Arizona republican., 1908-09-20
ROOSEVELT BY THE DAM
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Many Matters of Purely
 Personal interest
Among Them Accidents and Casualties More or Less Serious.

Roosevelt. Ariz., Sept 1S-(SpeciaI correspondence of The Republican, James F. Gray. government stenogra- pher here. has returned from his va cation after spending the past month in California. He reports a fine time there and has returned ready for work looking well.
 Miss LeOna HeastOn arrived dur ing the past week to take charge of the Roosevelt school for the coming year. A great many people here are expecting to send their children across the river to O'Rourke's camp. Mrs J. E. Parker, who resides here. has been engaged as school teacher and will take the small children right along with her.
 There was dance over at O'Rourke's camp Saturday evening and a crowd from the town went over in a boat but as the lake is no more and the banks are very muddy, they did not reach the dance looking as nice as when they left.
 California Joe and wife gave a snake show Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening They have quite q collection of rattlesnakes and also kingsnakes. They had them in an en-i' closure and the lady would sit in it and wind the snakes about her. They have one rattler that was captured about three days ago and as he does not like the thought of being penned'f up, lays in a corner coiled up ready to strike. and keeps his rattles going. California Joe is an expert rifle shot and displayed some very skillful shooting, such as throwing a small coin up in the air and hitting it three times before it fell. throwing a small marble in the air and hitting it before it fell. He also shot walnUts off os his Wife's head.
 Miss Frances McCullen. who has been taking MT Gray's place as sten- ographer during his vacation, is now doing a little work for MT. Farmer in the same line.
 c. W. Smith left on Mondays stage for Seattle, Wash, where he will take an extended trip and join Mrs Smith, who has been taking visit through California, Oregon and | Washington.
 Carl Weitz arrived in Roosevelt last Friday from Payson. where he has been enjoying the cool weather and | eating plenty of green fruit. He said they had a dance every night, so he must have enjoyed himself
 Last Tuesday evening while c. L. Trindle was putting his horse in a corral he stepped on a rattlesnake. and was bitten on the ankle. Mr.. Trindle immediately cut into the wound with his knife and then went to the house and poured ammonia into it. He paid no more attentions to it. until Wednesday afternoon while over his books he suddenly fell over. while his heart did everything but stop. They sent for Dr. Smith and he put some very strong medicine on the wound. This morning when Mir. Trindle took the bandage off there was about a teaspoonful of poison brought out by the medicine Mir Trindle is employed by MT. Ba-- i con as bOokkeeper and clerk in his grocery store.
 Miss Willimay Sardes. daughter of Mrs. Berd Armor, was thrown from a horse and very fortunately escaped being killed. As it is, she will be laid up for a few days with a ! spraired neck, shoulder and swollen face While attempting to get on | | jumped a ditch which made her lose her balance and strike on her face and shoulder Dr. Smith was called and said no bones were broken. It was thought at first her neck was broken.
 | Hoyt Medler has returned from | Globe. where he has been spending the past few days.
 NTr Da | left by stage for Mesa this morning. They have sold out their interests in | this part of the country and intend to make Kansas their future home. | September 16 being Fourth of July for the Mexicans, it was celebrated | in due form Dancing was the main 1 feature and lasted we'll into the night. Excellent music was played. i Mir and Mrs. J. NJ Erquhart ar rived in Roosevelt Wednesday from I Phoenix. where Mir. Erquhart met his
 wife, who has just returned from the
 east. She has been visiting friends
 and relatives for the past year. They came up from Mesa in private | conveyance.
 R. H. Darlington, travelling freight and passenger agent for the Texas and Pacific railroad, of Fl Paso. came
 in by way of Mesa and out by way 1 of Globe. stopping at Roosevelt over
 night He was here on business con-
 nected with his company and took in the dam on the way.
 The new school house is quite a
 prominent feature of the new town
 and was just completed in time for the beginning of school for the new
 term. Miss LeOna HeastOn is the | teacher in charge. A new district | was formed to accommodate the
 children on the O'Rourke side of the
 river and is in the hands of Mrs.