Arizona republican., 1898-07-25
SOUTH SIDE.

Tempe, Ariz., July 24.-(Special
 Correspondence of The Republican J.
 William Goodwin, R. O. Greeves, Clyde
 Stewart and Miss Manuela Miller
 went to Phoenix today.
 Messrs. Curno and Horn of Mssa
 were in Tempe yesterday.
 W. H. Code of Mesa is spending the
 day in Tempe.
 c. A. Corball is sowing ten acres of
 sorghum.
 T. J. Parry has a very tasty case for
 blacksmidhs' findings in his shop.
 Flaws & Warehouse last week threshed thirty-acre piece of wheat which netted 2,500 pounds to the acre. The grain was grown by Ben Saylor.
 c. A. Saylor will begin cutting his third crop of hay this week The ranchers are experiencing great difi- culty in obtaining men for the hay field or for threshers and balers.
 THREE BOTTLES OF ROOT BEER.
 One hot morning lass week The Republican special pulled up around the curve leading to the gravel beds three miles west of the bridge. The specials water tanks We're low and so it stopped at the wsyside inn perehed on a gravel kncll short dis tance from the track Putting on the air the engineer got of his seat and went to the house for something to repienisIh the tanks with
 Hellot Well, how are you this morning.? asked an cid man as the visitor entered What will it be-"
 Give ne three bottles of root heer. answered ths engineer.
 The proprietor was jolly old fel-. low who appeared as though he had been identified with Arizona for nearly half century. He evidently wished to 1ose' 10 time in expressing his feelings on different subjects to the enc who brought him a window of the world every morning, for as he began to uncork 9 bottle he started eff on a eulogy
 oh, Cauara WAS a great admiral He commanded feet of Spain. He xailed down to the Suez canal and then he sailed back again." As he finished hs emptied the bottle into a glass and watched the thirsty engi- neer tess 1t down.
 I'll tell you" he continued. as he proeeeded to the next bottle what Kind of 3. picture I would make for some of these comic papers if could and they would let me I'd fix up Watson's fleet in mid ocsan sailing to- !! ward Spain and would stand Uncle | Sam on the rsar end of enc Of the | ships, the Oregon for instance, so tall l he would nearly reach the sky. and i with coat tails riding the waves two | miles behind. Then I would show all 1 the little bantam powers of Europe in their little ships lodging around 1 nere and there to keep off Uncle | Sans coat tails"
 The second bottle had been put away by this time and the third was under going change, and SO was the old | mans face. which depicted his emo lions as vividly as though it were ehild's. It was very grave now.
 Young man, said he. looking across to where that individual sat on table swinging his feet and sip ping the refreshing liquid, "did you ever wonder how it was that some of us old timers are not we'll off? Vel came here when the territory was young and entirely undeveloped 1t} has grown and prospered. Great 1 have sprung into existence and the desert we once wended wear fly across famishing with thirst are now smiling and fragrant with na- lures verdure, and tine wealth we walked over unheeding is now being uncovered to the busy world in fabu- lcus quantities. l
 There is the Senator mine. I was one of the first locators of that prep erty. I and another man by the name Of Frederick left Prescott in the early 1 days with a pickax, g piece of bacon ! and rife. We fought Indians and i snow and cold on the way into the country east of Prescott. We discov- cred cropping on the top of a moun- | tain and prospected it for several feet. 1 It did not show any signs of good l ore and we became indifferent to it.
 Some time afterwards a merchant, l c. P. Head by name, was in that coun- try and discovered a vein running from the foot of the mountain up- 1 wards. He followed it up till he ! reached the hole we had dug. He be- came greatly interested and learning wkC owhed the hole came to me and inquired what I would take for it. I | told him he could have my interest in | 1t for nothing, as had concluded there | was nothing there.
 "Well, he prospected that mountain l Hp and down and spent a good deal of ! his money on it. He finally sold it to a gambler and saloon man in Prescott | who disposed of it to others. It l changed hands number of times and at last the Phelps-Dodge people got hold of it. s-8l& &as4F>&
 t<I see by The Republican that after years of work and the expenditure of 1 fortunes they have just the other day | run into ore that is immensely rich. 1 Well, it has been over thirty-fivei