Arizona republican., 1910-12-19
CANAL CONSTRUCTION -

which he is taking out of. the Gila
 several miles below the city. He will l leave this morning for the canal camp with a load of supplies includ-
 ing 1000 pounds of giant powder.
 This is to used in blasting the way for the head through d thousand feet
 of rock Four miles of the canal has been constructed There is a stretch of four to build.
 ARIZONA MAGAZINE-The next
 number of the Arizona Magazine
 which. vii be out in d week or sG.
 will be devoted largely to a retro
 spective view of the constitutional
 convention, or rather of the mem
 bers of it. The cover page will be
 gotten mp as a special souvenir of
 the convention. its particular feature
 being a huge American flag hand
 somely draped. The design was
 drawn by Howe Williams.
 DEATH OF JAMES L. WILSON James Luther Wilson. son of Rev
 and Mrs. Luther H Wilson of Geor-
 gia. and brother of Mrs. w B. Col
 lOm of Phoenix. died at Flagstaff Dec. r of pneumonia The funeral will be held at the residence. 1921
 West Jefferson, at II a. m. Mon day. Mir. Wilson represented the Pacific Hardware x Steel Co. of San Francisco and Los Angeles, in Ari- Zona and made his home in Prescott.
 He leaves a wife and two children. His brother. ]. w Wilson and a sis ter, Miss Mary Wilson, are here from Los Angeles.
 THE DELINQUENT LIST-This
 is the last day for the payment O: county taxes and the prospects are that the delinquent list this year will be a record breaker by a large margin. Though payments came in generously during the last week at the close of business Saturday night there was a balance unpaid of more than s225.O00. There was received through the mail of Saturday night yesterday morning about s27.O0O. It is not expected that more than $50 900 will be paid today which with mail receipts within the next few days will bring the delinquent list down to the neighborhood of s1OO,O0 Last year the list was s42 900.
 USED PHoENIcIAN's NAME According to the Tucson Daily Star. a stranger representing himself to be well known Phoenix contractor, cashed a forged check in a Tucson saloon on Friday and made his getaway with s17.50 in cash. The police of Tucson are on the lookout for the man are very much in hopes of being able to land him. It appears from the Star that the man tried several other places in Tucson with, the same or similar l checks. but in most instances there ] was something about his conduct which ! made the merchants suspicious. If he | succeeded in cashing other checks, the | matter was not reported to the police ! The star does not state the name of [ the Phoenix contractor employed in i lttering the checks.
 A CROWDED CHURCH - The First Methodist church overflowed 1 last night with a crowd that taxed | the building and many were turned | away for want Of room. The occa- sion was the delivery by the pastor, Rev. Robert $. Fisher. Of a lecture reading of the new novel, The Haunted King. The lecture was -eplete with the realistic descrip- ions adapted from the author The attention of the audience was very marked throughout the evening. Be- ore the lecture the choir sang ef- actively and MT. Harry Cassidy of Chicago gave most excellent rem lering of The Penitent" Mir Fisher announces that on next Sun lay evening he will discuss Judge Rents decision on the liquor ques- ion. At that time the audience will be favored with d whistling solo 'f The Holy City" by Mir. F.. T. Martin of Iowa whose fame as whistler extends over several states
 All SOOk HOME-Ah Sock. senior 'artner in the catering business con- iucttd in the rear of the Capitol 'aloon. has returned from a years -isit in the land Of his forefathers bout steen leagues from the city Of Hong Kong. Incidentally he visited lis wife and two children and housand or so relatives He was bsent from Phoenix about fourteen lpnlHSs two IloHlHS DelnS consumed l n travel. Returning on the same hip with him were Mir. Tom a large in the American Kitchen ie foundry on Central avenue. and
 Chinese chef of high repute who revious to a year ago tickled the alates of the Prescott people with is handiwork in dough. His name ras not learned but it may be call d An Wing until a better appella- ion is learned. Mir. An Sock says hat his return marks the inaugu- ation of a new era in the food in ustry of this city. He has bar aimed for the purchase of the rench Kitchen and will take posses ion about the first of the month Ir. Tom and MT. An Wing will be ere by that time and the latter ill be installed as chef in the rench Kitchen. Mir An Sock will 1ntinue to personally direct the des- nies of the Capitol feed mill.