Arizona republican., 1912-08-08

GOING SOUTH - Governor Hunt will leave today for Tucson where he 1 will attend meeting of the board ot | regents of the University and then go ! to Fort Huachuca to review the na- l tional guardsmen in annual encamp- ! ment.
 GIANT CHllEAN-S. T. Hicks, q
 well known valley farmer brought 70 ] the Republican office yesterday what
 is believed to be the biggest Chilean watermelon ever grown in these parts. | Those who failed to see it almost inn mediately after it's arrival may never hope to see it at all for it's was too | good to last long.
 GUESTS AT THE FORD-The fol- 1 lowing are registered at the Ford 1 hotel: ThOs. B. Evans, Los Angeles;
 R. F. Helberg, Fl Paso: C. w. Platt, 1 Wickenburg; Robert Earl, San Fran cisco; John F. Booth and wife, Casa | Grande: MT. and Mrs. H. C. Morse, Casa Crande; F. A. Humphrey, Casa Grande F w. Hall, Yuma. SUIT FOR $14,OoO-Suit was begun n superior court yesterday by A. c. Le Baron against the Arizona Trust company, for little more than $14,- GOO alleged to be due him for his services as stock salesman. He said that he was first employed in that capacity by the Arizona Mutual Say ngs and Loan Association and that 1 there was due him at the time of it's merger with the defendant something more than $500. Subsequently h. entered into the service of the de | f1.- | his service there more than $I3,000 i sN ROUTE TO FLORENCE | Sheriff Keeler of YaVapai county ar rived in town yesterday with six l prisoners for the state prison. One of them will in all human probability ] never leave the institution alive. He l is Perez who is being taken there ] to be hanged for the murder of | Mexican at Congress Junction. This 1 is his second journey over the road | t0 death. After his conviction and removal to Florence, an appeal was | taken and heard by the supreme court which affirmed the Judgment
 of death But in the meantime the 1 date set for his execution had passed l and he was taken back to Prescott ! to be resentenced.
 GUESTS AT THE COMMERCIAL The following are registered at the 1 Commercial hotel: F. C. Moore, Los Angeles; NJ. H. Wilson, Pomona; 1 Mrs. M. H. Wilson and children. 1 Pomona: R A. Brown and wife Los 1 Angeles: Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Pres cott: MT and Mrs. Leonard George, ! Chandler: w. J Martin, Cannon; 1 Geo P. Brown, Buckeye; Walter Ii. | HOugh. Buckeye: F. w. Cook, Buck eye: N. Brown and wife, Buckeye; l Wm. Walton. PalO Verde; Chas II. 1 French, Casa Grande: O. s. Kenyon, | Los Angeles: C. $. Mooney. Omaha: ! Dr. Addison Bylee, Palo Verde; (. C. | Tiuss. ucson: John Kapech, Nation; ! C. NJ Whitney, Mrs. w. l.. Harris,
 \. N Palmer. Tempe; F. F, Flum- 1 belt. Tempe.
 FORGOT HIS WIFE. - William
 Riggs. the popular proprietor of the
 Lightning Transfer Company. of Mesa, will have something to explain when his wife comes back Mrs. Riggs was | going to the coast and her husband ] Iaccompanied her this far He went to the bank accompanied by local
 
 i the journey. and Mrs. Riggs set out to do some shopping in preparation Tor the outing MT. Riggs went shopping also and after that they failed to meet. When he remembered at last that he had wife and that she was
 going away he broke all sprinting rec ords hitherto established in Phoenix He arrived at the depot in time to see the trail of smoke from the de parting locomotive.
 | ON CHANGE OF VENUE-Peter 1 Van Lier. of Buckeye, was in Justice JOhnstone's court yesterday to answer la charge of breaking the lock on a 1 headgate. made in complaint tlled against him before Justice l. II. Park man. of Buckeye, by Henry Hammels, president of the board of directors ot the Buckeye Irrigation company. Ihe case was brought to Phoenix on change of venue secured by the defen- dant. The testimony of possibly flf- teen witnesses was taken yesterday and the case continued until today, whn the arguments of counsel Will De made Prosecution is by District AL T +ornev Lyman and the defense IS rep
 resented by J. l.. B. Alexander. Ihe l trouble is the outgrOWth of previous inharmony between the defendant and inc canal officials Van Lier admits breaEing the lock but declares he was
 not given the water he had pald Tor
 so took the responsibility of getting It
 himself.