Arizona republican., 1908-09-18
: Of Local Interest
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BENSON VIslToR-Prof. w. H. Lee of Benson was a visitor in the city | yesterday.
 CITY COUNCIL.-The city council | is holding almost nightly sessions as | a board of equalization.
 ARIZONA IS PoPULAR-Whittle- sey Adams of Warren, Ohio. a prop 1 erty owner in Phoenix. and an oc- casional visitor to the valley, is one of Arizona's most enthusiastic non resident friends. He sends to The Republican a lot of press clippings and advertisements from the Ohio papers, giving publicity to the fam ous drama Arizona, and one or two other Arizona plays, with the com ment that Arizona seems to be very popular among the young people of Ohio.
 REPORTED ROBBERY.-A boy of about twelve years of age called at the police station yesterday and reported
 that his mother had sent him down to report that their home at 1520 East Washington had been entered on Wed nesday night while they were away,
 things turned tOpsy turvy and $5 in money taken. Officer Perrin went out
 to the house to investigate but found
 no one at home end the doors all open.
 The boy said he would follow the off
 cer in a few minutes. Officer Perrin
 spent about half an hour in that .yicin-
 ity but no one showed up having an
 interest in the case This was as far as the investigation was pursued. The officers are inclined to think that much
 of the petty thieving that is going on
 is partly do to the carelessness of the
 householders in leaving their homes unlocked, when going out for short call. It is an open invitation to every
 passing hobo or lightfingered gent who happens along and he can very easily step inside to pursue his pur- Joining without molestation.
 TURKEY OUT OF SEASON-J. W. Anderson and James PratOr, in
 mates of the poOrhouse, were ar rested yesterday for trying to change the diet at that institution. Prator is S4 years of age andl is old enough to know better. Anderson is the driver of the county hospital wagon.
 They had been to town and on their way home passed the ranch of MT. Walker south of the capitol building. They found a turkey in the road and Anderson getting out of the wagon laid the proud bird low by a well
 directed blow with a cane. He threw it into the wagon and the men drove on speculating how turkey would taste at this unreasonable time of the year. Mir. Walker witnessed the death of the turkey and overtaking the wagon made the paupers give up the bird. He telephoned to the sheriffs office about it and Deputy ! Olea brought the old men in. They were arraigned before Justice Kyle
 who held Anderson for trial, but ! Prator was released.
 PROTECTING THE WATER
 SHEDS-It is said that there is a | fine example at Roosevelt of the [ beneficent result of only a little bit i of protection to the Salt river water
 shed. It is referred to merely as a
 hint of the good effect that would result from a careful protection of
 large area. The protection of the | Power canal suggested at the time of it's building, the construction of | sluiceways underneath it, to accom-
 mOdate the runoff from the nearby | nlllS. 1HeSe slulceS were Dullt III accordance with the capacity of the | hillside channels that carried the | flow into the basin of Salt river and
 which were filled every time there was a heavy rain in that section. That was three years ago and since then the suiceways have never been
 anywhere near filled, notwithstanding
 the fact that the last three years | have witnessed an unusually heavy
 rainfall on the watershed. The con ] clusiOn is that the measure of pro- ! lection given the hills there during | that time, has increased the quan- 1 tity of grass roots brush and other i things that serve to deter the flood
 water from running off and forcing
 more of it into the soil.