Arizona republican., 1916-01-17
POLICE WORK HARD
 AND HORSE KILLED
Only Two Towns in State Report Not Having Any
 Rain-In Northern Part Snow Is Prevailing with Bad Weather Imminent

According to reports which were re ceived in this city last night from various parts of the state it is quite evident that Phoenix is not the only city which has been visited by q heavy rainfall within the past few days.
 Wire Chief Morris of the office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company received qlvices which indicated that the rainfall and it's accompanying drop of temperature was general throughout the state. In the northern districts there was a conSid erable amount of snow intersperSed with the rain Heavy snows such as prevailed a few weeks ago were not p4 esent in the present furry of cold Wea; her.
 The visitation of rain which is at present very much in evidence in this city has been the most prolonged and perhaps the most steady of the winter season. In the twelve hour period from six o'clock a. m. until six p. m, the rain gauge at the local weather bureau showed that the precipitation had amounted to .96 of an inch
 On account of the almost impossible condition of the roads in the territory adjacent to the city, none of the various stage lines made their regular rurs yesterday. fearing that q trip might mean being tied up for several hours in some treacherous mud hole.
 In about nine tenths of the unpaved streets in this city the results of the dOwnpOur were particularly obvious especially to the pedestrian. who was forced to wade through a literal sea of mud, a mire which also seriously Impeded the automobile traffic in all but the paved portions of the city's thoroughfares.
 Car Tracks Damaged
 The tracks of the Phoenix Street Railway company were undermined by the water on First street in the Vicin- lty of Pierce, and the street car sched- l'les were temporarily abandoned ovei this portion of the line until the tracks mad been put in order again. The trouble was due to spreading rails. caused by the ballast being washed from under the ties.
 Will Probably Continue
 According to the indications received here during the evening, the storm will in all probability contine through today and possible through a greater portion of Tuesday Reports showed that al most the entire state of California was being rain-swept at time simulta neous with the local deluse. Other nearby states were also reported to be receiving the aquatic attentions of Jupiter Pluvius.
 Police Labor for Nauaht
 Yesterday afternoon members of the Phoenix police department were called to the vicinity of Twelfth and Jeffer- son streets to eXtricate horse owned by Wo Kee, 2 Chinese laundryman The animal had fallen into d hole in the road and had been unable to free itself from, the gripping embrace of the wet adobe.
 A sewer had recently been dug across . the roadway and the rainfall had caused a portion of the earth which had been filled in the hole to sink down and become a veritable trap tc any living object that might happen tC step in. The police responded to the distress call. After about an hours hard labor, with the use of a block and tackle, the animal was finally pulled out of the hole and placed on his feet again. The officers, who had be- come encrusted with mud and slime [, degree which rendered it hard tf distinguish them as human beings, haC just crawled out of the mud hole arc were digging the mud off their uni forms and|out of their ears and iron various other parts of their persons
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