Arizona republican., 1917-12-25
TOWN TOPICS
AFTER OFFICIAL TRIP

were taken into custody for failing | to observe the summons of the draft 1
 DRAINAGE DISTRlCT-The board of supervisors yesterday granted drainage district to Tempe to be known as Drainage District No. 3.
 TAKES TRlP-Robert A. Wilson left for Los Angeles last evening on busi ness and pleasure trip.
 FROM COLTER-Fred T. Colter, a well known business man and stock man of Colter, is in the city to remain over the holidays. He is a guest at the Hotel Adams
 FROM MARlcoPA-Mr and Mrs. Perry NJ Williams of Maricopa came up yesterday to spend Christmas in this city. They are stopping at the Hotel Adams.
 RETURNS HOME-Dan Thompson spend the holidays at his home ill this city.
 LA TOURETTE BACk-Lyman La Tourette returned yesterday from Me Neil Island, the deputy sheriff hay ing assisted L. $. Marshal Joseph Dillon in taking prisoners to the fed eral penitentiary.
 EXPLOSIVES LICENSES - Clerk Clarence Standage of the board of | supervisors announces that he has received explosives licenses from Washington which will be issued when required.
 ADMITS STEALING-Porfirio Val enzuela pleaded guilty to stealing bicycle, when brought before Judge | Stanford yesterday. Sentence will be passed on him December 2G, when the question of his age will be de- l bated.
 NOT GUILTY-Dolores Olives was found not guilty of the charge of assault with intent to commit rape, l by a jury in Judge Stanford's court yesterday. The Mexican was charged with attempting to commit the crime, 1 the complaining witness being a nine -year-old negro girl Lillian Grant.
 BACK TO PREsCoTT-Ed. W. Stephens, who will retire as secretary of the state live stock sanitary com mission, coincident with the retirement of Governor Campbell, will return to his home at Prescott where on January 1, he will resume his former position as chief deputy in the office of the 1 Yavapai county assessor.
 RECkLESSNESS FINED-PleadinS guilty to reckless driving, R. c. Men dill was fined $15 by Justice Wheeler .l yesterday. MendiH, while not eX- ] ceeding the speed limit, made reck- less turn in the road on the Tempe road near Acre city, a collision being narrowly averted by his act. When brought into court he admitted that he had made the turn withsut giving sl the signal,
 1 MISSIONARIES - Please rt- member the overworked postal en- ployes, who welcome Christmas like the czar welcomes Kerensky, and do not be perturbed if you fail to re- ceive your questionnaire on time" said a member of the Maricopa county local exemption board yester- day afternoon. Do not be dismayed, I for they will arrive in due time" Questionnaires were mailed out yes terday to men whose number range between and include PITS to 3041.
 EATS" FOR FIREMEN People who propose having fires on Christ mas day other than the usual cherry blaze in the fireplace are requested to notify the fire department 24 hours in advance" says Chief Wright, be cause the firemen are going to have double meal shifts both at noon and in the evening so that they may have ample time to assimilate, digest, masticate. and otherwise do damage to the Christmas birds upon their tables. The firemen will each be , allowed two hours for their Christmas meals. noon and evening.
 JAIL IS DESERTED-Police off cials, or the general public, were inn ; bued with the Christmas spirit this year. for there are only five break
 CTS of the law behind the bars al
 the city jail. Whether the police had a heart" or whether folks were 5 generally better behaved is a matter of speculation. Anyway, there will
 be a smaller than usual family
 gathering" at the town bastile to- morrow, when the regular turkey I dinner with fixingss will be served.
 Al L E G ID TIRE THIEVES -
 Caught with the goods, according t
 the police, John Para and Jesus Feli, p are in the city jail charged with steal , ing two automobile tires. The mel
 are said to have then attempted to sel
 the stolen rubber to another Mexican , at Seventh and Buchanan streets. ant q as they dragged the tires from a near
 by clump of brush the police made tn
 arrest. The tires were stolen Sunda.
 night from the Eagle bottling works.
 HOME ON URLOUGH-Charle 2 Puntenney son of Mir. and Mrs. Georg Il H. Puntenney, is home on furloug
 from Camp Kearny to visit his parent
 during the holidays. Later he will ac
 company his brother, Nelson Punten = ney, to Yavapai county, where the
 will look over their cattle interests
 After his visit to Yavapai MT. Pun n tenneY will return to the coast