Arizona republican., 1908-07-21
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARY-Frank J. Pearson of Yuma has been appointed notary lpublic by the governor.
 PRAYER MEETING.-The weekly
 prayer meeting of the Crittenton Home 1 wil be held at the home tonight at s
 o'clock and will be led by B. T. Gillett. CANAL FULL.-There was some
 thing like a hundred thousand inches
 of water running in the Salt river yes | terday. All the ditches are full.
 FAIR COMMISSION MEETING.- | Messrs. II. C. Lockett, of Flagstaff, | and B. A. Packard, of Bisbee were
 both in Phoenix yesterday, in con | ference with ]. c. Adams, the three being the members of the territorial | fair commission. ~>.---
 AN EXPECTED VISITOR.-Freder- tick Dennett, commissioner of the gen
 eral land office, who is now visiting he coast, has written Surveyor Gen l eral F. $. Ingalls, that he expects to
 be in Phoenix on August on his way
 back to Washington.
 | IN RECOGNITION-Ack 1 is made to pr. J. w Foss, for a | consignment of Glendale cantaloupes, 1 the large, juicy, sugary made to order | kind that can be produced nowhere ' else quite so nicely as on the Glen
 dale loess, the cantaloupe oasis of the | Salt river valley.
 EFFECT OF THE RAIN.-Phoenix | people have often noticed the preva-
 lence of insects here immediately fol- | lowing a good summer rain, Sunday l night a citizen was riding on an cleo
 tric car with s. H. Mitchell. superin-
 tendent of the city railway and re- marked to Mir. Mitchell that the rain
 had made a material change Tn the | street car business. How is that in
 qufred Mir Mitchell Why" respend- ed the other, this is no longer an
 electric car, but is a little buggy"
 POLICE COURT.-In police court | yesterday Alejandro Sanchez the man | who made rough house of the O. K. 1 store on Saturday night, was sentenc-
 ed to ten days in jail, Ramona Robles ! for drunkenness and disorderly con- ' duct paid seven dollars to regain her | liberty and Manuel Valencia on a
 similar charge took seven days in jail. | John Doe for disturbing the peace of two Mexican women was fined. S7 | VI Indians, were given seven days tach
 in jail for fast riding through Wash | ingtOn street.
 LOST PEOPlE.-Herman H. Fieber
 of Company M Eng. stationed at Fort ILeavenworth, Kansas, writes to the
 chief of police inquiring after the
 whereabouts Of his uncle, Constantin
 Fieber or Faber. He left a brother in New York about thirty years ago and
 was last heard from in Arizona about three years ago at a place called Po-
 mona, wherever that may be, though
 the word was not legibly written and
 might have been meant for something Ielse. Another letter was received by the chief Of police from AriviIla C..
 Sackett of Corry, Erie county, Pa. She i is desirOus of locating her brother, 1 Frank F. Sackett who she fears has
 been overtaken by some misfortune.
 He was last heard from in Phoenix December 19, 1907. at which time he
 wrote that he was preparing to go on
 a hunting expedition with a stranger | with Globe for their objective point
 He said that'if he went he would
 write again before he started and
 again from his destination. He has
 heretofore been prompt in writing on laccount of their mother who is well Iadvanced in years and his silence has caused the family much worry. He is | 5 years old, short and thick set, has iscanty brown hair, blue eyes and light ' imustache
 APACHE WAR DANCE-An Apache ! war dance is a thing of the past so far as any serious effect may be con sidered but it will be a long time be- f fore it's significance will be forgotten | in Arizona. Nevertheless there is not
 one Arizonian in a hundred who ever witnessed this weird demonstration of the redskins, and now that it has be- come a harmless institution they will take pleasure in seeing it. A genuine Apache war dance by genuine Apache Indians, will be one of the big features of the Indian field day meeting in Mesa City next Friday afternoon. for which event the NJ. & P. railroad will run a special excursion with round trip fare of 50 cents and 35 cents from Phoenix and Tempe, respectively. The train will leave Phoenix at 12:30 D. m., city time, and returning will leave Mesa at 1:15, city time, with another train late at night, after the dance in the Vance opera house. Besides the war dance there will be many running races some of them of particular novelty, jumping contests, and baseball games between the different tribes. Another big feature will be a tug of war be- tween different Indian tribes. There will be an admission fee of 25 cents to Drew's park where the celebration will be held which is in honor of Pio- neer Day, a notable holiday among the Mormon people. Mesa City is making great preparations for this event and expects a big crowd of peo- pie from Phoenix and Mesa and guar antees that there will be an army of redskins on hand from several differ