Arizona citizen., 1875-05-29
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Especial Dispatches to THE CIrIzES.l
ARIZONA.

N .PRENIX, May 26.-Harvesting in this valley has just got fairly started, and the I liking of agricultural machinery has been one Of the industries for the past few weeks. Everything now indicates rapid \ harvest, the principal cause of which is 1 the high price of grain at the present time, while grain on the Gila can be bought for Il one and One-quarter to one and One-half, Il dealers here are firm for two and one-halt II cents, and are not disposed to sell even at | that price. Everything seems to indicate | a much higher figure for barley than what was obtained last season. The cause of l this raise is the small quantity produced | thIs year. Last year there was upwards of
 four million pounds of barley raised in the valley; add to this the amount re- maining over from previous year, some thing over one million pounds, would make the amount Ot barley in the mar ket here last year about five and one. half million pounds. Nearly all of this amount was consumed, not more than two or three hundred thousand pounds now re- maining on hand. A careful estimate has been made of the crop which is now being harvested, and the most sanguine do not come up to three million pounds, heinz d difference of about two and One-hali mil lions in the amount of barley in this mar ket between this and last year. How the Icoutractors who have taken contracts a | low rates will come out, is a problem which they can solve at their leisure.
 The new firm of Smith & Stevens is showing considerable enterprise. They have induced the Pima Indians to come from the Giia here to sell their wheat, and this morning cir store was crowded with the guileless savage, each having his par | eel of wheat. The wheat is of this years crop, and is the first in market and is as good, solid and as free from droSs as wheat in any country.
 At a meeting of the principal citizens of this place, it was unanimously resolved that the present system of irrigation was q detrim ent to the farmer and prevented in a measure settlers from locating in this the largest tract of agricultural land in
 Arizoua. To remedy this and have perma-
 nent water throughout ths year, cor poration was formed assuming title of
 the Montezuna ditch company. Articles
 of Incorporation were filed and an assur
 ance given of fifteen thousand dollars to
 com mence the work was at once given by
 the leading farmers and business men of
 PheulX. A temporary board Of directors
 was elected, consisting of Dr. MOeller of
 Prescott, K. s. Woolsey of Stanwix, and
 John Smith, Geo. E. Mowry, c. H. Gray,
 P. HOlcolm and John A. Chenowth of
 Phenix. The company propose to em-
 brace all the arable land in the valley in
 the compass of their canal, and to own
 and operate the canal at their expense,
 pany will also be liable foI damages if
 they fail to furnish wa:er in sufficient quantity when called for by the farmers. By this arrangement the farmer will have nothing to do but tend to his crop, and the ditch company just furnish him water. The stock books of the company |are now open for subscription here, and Twill be sent to Tucson and Prescott us |soon as possible.