Arizona republican., 1901-12-16

director general of the Pan American exposition that Arizona had scored there in the fruit department. This territory has been awarded a gold medal for cured dates and a silver medal for fresh dates. The general ex- hbit of fruits and nuts received a bronze medal. MT. McClatchie has also had word from the pcmologist of the exposition that the Arizona exhibit will be awarded prizes for varieties.
 AN ARIZONA DELEGATE.-Mr Gordon H. True. who has charge of the live stock experiments of the Arizona experiment station. returned on Sat urday morning from the convention of the National Live Stock association at Chicago. to which he went as a dele gate at large from this territory. The convention. he says, was the most in teresting in the history of the associa- ton and he thinks it's deliberations will be productive of much good to the live stock interests of the country. After the adjournment of the convention MT. True visited friends in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the north. Wherever he went he found cold and unpleasant weather, but he fortunately escaped the blizzard which is just now ravaging the north.
 A VISITORS OBSERVATORY. F. King. who is connected with the passenger department of the Erie rail- way. arrived here Saturday and will re- main some time. enjoying the pleasures of a mild winter climate. He is very much pleased with what he has seen of the city and valley and says this sort of cold weather is a picnic for visitors from the north. He was at the Grand Canyon q few days ago when the ther mometer was q great deal lower than 1t ever gets in Phoenix, and so low in fact that at home he would scarcely venture out unless compelled by busi- ness engagements. but owing to the dryness of the air at the canyon he was not uncofhfortable. Dry air is one Of Arizona's richest blessings. It tempers both the heat and the cold and dis counts the elements both coming and going. MT. Kings visit Is purely for rest and recreation.
 THE NEW CHARTER-The election on the new city charter will take place terest in it one way or another is in the registration. which exceeds 1900 an extremely heavy one. when it is taken into consideration that many re- trained from registering. because they understood that only taxpayers would be permitted to vote. There IS dis pute now as to what class of citizens is meant by "ta-, payers" It is conten- ded on one side that e tax payer is one who has property listed for taxa ton. or whose property w2s so listed at the last assessment The other side contends that whoever has any class of property. a second cast for in- stance, on which he might be com fz a 9 T0n er within the meaning of the law. What ever may be the end of the election. it cannot be said to be q result of campaign of education.
 JUST ABOUT MEATH ERA week ego the Tucson Post said that Tucson Is the only place people can so in the winter time to spend summer. The following from Saturdays Citizen in dicates that the Posts statement was prena ture. It has been unusually colI in Phoenix for the last week. but the low record here is thirteeen degrees ahead of Tucson. The Citizen says The extreme cold weather last night froze ard burst wster-pipes all over the city. Every hydrant on North sixth avenue was leaking this morn ing and it became necessary to shut off the water to repair breaks. The water pipes in many private resicence1 burst. and the plumbers are busy to- day repairing damages. The univer- sity weather observer reports that last night was the coldest since welth- CT observations have been taken there. In 1891 the thermometer went down to Il degrees above zero. but the low est temperature recorded last night was 10 2-5 degrees above. which breaks the record. According to observations taken at Fort Lowell and at the uni versity since observations at Fort Lowell were discontinued, last night was the coldest this section has ex- perienced in twenty years"