Arizona republican., 1921-02-09
About The State
City Workers Voted Raise


 MIAMI-The Globe city council de- cided last night to raise the wages of certain of it's specially competent em ployes from $4 50 to S5. % per day, the men for this distinction to be chosen by City Engineer R. N. Genin.-Bulle- tin.
 Attacks Grain Rates
 DOUGLAS-E. R. Raumaker man ager of the traffic bureau of the cham Der of commerce and mines, today filed formal complaint with the Arizona state corporation commission, attack Ing the unreasonableness of rates on grain end grain products from points on the Arizona & Eastern. Southern Pacific and Fl Paso 6 Southwestern to Bisbee and Douglas.
 According to MT. Raumaker the railroads as individual companies have failed to meet rate adjustment re- auirements advanced by the state commission in 1916. Incidentally an overhead charge created since that time had been imposed by the rail roads and the complaint was filed in attempt to secure rebates. The re- bate is sought for members Of the Southern Arizona Traffic 'Association, and woSsd be effective from July 1, 1S16z-International
 Ready for Dam Work
 FLORENC NCE-Assistant Chief En- gineer c. R. Oldberg of the department 1 of the interior, bureau of Indian =erv- | ice, was in Florence last Saturday and stated to the Blade Tribune reL ~esen- tative that work on the diversion dam would be begun just as soon as the railroad company completed it's spur track so that machinery and supplies could be unloaded from cars right or the ground at the dam site, which vii probably be within three weeks Blade Tribune.
 Girl 13, Man 30, Elops 1 YUMA-It has been reported at tho 1 sheriffs office that Ester Flores ol Sommerton, a 13-year-old girl ran away 1 from home Thursday afternoon witt 1 Juan Martinez, a married man. Mar tinez Is about 30 years of age, and lef a family at Gadsden when he ran ava, with the young girl. Martinez is srnootf shaven, light complected. about fiv' 1 feet, four or five inches high ant rather heavy set. The girl when sh, sweater, wore high black shoes and dit l not have a hat.
 l It seems that running away from 1 home, runs in the Flores family, for i | was not more than two months agt when the father of Ester Flores rai away with another woman, and lief his family in Somerton.-Sun.
 To Continue War Gardens l MLAMI-Following a conference be- tween members of the employees com mittee and General Manager F. w McLennan of the Miami Copper com pany, it was announced definitely las' evening that the war garden plots fol the cultivation of vegetables would be issued to the employees this year as has been the case since the inauguration of the system.-Bulletin.
 Charged With Cattle Thefts l JEROME, Ariz = Apparently al preparations had been made for prof | itable beef peddling expedition wher Deputy Sheriffs John Munds and Charley Sauer, I. l.. Hart and M. Q Dumas swooped down upon the Moreno ranch, on upper Oak creek. As a re- suit of the investigations, Francisco and Desidero Moreno are in the county 1 jail at Prescott, charged with stealing and butchering cattle. A third brother Delario Moreno, is in the custody of the county probation officer. as he is g minor.-Copper News