Arizona republican., 1917-07-26

amendment to the city constitution which they wanted signed by the gov ernor. Governor Campbell referred the Yuma officials to the attorney general who later gave them an opinion in which he declared that the proposed amendment was illegal.
 REFEREE LEAVES-Fred A. Lar sen. referee in bankruptcy, accompanied by Mrs Larsen. leaves today for visit to Colorado.
 LAND OFFICE BUSY-Filings ill the office of the land commissioner during the past three weeks number 31 stock and grazing claims, comprising 18,S5l acres. Previous filings amounted tC s54O,233 acres, 12S1 claims, making total of 559,0S4 acres. The demand for lands shows no abatement, and the of fiee was thronged yesterday by people from all parts of the state, asking in formation and seeking to obtain land for agricultural and grazing purposes.
 ORDER FOR MINERAL SURVEYS The surveyor general has issued or der for mineral survey No. 3419, Holi- gan lode, situated in the Warren min ing district Cochise county and owned bv Francis E. Cummings, George Han finger, Harry R. Haringer and Elvira L,etson. also mineral survey No. 3420, Buckeye. Electric, Ohio Monarch, Rus sell and Kentucky lOdes, situated in the Warren mining district, Cochise county, and owned hy claimants named above. MAYOR PATRlOTIC-Major Frank Lunn of Globe, a retired capitalist who l came to Phoenix a day or two ago to offer his servlces to the government 1 and presented himself for examination 1 for the officers reserve corps, was rejected on account of physical dis ability He was accompanied by Wal l lace Duncan, a manufacturing jew
 eler of Globe Major Lunn and MT Duncan will return to Globe this morning.
 1 "" BOYS INSTRUCTED Some ss of the "" boys of various ages were taken through the weather bureau of | flee yesterday and gwen a graphic ex- planation of the way the weather is | logged by Kenneth Meaker, observer in charge of the local station during the absence of Observer Grant on official i business The lads were shown the various types of instruments used and were taken to the roof of the federal l building for further instruction.
 CLAIMS AGREEMENT-Joe Roder- ick. one of the best known cattel men 1 in the valley, Is facing a failure to pro- vide charge in Justice De Souza's court. i Portuguese Joe" as he is called by hundreds, declares that he can con
 vince tthe court that he is blameless.
 He alleges that he gave his wife S20 a month and they. then formed an agreement that she khould accept $500 1 in lieu of all claims upon him. He says
 that her acceptance of the sum relieved
 him of all obligation.
 RAILWAY MEN HERE-A. J. Pos ton, general agent of the Southern Pa | cific railway, is here from Washing
 ton He is accompanied by Thomas o. Bonney, travelling agent of the South ern Pacific, of the Washington Sunset I line. They are looking over Phoenix and the valley in general. and will leave
 for the east by way Of the Apache trail
 and Roosevelt dam. MT. Poston ex-
 pressed himself as highly pleased with the courtesies extended by the Phoenix Chamber Of Commerce and the citizens
 of Phoenix.
 CASE DIsMlsSED-Th case against
 Frank Fisher charged with unlawfully
 taking water from an irrigation ditch
 was dismissed for lack of evidence, by
 Justice De Souza yesterday. Fisher
 testified that he had taken the water
 under the authority of the Zanjero. Ii developed that E. w Keen came or
 duty as zanjero on July F and tho evening before Fisher asked for the
 right to take water which was granted
 him. The court held that the actior
 of the defendant in securing permission
 robbed the act of attempt to. defraud.
 COMMISSION TO SUPERIOR-A
 A. Betts member of the state corpor'
 ation commission; J. M Phillipowski official reporter, and Benjamin Ii
 Ferguson, engineer for the commis
 sion, will leave Phoenix today for Su
 perior where a series of three hearing! will be held by the commission Th'
 Superior Water Association has mad application for permission to sell it property to the Superior Water Asso citation, Inc, the new association ask permission to issue bonds and also fo
 a certificate of convenience and ne cessity
 AJO MEN ENliST-George Brugge ' one of the proprietors of the Ajo Drui ; company and formerly with the Bus 5 drug store here and c. F. Fenner O Steele x Fenner, also of Ajo, came t Phoenix yesterday for the purpose 0 enlisting in the medical corps. The
 took a preliminary. examination her' ? will take a second in Los Angeles an will then spend some weeks in lnten Sive service trianing, after which the will take their final examination. Tn : two young men seek service al tn
 front and both have had considerab. ? medical experience.