The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-08-23


 Since the recent rains have caused the various kinds of garden produce to grow like magic, all the spare time of the farm er's boy is now consumed in plugging water melons. T.;e man who cannot recall run through ten acre lot with melon under
 his arm and aa enraged granger in hot pursuit, misses one of the greatest oi
 memorys pleasures
 CHANGE OF BAsE.-W. J. Howard. Esq.,
 who is number one asssyer, metalurgist
 etc, as well as jeweler, watchmaker, etc.
 has closed his business in the office of F, W BlaEe. to take position at the Atzlan
 mill as as sayer, melter, etc. Few men, if any l in Arizona. are better posted on ores and tbt best methods for their treatment than W. J
 Howard, and his presence and advice at tho
 Aztian cannot fail to be of great assistance to the owners in getting good results from
 all classes of mineral bearing rock.
 The heavy rains of the past week, have proven tIaat some of the drain ditches about
 Prescott. lack the capacity to carry of the water, and are therefore inadequate to the purposes for which they were constructes..
 The ditch near the stage office. for instance, filled twith sand, choked up at the foot bridge, broke its banks, and run over into the streets. flooding the premises of J. H.
 Hughes and Ben Lindenbaum, taking away Ben's fence, and threatening to demolish his kitchen. At the corner of Montezuma and Goodwin streets, and at CorteZ ana Gurley streets, the ditches gave away and
 gave people living below them, double allowance of mud, water and sand. The Village Councimen have their heads to-
 gether devisiBg plans for future protection. The torrents eff water precipitated from the clouds which overhung Prescott, yester-
 day evening. swelled their proportions In the side-gulches from the hills to such an extent as to food MontezHma street the en- tire length of stGoose Flat" thereby cut ting of communication with "Fort Misery"
 but fortunately for those whc had sought
 her protecting shelter, the fury of the ele- ments became assuaged before the supplies of the Fort had become entirely exhausted,
 although considerable fear was manifested
 by the inmates, and, the outsiders, who could only look from the adjacent hills down upon them in their perilous condi- tion, unable to lend helping hand, were, if anything, more anxious for their safety than they themselves; but, as we said before, the waters abated, and none perished.
 Hon. ". H. Hardy arrived from Mineral Park yesterday. Mfr. Hardy, as all our readers know, is one of the very first white citizens that settled in Mohave County, locating on the Colorado River at the place which bears his name. He has done much in the way of opening up the Northern part of the Territory and feels lively interest in the welfare of the whole Territory. Mohave County which has heretofore been more than neglected in regard to her mail facilities has now two semi-weekly routes established and the people are satisfied with the result. The mining industry of the county gradually keeps improving and the shipment of bullion on the increase. The great drawback now to Mohave is the great scarcity of water, Mineral Park being en- tirely without water, except as they haul 1t from distance, and at quite 6 cost. At the various watering places throughout the grazing section where stock is compelled to seek the refreshing draught, the Wallapai Indians hang around and scare the stock away, which causes owners of cattle, horses, etc, great inconvenience, their animals wandering in many instances at least one hundred miles. Political matters are repre- sented by Mir. H.. as in favor of Hon. A. k. Davis. The rain has fallen in Mohave as it has here ia Yavapai in spots. Walnut Creek people will raise but little corn but have hopes Tn raising crop of potatoes. NIT. Hardy will return to Mohave County in a few days.