Arizona republican., 1900-09-21
JEROME NEWS
Tales of Mohave Pete an Old Time
 Chief.

Jerome, Ariz., Sept. 19.-(Special cor respondence of the Rapublican.)-C. F. Newton, formerly of Jerome. who was working in Prescott for Burmister x Sons, this summer, is at home in Dem yer with the typhoid fever. He was not feeling well when he left Prescott two weeks ago, and when he arrived Tn Denver he was quite i'll.
 Ike Laskin, proprietor of the New York store, went to Prescott yesterday afternoon. and will return this after noon with his wife, who has been wis iting friends there for three weeks.
 Joe Turnbaugh and John Wills were discharged by d jury yesterday from the charge of shooting cattle on the Verde river. The case took up the greater part of the day. A number of witnesses were heard and the evidence was conflicting, to say the least. The evidence satisfied the jury that the boys were shooting blackbirds instead of cattle.
 Work on the canopy over the band stand commenced yesterday, and will soon be completed. With the addition nf the top the stand will present a very neat appearance The work is being
 
 Of July committee in excess of the eX- penditures of the entertainment.
 Mrs D. B. Coover is recovering from q spell of fever. She was in bed several days.
 Mrs. George Beagley and little daugh- ter returned from Prescott yesterday. where they had been on visit for few days. MT. Beagley, who is one of hrip Dn1 AriZOnA. working on the new brick buildings in course of construction in Prescott.
 The school is progressing very nice iy at present. The scholars are getting ir in increased numbers. and order has been restored from the inevitable chaos O. the first week of school. The parents and pupils are pleased with the teach CTS.
 Mrs Henry Hergett and children are at Jerome junction visiting friends. They went over yesterday and will re- main a week.
 The city council did not meet last ev- ening as they intended, but will have ., meeting as soon as a majority of the members can be corralled. Bids will be advertised for and the contract let for grading of Main street as soon as the legal preliminaries can be legally per formed.
 Pete" the chief of the Mohave An aches. accompanied by his sub-chiei and interpreter, Sam Burns, the wei known Indian who is a graduate ot The Carlisle Indian school, came tc town yesterday and had Q conference with Mayor Tovrea. Through his inter preter the bi@ chief told MT. Tovrel many interesting bits of history relat ing to the carly days of Arizona. Pet claims to have been born across tn; mountain south of JerHme, 70 years ago before the foot of d white man had eV CT pressed the soil of Arizona, as fal as any one knows. He told tales O early times that would fill a novelis with delight, of how the Indians wer, great warriors in those days, and how they slew their enemies in open war fare with bows and arrows. The Pi mas, MaricOpas. Navajos. Yaqus Mo qus and other tribes were the sworn enemies of the MOjave Apaches. ant many a bloody battle was fought alonl the banks of the Verde river before tn earliest white settler knew there wa such q fertile valley in the world Pet was the head of the tribe and was great warrior. He is proud of the bat