Arizona republican., 1910-08-09
GONE TO THE coAsT-John Hill
FOUND GOLD sPEcTAcLEs

med spectacles in the pocket of Loge
Norris yesterday Morris took them
to the police station and Marshal
Moore will give them over to any
body proving property.
A QUICK HlTCH-The Tucson pa
pers of a day or two ago made much
of feat of the fire department there
for swiftness of movement. The de-
partmena had made a hitch and got
out in 1212 seconds. That much is done
and more whenever there is a fire in
Phoenix but yesterday the depart
ment made an experiment resulting in.
getting out in 8 2-5 seconds.
F-ExCURSION- Follow
ing out its usual custom, the Santa
Fe announces that it will run an
excursion to Prescott and Iron Springs
on Saturday and Sunday, August IL,
and IA. at round trip rate of $500.
The return is limited to August 16.
Tickets will be good on regular trains
leaving Phoenix on the dates mention
ed and returning upon any regular
train.
MADE A TRADE-"Jack" Murphy,
the genial Santa F'e ticket agent at
Prescott has finally had the fondest
wish of his life granted. He has
been placed in charge of the depot
ticket office in Phoenix temporarily
while II. Earl Kanaga, who has been
in charge of the depot office in Phoe-
nix has been given Mr.. Murphy's
place in Prescott Each will trade
back in the course of a few weeks.
NEW SPRINKLERS IN SERVICE
The three new sprinklers ordered
for use upon the city streets have
arrived and have been placed in ser
vice upon the downtown streets. They
are proving all that was claimed for
them and even more. The city now
has twelve sprinklers, keeping nine in
service during the daytime and six
in the nighttime The new sprinklers
are of the Etmyre patent and were
manufactured in Oregon, Ill.
HEAVY RAINS NORTH Travel
lers returning to Phoenix from Pres
colt last night reported passing through
heavy rain storms between Hillside
and Grand View. The country from
Hillside north as far as Prescott was
thoroughly soaked. the water running
in streams and standing in deep pools
all along the route of the Santa Fe.
The country to the north is turning
green and the cattle are getting fat
ter in consequence.
WHY THE BELL TOLLED- Be
cause the wires became crossed down
i'm the vicinity of Box 49, the fire
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few minutes last evening. And so
1t was that people about town heard
slow taps sounding upon the big bell
in the tower of the city hall and
were mystified. No particular box
was sounded and it was something
of a mystery to all who heard the
bell as to the why Of it.
BOOSTING PHOENIX. Il. J.
Charles of this city who is spending
the summer at his former home in
Cambridge City. Ind. is doing some
good work in that section in the ad-
vertising of Arizona. He has secured
the publication of both the first and
second bulletins of the board Of trade
in the Cambridge City Tribune and
through personal interviews has es-
! tablished a headquarters where he is
disseminating information to all in
quirers.
AN INFREQUENT vISIToR-Wil-
lard Wright. a cattle inspector in the
southern part of the territory, and d
brother of Attorney General Wright, is
in the city. Mr.. Wright is the official
who succeeded in tracing a lot of
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of the territory to Fort Smith. Ark.
about a year ago The thieves. three
| men who had been engaged in that
| enterprise for several years. were cap
tured and all of them are now within
| the walls of Florence.
NEW SAMPLE RooM-That his
| commercial guests may be afforded
] better facilities as regards to sample
room Accommodations. Manager p. d.
Lowell, of the Adams Annex yester-
day leased the room adjoining the
uptown office of the Santa Fe IN
| Adams street This will give a trav-
I cling salesman the opportunity OF
| showing his goods in the central part
of the city and eating and sleeping
in the cool section in which the
| Adams Annex is located.
MONTHLY PICTURE REPORT -
The monthly pictorial report of the
progress of work on the Roosevelt
dam has been received at the recla-
| nation and Water Users Association
offices The pictures show the dam
proper as all completed except the
roadway on the top. and good view
is also given of the bridge over the
spillway at the north end. 1t VIII
be reinforced concrete structure and
the forms are now nearly in, and the
steel laid for the reinforcing.
ACQUIRED FROM ARKANSAS
The local land office took notice OF
a curious circumstance the other day
| Homestead entries were made by SIN
| men who have taken up lands in the
country south of Mesa All of the
applicants came from Arkansas but
what is more remarkable, all of them
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