Arizona republican., 1899-04-27

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 The forecast is that it will get warm CT His attention was called to the 1 fact that it was sai1 Sy sCne people yesterday that there had been frost | before sunrise He explained that the temperature just before sunrise was so high that a frost was next to impossible. At any rate, all the frost which will occur at this time of the year will not be sufficiently severe to affect any crop or fruit tree.
 THE s. F.. P. & P. CUT-OFF.-W. A. Drake, chief engineer of the 5. F., P. & P came down last night from Prescott. He said yesterday that miners from all sections of the couD- try and great numbers f them were to be found at any of the small camps as well as at Prescott and the larger towns, ard many of them represent ed capital MT Drake also said that the project Of the cutoff from Ash Fork around the Rock Buttes will soon be pushed. The matter is now awaiting eastern matters. Most of of the preliminary work has been done
 HARD TIMES AND HARD-TACK. At the Hard Times social in Good Templars' hall tomorrow night a ban quet will be spread of which the prin- cipal dishes will be Boston baked beans and brown bread. This spread will be even more in accordance with the prevailing hard times than Twas Bryan's now famous $1 Jeffersonian dinner, for it will cost but 10 cents. Everybody must wear old clothes-on IL dressed will be declared king and queen of the evening. Jewelry must be eschewed, the prohibition applying to false teeth and store hair, for all of which heavy fines will be imposed.
 A COLORADO MINING MANS. w. Mudd arrived yesterday from Denver and left last night for Ash Fork. MT. Mudd is interested in the Small Hope Consolidated Mini-s com pany of LeadvilIa, Colo, and he is here to look over the te--it0Iy'ss min ing possibilities. He made a pfATiOus trip to Arizona recently and it is probable that his company will see fit to invest in the properties. MT, Mudd said yesterday a wave of mining ac- tivity had visited Colorado, similar to that which this territory now enjoys, and he said also that there were number Of undcvelCped localities in Colorado which will be heard from soon, among them being the San Juan district
 RETURNS TO THE CCBRE After a short stay in Phoenix George Mitchell, the mining man, returned yesterday to the Cobre Grande mine in which he is interested. He said yesterday that there had been
 
 recently. The new road to the mine has been completed and all the machinery for the mine and smelt- er has been hauled. The smelter will probably be operating full blast by April 10. There is an abundance of pine in the Cananea district and saw mill has been cutting timbers for -hree weeks, so that now there is enough for building the wood portion of the smelter and several buildings. l There will be no trouble in getting timber for the shafts.
 QUEEN EDNA O. THE MAY l Earnest groups of pupils conducted a at the several grammar | chools of the city yesterday. The oD- l ect was to elect May queen for the | activities which will take plG3e al | Mesa March 1. Each room of every | chool had it's ballot box and the | ount showed that Miss Edna Bradley i lad won the election by a snug ma ority. Attendants were also selected i rom each school. The list of the lueen's attendants will be published | omorrow. Ire citizens committee which has the matter in charge says hat a sufficient amount of money has lready, been collected to adyisedly redict "a successful excursion, and It s probable that the population of 1esa on May or Dewey Day will bo reater than it ever was before.
 SISTY WAS HELD. The examina- ion of II. J. Sisty, the mining man, on charge of obtaining money from frederick Betts by fraudulent repre- was ended in Justice John tones court yesterday and the de- sndant was held to the grand jury in he sum of $500. He furnished bail. etts and other witnesses for the ter itory had testified that Sisty had 0.d Betts before receiving the money hat he had located him in certain inning claims. The testimony was orrOborated by a written statement mich the defendant had given the