Arizona republican., 1908-07-28
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARIES-W. J. Skaggs of ] Yuma and Robert A. Rogers of Camille, Santa Cruz county, were yesterday ap-
 pointed notaries public.
 RETURNED FROM SPRINGS 1 Among the week enders who returned from Iron Springs yesterday were: H. I. Latham, H. H. McNeil and wife, C.
 $. Bergman.
 LICENSED TO WED.-A marriage license was issued yesterday to Will liam Mckinley and Bessie Wlndt. They are Indians living on the lower reser- Vation.
 | PRAYER MEEThSG.-The prayer meeting at the Crittenden Home to- night will be led by w. D. Himebaugh and it will begin at 7:S0, instead of s o'clock, as heretofore.
 ] LOCATE IN FLORENcE-W. H. Carver, who has been connected with signed to the P. & E. agency at Flor ence to succeed F. M. Cobb, and will remove to that city to reside.
 DOWN FROM CLARA.-Tom Carri- gan was in the city from the Clara mine yesterday and says that work is going along nicely. They are now em- ploying fourteen men and will erect another hoist in a few weeks.
 POOL RESuLTS-In the tourna-
 ment at the Capitol pool hall last night Wallace was beaten by Creager
 the score S5 to S2. Tonight the con 1 test will be between Nicholson and
 Weeks.
 GEORGE CHRIST HoME.-George Christ returned Saturday from his trip to Oak creek, but is keeping close under cover. It is, reported that he caught a trout six feet long, but he | has not been seen to verify the story.
 He was out with Captain Ingalls, yes terday at an imaginary dinner eating the imaginary fish he imagined he sent the captain.
 THE STAGE OF THE RIVER There was another good flow of water in the river yesterday, a rise in the afternoon with slight fall later in the day. Figures as to the exact stage were not Obtainable but assurance is given that there is water enough for irrigation for some time.
 BACK FROM VACATION.-James Blaine Of the Union Bank returned from a vacation in the east yesterday. He spent some time at Chicago and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was accom- panied by Cleveland Grove of Wash ington. D. C., who came to look over the country before going to Los An geles.
 PLENTY OF RAIN.-Incoming pas sengers on the afternoon Santa Fe train report that there has been more copious showers. in the northern part of the territory and considerable water is running in Granite creek above Prescott and in a number of the flats between there and Ash Fork. No washouts have occurred on the road, however.
 A HEARING cONTINUED.-M. Aguilar, one of the men arrested for murderous assault upon Hila 10 Are lanO a week ago, was brought before Justice Johnston yesterday, but the matter of his hearing was continued until today, when Francisco Iniso. who is under arrest at Buckeye similarly charged. will be brought in for trial.
 COMMENDABLE CONDUCT-Ed- gar Ferguson, assistant foreman of the merchanical department of The Republican, last night added dignity to his own fair fame and to The Republican, by becoming the father of a fine daughter. As he is also possessed of a son two years old this makes four mouths to fill with ice cream and hot cakes and he is grat- flied that the hard times did not reach as far as Arizona.
 CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.-Clarence R. Craig, stenographer to the chief clerk in the office of the surveyor gen eral, has been appointed a member of the local civil service board and Nal colm Gillett of the same office was re- gently appointed secretary of the board In the future all the eNamina tions conducted by the local board will be held at the capital building unless special notice is given to the contrary. Heretofore some of them have been held there and others at places vari- ously designated.
 CENTURY PLANTS-At the ranch of w B. Acuff, three miles northwest of the city on the Christy road may be seen two very beautiful century plants, both in bloom. Both lean a lit- Ile 10 the southwest, oWlhB lo lhe prevailing winds from the opposite quarter. Both are of practically the same size having thrown up their Towering stalks to the height of about thirty-five feet in the last two months. One of the plants had five or six days the start of the other in the growht of the stalk but the latter one grad ually increased it's gait until it prac- tically caught up so that now they look like twin plants. It is said that these plants are suckers from the roots of former plants that matured, bloom ed and died. How old these present plants are was lot learned. By pop ular belief they require a hundred years to mature but it is certain that Mir. Acuff has not been living on that