Arizona republican., 1904-08-17


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 FLASHES OF DEATH-Details of three deaths by lightning are given in the Copper Era. Mrs. Harry Woods and her four year old daughter were victims at Lordsburg and a young man named Martin was killed near Pitts brick yard at York. The young wom- an to whom Martin was talking at the time was shocked into insensibility.
 STOLE A WHEEL-Rafael Gallar- do of Tempe was in Phoenix yesterday in search of his bicycle and the man who stole it from him. A Tempe friend informed him that he saw PhoeniX man, an American. riding it away and gave so good description of him that the man was located hera and in due season will be brought to justice.
 HE KEPT IT LONG--George Sines of Prescott has two loaVes of bread which he has kept for fifteen years and it is today as sweet as when he brought it to Arizona from the Grand Army encampment at Philadelphia all those years ago. 1t was by the merest chance that he discovered it's remark able preservation which he attributes to the wonders of this climate.
 DRILLING FOR OiL-To the great satisfaction of all parties concerned the sinking for oil in the Winslow oil fields has commenced. Already the drill is at a depth of 200 feet and is going, down at a rate of fifty feet per day. At a depth of twenty-fv feet water was struck and this will greatly facilitate the work. The we'll is in what is known as Fuckers flat. Al present the work is all in shale and stone.
 NEW CORPoRATlONS-ArticIes of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday: Palm Valley Land com pany, capital stock, S1,OOO,OOO, incor- porators D. s. Sims. F. Mackey. B. $. Hare and others; Quebradillas Mining company, capital stock, s3,OO0OOO in corporators-J. II. McKean, G. T. Daw- ley and H. l.. Rodgers; The Industrial Plantation Brick and oil company. capital stock, $1.OOQ, 900, incorporators II. K. and F. c. Chenoweth.
 HE WAS ALMOST PUNISHED One man whp disregarded the city or dinances forbiddina riding on sidewalks came near getting something worse than the s fine yesterday, morning. He was spinning along on the south side of Washington street between Fifth and Sixth avenues The street lamps for three blocks were out but the rider at the last moment thought he saw a few feet ahead of him in the darkness an obstruction. He had no time to stop the wheel but by hurryiny he managed to fall off of it in time to avoid collision with a tree which had been blown across the sidewalk The tree ill falling had battered down section of the brick wall which used to enclose the Lacey gas plant
 SAW A GREEN WORLD-For Thos. Armstrong, Jr., the world was q rage of green as he whirled over the South- ern Pacific right of way returning Phoenixward from the delightful Tombstone where for some days he graced the bench of the district court judge. Recent rains had nourished the parched and waiting earth might lily and when MT. Armstrong returned the Lord with the help of a railroad engineer, led them through pastures that were green indeed. This cOpious verdurc will live through Arizona s burning sun for year if never another drop of water falls MT. Armstrong says, and consequently the recent rains have been showers of blessings in a most literal sense. Nothing could be more grateful to the eye than to behold this sweeping sward of green where once was the deserts desOlation.
 A REMARKABLY NARROW ES- CAPE-About four o'clock yeaterday morning the camp at Iron Springs was rudely awakened by the crash of fall ing timber. A gigantic dead pine about twenty-five feet north of the Battin cottage had fallen directly soutnward, the main trunk falling squarely across a tent occupied by Iessrs. Raymond, Battin and Charles Simms. The former had what was cer- 1 tainly very remarkable narrow es- cape from death for the trunk fell upon the cot on which he was lying, crush ing it to the ground. He probably owes his life to the position in which he was lying. He was resting on his side so that one of the large branches of the tree cleared his body by a few inches. Beyond a few scratches both gentlemen escaped uninjured but they will no doubt be advocates of staying out all night in the future.
 A PLEASANT SURPRISE-On Mon