Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-04
Pima Agency.

A correspondent of the Washington
 Star, writing from the Pima Agency,
 Maricopa county, gives the following
 account of the improvements being
 made at the agency:
 The Pima Agency has had big boom in the way of improvements within the last few months, under the immediate
 supervision of Major E. B. Townsend, United States Indian Inspector. On his
 arrival here, in November last, he at
 once began a system o, improvements
 that were much needed, and which will
 not only greatly enhance the value of the government property, but will be of
 immense and lasting benefit to the h.
 dians on the reservation. One of the
 first things he did was to cut a ditch six
 miles long, carrying 460 inches of water,
 which Is carried over the south fork of
 the Gila in Hume 125 feet long, four
 feet wide and ten inches deep, thus giv-
 ing the agency an abundance of yater
 for all purposes, and also supplying the
 Indians bOuntifully for irrigating their
 crops. The new agency building, for the
 agent and employees, k model of com '- Heand convenience, and presents a fine ore &s1S9ce, as it's well defined prOpor- .PPeSfal-.ie's cpt clear cUt against the iohs stand C-DoH an Arizona Ekv. II IS blue ofT bIos cf sdobes v,.l,i..b wo stories high, built q 1o.S rr;rE an1 are much resemble Wisconsin ih--r -,sF- md much superior tO those gsneralls ~,-, n this Territory. It has two veTandas, ly pay windows, shingle roof, with yentila- Ors 9xlS feet, fourteen rooms and two lalls seven feet wide. The walls are llastered and whitened- and the whole IS handsomely finished through nut with California redwood. The win lows are large and protected by green Venetian blinds. The Indian police, or yanized by Major Townsend, are very Efficient and do good work. They are .rmed with Winchester rifles, have a neat gray uniform, and are proud of the. ser ice. The school, which is in charge of NIT. J. S. Armstrong, has been in a flour shing condition during the past year. Mr. Armstrong k a Nirginian, and a graduate of the University of Virginia.
 lis estimable wife fills the position of natron with scrupulOus fidelity and sue ,ess. MT. R. E. Hopkins. who has churre ,f the mechanical aud agricultural de- 1artments, Is also native of Virginia. md is well qualified to discharge the luties of his post. Some one has said hat the man who makes two blades Of ,rass grow where only one grew before s a. benefactOr to his race, and as Mir. Hopkins is teaching the Indians hov to make many grow where none grew be- ore, he certainly deserves tO be called ,enefactor of mankind. The medical department is in charge of Dr. Ralph Palmer, of Illinois, who has been quite in his practice among the h. hans, but a hospital Is badly needed, md until the government builds one in which the sick can receive proper atten- ion the efforts of the most skillful phy- ieians will not accomplish much
 Among the Washington boys out here s I. D. Rittenhouse, who is a successful indian trader, doing fiourishing busi- less at Sweetwater, and William B. -Ones, who owns some valuable mining and who has also recently doomed into prosperous trader. Ma ; or Roswell G. Wheeler, the newly ap- , 'Ointed Indian Agent, arrived a few , lays ago. ,