Arizona republican., 1897-12-28

about the first of February. The walls are finished and the roof is now being put on. It will be very hand some structure, 57x140 feet in dimen- sions, with an elegant stone front
 The first snow storm of the season in Globe occurred on Sunday, Dec. 19, and was quite furious for the short time it lasted, although few evidences of it remain in town On Pinal mountain the fall was quite heavy and stopped wood hauling. The weather has since been very cold.
 The Oasis is informed on the very best authority that some of the most prominent business mel of Nogalss are arranging to unite. with the firm of J. S-esovich & Go. in handling the Sonora orange crop ic the season of 1S9S- 1t is great and growing cr1p. and there is a vast business to be handled in the near future
 A new corporation has been created in CocOnino county with headquars sers at Williams The incorporator5 and directors are D. B. and c. E. Lyons and H. G. Wolcott of Chicago, and the capital stock is S5O,000. The name of the corporation is the Imperial Mining company, and it's business will be to bond, lease. purchase, sell and to ac- quire real estate, mining property, mineral or timber lands, etc
 From the meteorological report from Whipple barracks, ranging over nine years, from 1888 to the late fre5ze, shows that during that period the temperature has been several degrees lower than it has been during the present cold wave in Yavapai county. I1 1888 the lowest temperature was as follows: Jan ', If below zero; Jan. 14, 10 below; Jan Is, g below. In 1889: Jan. IS, 8 below; 18th, 10; 2Oth, 8. Tn 1890: Jan 20, te,ow. In 1894 Jan. ', ' below; Feb. IA [; March 5, g. In 1895 and 1896 it was not below zero
 While in San Francisco Co,cnel Robert Williams bought the Nome zuma hotel property which he has heretofore operated under a lease and arranged to enlarge and improve the building on scale commensurate with the importance Nogales has assumed The present Montezuma as it now stands cost the builder $17,COO. It is Of dressed stone, three stories high and has 8. beautiful garden attached To this now will be added an addi- | tional seventy feet frontage The new building will contain an elegant dining room, 35x5O feet in dimen- sions, capable of seating 100 guests, 3 bar room and billiard hall and atoui thirty additional bed rooms. The en- tire structure will be fitted through out with all modern convene ces ant when completed will be one of ths finest hotel structures in Arizona.
 Capt. P. M Smith of ArizolaL is z rustler. He has gone into stock rais ing, fruit raising and bee culture. ant has one of the finest ranches in tn. county. He raised sweet potato thai weighed twenty-eight pounds, ant killed yearling steer that netted 55( 1 pounds, and has another left equally as large. He has started a henner1 ! in which he has several hundred ! choice fowls, and will soon run u, ! into the thousands What he doe: he does with a will and intelligenc. 1 and foresight that insures success It would be well if many of our farm 1 CTS could take time to visit the can ! tain and learn how to improve thei | own farms and stock and put the big 1 gest ard best on the market and ge the highest price. He puts brain
 and brawn. push and perseverance, in
 to everything that he touches.-FIor 1 ence Tribune.