Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-30
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

MOrencl southern 10 Nltnln TWO Hllles VI
Morenci.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the presentation OF Mrs
Jarley's wax works 1.-THE San Augustine
hotel on Friday evening.
Fair tonight and Thursday; heavy
frost Thursday morning, is the report OF
the government weather bureau received
from San Francisco this morning.
The noted Santa Teresa, formerly a
resident of Clifton, and who visited Tue
son two years ago, is now in St. Louis,
en- route to Paris.
A. o. Sullivan who, with Mr.. White
head, is interested in the construction OF
the Wilcox school returned this morn
ing to that place. The school will be
completed in February.
Leandro Sais was seriously injured
late yesterday afternoon by being run
over by two traffic wagons. Both wag-
ons which passed over the body of the
man were loaded with lumber.
An exchange remarks that marriage
in Yuma county is not failure, Judging
from the record made last year. The
number of marriages were 80 and di-
vorces 3. The climate must be respon-
sible for this wonderful record.
Bisbee is being blessed with an abun-
dance OF rain. A correspondent writing
yesterday said that it has been raining
steadily for the past 4S hours and re-
ports from the valley say good rains
have fallen all along the river.
B.L. Worthen, OF Gardner, Worthen
4 Goss, says that the Helvetia company
is constantly finding new bodies of ore
and its water supply is also improving
with development. The companv's new
smelter will probably be blown in inside
of ninety days.
Congress street is disgrace to the
city. 1t resembles more hog wallow
than the principal thoroughfare OF
thrifty city. The people feel the neces-
sity of paving whenever it rains, and
particularly Congress street. Some
thing should be done. A good time to
macadamize the streets would be when
the sewer s being placed in position.
Messrs. Sampson and Bent who re-
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tains where they went last week say
that the grass is springing up on the
ranges and in short time the range
will take on the springt1me beauty
which is so attractive to the traveller.
The grass will be high and poppies will
appear Transforming the great expanse
of range into a vertiable garden.
The Citizen has received poe m enti-
tied, "Mud, mud, beautiful mud 1t is
a pathetic creation, and describes the at
titude of young man upon being hit in
the eye with chunk of mud thrown by
running horse on Congress street. The
subject is too tender just now to allow
the production of the poem, for every
man in town will think that we are
hitting at him.
General Sampson SAYS that when he
went out to the Guijas week ago there
was absolutely no grass on the mesa and
desert lands. When he returned a day
ago the lands contained a growth of
grass high enough to allow stock to feed.
But the general says there was no stock
on the ranges as the cattlemen have sold
everything they could gather in, that
was of suitable age for the market.
A carload OF Ell Paso pressed brick,
equivalent to 10000 pieces OF facing ma
terial for the Carnegie Free Library, ar.
rived yesterday and the work which has
been suspended about seven weeks will
be resumed tomorrow and thereafter
pushed to completion. Other materials
are ON the ground and the mill work is
at the factory on North Sixth avenue
ready for disposal at the instance OF tie
contractors.
Lou Dokstader who recently visited
Tucson had the following to say on the
subject OF trusts: "And while we are on
the subject of trusts, there is the corset
trust. That has undoubtedly come to
stay And think of the people it has
squeezed 1t goes to waist but some
times it is hard to get around it. In
spite of the money that is behind it, it
is always on the verge of bust But
there is one thing that can be said
for tit is distinct and at all times
'anti-expansion.'
President Mckinley will visit Phoenix
on his western trip. Tucson did not ask
the president to stop here, and he will
60 out of his way to visit Phoenix. A
special from Washington says: Geo. 3.
Cortelyou, private secretary to the pre-
sident, has just given out the statement
that Phoenix is included in the itinerary
OF the presidents western trip. 1t is
expected that the presidential train will
leave here about May 10 and arrive at
Phoenix about the II. Gov. Murphy is
strongly urging the president to go to
Los Angeles via Ash Fork. He may do
10. Just when the president will leave
depends upon the length of the extra
session Of the senate, which the pres-
dent will call to meet March the 5.