Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-19
ARIZONA JOURNAL MINER.
J. c. MARTIN, Proprietor.
AN EXPLANATION

The JournaI-Alner received blow on Saturday night. m common with scores Of others in Prescott which. while it is hopzd will not knock it completely out, has staggered 1t very greatly and for once m its lifetime It has been unable Co come to time with its daHy edition
 Tn The dreadful visitation of fire which visited th= town the odice. which Was located in the best building in inc town. protected by brick walls. one auI one-half foot thick. and with iron doors, and iron shutters to the windows. and with brick and cement roof covered with sheeuron. was completely de ztroyed. Its machinery was hopsie=siy ruined. its type melted. its eases. rack. furniture and hles of the paper. cover ing a p=riod of about tw nty-fve years. were burned. Even the scissors and paste pot met the fate Of the other ap- pointnents of the ohce-
 The proprietor has b7en working for nearly eighteen years in building up paper which would be a credit to the town and would eventually. as the town grew. might be source of proht to its owner
 Every dollar taken in from the busi ness of the office. not required for the support of himself and family. has been reinve=tzd in the improvement dt The paper and while he had not yet reached his ideal. the office as will b. admitted by aN acquainted with it. Was the second best in the territory
 In less than an hour on Saturday night. all the results of those years cf roil. worries. hopes and fears. vanished into smoke and hopeless ruin
 To say that such disasters do not cause a feeling of depression would be to say what is not true. Still with an abiding faith in the future growth of the town and of this section of Arizona. arrangements have been made to again take up the work and continue it pro bably until called off by the grim reaper.
 The proprietor has been the recipient Of very many messages of sympathy from the brethren of the press. in diff fsrent sections of the territory and from friends outside. which are not only highly appreciated. but which has greatly cheered him.
 The Phenix Republican very gener- ousIy and magnanimously rendered ,h' use of machinery for the temporary publication of the paper, which ha. been accepted. and this issue. and it i. expected that two or three future is cues of the paper. will be printed there
 A it would be impossible to conunu. the daily publication at this long rang it will for the presen, be issued only a! weekly A complete outht has al ready been offered. however. and it t hoped that if suitable quarters can b secured that the publication of the dail. will be resumed by August l.
 On the morning of the fire a telegram was sent to Los Angeles. ordering a n=q job press. new job type and smal stock of paper and through the prompt ness of the American Type Foun3r. company and the courtesy of the Sauti Fe railroad company in taking zp-c+a pains to facilitate it's shipment. 1t Wa shipped on Sunday evening and shoulr arrive today
 While the insurance on the oHcs Wa only about one-sixth of the actual loss the proprietor is not a subject of char ity yet, but is in that strengthened il raneia1 condition that tends -c mak all aid in the way of patronage. eithe advertising. job work or =ubscri7uo, will be most highly appreciated. an, partiz= in debt to the office would cheo -Ea heart by assisting SD far as thei financial abilities vlu permit