Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-04-21

Messrs Spinas and Jas. Keenan, ot the Owl Heads, took band of tiue, fai cattle to Tucson this week for shipment to California They will ship two car loads. All the cattle at the Owl Head, are fat and in prime condition and they ought to command good price in the California market
 Mir. A L. Pogue, of Richmond, Ind. is in Florence, and has become inter. ested in the Florence Canal. Mir. Pogut IS thoroughly enterprising capitalist and aside from hls connection with this great irrigation scheme he will acquire property interests in Florence.
 Mayor W. E. Stevens, of Tucson, is a gentleman of wonderful enterprise and public spirit, and in many of the public improvements he has pus he'd to compile ton he has been rewarded by having to put his hands into his own pocket to fully carry them out. The ancient pue- bio ought to do better by its efficient officials.
 Mir. W. J. Bley returned on Wednes- day from Casa Granoe, where he has been engaged in erecting the oil tank for the Silver King mining company. Work is temporarily suspended on the tank pending the arrival of timbers need ed in it's construction. In the meantime Mir. Bley IS at work finishing up his new residence Tn this place.
 Mir. Samuel Hughes is certainly one of the most enterprising citizens of Tucson. haa in rrsfh Na in Miltimore, built canal sixteen feet wide or the bottom, and developed sufficient water to irrigate several thousand acres of land north of that city. They also own the land and purpose disposing of it in small holdings of 80 acres and less, for fruit culture. Their enterprise will be worth great deal of money to Tucson.
 Dr. F. O. Mueller, of Chicago, who has been operating the Ruiseno mine, at El Plomo, Sonora, for the past four years, was in Casa Grande few days ago. The property has stamp mill and a roasting furnace, which are run occasion ally as the requirements of the develop ment work demand. It is good silver property 80 far as shown and promises to yield handsome returns.
 Mrs. Chas. R. Drake, of Tucson, died at her home in that city last Sunday afternoon after an illness of two weeks, dating from the birth of her youngest child. She was but 6 years of age and leaves a sorrowing husband and seven young children, to mourn her untimely death. The many warm friends of the family in Florence tender their sincere condolences to the bersaved family in their terrible afflictiou.
 Dr. J. L. WortmaD and MT. Sylvester Baxter, of the Bemenway expedition, were in town last Saturday and called at the ENTERPRISE office. They are now engaged in making thorough investi- gation of the system of water reservoirs constructed by the prehistoric people of thIs valley and are making some very interesting discoveries. Mir. Sylvester Baxter was formerly connected with the Boston Herald and is still a correspon- dent of that paper.
 A very pleasant picnic party visited the headgate of the Florence canal last Sunday and spent the day under the great trees at that delightful spot Among the number were Mrs. G. H. Oury, Mrs. A. T. Colton, Mrs Kentfeld, Mrs. Wratten, Miss Fannie Bartleson. Miss Hattie Elbell, Miss Genevieve Oury. Miss Maggie Brash, Messrs. Jul ian Laughlin, J. ". Rannels. A. T. Colton, w L. Pinney, Ii. V. Jackson and W. Wood Porter.
 n i