Arizona republican., 1917-07-31

ured on when the lists were first pre- pared a few weeks ago. According to Sam Webb, county treasurer, the peo- ple are paving promptly and the mum Der of suits have been practically cut | in half.
 SEEKING ROBERT RINGER-drs Emma Grimes, of Seattle, has re- ouested Chief of Police Brisbois to To- cate her son, Robert Ringer, whom she says was in Phoenix not long ago. He was employed for a time as messenger for the Western Union. He is about seventeen years old. Letters addressed to the boy have been re- turned to his mother
 DEMANDS LAH0-Alleging that w. M. Scott refused to surrender the prop { ertv he occupied as tenant, J. C. Rob- bins. who acquired title to the land yesterday brought suit for possession and damages in the sum of $1 900. The land which is situated on the Salt River Base Line, and Robbins claims to be the owner. He alleges that he de- manded Scott to surrender ana that ne refused. He now asks restitution ol the premises and damages for loss of rent and profits.
 WHERE IS FiTZTHUHN?-A re- o,,est has been received by Chief of Police Brisbois for information as to the whereabouts of John c. Fitzthuhn. Letters addressed to the general de- livery have returned to the writer. Fitzhuhn is supposed to have been in some sanitarium ten or eleven miles from Phoenix He may have left Phoenix or he may have died. Any person knowing anything of this man ;S ,,rged to communicate with the chief of police.
 PLAN FINE TRIP-Mrs. Leo Hoghe will leave tomorrow for New Or leans. They plan a few days in the southern city from which place they will take. the steamer to New York. During their stay in the east they will visit in Boston and various points of interest in New England iourneying from there to Virginia and Washington. D. C. They will return in September.
 MAKES UP-Brought back from Bisbee because he was S5 short in the payments toward the support of his minor child, Simmie Fields yesterday convinced the court that the fault was not his. He was backed by strong guarantees from his employers Tn the mining town, who vouched for the flu
 
 leaving Justice Wheeler's court, where the charge was dismissed. Fields made up the amount due and also paid for two weeks in advance. He claimed that working conditions in Bisbee had been responsible for his tardiness and explained that his check had been held up several weeks.
 UNDER ADVISEMENT-Ob Objection to the jurisdiction of the court in the mandamus proceedings of George Taylor versus the Tempe Irrigation Canal were argued before Judge Stan ford yesterday and taken under ad- visement The court will hand down ais decision at 9.30 o'clock Wednesday morning An attempt is being made on the part of the plaintiff to compel he delivery of water according to pri- ority under the Kent decree. The de- fendant claims that the canal company
 IS not a corporation and suit can not be brought against it as such. The papers were served on L. E. Pafford, secretary of the company, who is being repre- sented by Charles Woolf. Harold Bax- .er is counsel for the plaintiff.
 DRY FARMERS-Delegates from Arizona to attend the dry farming con- gress, known as the Twelfth Interna- tional Farm Congress, which will be held at Peoria. H., September l9 to 29, were named yesterday by Governor Campbell as follows: Lem Pace of Thatcher, to represent the state of Arizona; Grace NJ. Sparks of Prescott, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce; Peter Aepli of Tempe, to rep resent Tempe; W. J. Woolverton of Yuma, secretary of the Yuma Cham Der of Commerce; Andrew Kimball of Thatcher, representing the Arizona commission of agriculture and horti- culture; Fred o. Allen of Flagstaff, to represent Coconino county; Ed. P. Grindell of McNeil, to represent Me Neil; J. B. Bristol of Nogales, to rep resent the Nogales Chamber of Com merce; w. Ward Davies of Casa Grande, to represent Pinai county.