Arizona silver belt., 1898-12-15
THE sTORn.

Au hCSOAoo WHY picASh " s'N "spN ssA of last week. The rain which set in on Wednesday, turned to snow about one o'clock oh Friday morning, accom- panied by an east wind. Friday morn ing the storm had developed into . yer itsble blizzard which increased in fury and continued without abatement until Saturday at sundown. at which hour the wind ceased and the storm was practically over, although snow con- tinued to fall until eleven o'clock p. n. The snowfall was coitinuons for forty three hours, unparalleled in the history of Globe, and the oldest inhabitant, when he talks shout the westber, now, has no audience and is nothing more than common town gossip.
 We did not hear "The Beautiful Snow" quoted once. Most people were busy rushing wood and shoveling snow, and tbe facetious man was conspicuous by his absence. There was no occa. sion for levity. IL was no joking mat ter. There was no mention of the "sun kissed land" ''perenniul sun- shine or "the Italy of America. We are not bragging on the climate now, and next week We will take down the notice which have stood for twenty years on our first page, that ''in nu observa- ton extending over many years there has not been day without sunshine. !" There were one or two last week and we were roasted sufficiently to impress the fact upon our mind.
 Old Boreas caught us uuprepared, and although there was little actual sufleridg. many families were short of wood and have reason 10 remember "the blizzard of 1888" The scurry- ing snow found ingress into every cranns or chipk, and few are the hous- es which did not suffer from the infil- trasing snow. Ceilings were weighted down with the accumulation of the "beautiful," and the only man who has license to smile is the paper hanger.
 The grestett disaster to the commit. nifty is the embargo placed on the mines. Both the. Old Dominion and the United Globe were compelled to close down, temporarily throwing out of employment six hundred men. The mine force of the United Globe has re. sumed work and the shelter will be blown in again Friday morning. The Old Dominion. however, is not in as good fix aud the date of resumption is doubtful, although Superintendent Psrnsll is doing everything in his pow CT to repair the damage and secure the necessary fuel to enable the company to resnme sme!ting.
 Since the storm low temperatures have prevailed, and water pipes every where have been frozen up. The min iug companies did not escape, and the Old Dominion especially, suffered. There is always lndicrors point of view to every situation. and it was fun ny to see the men ID the mornings dig gipg into snow banks with pitchers to get enough coneealed water with which to perform their daily ebulitions.
 The scurtity of wood is still the cause of much incopvsnis nee. Twenty dol- lars cord vas the price offered last Saturday, but all offers vent Q begging. Seveaal carloads have since been rs- ceived frcm the Gils valley and have been sold at SIP per cord. and within a few days the deficiency will be supplied. The storm appears to have been gen era. Starting in Texas it swept New Mexico and central and northern Ari- zona, and everywhere was urparal. leled. The snowfall here is hard to es tiuate, but probably measured foot aud half. In all the country north of upper Salt river three feet or more of snow fell. IL will occasion @ consid. erable loss of stock especially on Salt r,ver and Tonto in this county, but the benefit to the range and Tn replenish. ing the water sources in .he mountains will he of incalculable benefit.
 Following are the minimum temper. a.urss recorded here since the storm: Saturday, 22 degrees; Sunday, IS; Monday, 21; Tuesday 27. The weather moderated yesterday and at the present writing threatens another \ torn.