Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-31
Brief News Items
of the Town.

A dispatch from San Francisco pre-
diets the following conditions OF weather
for Arizona: Unsettled weather tonight !
and Friday killing frost Friday morn
ing. !
The Florence press is authority for the
statement that in some parts OF the
Catalinas the snow is four feet deep. 1t
further reports the creeks and canons to
be running off great volumes OF snow
water.
1t is reported that Councilman Shan
non of Clifton recently sold a copper
mine for 500, 900. Mr.. and Mrs. Shan |
non are now in phoenix to remain dur |
ing the present session of territorial
legislature. The Citizen reioices with /
Mr.. Shannon in his good strlke-hoping
meantime that the report is true.
The Gazette of Phoenix says: The
Tucson visiting committee ls very much
pleased With the university and its man
agement. Col Herring who is at the
head of the institution, is one OF the
best qualified men in Arizona for the
position he holds. The Gazette is
pleased to hear the many good things
said about our Arizona university.
| Col. Harlow and wife OF Nogales are
stopping at the San Xavier. The col
onel is one of the best-known and most
successful lawyers in the territory, and
has been in Tucson for several days
looking up location for law office.
The many friends and acquaintances OF
Col and Mrs. Harlow are very pleased
TO learn of the colonel's intention to set
tie IN the law business in our city. We
speak for them here years OF business
and social success.
arrivals from Tucson Yesterday report
that 1t rained there all day on Monday.
received only part of the great truth.
The vicinity and city OF Tneson received
a good rain not only on Monday, but on
several successive days. For instance,
it began raining ON Friday, continued
with short intervals of stop Saturday.
and began again on Sunday and contin-
ued until Monday. We don't have or
dinary rains in Tucson, We don't; we're
not ordinary people, thank you.
A number of comments are to be
heard from miners and stockmen on the
recent rain. Everybody seems to be in
good spirits over the fine outlook of
Arizona. Probably no other part of the
territory had suffered from the drouth
more than the Four Peak region in the
Mazatals. A number Of stockmen were
interested in the cattle business OF this
locality, notably among whom were
Johnny Miller of Mcdowell, Bob Asher
.fof the same place, and Stewart of Mesa
City. The stock was greatly reduced in
/ numbers and condition. Bn:a 4aport
comes from that district that feed has be-
gun to appear and at no greatly distant
day will flourish in abundance Where
originally there was no water plenty of
water now appears, for the first time
perhaps in three years. Springs that
failed are replenished, and the cannons
4 that were once dry as ash heaps are
flowing with water. In the language Of
the day, "Let 'er rain"
The committee appointed by the ter
ritorial legislature to investigate the
needs of the University of Arizona al
They give fiattering reports of the pro
gress of the university, the able profes.
sors in charge, and the high standard ol
scholarship maintained by the demands
of the curriculum. AS matter of fact
no university course has kept the steady
progress which has marked that of the
University of Arizona. 1t has been and
continues to be, the aim of the univer-
sity management to raise the educa-
tional value of the curriculum with the
steady advance of modern scholarship.
and glance at the various courses is
sufficient to demonstrate that this aim
has been embodied in very material
realizations. The people of Arizona
without single exception are pardonably
proud of the territorial school. 1t is
their. first-born, and its development
from infancy has been guarded with
care and watched oyer with love. The
committee will in all probability advise
the construction of suitable buildings for
library and museum.