Arizona republican., 1909-07-07

them as they were rounding one of the natiron buildings in Mesa.
 GLENDALE CANTALOUPES-
 shipment of cantaloupes from Glen
 dale, it is expected, will begin today,
 and the outlook for the crop is very
 flattering.
 EXAMINED MINING PROPERTY -J. C. Goodwin returned yesterday
 from Prescott and vicinity. having
 been in the mountains south of
 Jerome for several days examining a
 mining property OFF FOR THE suMMER.-Mrs. II.
 R. Snyder and children will leave
 this morning for Soion. Springs, Wis ,eonsin to spend the summer Mir.
 Snyder will remain here. and try to
 make a million while they are gone, A BUSINESS TRIP -sJohn w. Sharpe and H. B. King left last night for Los Angeles on a trip, to be de- voted jointly to business and pleasure, as much of the latter as they can se- cure without interfering with the for
 nsfr thus reversing the usual rule.
 BOARD OF GOVERNORS The monthly meeting of the board of gov lserRors of the Water Users association yesterday was but poorly attended and only a few routine matters were gsen consideration, The board ad- Jo1rned to meet again two weeks
 later, when it is hoped there will be
 full attendance and the matter of
 the annual assessment will be taken
 up.
 WATER AND CANALS Water
 will be turned in the Appropriators
 and Salt canals this morning for
 twelve hour runs, the Maricopa and Arizone being dry. Evidently the
 rains have begun on the watershed
 even if there has been none to speak
 of here in the valley The measure-
 ment at the Verde station yesterday showed an increase of forty-five hun dredths of a foot, or nearly six Verde river
 QUICK ADVERTISING RESULTS. On Monday night at o'clock At torney A. D. Leyhe inserted an adver- tisement in The Republican for a val uable fountain pen which he had lost on the street that evening. When he reached his office yester- day morning he found his pen await ing him. The man who had brought it in was a stranger and declined to give his name, though a reward had been offered for the return of the pen.
 HARD lUCK-A Mexican who had saved up sufficient ducats to indulge in tbe regulation Fourth celebration. also made an allowance for a dona- ton to the city coffers yesterday morning. but in this instance cruel fate was against him, and the poor fellow became intoxicated on half of the allowance he had laid aside for fell asleep in an alley. was found by friends. taken home, and placed in bed, waking up in the morn ing after with more money in his pocket than he has had at one time for seven years. But genius came to the front and the Mexican not wishing to be foiled. bought himself $50 saddle. and is now wondering where, under. the great blue above he Will be able to get horse to put the saddle on.
 A SURPRISE Trainer Lewis tooa his squal of runners that are going to the meet at Los Angeles to the fair grounds last evening and tried them | out for the last time before Phoenix | lovers of athletics. Harry Mclean did | the five mile stunt at clip better l than seven minutes to the mile Harry 1, Grove went the hundred at 10 flat and 1 didn't seem to be going the limit | Others of the bunch Of sprinters did | accordingly, and all felt that when | Los Angeles turns out to the meet | Phoenix will have a chance for once | to leav the field with several feathers | In the runners hats. MT. Lewis is , not saying what the boys can really | do when given q rub at the turn, but | from little remarks, and occasional | slimpses caught now and then at the ! private try-outs. something is surely | going to drop at the amateur meet l next week Just when the team will | leave is not exactly known, but in the middle of the week some time