bondurant returned yester- | day from a business trip to oLs An l geles.
 ! WATER IN THE APPRoPRlA- 1 TORS'-Water will be turned into the ! ApprOpriatOrs canal this morning early. which will be the first wetting of that ditch since the last flood. There was a rise of several thousand inches in the river yesterday, due to either rains or melting snow on the water shed
 NEW BAND LEADER. - George Golze. who led the Pioneer band here few years ago. has returned to Phoe nix and yesterday afternoon took charge of the direction of the band concert. It is stated that he will again take up the leadership of the Pioneer organization and bring it to the fore as a concert band. He has been away from Phoenix for some time.
 POLICE BUSINESS. - The sup posedly crazy Jap was released yes terday. having served his ten days sentence. He talks coherently enough for a sane man. but still is given to watching his shadow. Mike Nunez. a drunk. another Jap, and John Doe. the
 latter a subject for the poor house. were taken in custody yesterday. There is brown horse now impOunded which will be sold on the 27th if the owner does not appear at the city corral and claim it. The horse is branded with an F on the left hip.
 THE BARACA CLUES OUTING.- The Baraca club of the Central Meth odist church enjoyed it's first outing on Saturday. It consisted of a picnic and a very pleasant trip to Comeback. The members of the party were: Fred Westburg and wife Will Rousseau. Miss Erile Hughes. MT. Miller. Miss Ida Davidson. Henry Egley. Helen Vinson. NIT. Hollingsworth. Pearl IT, vine. Palmer Irvine Miss Frances Hook. MT. isen. Miss Smith. Gregg IT, vine. Miss Morrison. MT. Madden. Mrs. Dameron. Ben Hamman. Blanch Hughes. w. C. Hedgepeth. Rev. Mr Douglass Winnie Vinson. Diclie Matherson. Alice Irvine and James Mcintosh.
 A CITRUS EXHIBIT.-When Will jam P. Crump was in Albuquerque, x. NJ. about two months ago with the first car of Arizona oranges ever car ried to that market he was surprised to find so many people ignorant of the fact that oranges were grown in Ari- ZOna. IL l. even more surprising to find people who have lived in this val ley for several years ignorant of the fact that the best lemons in the world are grown here. They surpass the farfamed Sicily lemons. To those who desire to see 30.O0O Arizona lemons and 5000 grape fruit MT Crump eX- tends an invitation to call at his place of business. 29 East Jefferson street. Some of the lemons are almost as large as great cups and are filled brimful of juice. Every commission man in the east who saw one of the Arizona lemons was as enthusiastic over them as he was over the oranges.
 DEATH OF MRS. HARRY PROOFS Mrs Harry Proops who had been in i'll health for some months. died some time on Saturday night Her death was not discovered by her hus- band until he awokc about six o'clock yesterday morning. The immediate cause Was a hemorrhage. For some time she had been sufferer of con sumption and last summer she left the valley for few months in the hope of receiving, some benefit on her return there was an apparent improvement of her health and on the night before she died she appeared to be as well as usual. The hemorrhagc was the first she had suffered. Ar ranSanents for the funeral have not vet been announced Mir and Mrs. Troops had been married about six wears.