Arizona republican., 1922-04-12

Charles Pendergast said to my faith
/ er, III you will send your little girl
out for the Ice cream / will pay for
| It," My father did not send his lit
tie girl" out and so we missed the
| treat.
In the spring Of 1886. final proof
was accepted on two sections under
| the Arizona canal, c2 and 26. General
Churchill prepared the proofs. DO
| not now remember what was al
| legged in the proofs. but in the course
of conversation, H. II. Logan. one
of the witnesses, said. as evidence OF
water supply. that fish were washed
down the bitches and scattered all
over the land. These were the only
proofs made under that canal until
after the dam was repaired.s
During the time we we're working
! so hard at the land office, we were
making new friends and last loved
| Tucson. Our good neighbors, Rev. and
Mrs. III. H. Cole, went away for
vacation and Mr.. and Mrs. Buehman
and their young son occupied Inelr
| home. One Sunday we were calleu
| by the parents who We're almost dis-
tracted. The baby was missing. Iney
could not find him any place. l had
| just washed my hair and coula not
L
| Joined in the search. Shortly arter l
was left alone I heard faint little
cry for s'n1ore milk and went IN ana
found the young man curled up un-
| der a, bed in the screen room. 1ur :
nished the necessary bottled GOODS
! and when the searching party re-
turned they found the baby as Wen
| and hapny as he ever was before
or ever can be since.
Indian Outbreak.
There was one Indian outDreak
| while we we're in Tucson. which
reached us very nearly. ! was out or
town one evening and the next morn
| ing the Indians were reported to have
committed depredations within five
miles of where / was. A few days
later an old Pennsylvania, the
brother Of w. A. Davis, was killed
bv the Indians and was brought IN
| to Tucson for burial. There We're
| others killed but he was the only
one we knew personally.
There was only one flag IN tucson
| and it was kept for dress parade.
NV father was honesicl1 for the Ola
| flag. He had number back home
which had been used for campaign
nurnoses. We sent for two and when
fT3ev came we felt we again lived in
,sThe land of the free and the home
of the brave gave one to the
Republican Club when Lew Corn
| lev our friend from the old home
| town in Pennsylvania, ran for Sher-
If.
we were republicans working uI-
da,. democratic administration. OF
rof,rSa NV father expected to be re-
| moved at any time and we were sur
nrised that no action had peen TAX
on He went east on vacation IN
fhe fall of 1886. During his absence
| he was removed and a new appoint
ment made. made up my mlno tnal
the thing to do was to come 20 moe
nix and engage in the land oIiice pus-
mess The idea occurred that an ap-
stract Of the entries IN the SAT- Ias-
er Valley would materially assist n
esta blishing a business anu 81 =
spent all my spare time IN aosei ~
work.
Arrives in Phoenix.
MY father came back 70 turn ny
office over to his successor ana ellei, ilss
Oracsded me to Phoenix. I remained
| to assist the new receiver, prepared
i,;s Nrove,,aber reports and left on the
niSht train. Nov. 80. for Phoenix az
,ix5jnr at old A,aricopa the morhlne
/ If Dec /. had heard so much aDoul
! tba dreadful stage ride that Wneil
| George I'll. Wilson OF the quarternlas-
| tore department asked me 10 Tlue
aver with him / very gladly accept
ad If was late when we started anu
Then we logged along in one morse
sI,av., and did not arrive IN PnoehlA
until after s o'clock and ulo ny 10
isnovs where to find my faShel. s. =.
Uickey directed me to the Gresols n
house where I found him, and ne wes
as glad TO see me as was 70 80
him I was too tired 70 go OUT lAses S
evening, but the next nlornlns 's
toolr breakfast at Mrs. Hartman 2
aid adobe across the street from
tha Commercial hotel. From thS u,
lima we started from the hotel uIltli
re yeached the restaurant ! was o.
fered one glad hand after anothsI'
WE had met many Phoeniclans n
rrl,reon. They seemed glad to see me me
ans II was glad to see them. ! zen
r ha5 iust come home. 1 have slheS
conc hack to my old home IN fenil :
svlvania. have spent many lnoilli1s
nth NV own people IN North Lax l-a
and washington. but have alNass
been glad to return home, sweet
sweet home" - ~
After breakfast we started out 20
hunt for an office. we Iouhu ApJlslS, aIin1,
on Center street just across lne si.eS "a
from Mrs. Hartman. we purella ee9 81,
some furniture at Heymsn = stilI
| thena ilp. OF that furniture ! sun
baya I've a rocker and a red arm cnair
With cane seat BY noon, Dec. :,
1885 we were located and ready LOT LOT
b,,siness Andrew Barry, one OF le ,sle
nrorninent surveyors, had his olilee
and living rooms in the rear.
First "Opera House"
We remained there only snort
| ti,,.e = s. Patton tore the builuiIB
daun and erected the first opeIa
bonse on the site. We moved up
| center street just beyond Aua.ils' lls.
where a three story brick stooa, NJ,
/ and Mrs. Petit were our Selsllp 0gl1 ?. Z
/ They were a lovely couple. he W.. We
an architect. but too old TO aclis,S.S s,,. :,
e,,ga ge in business. The SURROUNDING
o.e,,nd was shortly turned into 9
norsa corral That did not comply
with our. ideas OF the proprietles "
| life 50 we made another move. Mis.
| u Iaryirnan ! had moved over TO the
| Commercial hotel and we moved liieo ~,
| +I,a mace she vacated across tns
aIIev from the opera house. and re-
| r,a;,,ed there six years. Fred SScoAlei9
Was our landlord and no one coulu t
ask ask for a better one, Our neares.
nsirbbors were Dave. Hardennufgg 9 3
; and George seger, who occupied i,stt an
ado adobe in the rear, and NJ. n Hniet. l =,
an an old frame. We we're all living IN IN
y;oneer style. Mr. and Mrs, Georse
roatv were back door neighoors on
the other side of the alley. Captalil
and Mrs. hancock lived on MonssNe :
street. now First avenue. tnlii!s -
I was the most disgusted person IN
| town when the historical Indian
names were changed to plain mum