Arizona republican., 1899-09-04
THE NEWS
 OF JEROME

OF JEROME Jerome, Aug. 31.-(Spacial corre- s2ondence Of The Republican. )-There IS considerable amusement being man. 1 ifested around town CWer the warn package" that was handed the Asso- ciated Press on the 18th by it's Jerome correspondent, in the shape of a weird Apache story All the coast papers with tE2 exception of the Los Angeles Times fought rather shy of this dis patch, and trimmed and toned it down materially. But the Los Angeles Times gave it a swell head and printed it verbatim as it left the hot pen of the Associated Press man at Jerome Of course il was fake" Nothing of the kind occurred. In the first place the nearest Apaches are at the White Mountain reservation, some ninety miles away, and nonn of them are per mitted to get cut without special per mits, and it would be impossible for a band in war paint to take the death trail' without the event being herald ed far and wide long before they could get in the vicinity of Jerome But 1t
 
 serve to tighten up the nerves of the distant relatives Of many Jerome peo- pie and keep up the reputation Of the Associated Press for veracity and re- liability
 So far this year the usual Jerome summer has evaded US It has been phenomena1ly cool and pleasant But the heat is now with us and seems de- termined to make up for lost time. Tonight an electric storm of unusual brillfancy and beauty, followed by a gentle rain has temporarily cooled off the ca1oric and Jerome is grateful in consequence.
 w. W. Talbot, the head electrician of the United Verde company, who re- gently came from Montana to take charge Of that department, left today for Butte on a vacation to last a month or six weeks, and on his return will bring with him a bride, and will join the steadily increasing host of bene- diets.
 Four members of the Jerome gun club, tiring of the unexciting dismem- berment of the black and yellow discs, last Sunday made a sortie on the doves | i'll the Verde valley Messrs. Strodt- 1 hof and T. H. Decker shot against P. | P. Hastings and Justin Frazer, with [ dinner as the wager. The total bag to 108 doves, and all the l friends of the hunters were supplied | with game after the event Hastings ! and Frazer had to settle the caterers | score.
 The recent ';rcast" on Jerome in a Phoenix paper has passed harmlessly over the heads of the Jerome people | This town has become somewhat in 1urated to this sort of thing. Every scribb1er that comes within the radius of two hundred mii"s of the great copper camp feels 1t liberty to make copy out Of Jerome, and of course is imbued with the de- sire to make it yellow It feeds the journalists" and doesn't harm Jerome
 Mining affairs are still working ahead with gratifying results. No great or sensational features are re- ported, but the persistent and steady development shows all that is desired md the approach of a forest of stacks Q mark the sites of new smelters casts ] welcome shadow before.
 The freight and passenger traffic is very heavy over the narrow gauge md it's regular trains are supplement- d by frequent extras, all heavily aden
 The T. F. Miller company will oc- upy it's new quarters in Masonic hall turing the next forty days. Two of he local lodges have already removed o the handsome lodge rooms in the op floor of the same building, and a | tage carpenter and a scenic artist ( lave been engaged at Los Angeles to $ omplete the second floor, which is de- osad to the theater and assembly hall. | 'ko metal cornices are going up at the lew brick hotel and interior work is !! eing pushed as rapidly as possible. ! Business over the new telephone line : as increased very rapidly since the inc was instituted Over fifty teie- hones have been placed in Jerome, i nd the foreign switches are quite nu- r lerous. The service is excellent, and C is 8 wonder how the town got along 7ithout this system fer so long.
 A litt2 fracas occurred yesterday l the vicinity of The Bendr-a district [ ot particularly stocratic-situated t little above the depot. A Chinaman r rhO owns some shacks in that local t y went on 2 rent collecting tour yes 0 3rday, and one of his tenants, a Mex 4 m, reseutud his intTusi-n. Result badly battered Mongolian and an ar ssted Mexican. Fine twenty dollars b I'd costs which was paid. t
 HERBERT ALLAIRE. n