Arizona republican., 1920-02-28
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~N0AA A-E -A->>-e- STATE SUES FOR RENTAL Suit to recover SS62.50 for rental al legged to be due on cane crusher, was brought by the state of Arizona, oy Attorney General Wiley E. Jones. yes terday against the Arizona Irr1gated Land company. The complaint alleges that the defendant company hired from the state q cane crusher on Oc- tober II, 1918, for which 1t agreed 10 pay q monthly rental of S15. No part of the rental fee has been paid, the complaint alleges
 SUES FOR WAGES-Claiming to have worked as laborer and larln hand an average of IT hours day for a period of 112 days. NIlile Weroff brought suit in the superior court yesterday against John P. Dal- matoff for the recovery of $952 when he alleges is due him for his services The complainant cla inns to have taken employment with the defendant, on the latter's ranch known as the Ostrich ranch June 27, 1919, and 70 have worked there until February }, 1920, for which he never received any remunera ton, he claims in the com plaint He claims his services were worth $50 a day.
 FREE GARDEN SEEDS There are garden seeds at the Phoenix chamber or commerce TOT ltlOSe WtIO WISH ~ call for them They are government seeds for free distribution.
 NEW PHONE DiRECTORY-Th latest Los Angeles telephone directory has been received by the Phoenix chamber of commerce and is availa hle for reference. The latest editions of the Los Angeles city directory and San Francisco directory were received several days ago. The directory li- brary of the chamber has almost 300 volumes. It has every city directory of consequence in America, and has scattering of directories from Canada and other countries, including the Hawaiian directory.
 WILL INSPECT HORSE HIDES Warning was sounded by county rangers yesterday that horse hides would hereafter be subject to inspec- tion by properly constituted 1nspec- tors, as provided by law. The inspec- ton of horse hides, is the same as that for COW hides but the statute has never heretofore been enforced in thls county, it was explained.
 INFANT TiMPROVING-Afte finger ing at the point of death for several days the infant child of Mrs. D. D Crabb is reported past the crisis and improving. Mrs. Crabb is here from Williams. Calif., visiting with her mother. Mrs. L. Earle, 3o4 N. Third avenue.
 CALLED TO COAST BY DEATH County Traffic Officer H. F. Watson is in Los Angeles attending the iu- neral of his mother, Mrs. NJ. A Wat son, whose death occurred Tuesday Mir Watson will return Saturday.
 WORKING IN SOUTH-C. F. Ash ley, accountant for the state tax com mission. is working in NoSales and Tucson for a few days while investi- gating various bank statements for in sion I4e is Tan in Phoenix on Monday.
 GOES TO NORTHERN DISTRICT -C. F. Brenniman, superintendent or the Texas. Arizona and New Mexico division of the department of justice left yesterday for northern Arizona after several days stay in Phoenix in conference with officials of the de- partment. Mir. Brenniman went over in detail with the authorities the ope- rations of fair price boards and con sidered other matters in which the de- partment is active.
 BACK FROM TUCSoN-R. $. Bois, clerk to Thomas A. Flynn. United States attroney, returned yesterday from Tucson where he has been estab- lished since the end of October. Bois will be here two weeks.
 ADMITTED TO BAR-Earl P. Pat terson of-Florence was admitted to practice in the federal court yester- day.
 RETURNS FROM TUCSON COURT W. l.. Barnum has returned from Tucson where he represented the plaintiff in the s20, 900 personal injury suit brought by J. c. Mayne against the Copper Queen Mining company. The action was tried before jury m the. federal court, Judge Harrington presiding. The jury returned a yer | dict of s9,500. Mayne was injured in an accident while in the employ of the company and as a result of the injuries was compelled to have his leg ampu- tated.
 PLEAD GUILTY-Joseph Crawfard and Eddie Thorpe, charged jointly with violation of the prohibition act in tine setting up of still, l pleaded guilty before Judge Dyer yes 1 terday. Sentence in the case was postponed until Friday. The men were indicted on four counts.
 REFORMATION F!LEO-Infodrrp- ton was filed in the United States District court yestreday against Victor Martinez, arrested in Pinal county 1 on the charge of violating the liquor laws He will be arraigned before Judge Dyer this morning.
 PLEADS NOT GUiLTY-Pedro Roybal. Mexican. charged jointly with | Ike Booker, negro, for larceny from an interstate shipment entered a plea | of not guilty before Judge Dyer yes teFday and his case was set for trial March 1. The defendants are alleged | to have stolen suit of clothes from | the American Express company at Clarkdale.
 ARE VISITING HERE-AIrs. Lizzie Watkins of Eureka Springs, Ark. i'll i company with Miss Anna Stahlberg of ! Steeleville, H., are visiting friends and | relatives in Phoenix and Maricopa | county. They are much pleased with | this wonderful country as well as for | the delightful climate and have only Ax.4rx