The herald., 1895-07-15
I. OVER THE LINE IN ARIZONA.
A Prescott City Councilman
Shoots Himself
WATER WANTED IN PHOENIX
0evernor Hughes Returns From
Flagstaff
N Attorney Fined for Contempt Takes to
Ills Bicycle and When Last Seen Was
Pumping for Dear Life

PHOENIX, July 12.-The Arizona Ca
sette is now under new management and
dips right into local matters. OF our fire
department it says:
Volunteer fire organizations. in lien OF
something better, are good enough. In
small towns and villages they are the
best. But when a city of the size, wealth
and population Of Phoenix continues to
depend upon this method of fighting fire,
1t is an exhibition OF suicidal parsimon-
iousness. As a rule the fire has completed
its mission by the time a cosmopolitan
crew, mostly offic cers. reach the shoulder
ing scene. And We have noticed ten
dency on the part Of hvdrants to rebel
against the sudden duties imposed uron
them. We have no means at hand in
which to strike balance in the matter.
but we venture the assertion that the
losses by fire here during few years past
are largely in excess of the amount it
would cost the city to maintain paid
department. Our volunteer fire fighters
are as good. if not better. than the large
majority of such organizations, and are
deserving OF all praise. They deserve
something more substantial, and they
Know much better than we do the many
disadvantages we labor under. We sug-
gesr to our city fathers an early and
careful consideration OF this subject to
the end that proper. competent and mod
ern means of dealing with this great dam
yer be provided before we are called upon
70 wire abroad tale OF great confiagra-
ton.
Nose Morrison, a watermelon peddler,
shot three boys Monday night for steal
ing from his patch three miles northeast
of the city, None OF the boys were SER
iously injured, but their hide was full of
bird shot. An organized gang uf young
sters had been stealing melons form Mr..
Morrison's patch nightly and he deter
next time he is going to load his gun
with buck shot.
News comes from Gila Bend that dur
ing the trial OF case one day this week
before l.. Kaltsnback. justice OF the pence
of that district. s. e. Hazard, the only
attorney in the town, made use Of Ian
guaPe that caused the court to readjust
its wig, assume stern aspect and then
to warn tho attorney that he was treadlng
on risky soil. Hazard repeated the OBJ.
noxious remark and then reiterated it
with increased venemence. The justice
promptly fined Hazard 500. The latter
gentleman failing to raise the money,
suddenly left town. A warrant was is
sued for his arrest, and at last accounts
he was bicycling towards Mexico with
canteen out straight behind him and a
special deputy constable in hot pursuit.
How the chase will end will be the SUBJ
ject of another chapter.
The heavy cattle shipments east and
west have stopped on account OF the heat
ed season. but there yet is very strong
movement OF butchering cattle from the
pasture fields of the valley. Almost ev-
cry evening carload is shipped over the
Maricopa and Phoenix to points in South
or riynna Novu
les. the superior quality of alfalfa fat
tened beef Is becoming generally known.
and the beefars invari ably command top
notch prices.
Governor Hughes returned few days
ago from Flagstaff. where he has been
Skylight City's celebration of Independ-
ence Day. and in the direction, with
other members of the board of control,
OF the arrangements for the new reform
school building. A contract was entered
into for the supply of water to the school
system, and other matters of details
were attended to.
The surveying party of the North and
South road is reported to be canned
twenty miles southeast of Florence, with
"On to Tucson" as their watchword.
The upper story of the court house is
now deserted section. not as it once
was, before the supervisors probate
Judge and ASSESSOR moved to approachable
quarters on the ground floor.
George i. Johnston, prominent citi-
zen OF Phoenix, who has been in the city
since the Fourth, left this morning for a
trip to the Grand canyon of the Colorado,
whence he will 60 to Catalina island for
q couple of weeks.
Observer William Burrows of the Ari-
zona service of the weather bureau has
issued his circular that the central office
for Arizona will hereafter be located at
Phoenix instead of Tucson.
Misses Jennie Beard. Ora Cox, and
Ethel Ornie, and Norman Orme and
James Griffin leave today for Camp creek.
there to visit MIS-. Marler for ten days
stay.
Local commission men are now ship
ping out great quantities of prime
watermelons to all points over the south
west where the climatic conditions are
not as favorable as here for the growth of
the delicious fruit. One firm alone is
shipping ton every two days.
All hands at the Electric Light and
Fuel company are more than busy IN the
Installation OF the great boilers ana in
light dynamo that will soun
give to the company power to supply
more tnan twice the present mum Der OF
lights now on their circuit.
Bernardo Cabeza was brouybt hefors
Justice Johnstone yesterday to answer to
a charge of seduction. The complainino
Senorita Cordoba, is plump and
pleasing, and so it required little elo-
quence to persuade the couple to heal all
and to quash the suit bv
an entrance into matrimony. The justice
the ceremony