Arizona republican., 1907-09-01


 under their arm. he took his way. He had been assured that the way was safe, and that he exposed himself to no danger from man or beast in the excursion. It was a beautiful day. His gun was left at home. Drinking in the beauties of nature meditating on the legends of the Butte. his heart full of peace and good will, the faker was having the time of his life. Ot course, time was, when the whoop of the sav- age, the growl of the bear. the blood curdling cries of the wild cat and puma were heard among these rocks. and woods. He shivered little at the thought. A dry twig snapped. What was that? His hair rose up. goose flesh and shivers ran up and down his spinal column, and he saw, within ten feet of him, a magnificent mountain lion. The long tail of the beast swept slowly back and forth, the low snarl. and the ivory teeth, the cruel. though beautiful eyes were all too near and real for comfort. Riveted to the spot, fascinated by the sight of the king of the mountains. he stood for perhaps a minute. Then the lion slowly turned and went through a small hole in the cage and lay down with his mate. The faker came to himself. breathed q sigh of relief, and said: Let us go and look at the monkey faced owls" and i-a wart
 Residents of the camp were treated to a wonderful display of heavenly ar tillery and bombardment of hail stones between D. m. and D. m. on Thurs day last. The electric potential among the dark, thick. low-Ning and rapidly flying clouds, being so intense, the negative conductor, Mother Earth, re- ceived several thick ribbons of light ming in this immediate vicinity. with out material damage. The detonations were heav.'. Shortly after 3:30 p. m. there was heavy rain which kept up until about 345 ?. m., when hail be- gan falling heavily until about D. m. and covered the ground to a depth of one full inch. The white mantle of ice-snow among the pines presented a most beautiful sight. reminding one of midwinter, for the temperature dur ing the hail storm dropped to 45 de- grees. At 3:55 D. m. several gentlemen of the camp ran out among the thick ly descending stones and gathered pansful of ice. In one family ice cream composed Of hailstones and sugar. was served as desert for dinner. Some of the hailstones were as large as five-cent pieces. and when cut open resembled spiders webs Some hail remained on the ground until Friday morning.
 The entire camp is in mourning over the sad bereavement which has befal- I. e families Little Talbot Croft Barnes passed peacefully away at about S:1O D. m. on Wednesday,. He was a pa tient little sufferer Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed Mir. Barnes is expected today. when the remains will be brought to Phoe- nix for interment. Out of respect to the bereaved parents and relatives. all social functions at the Springs have been postponed indefinitely.
 The satchel reported in a previous issue 10 have been lost. was claimed during the week by MT. J. Alkire It was the property of Miss Mabel Phelps who made an overland trip to the Grand Canyon. returning last Sunday.
 Mrs. Amet and daughters, Misses Ruth and Vivian. visited Prescott on Wednesday afternoon, returning the same evening.
 Mir. Mcclellan arrived Thursday for a couple Of days at the Springs.
 Mrs. A. Goldberg. Mrs. D. Goldberg and Mrs. Barry Goldwater spent We'd nesday afternoon in Prescott returning the same evening.
 Mrs. Davenport left for Phoenix Wednesday evening after a short seas on at the Springs.
 Miss Grace Stac- and Margaret James went oyer to Prescott on We'd nesday afternoons train on a visit to friends. They remained in Prescott Wednesday night and returned to the Springs Thursday morning.
 Miss F. F. Shannon arrived at the Springs Thursday after a short visit to Kirkland. and leaving Friday after. noOn for Prescott, where she will re- main the rest of the summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. x. Jesunofsky and daughter Marjorie. accompanied by Miss E. Trautman, toured Prescott and its suburbs on Wednesday. regis tering at the St Michaels hotel.
 Miss Marie Camp arrived Wednes- day afternoon for short stay at Iron Springs, being the guest of Mrs. Hele- ma Walker
 Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Redewill spent Wednesday and Wednesday night in Prescott. being charminglY entertained by friends at Fort Whipple. Upon their return on Thursday. Mir. Redewill continued his journey to Phoenix.
 MT. and Mrs. F. NJ Lamson are the guests of Mir. Ernest Lamson.
 
 plath and children. went to Prescott last Wednesday afternoon on shop ping expedition.
 Mir. S. l.. EasterlinS and Dr. Ancil Martin left on the Friday morning train for Phoenix.
 owing to the gloom cast over the camp by the untimely death of Talbot Barnes. no children's dance was held at the pavilion on Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Inez Moore spent Tuesday night at Iron Springs en route to oak land. California. where she will visit her son, Carl. She left the Springs on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Moore was accomDanied on the train by Mrs