Arizona republican., 1899-01-07
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges

Dan McGowan Of McCabe is in Pres cott
 Archie St. Peter and Louis St. James of JerCme are in Prescott.
 Born, to the wife of Fred Rief of Prescott, a fine healthy son.
 Hon. Nick Gales has left Prescott bound for New York city.
 Mrs. E. Gingrich and children have left Prescott for Onawa, Iowa.
 Mrs. J. c. Heslet Of Jerome is regis tered at the Burke in Prescott.
 George w. Hoadlsy came up from Phoenix this morning and is guest of HCtel Burke.-JOurnal-M ner.
 C. D. Carson, Howard, Cole; H. H. Martin, Albuquerque, are registered at Brinkmeyer's hotel in Prescott.
 The city water prospect tunnel north of Prescott is now in 1S0 feet Twenty fest more will carry it across the creek and complete the cOnt.act.-COurier.
 The clerk of tha. board of supervisors informs us that five men have died of smallpox in this county-One at Ash Fork, one in Prescott, and three at the pest house. There was one fresh pa tient taken to the pest house Tuesday. Courier.
 According to the statement of an in
 
 still p1-Cfesses the religion of his fore fathers, is permitted to wear shoes or boots closed oyer the instep CT reach ing above the ankle, unless he is a priest.-Prescott Courier.
 As County School Superintendent Cox is new official in the court house, the board of supervisors are wrestling With the P.0blem of providing him with a room. In the meantime MT. Cox is very anxious to lCCIte and com mence his official duties. - Prescott Courier
 As the Courier man came up town Tuesday morning 3 stranger stood on the Sc0pel corner watching the big crowd in the neighborhCod of Logan's undertaking E2rlOrs. He exclaimed, Whose funeral is that?" He was told that an election was in progress and whose funeral it was would not be known un.il night.-Courier.
 Colonel MyrOn H. McCord, formerly governor Of Arizona, who has been home on leave of absence for a few days, expresses confidence th2to Arizona will be admitted to statehood by the next congress, along with New Mexico and Oklahoma. Perhaps Colonel Me CoId faith is well founded, but if so most of those in a position to judge
 
 suit of the last election in the territory is not calculated to advance the interest of statehood.-Los Angeles Times.
 Some of tha Prescott physicians are just now the subject Of criticism for dl- legged eXIOltionate charges for vaccina- tion. The fee charged it is said runs from $2 50 for a single patient down to S1.25 where there is more than one in a family. In the latter case the S2.5O has been charged for the first victim and $1.25 for the others. In cities the usual fee for such services is 50 cents and in rare exceptional cases as high as S1 for private vaccination, public vaccination being ree.-Journal-Minar Arizona stockmen are interested in the great national livestock convention called to order in the Tabor Grand opera house, Denver, Colo, On January 24, and continue in session four days. When this convention shall have ad- journed it will take it's place in his tory as the fourth great meeting of this character since the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as president of the United States in 1901. Then the indus try was confined to the states east Of the territory Of Ohio, and it's value was less than the present worth of the live stock in the state of Kansas. Today the business is ProsPering in every county of the nation, and represents 50, ,000, 900 head of cattle 40 ,00G, 900 Of sheep, 50000.0 .090 swine and IS COG. .0OO horses and mules, valued at 8 100 ,O0O.- 1 000,-a sum ineompFzh RePresen- ! tatives of this vast wealth will make up the personnel Of the January gath 1 ering There is considerable talk of. passing ! a high peddler's license at the coming session Of the legislature. If this is attempted grst care should be exer- l cised in drawing the bill in order that