Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-01
Arizona News.
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H. Thornlow who has figured quite cunspicuously ln Mohavs county, has left the county owing about Sz0.OO which he forgot to say anything about.
 J. B. Thomas, government timber agent, who resides at Flagstaff, has gone on s visit to the southern portlOn of the territory.
 Our epressntatiye iu Congress, Hon. G. H. OUry doing everything in his power to have the salaries of the terri torial legislators rnised from Si tO sS Der day.
 \ party of hunters from Flagstatf, five in mum Der, spent three days last week in the Canyon DiablO region, and by actual count, they killed 300 rabbits, bringing to town most of them, and distributed them among friends. It IS probably the greatest game country ID the United States, here 1t Is a common occurrence Co see dCZeH rabbits or more, Hitting acro-s t1e plain at the same time. Wild turkey ls also found in great abundance, and antelope and deer. occasionally Q hear. cross the hunters path. One party last week brought in thirteen wild turkeys, Bll in excellent cUrditicn for the table.
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 Snow on the Final mountains reported as over 3l5 feet. Sierra Anchas Is also showed in.
 Wm. \. Tweed has a contract for opening and building q road from PIca- cho, on the s. P. E. R. tu the mouth of the O'BreI canyon. on the Gila, two miles east )i Blair's ranch. and about nine miles southeast of Dripping Springs thus bringing Globe within about eighty miles of raj transportation. The road, when completed, will be a good one with easy grades The contract requires he completion of the road within ninety days.
 Dan Murphy was accidentally drowned at the Putnam ferry, on the 10th, when attempting to cross tLe Gila in the stage company's boat. He became entaDgled in ihe rope. which held the baat while crossing the stream, was drawn under by it and drowned.
 Judge ThOmas N. Bush is spoken of as probable successor of the late 4. W. Sh ldon to the iudgeship of the Finst judicial dist- ct of Arizona. Judge Bush occupied similar position in San Diego, California, for twelve years.
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 Secretary Van Arman, since his re- turn from Washiu. ton, is doubly emphatic in declaring that, under no circumstances will he be a candidate for delegate to Congress. The position hc represents a- being anything but Q iiOwer-streUn pathway tD political fame, the incumbent being practically Con gressiOnal nonentity and totally dis regarded in the distribution of those emoluments which raHke politicians solid" with influential constituents.
 Chief Justice French has recelyed from Attorney General Brewster a letter requesting his opinion Of the OIll provld- ing a fourih judge Tor Arizona, recently introduced ln Congress Under the provisions or the bill, the four iud-c al districts would be as follows: First dis trict-Pim6 and Pinal counties; second distTict-Gila, MaricOpa and Yuma counties; third distTict-Ylvapai and Mohave counties; fourth distrct- Apache, Graham and COchise couuties.
 Iohavs Couny Miner;
 We shou | like to see bill passed by the next legislature, providing for the election of five supervisors from each county in this territory, instead of three as a. present. Under the present system any two of OUT supervisors could rum their county, if they were 30 inclined We gre opposed to placing SD much power in the hands of sny two men, and shall agitate for a law providing that each county shall elect five supervisors from the different precincts, and also that the board shall be required to hold a regular monthly meeting instead of qgarterly as at present.