Arizona republican., 1908-04-07
OF LOCAL INTEREST

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 LICENSED TO WED-A marriage
 license was issued yesterday to Will A Burton jr. of Mesa and Miss Emily Maria Riggs.
 NEW ASSISTANT. - A A. Betts. who was formerly the agent at Glen dale has taken a place in the local santa Fe offices as assistant city tick ct agent
 OUT OF HIS JURiSDlCTION- Judge Kent left on Sunday night for for Judge Campbell. who is over whelmed with large docket at Tue son.
 BILLY PALMER lLL-Phil Whar- ton yesterday received a message from Wenden that Prly Palmer is seriously ill AIr Wharton win leave today for that section Uo visit him. Mir. Palmer and Mir. Wharton are jointly interest ed in mining property in the Wenden country.
 SUMMER RATE TO FLAGSTAFF. The Santa Fe will give one-Way rate for the round trip to Flagstaff, for the accommodation of the summer visitors to that high and cool mOun- tain city. The rate is SIP and the tickets will be on sale every Friday. beginning May 18th, till September 18th. and all tickets will be good re- turning to October 31st. Stopovers will be allowed at Iron Springs. Pres colt and Williams. Quite good deal of travel is expected to the Skylight city this season
 MORE TROUBLE WITH MULES w w. Smith who is imbued with the Missouri idea. resolved yesterday that he would show his son how to drive a span of mules which some time ago ran away. turned the vehicle and threw the occupants into the Maricopa canal. one little girl nearly being drowned. Yesterday MT. Smith. who lives on the Black Canyon road. came 10 the city. had the mules shod. and started out. There was quick diSillu- sionment for MT. Smith. for the mules proceeded to get out of harness, run away and break the wagon tongue. At the last report he was standing around receiving consolation from Harry Freidman. and waiting for his young son to come from High School and drive the mules back home. MT. Smiths children lost in the other catastrophe about & worth of laundry in the canal which he expects to turn up some day. thoroughly laundried according to Missourian methods.
 MORE ORGANIZATION WANTED. As communities grow and countries settle up there is a cutting up of do- mains into smaller sections for the purpose Of better administration of law The town of Wickenburg and the to--n oc Clifton are both talking incorporation and the people along the line of the A & c. railway are begin ming an agitation for a new county. cutting some off from Yuma and some off from Mohave and possibly q chunk out of the other two adjoining counties, Maricopa and Yavapi. With out comment as to the advisability Of any of these movements. it is at least indicative of one thing and that is, that the country is rapidly settling up. The particular incident that starts the county division agitation was the burning of a barn belonging to Char ley GenunS at Harqua Hala a few days ago He caught the man who fired it. or at least could have caught him. but though the expense of going to Yuma to convict him was not worth the sat isfaction. so the fellow escaped.
 REV WILLIAM BATES FUN ERAl-The funeral of Rey. William Bates. who died on March 2S. took place on Sunday afternoon Rev. Frank NJ. Horning. resident Baptist minister. says of him: ''I knew him well when in work in the Missouri. James and Sioux valleys. minister of the Evangelical denOmina- ton there. and for fifteen years was a hero in the blizzards and scorching winds that sweep over those prairies He had been a soldier all through the war for the liberty and unity of the republic-Was made an officer under Sherman in the march to the sea. went as q boy of the 31st Ohio. .[Co F. There are left to mourn him his be- reaved wife and Mrs. Charles Miller of 392 North First avenue, and another daughter. living in Tacoma. Mrs. Liz Zie Purkev and Mir Hull Bates. his son from Morrill, county. ohio. who were present at the funeral Six Da- kota men laid to rest this veteran of seventy-five years in our elegant Greenwood cemetery Sunday after moo. In the few weeks that he had been in this valley he was wont to a1 sgs