Arizona republican., 1901-01-28

! in the shelter. He was crushed by 1t.
 Jack Holmes, well known young
 man of Morenci, died of gun wounds
 waich he inflicted himself The shoot
 ing is said to have been accidental.
 THE WEATHEgR. Ut was cloudy
 yesterday and rain was confidently
 looked for all day long, but save few
 very slight sprinkles nothing came
 of 1t.
 ONE COMMITTEE RETURNS.-The
 members of the legislative committee appointed to make the biennial inspGc-
 tion of the territorial prison returned yesterday morning. Their observations | will be but into an early report to be presented to the legislature. They said, however, in general way that the conditions at Yuma had been accurately \ described in the published report of
 the board of control and in the govern \ or's me cssage. The university com | mittee will probably return this morn- II ing. The committee which went to the
 normal school cannot get back before
 tomorrow night.
 AN UNFORDABLE RIVER. The i river was past fording at all the croes- 1 AHSs pGtN'ti itlC tlit spuNAi siN%~ yesterday forenoon and was still ris-
 ing. At Wilson's crossing, always the | last to become unfordable, the water
 was 80 deep quite early in the morn- | ing as to turn even a desperate man
 back. That man was Walter Wilson, whn has not missed a Sunday journey
 to Tempe since he formed the 9cquaint-
 ance of certain young lady there. ! The night before Mr. Wilson arrayed himself in new suit of clothes, | shave and a haircut. He arose yestar- ! day morning with the most pleasant
 anticipations, fc' the obstacle eff the | river was not dreamed of. On arriving | at the river he had never seen 1t so | angry. He came hack to town and telephoned.
 PERPETUAL EXHIBIT. A per petual live stock, poultry and pet stock exhibition is maintained by the mer- chants of this city. Visitors can al- ways find something In that line to in | terest them in the show windows along the business streets. In one window at presen there is a turkey that might
 he the envy of every poultry breeder ard is certainly an attraction to every
 person with well ordered appetite. In another window is a handsome pair of pet rabbits, half Angura and half Belgian hare. They are prettily marked and inspire the admiration of many. A day or two another dealer With poultry fodl for sale displayed a trio of handsome chickens showing what kind of an appearance chickens can make when they are properly fed. Not long ago J. B. Long had a long tailed beast on exhibition that was not only pretty, but was a real curiosity. Jack, the monk, perhaps has more friends than any other individual an- imal and gives daily athletic exhibi- tions to his admirers. As fer stuffed birds and pictures, the windows are full of them. These window displays are to be commented. for quite ire quently something new is shown which interests and cducatos the public and indirectly they call attention tJ the lines of goods on sale.
 POSSIBILITIES IN HORSES. -The demand from all over the country for horseflesh, the marvellous develop ment of the mineral and other rc- sources of northern Mexico and even the south African war can be traced in the several causes which have given rise to a general increase in the price | of horses recently. particularly in the southwest The advent of the bicycle which people said would almost destroy | the era of usefulnas of the horse has l not had a perccptible effect on the prices of horses in hriz ma and has l not destroyed the eastern horse mar | kct. Local horsenen say there never was time when good animals com manded better prices. Mustangs and | animals of inferior breeding do not oc- | cupy the important place they once | did. Cayu.ses are confined mostly to | the Indian reservations. This valley is | an ideal place for breeding fine horses, | and so inviting, in fact, that Chicago | men have thought seriously of going | into the enterprise of establishing | breeding farms for supplying eastern and Chicago markets. Col. John r. Cooper, well known Chicago horse. man and Phoenix property owner, once planned to organize q company | for that purpose. Mr. Davis, owner of | Roy Wilkes. the famous pacing stal- lion. and other eastern horsemen who | spent a part of last winter in Phoe- nix. talked over the same project Ia View of the constantly increasing high t prizes this scheme has been talked of | even more seriously this winter, and | several horesmen have suggested thai 1t may be a year or even ten years, before capital can be induced to go | into the enterprise, but they believe that sooner or later the Salt River valley | will be known far and wide as the m nf nr | i,. y,. blooded animals in the world.
 We lend money for ourselves and |