The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-04-03
UIEEHLY BIDDER
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 Cob Web Hall presents un nuai attrac- tons.
 Drop ID and take . smile at the Cob Web
 Hall.
 Cob Web Hall takes the lead iu fixing up
 fine irinka
 If you have the blues cali at the Cob Web
 Hall and procure little of the e1trac. of iciliiy. It will cure.
 J. L. Fisher had an interesting auction 70 day. All kinds of houe furnishi 2 goods were sold, also wagons, buggies, etc
 The Prescott Literary Association. we are yrasi6ea to state, vii, again be opened to she public. Messrz. Goidwat.r and Curry went out and in short time secured names sufficient to justify the re-openiag of this very essential place 6 comfort and eniigh- ienment. With this institution in full blas,, there is no good excuse f,r the yvung men Of our town making saloons a p ace of loiter.
 It is reported that one of the members of The legislature received Sl, 800 fo. his work on the appropriation bill. Hs was ons of the economical members, too.-,S,ar.
 Who was the man and how l d he ee. the
 moneyi Come out and relieve our .us pense.
 A neat fence h now being made with which 10 enclose our Ci,y Hall. The ground will also be soxn with seed and otherwise made to present anything but a desertlike appearance. In thls connection would 1t not be proper for our e euuty super viscrs to expend little money in beau,i- fying our presen; dull and dre,ry locking plaza by replanting trees arouni the squAre suitable to the soil and erecting one or two fountains, the water from which will cause everything to thrive and do well in its seaso1i
 Bisbee Taylor is ia from the c ieen of the Hills, valuable piece of property in the Walker district belonging to wnl. Twaddie. All along Lynx Greek and it's tributaries placer mIneru are hard 8. wurk and doing well as rule, c'Jnsidsring the depth of the snov that has lain there this sinter and other disadvantages to contend with. Thi. section IS the oldest worked placer ground n our county and year by year has steadily sent In more d.ss in proportion 10 the nun Der Of miners engaged than m any more pre,entious camp.
 A general Orsrhauling of County roads IS necessary, aud We hope Chairman Hutch inson wili call the attention of other inem- Der, of the boar'i tO the importance of 6x- ing up some of the County property, e,pe- eiAily the highways, which require more or less attenti.'n esct Spring. Road, are like private property, they have to be looked after, and our Supervisors are bosss in the premises.
 The Board of Supervisors should, at their next meeting, take into considt ration the 1 condition of what is known ss ;he "Gov- l ernment Road leading fr,m Pres colt to Skull and Kirkland Valleys and ro | Walnut Grove. This road was tuiIt at an | expense of several thousand dollars; is pretty fair road for small outfits, and if | kept in repair will be of much benefit to the above named sections and also to Mir. Beans Copper Basin property.
 4 recent military surrey of the San Car Joe Reservation, m Southern Ar,zona, vas made by Captain Crawford which material y altered the lines in several places. The result vas that number of ranc. men were brought within the boundaries If the re- servation aud without any delay were eric- ted from vhat was called Government land. One of these settlers writes to us extlainin, the situation, snd if his facts aie correct. injustice has been done to these men by the military authorities. All these settlers took 1p this land, now claimed as belonging to Inc reservation, as homes:eads, eish. years Ago. They were assured st the tine tha, it sss Government land and well outside of he bounds of the reservation. They nado :, and lived in security. Ire. @scAs - QiQ kIe C6eiiff1 m tie AusSei 'iough country. Now they are driven out, nth the loss of the labor of eigat years. recent arrival who took up Iani adio;n- ng the ranches of these old settlers obtained | is ground under the Desert L,nd Act. and ( d made one payment on it. II, was as ured when he filed his application shat i, ( 'as Government land. This seem. to make [ st q strong case for the settlers and en- C tiles them to damages. At feast they l lould have been treated with soms cousid- 2 ration, and efforts sh ,uid have been made y } give them an equivalent for their lands the Government territory, wlth :ompen- ation for their improvements. As it IS, ley have been treated like squat.sys, who :" ave no right to their homes If the law IS no redress for them it should b. a,neud- Y, ], for every farmer in the country is inter- ned m seeing their rights maintained. .- = sn Francisco Chronicle.
 ". J. Mulvenon, our popular sheriff,