Arizona republican., 1917-08-17

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 TIP TOP MINER-W. w. Elliot of Prescott, president of the Tpi Top mine, arrived in the city yesterday morning, accompanied by c. w. Ma jor. The gentlemen are in the city on business, and are stopping at the Jefferson while here.
 OPENS NEW SERlES-A book with the series starting 36,000 was opened yesterday in the land office. This shows that more than 35,000 entries have been filed in the local office since July l, 1908, when the present system of serial numbers was installed. PRINTING COURT CALENDAR The court calendar of civil cases pending in Divisions 1 and of the the printers and will be issued by the first of the week, according to the clerk of the court.
 MRS. SALISBURY HERE-Mrs. Edith c. Salisbury of the University of Arizona Extension Service arrived last evening from Los Angeles on her way to Tucson where she will re- sume her work as home economic specialist, connected with the eXten sion service.
 APPLICATION FOR BOND ISSUE The Tucson, Gila Bend and New Cor nelia Railway company has made ap- plication to the state corporation com mission for permission to issue ad- ditional bonds in the sum of S75,000 for an extension of the equipment of the road The matter has been set for hearing on August 20
 FOR DAUTO AFIRE-A Ford au- tomobile belonging to Elmer Clanton, SOP North Tenth avenue, caught fire about S:30 o'clock last evening. An alarm was sounded from Box 419 and the fire department was soon playing Pyrene on the blaze. The machine was said not to be badly damaged.
 WEIGH IN PRESCOTT - Harry Welch, secretary of the Phoenix cham Der of commerce, went to Prescott yesterday to arrange for farm exhibits to be assembled in the general Arizona exhibit to be placed at the farm pro ducts exposition at Peoria, H., next month. Welch will represent Arizona at the exposition.
 WENDENiTES WE'D HERE-Wil- bert T. Long and Alice E. Ziegler, both giving their address as Wenden, were married by Justice Wheeler yesterday afternoon. On the license, Long gave his age as AS and that of his bride as A. Others to procure licenses yes terday were Christian H. Risser, SS, of Payson. and Marie Bauer, P, of Tempe.
 FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD The next meeting of the Fraternal Brotherhood will be a business one on Saturday night, August 1S at 8:15 o'clock Some important business is to come before the lodge. and there also will be some candidates to be worked on A full attendance is earnestly de- sired
 SPECIAL COURT SESSION - A special session of federal court was opened at Prescott, yesterday. J. w. Dillon, United States marshal, and Dep- uties Weage and Hudson attended the session. It is expected that the cases of the dozen slackers will be con- sidered. A number of Americans are charged with failing to register on June ,, in addition to the Mexicans and other foreigners.
 FREE DIRT-Vernon Clark, secre- tary of the Shrine building commit i tee. has had a fence erected around the lot on North Central avenue and the ground plowed He is offering free dirt to anyone desiring it and
 hauling it away. By this method he 1 proposes to have partial excavation
 made without cost at the time con struction is to begin.
 NEGLECTFUL FATHER-Governor 1 Campbell yesterday issued a requisition ! for the return of Emil Hill, formerly
 of Globe, to that jurisdiction on a
 charge of neglecting to provide for his minor children. Hill was arrested at
 Los Angeles on complaint of the Gila
 county authorities and is held in jail
 there. Armed with the acquisition Deputy Sheriff Dan Armer of Gila county, as the agent of the state, left
 last night for Los Angeles Hill will
 resist extradition.
 AUTOS IN COLLISlON-A large
 motor car driven by J. M. Boggess going south on First avenue and
 turning east on Adams last night
 ran into a lighter car driven by J
 F. Daggs and proceeding north The ] lighter car was considerably dam
 aged, a front wheel being wrecked
 and other parts broken. Boggess tolt
 the police that he could not avoid tho collision, having turned at the in | tersection in order to save himsel
 from being run down by a fire trucI | responding to an alarm.
 CITY JAIL SENTENCES-Alvi
 Palma, charged with carrying con cealed weapons, was given twent.
 days in the city jail by City Magis trate Frank Thomas in police cour yesterday afternoon. Juan Lopez
 arrested with Palma on a charge 0
 heinz drunk and disorderly, drew five-days sentence in the city jail
 Manuel Para, drunk and disorderly was given the option of paying a S fine or serving five, days. He tool the days. Antonio Perez paid $5 up
 on being adjudged guilty of tn
 same charge.