Arizona republican., 1902-08-01
LETTER FROM CHLORIDE.

Chloride, Ariz., July 29-(Special correspondence of The Republican.)- The extreme hot weather that has ren- dered life almost not worth the living for some time past was broken last Friday by quite a cold wave and cloudy skies opening the day. Within the month the mercury has stood at 112 in the shade and it was only at night that rest or sleep could be had. Stock on the dry ranges had suffered greatly and great many have died both for feed and water. On the Knight range at Mud Springs, on the opposite side of the Sacramento valley, south of here, cattle and horses are being gath cred up for shipment to Fresno, Cal where they will be placed on barley stubble. Wild animals, too, are be- coming almost frantic and come right to the doorways of houses and run families in and keep the women and children prisoners for hours until the men return from the roundup. Many bears and mountain lion have been slain in this way and the young which followed the old ones captured and are being cared for and domesticated. At | one place there was a bear and two l mountain lions on the roof of a house
 
 work their way into the family when | the men came up and shot them. | Rattlesnakes, too. have caught the epidemic and are vending their way | toward every water hole in the range. | People find them coiled up under the | beds, under the doorsteps and about in the yards ready to strike their | deadly fangs into any one who will | come near. Many have been killed and l some with more rattles than there is | any record of. | No rain has fallen here up to date 1 but thunder is heard and lightning seen on the faraway horizon, but not near enough to be of any benefit to | this section. Unless the clouds and rain storms turn their prows in this di- rection the only hope now is for win ter grass by fall rains, and unless this comes all stock and animals of every description will have to be driven tc l where the rain god has been more ia vorable to the dry and parched earth
 Mrs. May Pirie. Mrs. Catherine Bull lock and Miss Hazel Ludwick of Lo: Angeles are here on. visit to MT. anC Mrs. William Hawks. Mrs. Bullocl will write her impressions of the tow1 and country for the Herald of he clty, ana something good may be eX pected. for Mrs. Bullock and the who'll
 trio, in fact were highly pleased witt
 what they saw and particularly S,
 with the great and fine output of ore
 from the mines.
 Miss May Krider is summering ol
 the beach at Santa Monica
 J. P. F'inegan has just returned iron
 a business trip to Los Angeles am
 proclaims that he felt no difference he
 tween the temperature of that city an,
 here.
 The whooping cough, that was S
 prevalent here few days ago, is sub siding and patients are recoverin their wonted state of health. The socialist party of Mohave count Will put clean and up-to-date ticke l in the field this fall and their pole likely to knock a good many of tn persimmons.
 The Arizona Arrow, that was re , moved from Kingman here shor time ago to continue it's publica tion a 1 weekly paper. is meeting with grea
 success, it's job department being con
 stantly crowded with work and thre
 compositors are employed on the news | paper.