Arizona republican., 1900-07-17

tions at the present, as such a plant would cost 9 lot of money. He said that he intended to use every reason able method to increase the water sup ply, as he c0u:G not run the smelter at its full capacity without plenty of water. The shelter was shut down for twenty-four hours in the last forty eight on account of shortage i1 that necessary article.
 A man in from Oak creek yesterday informed me that the JGrore Power company had completed about 600 yards of their new canal, and were still pushing ahead. When completed the canal will be three and a half miles long, and will cover a large. body of fine Ltnd. The company expects to have it's ditch finished early enough for the people owning land under it to put in q crop this fall.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. Burger and little girl will arrive in Jerome this evening to visit their daughter, Mrs. George Stewart. The grandparents have never yet seen that cute little Stewart baby, and that is one of the main attractions for them. The visitors are coming from Phoenix, of which place they have been residents for over twenty years.
 The infant child of Mir. and Mrs. Joe Derrick died in Jerome Thursday night It was only a couple of weeks old.
 Mike Hartnett, who is employed at the works, in the capacity of cqrmap. had curious accident yesterday morn ing, as a result of which he is taking q few days lay-of. Mike was going to work in the morning. taking his mule, uged in hauling the strings of rars with him. He stopped his animal un- der the wire from which the electr!c: motor gets its power and started to mount to ride to wolk. Just as he landea on the mules back the arinl; threw up it's head and one of it's ears cams in contact with the live wire. The r5snlt was instantaneous. The mule thinking its last day had come tried to make the best of that last day and quickly threw Mike off his back ana down the grade where he piled up on q boulder. The shocked mule only stopped bucking when there was TO
 more harness left on it. Mike picked himself up a badly battered man. His back was wrenched and his feelings damaged. Men have been knocked down often by striking one of the wires with their hats whila the hat was wet from a rain storm. Two yeats ago Glib Clark rOd- under the wire on the slag dump at tte smelter and touched it with his hand just as his horse stepped on the car track beneath The next thing Gib knew he was lying r1 the ground feeling like he had been struck with lightning and. ti,e old horse was stretched out on the dump a few feet off with his legs sticking out as stiff as iron rods. It was some time before the horse could Set up after the st.ck.
 The infant son of NJ. J. Bradley and ! the infant daughter Of Dan Hartnett were chris,ened yesterday evening by Father Quetu.
 Attorney Parkinson returned from | Prescott yesterday afternoon. where he had been fighting several cases in court.
 Messrs. Flanders and Patton, repre- ! sentatives of the Phoenix Republican. | left today for home. While here they took 125 subscriptions for their paper. E. c. Bartlett returned t0 Tucson to- | day, after a couple of days spent in town looking after his interests. | Fred Hawkins, the efficient night
 watchman. will begin work again to- night after weeks vacation. Fred is a good man and has the courage to carry out his convictions. whatever | they may be-. A better officer than l Fred is seldom found.
 J H. A. Mather leaves today for a trip