Arizona republican., 1910-09-23

account or estate outside of a couple of mining claims in Gfia county, though he seemed to have what cash he needed for his meager necessities since he moved down to his river home
 Mcdonald is himself a man well along in years and lives alone in the southern part of town. When Du- luth moved down there it was quite natural that they should form a rath- CT intimate acquaintance, especially as both were old Colorado miners. and they had numerous talks about the early days in the Centennial state Mcdonald never met Duluth before, but he knew him by reputation when he lived in Colorado. and knows that at one time he was possessed of con- siderable wealth. Mcdonald was in Colorado before the railroads had in terfered with it's natural wildness. but Duluth, he says, was an old timer when he went there. Duluth was one of the first men to make a strike in the later famous mining camp of Leadville, and with his partners sold property there in those early days for S25.000.
 Duluth, before his Colorado life. had had a career of some adventure in- cluding a term of service in Company B of the Sixteenth Kansas cavalry during the civil war. from which command he was mustered out as a sergeant in 1866, that command hay ing for some reason been kept in the service longer than many of the vol unteers of the war period When he came to Arizona MT. Mcdonald does not know, but Duluth told him that he lived some time in Gila county. as miner and prospector, and had at his death a couple of mining claims on Pinto creek Two or three years ago he came to Phoenix, then went to Jerome, where he worked for fourteen months, mining and pros- pecting. Dropsy. which finally ter minated his life, began to bother him a great deal, and he went to the Agua Caliente hot springs, hoping for relief, but did not find it. Returning to Phoenix, he stopped for a time at the Phoenix hotel. but said he could not sleep well there during the hot weather, and wanted to get into the open, so he moved down to the river bank and lived a few days; keeping his personal effects in a dug -out. un- til one day John Bennett who owns a few acres near by, invited him to move into the empty shack on the place and take care of a few stands of bees he has there He gladly ac- cepted the invitation and remained there until his death, saving he could at least sleep comfortably in the open at night and could also try bathing in the cool water of the river. since he had found no relief in the hot water of the springs
 Mcdonald during the last few days made it a practice to visit Duluth daily and bring him a bucket of water when he needed it, as he seemed provided with all the rest of his simple needs. He always ap- peared to have money to buy what he needed at a neighboring grocery store, and was able to wait on him self. Though he had talked quite freely, he did not say but little about HIS pIiNdle or IdlnllN d1talrS, and Me Donald did not feel like questioning him too closely for fear of giving of fense or appearing impolitely curious. though he sought on various occa- sions to intimate to him that he should inform his relatives of his se- we're illness. At one time he remarked that he had written to none of them for a couple of months. He was not dissipated and was apparently a man of good habits
 Mcdonald, by the way, is the man who was assaulted d few nights ago by Mexican, while on the way home. and who suffered the laceration of his left ear and severe shaking up and wrenching of his left shoulder while he was being rolled around on the ground. His bsttering was the more painful because he was already q sufferer of rheumatism, but he has practically recovered from his in- juries.