Mohave County miner., 1888-12-22
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

The Prescott Il Arizona Central Kali
road has paid its taxes in Yavapai county
.or 1883, amounting to sll ,32s.4.
The s. p. Railroad Company paid into
the Yuma county treasury last week the
sum Of s23,lls.65 taxes for the year 1888.
The city election at Tucson on Monday
last resulted in the election Of a Demo-
cratic Mayor for the first time in many
years. #.-t
The Southern Pacific Railroad has paid
taxes in Maricopa county, amounting to
$l4,6S8, and the M. Il p. road also paid
$2,291.3l.
The total indebtedness OF the city OF
Tombstone 10 sI2,96O. The assets are
1869, and city warrants sell for fifty
cents on the dollar.
The taxes Of the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe this year in Pima county
are $4,000. The Southern Pacific has
paid and the Santa Fe win pay this week.
The Wilcox stockman says that the
military reservation at Fort Grant is TO
be fenced. Barbed wire viii be used and
the fence will DO about thirteen miles in
length.
The noted medical hot springs at Aqua
Calients, in the Gila valley, have just
been sold TO st. Louis syndicate for a
large sum. Hotels viii be built and a
sanitarium established.
Some Pima and Papago Indians from
Sacaton have built their wickiups on the
hills south Of town to engage in their
usual winter industry of manufacturing
ollas and other pottery.--Fiorence Enter
prise.
A rich gold qnartz strike has been
made in the northwestern portion Of Yuma
county, about four miles east Of Harris
burg. Considerable excitement prevails,
and prospectors are erowding in from all
directions.
Says the Prospector: "The Board OF
Supervisors adjourned yesterday. The
expenses OF the recent election were, all
told, about "A 900, which is a very small
sum indeed, compared with the expenses
in other counties"
The members Of Nogales Lodge No. Q,
/. o. o. F., viii have public installation
Of new officers on Thursday evening, Jan.
nary Sd, at their hall in international
hotel block, and banquet will follow the
\ installation ceremonies.
The road between 81. Johns and Nav.
ajo has been 90 bad that it is impossible
for the blackboard to make regular trips,
and there is about eco pounds OF ex-
press matter banked up at Salt Lakes
waiting for the road to dry out.--Herald.
y.F. Meador has resigned as agent for
Wells, Fargo & Co. in Prescott, and F.
w. Blake has been appointed to that
position. Mr.. Meador has gone to Phe.
nix to reside, where he il largely inter
ested In the Highland canal.-Journal-
Miner.
Secretary Bayard opened proposals to-
day for stationery supplies for the next
Legislature. There we're four bids pre-
sented, ranging from 1857 down to s454. 80,
the latter being that Of Kelly & Stephens,
to whom the contract was awarded
Journal-Miner.
The Courier says that Prescott has 4
steam planning mill, brewery, several
wagon and blacksmith shops, boot and
shoe makers, and requires several small
factories, and worst Of all, general quartz
reduction works, to make our town and
section more prosperous.
The following counties Of the Territory
gained in its voting population during the
past two years: Maricops, Al; Yavapai,
4l4; Yuma, 8; Graham, 55; Pinal, 76
The following are the losers; Apache,
IS; Mohsve, 46; Cochise, 4s; Gila, 81
Pima, 40--or total gain Of III votes.
Capt. Burgess, who came from Wilcox
last evening, states that Chilchuans, an
Apache chief under sentence Of iDprison'
4 mept for one ye,.r at Camp Grant, escaped
from h,s guard at Fsveille. He was fired
at, bu. got away untouched. Lieut.
johnson with posse Of soldiers started
lin pursuit. Tucson Citizen.
From Colonel II. G. Hooker We learn
that his compsny--the Sierra Bonita
started another drive Of steers on Wed
nesday for Phoenix, to be fattened or
alfalfa preparatory to being sent forward
to the Galifornjs markets. There are Cox
head in the drive, mestly high grade
steers, and mostly thrse-year-olds and up
Wilcox stockman.
J.B. Williams, an attache Of the Geo
logical Survey, has been making an ex
animation of the Gila and Salt Rivers
with the view of selecting sites to estab
lish stations TO observe the amount o
flowing water evaporation, sediment ant
general meteorological data I'm further
ance of the programme adopted by Maj
Powell on behalf Of the irrigation of th'
arid region Of the West. One station
will probably be established at the Butte'
above Florence.-Silver Belt.
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