Arizona republican., 1901-09-03

been considered an honest and desira- ble citizen. but during the last year or two women and wine have caused him to lead 0 fast life. He recently bought his partners interest in band of sheep, which were heavily mortgaged, and being what he thought hopelessly in debt, he borrowed or gave checks, against which he had no bank deposit and by this means raised several hun Gred dollars and skipped. The action If Mir. Sterling was a great surprise to his friends, and the majority of them are congratulating themselves that Sterling did not ask them for larger loans.
 NOT A LEGAL HOLTDAY.--Labor day was much the same as any other day in Phoenix. All the federal. coun- ty and municipal offices were closed, a few of the business houses in the af- ternoon and the banks all day. The lat ter circumstance was probably not ob- served by very large majority of the people of PhCeniX If the banks were closed all the time a great many folks would never notice 1t. Yesterday may be said to be day wasted. There is no labor day in Arizona though great many people rhink there is. It is a legal holiday m the district of Cplum- bia. in all the states except Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota and Vermont. It is not a legal holiday in any of the territories It Is observed in Wyoming. but Is not legal holiday. There is a labor day in North Carolina on septem- Der D. and in the parish of New Or leans on November 25.
 A JAPANESE HEADER. - Three Japanese on bicycles rode up North Center strset yesterday afternoon at record breaking speed. The foremOs, turned into Broadway with his wheel tilted at a sharp angle. It slipped from under him or the artificial stone cross walk The second man was so neaf him he could not change his course and his wheel struck the prostrate man. The rider went over the handle bars, his head striking the screen door Jf the Home Savings bank. The wire gave way and the Japanese butted the heavy plate glass of the door. shattering it into a hundred pieces for more than half it's length. There are three as-inch iron guards on the screen door. The top one was bent in until it almost touched the inner door Such dive W as sufficient to fracture an average skull, but the Japanese was not even sl unned in the collision.
 RETURNING TOURISTS. During the asst wiek hundreds of Phoenix .iurists have turned home Every Incoming train Is a duplicate or the excursion trains that have be n going out all sJmmtr an. the outgoing trains carry few but the people who ars forced to travel in the pursuance of th ir businesS CT h. people re- turrang, not enc iH a dozen g [ into he pessonal columns of the newspa- raIg, for the r lason that as soon as they get home they are too busy to rcpor at a newspaper office, or any wh re else Their houses must be ci ancd and put in order and their bus mess affairs ne=d looking after. It is pleasing to n,,s that near.y every one comes back thinking better cf Phoe- nix than beforz his trip alb. ad. and all are enthusiastic over tha prospects of the town and territory for the com ing win.er. Business is good now for this tin of the year, and the mer- chants are getting in larger stocks than
 yer fore in Jhe full assurance cf big winter trade From all indlcatio the tourist army hat will shortly head
 in this direction will be larger than eve: b fore in the history of the town, and he industrial outlook for the ter rtory was never so bright. Unl ss all signs fail Arizona will swim in pros perity the coming winter.