Arizona republican., 1920-01-13
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 IN POLICE COURT-Jose Martinez
 and Bernardinio Aquino, charged with | violation of city ordinance 16O, were sentenced to serve 20 days each in | police court yesterday afternoon. Phil | Whitney and Louise Artley, charged with the same offense, failed to appear | in court, preferring to forfeit bail of S25 each. J. H. France paid a fine of 50 on charge of being drunk and ! dfsorderly." and Ted Lourey on a sim | liar charge, forfeiting his bond of $5- Santiago Madina, a Mexican, however, was the hardest hit victim of the day,
 being sentenced to 10 days in jail for
 being drunk and to Is days for having obscene pictures in his possession. SUPREME COURT IN SESSION. Ar1zona's supreme court is in session, ! converting yesterday and setting the 1 hearing dates for the cases on the cal i ender- The hearings are calendared through the period from January 1S ! to 27
 LAND OFFICE MADE MONEY Almost trebling, it's receipts of 1918, the state land board took in $774, 4,595. .49 Tor the year 1919, according to figures submitted yesterday by Sales Agent George A. Macdonald. The land de- partment represented an annual deficit to the state, up to the year 1915, Mac donald says, and since then has been
 
 year. The December receipts, at a time when many sales were made and when a lot of patents were granted totaling to s129,S95.0
 ADJUTANT GENERAL RETURN ING-Adjutan General Walter & In gals, reported yesterday on official business at Jerome and Clarksdale, is expected in Phoenix during today. He has been absent from hte city for about 10 days
 JOINS OFFICE HERE-Ira F Shaff- ner arrived in Phoenix yesterday from Idaho to serve as draftsman in the office of the surveyor general. Shaff- her was formerly in charge of the mineral division at Boise.
 WANT TO BE CITIZENS-Three residents of Phoenix yesterday filed their declaration of intention of be- coming citizens of the United States The three gave Phoenix as their resi- dence place and their arrival in this country goes back as far as 1894 in the instance of one of the men, Louis Kat singris a native of Constantinople. Katsingris gives his business as con- fectioner.
 Frank Musa, laborer, arrived from India in 1912 and Isaak Praker. a, ped dler, from England in June, 1903.
 CHILD IMPROVING-Miss Mary Harriet Smith, the little four -year-old daughter of Frank $. Smith, special agent of the department of justice, who has been sriously i'll, is reported out of danger. The child who is un- usually pretty and attractive has a large number of admirers who have been greatly concerned about her ill., ness, as have many friends of MT. and Mrs. Smith.
 MINERAL EXAMINER HEBREW. B. Burt, mineral examiner of the U. s. land office with headquarters at Santa F'e, is in Phoenix on official business.
 FIELD APPRAISER RESiGNS-J H. Moeur, field appraiser and selector for the state land departments Tucson district, has resigned his office, the resignation to take effect January 15 according to announcement just made by Commissioner w. A. Moeur. A suc- cessor to J. H. Moeur will be announced soon.
 HOME FROM STATE TRIP-R. H. Giering, Arizona district representa- tive of the Cleveland Tractor company which makes and sells the "Cletrac' has just returned to his home and headquarters here after a statewide trip in the interests of the Cleveland Tractor company. Mir. Giering will appoint dealers and distributors in this state.
 RETURNS TO JOB-B. F.. Gilpin. former public land surveyor, will re- sume the work interrupted by the war shortly when he enters the govern ment employ. Gilpin was only recently discharged from the service, having been overseas for two years. He was a lieutenant in the artillery.
 AUCTION AT BENEFIT DANCE One of the features at the dance to be given by the Council of Jewish Women for the benefit of the Day Nursery will be the auction of the candy battleship which attracted attention in the win dow of the Chocolate Shop during the holiday season. The unique battleship was purchased yesterday and donated to the council for the purpose for be given on February at the Woman's club.
 CHARGED WITH FORGERY -I Charged with forging the name of | Paul Wainwright to a s1756 check | passed on Nat Kohn, local clothier, | Rever Escavaro and Isabel Garcia were | bound over to the superior court yes I terday by Judge Mckee of the West ! Phoenix precinct justice court. The | state was represented by Herman LewkowitZ. assistant county attorney. !
 BOGUS CHECK CHARGE-Charged ! with obtaining money by means of a bogus check alleged to \ have been passed at the Central Pharmacy, Mrs. | D. J. Davis. 323 North Third avenue, | was arraigned before Judge Mckee | yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Davis was | by her husband and ar were made to have the ex- amina tion this afternoon at 2 o'clock. |
 JUST MISSED GOING TO PEN- Had Rafael Fuentes stolen one more | Rhode Island Red hen from Mrs. Edna Coffinger fortnight ago, he might have had to go to the penitentiary. As it is, having taken but Is, total value | of which was Lut S4S, only s2 less than the sum necessary to constitute | ground for a grand larceny charge | he has pleaded guilty to petty larceny | and was fined $100 and given 90 days ! in jail yesterday by Judge Wheeler of l the East Phoenix precinct justice court.
 COTTON MEN HERE-Interested in cotton, a number of business men from New York state and other eastern points arrived in the city yesterday and are stopping at the Hotel Adams