Arizona republican., 1906-08-01
HAD A PREMONITION
 OF DEATH BY HEAT
The Stage Driver Recently Stricken
 at TOrtilla Flat.

Roosevelt AriZ., July 29.-OSpeciai i Correspondence of The Republican)-i
 A fatal case of sunstrOke, a thing quite out of the ordinary in this climate,
 was reported from Tortilla Flat on the government road west of Fish Creek l last Wednesday afternoon. At first the report was not credited, it being such an unusual happening, but later { advices substantiated the first and re- moved all cause for doubt.
 l The victim was an old pioneer. well known through this section of the country Benjamin l.. Lofgreen. a highly respected citizen of Mesa att
 the time of his death.
 l For some time past Lofgreen has 1 been employed in the capacity of driV-
 CT by the Mesa Roosevelt stage com pauy. plying between the above men
 toned places, and was serving in that l capacity at the time of his death. On several occasions within the past month he had told friends that he ! feared sunstrolxe complaining of a queer feeling in his head and the .pecu- 1 liar effect the sun seemed to have upon him at times Lofgreen left Mesa ! Wednesday morning, apparently in hisi usual health and drove the stage l through to Tortilla Flat, a station
 about half way between Mesa and Roosevelt Just as the change of . horses was being made, for this is a
 relay station, Lofgreen was seized with ! sunstroke and rendered unconscious.
 He was taken inside the station. giv- ! en restoratives and everything done toI
 bring about his recovery. but he was
 beyond aid, death following an hour 1 later. The stage company's office at ] notified l with a request that some one Do 'ent
 down at once to drive the stage
 through. Fortunately. MT. Cox, sup
 erintendent of the stage line was at ] Fish Creek at the time, so he went down to Tortilla Flat and brought the 1 stage and passengers through, reach II ing here about 1 o'clock Thursday
 morning
 The death of Lofgreen removes from Y Arizona an old and familiar parsonage. | He was born in Sweden something
 like sixty years ago. coming to Ari-
 zona when but a child, remaining in
 and about this part OF the territory
 ever since. Lofgreen figured promi- nentIy in the Indian outbreaks during
 the eighties, serving as a scout under Al. Seiber, chief of scouts during Gen eral Miles campaign. He also played an important part in the long and fruitless search for the famous Apache
 Kid. one of the most desperate Indian
 characters on record. and who is said
 to be still at large. Geronimo, the
 great Indian chieftan was another
 character long. sought for and many
 thrilling and bloody battles were
 fought. resulting in great loss of life,
 to whites and redskins alike. But the a..
 these two-long- g-hmted individuals 10
 the happy hunting ground.
 A wife and eight children are left
 to mourn the loss of loving husband
 and father.
 The deceased is saids to have pos
 sessed considerable property in Mar lcOpa and Gila counties.
 A. r. Davis, assistant chief engineer of the United States reclamation ser vice, with headquarters at Washing ! ton, D. C.. arrived here on Thursday. | MT. Davis will remain here a few days reviewing this work and consulting ! with Supervising Engineer Hill.
 Miss Sharlot M. Hall. a representa- 1 tive of the Outwest Magazine. is | spending some time here collecting material for an article on this project. l which will undoubtedly appear in the 1 September or October number of that popular magazine.
 1 Miss Hall is by no means a stranger to Roosevelt and her people. as she has visited here before, and her interest 1 ing and fascinating articles with ref | erence to the reclamation work are l always keenly enjoyed and appreciated. ] Alfred D. Finn, assistant chief en- gineer of the New York waterwOrks ! commission is a late arrival here. MT. l Flinn comes to Roosevelt through l courtesies extended him by the recla- nation officials here, and during his stay, will make a thorough eXamin- alton of this work with a view Of ob- taining useful information in the way l of construction. etc. which will be or benefit to the immense water systems of New York City a system involving a total expenditure of something like one hundred and sixty million dollars. Edson G. Lee, in charge of the re- clamation commissary here. left on Thursdays stage for a we'll deserved vacation. MT. Lee will visit his Phoe- nix relatives for a time and will then go through to the coast to partake of
 the refreshing breezes there and incl dentally renew old acquaintances. MT. and Mrs. R. F. Coghlan were passengers on yesterdays stage en route to Berkeley, Suisun and other California points. They will return in about two weeks