Arizona republican., 1905-01-12

| tion against joint statehood reached | Washington just in time for MT. Fow- | Ter to hand it to Senator Bard on the very day on which he made his great speech in behalf of Arizona. Senator Bard had this protest, with other pa-
 pers, read by the clerk of the senate.
 so that it became a part of his speech.
 NEEDLESS ALARM-Some one on Tuesday night rode wildly out Cen tral avenue warning people that a de- vastating flood was approaching and that they should flee for their lives The rider meant welt but he was evidently
 a person not familiar with conditions
 and too much excited to inform him.
 self. The only result of his ride was to make a few nervous people worry.
 RANCH INQUlRIES-J. Ernest
 Walker says he is satisfied there are
 lots of people here now ready to invest
 in real estate just as soon as they are
 satisfied with conditions and convinced
 that there will be plenty of water. He
 had three inquiries for ranch proper
 ties yesterday. Incidentally he has
 adopted the card system for listing his
 properties, which he finds a very con-
 Venient method.
 SNOW AT FLAGSTAFF-The re-
 port received from Flagstaff by the
 weather bureau service yesterday
 morning was that the precipitation
 Tuesday was .S2. As the temperature
 ranged there from 2S to 36 it was most
 likely in the form of snow which would mean over eight inches. That with six teen inches the day before makes a total of two feet for the present storm to yesterday morning.
 OPEN WiRE-Something happened f,,a.fx fx- night the nature of which could not be discovered. The telegraph instruments were ticking merrily and all at once they stopped. The operator "called" furiously and long. He finally heard from Fl Paso but not a word from MaricOpa. Then came a final and per. manent interruption and Phoenix was entirely cut off from the south.
 RETURN OF DR. WYLIE-Dr. Win Wylie returned to the city yesterday and will re-engage in practice here. Dr. Wylie left Phoenix about three years ago and settled in Los Angeles. A month or more ago he returned to the city and made arrangements to come back. He has not yet decided on a location but he will do so within a day or two His wife and daughters are in Los Angeles and will come to Phoe- nix later.
 STRENUOUS WoRK-The mail carriers, both city and rural, are hay ing rather a strenuous time these days. The rural carriers were able Tuesday and Wednesday to get over their routes except in respect of one or two houses. Tuesday night Carrier Ben Peterson, of route No. 3, did not get in until o'clock. The city service is somewhat disarranged owing to the impOssibility of using bicycles, but the routes are covered, and all first-class mail matter arriving on the afternoon train yesterday was delivered.
 STREET CAR TROUBLES-The Phoenix Street Railway company is having trouble of various kinds on west Washington street. One of the wires which support the trolley wires became disarranged and a short circuit was formed with the result that one of the poles was set on fire and almost burned up. Then there occurred a broken rail couple of blocks further on making it necessary to transfer pas sengers all day yesterday. The tele- phone wires in the vicinity of the dis turbed trolley wire suffered and there was a brief interrupted service which was adjusted yesterday afternoon.
 RAINY ANNIVERSARIES was mentioned the other day in The Re publican that Jan. is a favorite day for great rainstorms to begin in this valley and attention was called to the beginning of a storm on Jan. 9, 1886. In that connection it was stated that there were no weather bureau records in the valley so far back but that this information had been procured from an old diary. The attention of The Republican has been called to the fact that there were records then, the of flee having been moved to Phoenix soon after the location of the capital here. The record for that month shows a precipitation of 1.25 inches but the daily record having been lost the dates of the precipitation are not shown. MT. R. w Chamberlain is reminded of an- other rainy season which set in so nearly on Jan. g, that date may be re- garded as an anniversary. After Il o'clock on the night of Jan. 8. 1897, it began raining and continued intermit- tently until 3:54 o'clock on the after noon of January IT. The total rain- fall for that month is shown by the records of the weather bureau to have been 3.67 inches.
 TEMPORARILY LOST-About one o'clock yesterday Mrs. Coggeshell left Geare's place near the Osborn school house on horse back to view the scene | of the flood the night before. When | she had not returned late in the after noon it was feared that she had lost | her way. Her husband telephoned | of her to the office of the | sheriff and asked that a search be made for her. Deputy Sheriff Perry | Sears set out to find a lady wearing a fol Eo+ rid Ing astride a bay pony. MT. Sears found that she had ridden west and had come back to Central avenue whence she had turned west again. He raced her by inquiry along the road as far as Tannehills place and he tele- Dhoned in from there that on account )f the darkness he could find no other race of her but he was going to follow he road to Alhambra. A little before