The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
FROM THE CAi'ICAL.
Interesting Letter From The Champions
 COrrespOudent-FIOoGS scenes.

I'hENlA, IGO. zOCll, lCJl.
 We have been in Phenix severa days. Have looked around right smart, and find the Capital is not to be grined at. The streets are very good in dry weather; but in wet weath
 CT it only takes glance. or a street walk through the beautiful, (mudl tc realize that the glorious pine forests of Flagstaff do not exist in striking dist: ance of Phenix, for sidewalks are al most unknown. There are a lot of
 fine buildings in Phenix; court house with finely ornamented grounds, while the Capitol building, with its splendid grounds, cut only by neat gravel walks ornamented on eather side with thrifty young trees, would be credit te many an older state than Arizona. At the rear, or south of the building, is fine collection of cactus, while in front is a beautiful fountain, at the Lase of which is fine pool of clear sparkling water. As passel there the other day I saw a little fish in the water about as long as Jim Blacks nose. 1 was about to accuse the people of Phenix of the crime of keeping the little fellow pris- oner there all along, but as watched him as he swam around the pool, l followed him, and lost him in little drove of red fish that were on the other side of the pool one of them was sun- ing on his back with a swager same thing like the Phenix men, who do not conhne themselves strictly to the drink, ing of Salt creek water.
 Flagstaff faces are as common in Phenix as brass tacks in Navajo h. dian's saddle, while there is more than one of Flags. fair daughters ts be Seen here. And let me tell you, right now, that the fairest- of the fair, do not put our girls in the sha ie down in this part of the country. Take Phenix all in all it is fine town, with good stock, fine orchards, yinyards and ferries, and really if Phcpix was not so far from Flagstaff it would, in time, make grand little country town.
 On the night of the 18th Phenix was aroused by the fire bell. It turned out to be water alarm, but they have no water bell It don't make much difference, for fire and some of the water they have here are good deal alike. It turned out that news had come from the head of the ditch that great head of water was coming down Salt river, we got up about three o'clock, saddled our noble chargers, rode down to Salt creek with all sorts of ideas of catching on to some easy job of saving some beautiful dam sel or some gay mother, with fair haired baby in her arms, from a watery grave. Salt River was really up booming, first boom I've seen in long time. It was dark as pitch we failed to find any one in distress, got out of the road, got nearly mired down and let one of our hrrses step on our dogs leg and cripple him also got tangled up in wire fence finally got disgusted and started for home The railroad bridge had been washed away but as we passed the depot there was two or three empty passenger cars there. They looked like so many portable jails. The enjine was push iLg them up and down the track as if to keep them from realizing the fact that they were in a christian commu- nity, where there was no use for jails. Daylight showed that Salt River was up in dead earnest. 1 looked at it from the top of the court house at tea o'clock. Salt Creek was really little young Amazon. About two o'clock Daggs, Daggs and Daggs. with all their fine driving horses, q believe Peru's was the first man saved) pulled out of their fine residence at Phenix Park. The street cars pulled ! the ladies and children of the family safely out, just as a majestic house had made scene of destruction that many man would shrink from. The most striking case of affection that I saw was 8 red headed girl who had saved little mouse colored chicken from drowning and had it wrapped up in a white handkerchief. A colored wo- man told her that that was her chicken and to give it to her little boy, hat it's mother and all its brothers and sisters were washed away in the flood. The red headed girl answered with cream and peach smile, which none. but the Phenix girls can smile, that she would be mother to that chicken herself [ A wave about three inches and half high swept by Phenix Park with de- wasting effect, that will not soon be forgotten by an old hen whose little brood was playing hide and go seek in the grass on the edge of the ditch. l went down to the waters edge in the afternoon where everything was excite ment. Jim Black was lamenting, not over sack of alfalfa hay that had hoated down the river, but over lot of fine fat chickens that were water bound on top of it. At food or fire is the place to see heroic deeds, or strong affection. I believe the most heroic effort that fell under my obser- vation was big dog who carried