Arizona republican., 1900-08-04

His usually well kept face is adorned with a luXuriant growth of stubbly beard, his clothes are full of hay seeds and his general appearance is that of a hard working man. We are all on to you, Eddie, and don't think you can make us believe you are work ing out there on the ditch. The pow CT company is working a force of men steadily.
 J. H. Lee. Of the Verde, is in town this morning on business. He is a dealer in sheep and wood.
 The Jerome people will begin to re- turn from the east this month. So many are away the town will begin to lcok livelier when they all get back 10 their respective homes again.
 Jerome is now in the middle of the fruit season. The Verde farmers are bringing in loads of fruit and melons every day. A great many boxes Of Verde peaches were shipped to Phoe- nix this summer, by our merchants. The Verde valley is in its infancy as far as fruit raising is concerned, but will come to the front in great strides in a few years more. The possibilities for making money farming are great when farmer gets $1O a ton for his alfalfa hay on the ground, ana cents a pound for all the fruit he can haul to town. a distance of from six to ten miles. Those are the present conditions of the Verde valley and the supply is inadequate to the ever increasing de mand. Such a thing as shortage of water is never heard of on Oak creek and the Verde.
 Mrs. H. Y. Crane expects to go to San Francisco about the 17th of this month to put her little boy under q specialists care to cure him of lis troubles. She will remain a month but will leave Freddie there with his grandmother.
 F. D. TreadweIl is, expected home from San Francisco this week.
 Archie St. Peter returned from San Diego yesterday where he had been called by the illness of his wifi, who has been there with the children for two months. Mrs. St. Peter was o2- erated on by the physicians and is in g critical condition at the present time. Archie was compelled to return to Je- rome to attend 10 pressing business. He left word to telegraph him if his wife got worse. He is a little doubtful Of her ever recovering.
 Father Quetu is in town from Pres colt attending. to the affairs of the new Catholic church.
 pr. Cody Who came so near ending his career by taking an overdose of morphine while cut of his head, is now recovering quite rapidly. C. T.. Thomp- son, at whose house the doctor is stay ing, heard him rumna Gins around in the night when he took the drug, and got Up to see what he was doing. He went in the room and pr. Cody told him to give him two pellets from a bot tie which he had in his hand, every five minutes as long as they lasted Claude became suspicious at that and examined the contents of the bottle. which proved to be morphine. Then he realized the doctor was out of his head and tclephoned for Dr. Hart Had be allowed Dr. Cody to take another grain of morphine nothing could have saved his life. As it was, only prompt and vigorous treatment brought him around. pr. Cody has never taken a dose of morphine before which probab- ly accounts for its effect upon him. that he is out of danger.
 Some contracts are being let by G. W. Hull for sinking and drifting on some of his Jerome properties MT Hull is a sticker and will open up the