Arizona republican., 1903-12-26
LlvELlNEss OF DOUGLAS.
Gas Plant and Brewery Assured-As- sauit Through Mistaken Identity.

SaUl6 hrOu9h mlSCaken ldSntlty. Douglas. Arizona, Dec 2Z- Special ! Correspondence of the Republicans % Nose Drachman, of Tucscn one of the officers of the Douglas @iis and Fuel company, was in Douglas recent" un business for his company. He Vas ac-
 companied by B. s. Pe,iers3n, an eX- | perienced gas oututtcr representing l the Western Gas Conservation com ] any, of Fort Wayne Ind. This visit was a preliminary step toward the in- stallatiOn of a gas plant in ,his oity. Mir. Pederson, who is all engineer Will | at once make 9 survey of the city. and ] a site will be selected. It is expected i that the plant will be completed and ready to furnish gas to the city with 1 in ninety days. Eight inch mains VIII i be used, and the directors of the com 1 pany have decided to at once install 1 a plant large enough to furnish Sas to ! 12,0O0 people, realizing that Dougl3s is | likely to increase very much in popula- ! tion in the course Of the next few ! years. It is not yet decided what kind of gas will be manufactured, tha com Ip2ny not having yet determined wheth- CT crude oil or anthracite would be ] best. On account of the cost of g--- 1 ting anthracite to this city. it is mere l than likely that crude oil will bc used. 1 MT. Pederson stated that he hal re- gently come across new kind of gas meter that would be used in this city I The sIOt-meters will not be used in tn ! business houses. owing to their ;n- practicability elsewhere.
 ! Douglas is to have a brewery. This morning the necessary papers were drawn up, for the organization of the 1 company. The company is capitalized ! at $250,000. The directors are: John H. ] Slaughter, J. H. Henderson, F. D. 1 Hawley and J. T. Campbell. The brew ] cry will be located about twelve miles l from this city at Slaughters ranch, al | SO known as the San Bernardino ranch. ! This is an admirable loca ton for the 1 brewery, owing to the fact that there 1 is a plentiful supply of water there and plenty Of rich land with the neces- | sary water for irrigation.
 l The headquarters of Fl Tigre Min
 ing company are to be located in this
 city. That was definitely settled today,
 when the president CT the company. . F. ?. Graham. rented a suite of three rooms in one of the principal buildings l On the main thoroughfare Of the city. 1 The change of the main offices from 1 Bisbee to this city was made because Douglas was rather nearer to the
 mines and to the port of entry. This
 move demonstrates the fact that Doug
 las is destined tc become considerable
 of a mining town in the future.
 l Supt. Walter Douglas, of the Cop
 per Queen company in Bisbee was in
 the city today.
 ] This city appears to have been the
 headquarters oc gang of swindlers.
 Harry Maxwell, J. C. Davis, and an unknown man are charged with having | obtained money under false pretenses Maxwell who formerly worked for the Hotel Queen as a cook, is said to have ! forged the name of the proprietor, Geo. ! II. French, to check for $50. All three men are missing.
 The Fl PasO and Southwestern rail ] way company has made a rate of $1 for the round trip between this city and Bisbee on Christmas day.
 Jose Blcres, a Mexican Of "Ragtown," " l died sunday as a result of a knife wound inflicted the previous night. His | assailant has not been arrested, there being no clue to his identity.
 A peculiar case Of assault occurred enc night last week exciting consider | able comment. Alfred Smith. accom- ! panied by Mrs. Smith, was returning l home from a visit, when a man rush ] cd out of a house and struck Mrs | smith three times, knocking her down. ] Mr. Smith was then attacked. Though severely beaten on the head, he grap- l pied with his assailant and held him until neighbors came to his assistance. 1 His assailant turned out to be one of | his nearest nSghboTs, with whom he l thought he was well acquainted NJ. D. | Savoy, who acknowledges assaiHng 1 both, claims that he thought they were MeXicans stealing wood, having miss 1 ed considerable wood from his yard.
 and that the night being dark he did
 rot know at first that he was striking ! a woman. MT. smith considered it an attempt at a hold-up, as his wife was | known to possess a diamond ring | which she usually wore. and he had ] over $1C0 on his person at the time | Both MT. Smith and Mr Savoy own property here and both had good rep utations here, as far as known. Sympa- | thy appears to be with Mr. and Mrs. | Smith, people saying that there is no { excuse for the Cowardly act of strik-