Arizona republican., 1906-01-06

a party of early rising health seekers at Scottsdale shortly after rooster crow Jan l. True, the snow fall was not heavy, but there was enough drift ed against wind breaks to make small snowballs Again at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day snow feil for about ten minutes. Both falls of the beautiful came from heavy clouds of inkv blue which were hurrying to- ward the Four Peaks which, in the dis tance. could be seen snow clad and magnetic ;n their frowning front. These clouds hung too low and broke their backs on the hump of the Camel Back mountains and their substance was scattered over Scottsdale which neStleS at the foot of rugged Camel Back. The encircling snow clad mountains north and east has kept the thermometer lowering between the twenty and thirty degree marks.
 The tissue paper lunged health seek CTS in their flimsy tents act the part of coal passers and stokers to their stoves with a great devotion to their duties.
 Christmas week was a week Of sad ness and great misfortune for Albert Seller, a visitor here. On Christmas
 
 Durnbarger passed away. Tuesday, Dec. 26, he received notice that his mother in Newark, N. J., from whom he had only the day before received her pho tograph, mailed with her own hands, was ill Wednesday notice of her death was given him in telegram. He at once started for the east but was stopped at Phoenix by a telegram from his father warning him not to risk the trip at this time of the year as the funeral would occur before he arrived Chaplain Scott is baling all his sur plus stock of hay. He has contracted to furnish the Arizona dam working
 stock with seventy-five tons of baled 1 hay. MT. Wipdel is also baling his hay
 which is in big demand.
 Mrs. Thomas, postmistress at this | place, who has been at deaths door
 with pneumonia and q complication of | diseases. is somewhat improved, but : by no means out of danger.
 | MT. Elliott of Phoenix. who opened ! the new sanitarium near there Mon day, held devotional exercises in the school house Sunday. The entire pop ulation heard him. He is very enthu- siastic in the work of succoring the ! deserving poor health seeker. | The striking hens or tnlS vicinity
 have declared the egg strike off. But | the price per dozen still reTnains-half
 of a big iron dollar for twelve of 'em. MT. Waiter, who spent last winter in 1 Scottsdale. has returned for another
 winters visit.
 A target shooting contest will be held | here next Saturday-the prize to be Q l big turkey. The one making the most l bulls eyes in ten shots at 200 yards takes the gObbler. Shot guns are bar
 red. MT. Richard Ward. al one time a champion rifle shot and Dean StrattOn, | formerly glass ball shooter with a | circus are rival champions.
 Christmas day was pretty generally | observed here in the good old down
 east way. Mrs. Underhill of the Ken 1 ilworth ranch, Mrs. George and Mrs.
 Sheppard entertained al sumptuous
 boards those of the settlement. Christ
 mastide would have been a lonely one
 otherwise. Many handsome and costly presents were received as well as well | stuffed Christmas boxes from the east.
 Imagine how Scottsdale is growing. Christmas morning four sacks of mail