Salt River herald., 1878-01-26
PHOENIX PARAGRAPHS.

Spring time has come in the Salt River Val aey.
 Barley is getting scarce in this market. Hold- eu ask three cen1-
 Hon L A Stevens will be in town the latter part of next week from Presroit
 Hon NH Colderwooi prsrSid~s over the inter ests of the Home Insurance Company in Aar.co- co county
 Now is the time for gardening. Get cut yoIr winters hoard uf s-eds and plant your hardy sorts of vegetables.
 Judge Rush left Pre,rvtt fsr our town lat Friday mornieg. He will probably reiunin with us some lime.
 ]. B. Montgomery had new potatoes for the table in tae middle of Mar:h Last year. Who will beat this the present seasons
 Residents of eur valley having legal business with Prescott will find the cards of several prominent lswyen i- our advertising columns Al Jaues. formerly of Yuma, has locnted in our town. He sees in Pho-nix the c'ning rown of the Territory, and hss settled accord- ngiy.
 Morgan Dougher.y. vaichrakers and manufacturing jewellers of Prescott are cznieih- plating establishing branch of their business in Phoenix
 JW SuiIiiug was the hrSt settler to locate in the Salt River Valley, and is the man who gave the name to the ccning town of the Territory -- Phoenix.
 THANKa-The HERALD in this. it's first issue. takes pleasure in thanking Hon King $ Wool sey fnr the many kindhesses bestowed upon us Ai different times and in different ways.
 wehave secured the team uf Mir Parker n Salt Riverite to transport the material of In. SALT RIVER HgR,La from PresoI;: tn PhOe nix, which will be started on Monday morning
 Our en,erprising merchant A GoldmNu. late ly received a lot ot lj1 lard rans for different farmers iu valley. They were manufactured in Prescott by fr-drrieks & Co. whose aliver- usement will appear in the next issue.
 The first Touring mill located in our valley is that owned by Majur c Veil and WAS bsilt by the srusiler e and eute Iprsing W B Hellings, at a cost of over 6fy thousand dollars. and can truthfully be called the e Old PiouOer." !"
 w. B. Hellings has E"ne to California to re- ceive the lucre in payment tor his precious Star IOde in Cave Greek district The sale uf this mine has raised great hopes in the breasts of the wurthy miners in that district
 Our Mormon fellow citizens do not have very grOd luck with their Indian converts. Eeaeh of the latter ou being baptized is pie<ent,d by the church with a suit of cluthcs, and the conse- quence is they want to be bsp;ised many times.
 The Herzld is now oue o{ the fixtures of Phoe- nix IL has been staa t-d with the object of per mAnency. and will be . Salt River iustiiu- tion in every sense Of the word. and what is fur the interest of the Valley shall be our aim 10 nd vocate-
 For want Of room tn which to meet. there has brea DO meeting Of the haricops Library Association this muRtA. As the officers of The year should be elected At the first meeting Uf the year. this important matter should ke xtiendad tO soon-
 Preaching in the Court House on Sunday the 27rh inst. al Il 6. m. by Rev. Mir. White of the N. E. Church. Rev. MT N hits WAS for ten years n m rnff Esw..la Ia -f Californz z- and expects to make . permanent residenoe in AriIon4-
 Forty inches of water for the town diiehes has been secured us by the proper authorities. IL would be benefit both in the clraulincss and health of our citizens if there severe pun -shui-nts imposed upos any casting or wash ng filth iuto the village water ways.
 The walls of the church ediice fur the N. tho dist Episcopal ChurcL Suuih completed and resdy for the rvoL Nearly all the lumber nec- essary io finish the building has been delivered to the building committee. and it is hoped that ApUther m'sIth will hnd the eharch finished, paid fur and ready for srr<ioes.
 All who have Ieceired of uIe new stock of trees, flowers and shrubbery. lately delivered heie. speak well of the go'ri cnn Iiti"n of the same. Such things make hOnes pleasant and will add wonderfully tD the beauty and value of lauds so improved. May the planters be re- Masded thousani fold in luscious fruits and b-Autiful nowen-
 MT C H Gray, sunth of Phoenix. ouns Une of the most valuable rauches in Ine valley. Mir q settled where he now resides several yours since with full faith in the future outcuIn- of fhe val ley, and with determination build himself up home for all fuiu:e time, which he hlls al nirab'y succ-eded in dung. atr G to-day is one If sur lssdin., fzrlners and good member of society.
 GRAN.-rhoenix, the great grain emporium of ArizOus, which had gathered in its various granrries ssverul millions oi pounds of barley zrd wheat the last season, are Iast beconnng esipty, and the price of these articles steadily increasing. By the time harvest again swings aIound, aud tue golden cerials are ready to be received into the treasure vzu'ts. not pound of surplus grain will be lett ou tue hands Oi the proSiucers-
 The Tempe canal, or irrigating ditch, has one hundred and three shares, and originally cost twenty thousand dollan. The frst farm from the source of the canal is oHned by Mir K B Car ley. aud is succeeded by tbe ranch of that old and TopulAr " wsr-horse." Captain Sharp. From thence the canal exteRds down the fediie valley for about twelve miles and supplies tue touring mill of Hon T Hayden with an abundant power to run the heavy machinery of that valuable institution.
 We call attention to very interesting article on " Phoenix and Vicinity" in this issue, writ ten by citizen Of Phoenix. If you do not care to preserve and file away for future Preference each copy Of the HERALD ss it comes io you permit us to suggest that you send East t1 some interested sriend each paper cou- tsininR articles descriptive of this county. Tbe Salt River Valley is possessed of numerous and almost limitiess resources, and facts relative thereto should be hsrs.ded Co the world. Money and muscle are greatly needed fo develope. bring out and beautity this land of promise. and cash will csms to us s0mswhat in tbe ratio give to the public knowledge Of what VIC hIve.
 
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