Arizona republican., 1901-04-26
JEROME NEWS
Things Seen and Commented on by
 Correspondent.

Jerome, Ariz., April 2i.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican).- has been SO long since | have written d line for The Republican that it seems the sheet and | are strangers Such, however. .s not the case, for every morning ! haunt the postotlice tin get my copy of The Republican and read what the latest telegrams say. The telegraphic dispatches in The Repub- llcan differ great deal from those Of some papers I have read, for they are aiNays verified in the greater dailieS, such as the Examiner and Chronicle. The Republican Is the earliest news that gets to Jerome. Possibly l am so fat that | am too lazy to write any more. but that seems impossible Tor man of industrious habits like myself. You would hardly believe it. but when 1 was a kid l was so anxious to work I would do all the talking and such heavy work for the whole Mcdonald family. l sometimes resorted to the telling of things that never happened. but after got into the newspaper busi- ness an that inclination was taken from me: | was purged of my sins.
 Since my last communication ! have suffered a severe Bereavement; one or the best friends | ever had in my life in the shape Cf a man has died a vio- oant death. The worst of it was the manner in which ,Ne newspapers spoke of his taking off, II was killed by falling from tae rods beneath freight train and having his head run over by every wheel Ca th" cars behind the one on which he wa taking his siesta. The next day the papers came out and spoke of his death ending by saying ne had wheels in his head when h. died. He was certainly on the wrong track at the time If his death. Talking about riding on break beams. was. there ever such sport to be had in this world? Many are the times that I have clung with the tcnscity of bulldog onto the rod of fest moving freight train talk ing in the landscape as the train sped lgs over fits giistening rails; at least tahing in as much of the landscape as could get into nay eyes in the sAape of fine dust. EyeNA sport has its draw backs. One c0aTolation-the poor hobo on a break beam has the whole world al his feet.
 I have ta .l,Hht that perhaps it would he better fOt SA~ standing of the Jerome Gun club e. Hever mention anything about th. late shoot at Kingman, and have certainly &ept pretty mum for long tinst. h@a must say few words here rpgHT,sisx that affair The Jerome shooters woBi6 never have been beaten by the Kingman boys. but they failed to break enough blue rocks to win out. That i8 the only reason 1 have ever tried tn advance as yet. We were treat ea right royalty ty the good people of KinCman Al the hig ball in the eyen- ing | never missed q bird, and there were lots uf them present. l was not much force at the shoot but at the dance | was all right There is going 1tO be a shoot at the Needles next month and We are an going again and are going to bring all of those medals home with us and no mistake. The Jerome boys are surely practicing every Sunday and are betting a little 10 make the events of interest. As many as dozen bets are decided every Sunday. Lee Hawking and Walter Miller age going to take it out of each other in great shape. Last Sunday the four highest records were. 45, made by Miller. 42. made by lasOglio; Al. made