Arizona republican., 1902-11-21
IT RAINED PROSPERITY
A General Downpour All 0v.r Ari-
 Zona.

Several men of this town were full of whiskey yesterday, but everybody was full of joy and reveling in the mud. Some were so happy they could hardly keep from rolling in it. It was enc of those days you read about. but seldom see: at least no such day has been seen here for five or six years, though it is hoped they will be more frequent hereafter.
 It was a rainy day In Phoenix. Not day where it showers a little. just enough to make the invalids mad. and | then clears off and the sun. comes out but a real rainy day such as they used to have back in the s-ates. The new weather bureau man had done himself proud. He is surely solid with this people and will remain so at least till the next long dry -psll
 It began raining yesterday morning about 3:30 o'clock. and at a late hour i last night was still drizzling. The downpour was not remarkable at any enc time, though for an hour rr two Gt time it wCdld rain hard. But the i precipitation was continuous and soak ing. At TO time yesterday did a man want to cross the street without his II umbrella. While there have been rains ] every year in which the precipita tion tCtaled as much as that or yesterday, it has been years since such a thor ough soaking has been given the acres Of this valley. And it's still going on.
 A pleasing feature Of the rain is that it seems tC' be general all over the territory. Where it isn't raining it is growing, and that is practically the car-c thing. Early yesterday morning ] it was reI Jrted to the weather bureau from Flagstaff that the precipitation Of snow and rain equaled a half inch of rain, and presumably by this time the drifts gre clear to the top or the flagstaff. At prescott the snow was eight inches deep yesterday afternoon and may be twice as deep this morning if the cooler atmosphere last night is any indication. There was a little rain at Yuma yesterday morning. but what happened late- is not known. Sectior Director Blystoae cf the weather bu- reau says the storm is general all ovel the southwest from Denver to the Cal i,ornia line and through New Mexico and Arizona
 No dar1agc has been reported so faI to the Arizona railroads. a5 the stor- came sc gently no floods were made Superintendent Porter, thcugh. car easily figure out how a general bless. ing might prove calamity to the M 6; P. if the blessing is severe enough and lasts long enough for he has sev- crai thousand dollars worth of bridg, material lying in the river bed al Tempe.
 The Eagles. who hung their wash ou carly Monday morning on line. stretched acrCss nearly all the streets are beginning to wish they had waite, till next Monday. The decorations ar, clearly not fast Colors. and some of tn, most beautiful begin to look like thirty cents. But it makes no difference. Tn, , people will admire them for their ugli ness, for it is the trademark of tn, citys prosperity. Even the aestheti, ladies will find no fault with them. fo the more the colors run out of the dec orations the more the coloTs will run into the handsome gowns that pap; and husband can afford to buy It is great day for Phoenix and the street are neck deep in delicious nastiness glorious, beautiful mud