Arizona republican., 1899-08-04
THE NEWS
OF JERMEO

Jerome, AriZ.. Aug. 1.-(Special Cor
ro,a.onJenc of The Republican)-
Jerome has troubles OF its own. They
are not peculiar to this locality. nor are
they indigenous to the soil. Tle on
ward march of civilization from the
Goplis and VandaIs to lie rwentieth
century las been pestered and hin
| dGred ever by ol1StructioniSitS. Even
! poor Isolated microscopic Jerome is
1 not free from the universal rule Sew
| erai MONTHS ago when JerOme was in
the throes of an endedyor to fncorpO-
rute, everything possible was done TO
oln1rl and rdtard municipal fOrGa-
ton. With great patience and com
| nerdal.d perseverance ahe broad
gauge prClrotsTs Of civic government
met and oyercame the resistance of the
min GRITTY. Jerome was incorE0lnted
uT-n Il duly signed petition of two
thirds Of o.; residen property owners.
under aE.i in .3ccords1lce With ,1la ter
ritor:ll statutes in suclt eases made
and provided. The county board CT
supervisors appointed n board of five
c0urriImen. representative Of Je
r0me'S varied interests The board
consisted of 5le merchant one liquor
dealer. one skilled wOrkman one
baker and store keeper and one large
property owner The board sc'euei
Its presiding officer. made him mayor,
appointed ITS subordinate officers com
pretending police and sauttaIy patrol.
Under and by advice OF District At
t0rrey Ling the then choate city gov
eminent proceeded to the legitinm 2
exercise of its functions. An adni-
Fable SIT CT ordinances We're framed
under which it would be possible not
Only to make the great copper camp Il
model lows Of the tIlird-class, ld1t to
unquestionably insure it from flgure
visitat:ons of the calaaniiOuS fires thar
have blazed in It's past history. Under
and by virtue Of this Organization.
taxes have been teTiad and collected
fire fighting apparatC tS las been pul
chased ana paiFl for. IN efficient fire
company has beer formed q system of
sewers. s,:rl walks ar.d streets has
been roughly sketched ont. debts have
been incurred the preliminary stepc
have been taken necessary 10 the issd-
ars-e of Il bonded Indebtedness. but
more than all IN lis Importance 9lIs
been the r2Stric iG-i and liHitatiOn inn
posed by the ordinances covering the
erection of new Buildings within tie
corporate limits. In tile few months
since Jerome Legally became Il town il
has advanced further than in all the
years since old Captain Boyd and the
DOugherty bro hers first located the |
pres hit site of the United Verde.
Bit nil tIli!s progress was accomplish
ed without the sanction of the Hon |
G. w Hun Mr. Hull * 4 very large !
lr0lder of real estate within the city |
limits and has been opposed to incor |
poraLiol from the very first. Last |
Saturday papers were filed in the |
United States istrict court AT Prescott !
retitioning that the Incorporation Ee |
declared invalid and void. Judge san |
ford is representing lfle petitioner. 1t |
is stated that Congressman j. II. VIII I
son Will offend the city of Jerome, /
Current rumor has ii that Mr.. HUl /
has paid Il $1,000 retainer to effect dis |
incorporation. and that Judge san
ford has declared that he has Il GER !
tainty of success Whatever the legal |
points involved may he. backward |
step, such aS his suit thTai3tens. would |
most certainly lie fepfOretl by i large
majority of Jerome'S Inhabitants.
Tie Jerome brass bari gave recep-
ton and bail last Friday evening,
which WAS largely attended Quite
Il parity of Prescott folks came over TO
enjoy The affair Among them Were:
Captain Frank Franfz. F a. TritIe.
.Tr.. who We're gIrests OF II. J. Allen:
Frank BteihlI.-e. \. d. RaI-nhart. and
Misses Frances Bchune and Cara
Criley
y rA1'her amusing though painfrl
accident occurred to an incoming tour
III To-. To-, I
the other day. After file manner Of
The genus tenderfoct be carried 4 large
forty-five. Not being versed in lis
proper -Igemene the pesky thing
went off and so Iacerated him in Il Ger
tain part of his anatomy tlIat even
rocking CHAIR viii BE- OBNOXIOUS fer
sCsre weeks 10 come. As the gentla
nan w1S bound for jerome. is now
at DIR. Woods hospital, and intends to
make this place his future nome, his
name is merc.fully withheld
]. ". Fsmberton and Anna Lee
Valid were la5- week united il mar
-idGe. Mr. PembeIton has been a res
dent of Jerome for The past four
years. His father WIS for many years
chief justice of Montana. ''Penn'S"
.apitulItiCn 10 Eros WiIile rather sud
len has brOugL; him al manner CT
and the best wishes OF
4 host of friends accompany the young
pair On cheir fI.tial trip DER the ~
Of matrimOny.
Fred Nicllle has purchased the in
crest Of Mr.. IIo5les in the Troy laun-
Try which IS being worked under q
ease from Miller 4 Talbot.
J. G. II slet has returned from a fur
ough of five months taken on account
# Sickness. \ portion of this time was
spent at Phoenix He is now ap-