Mohave County miner., 1889-05-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


Sogaies is being supplied with water,
melons from Sonora.
The delinquent taxes in 'cochise count,
only amounted to 10000.
The Territorial Grand Ltdge, X. OF p.
meets At Flagstaff this week.
Alexander O. Brodie has been ap
pointed engineer iorthe irrigation survey
The whole Of Pima county has beer
placed under the operation Of the fence
Law.
Postmaster General Wa,,namaker Is q
large contributor to the Indian industria
school at Tucson. NJ
G. w. G. Rowell, an old time Arizonan
has been appointed Superior Judge OF sar
Bernardino county, Cal.
Walter Virden has been appoints,
Timber Inspector for Arizona with head
quarters at Tucson. He ls the successo,
Of the notorious X. NJ. Slater.
A. B. Sampson, commanding Grand
Army OF Arizona, has issued an ordel
calling on posts OF the q, A. X. TO OBJ
serve May 3oth as Memorial day.
The Phrnix school district contain,
575 boys and 450 girls, between the ages
Of and Is years, and 3I2 children over
5 and under Q years, total Of 1887.
There are lo3 pupils In the Mexican
public school, ali under one teacher.
Most Of them are girls many of whom
are well advanced in their studies,---
Nogales Herald.
The teachers Of the public school wen,
on an excursion yesterday, and not hay'
ing returned the scholars met at the
usual hour this morning and adjourned
sine die--Journal- Miner.
Judge Cummings has been taking the
school census this week and has. 30 far
enrolled over 250 children d school age.
The total number will be 800 or over.
Frank Burke took the census two years
ago and reported but l46.--Nosales Her
aid.
Fruit in the Gila valley is growing
splendidly. Never was there such an
abundance before, and when il is put on
the market several thousand dollars will
undoubtedly find its way into the valley
which would otherwise be ient to Caliior-
mia or the east. Bulletin.
The Prescott city council have granted
the Arizona Ore company the right To
light Prescott with electricity, and to do
many other things by means Of electric
power. The company is TO commence
work in ninety days after the passage Of
the ordinance, and complete the work in
ninety days thereafter.
Sheriff Gray left to-day for Yuma
with w. III. Hall, convicted under the
name Runk and sentenced TO three years
in the penitentiary for horse stealing.
Hall is familiar character in the prison,
having given No. when that institution
was first opened for the reception Of Wis.
itors. This is his third term.-Phenix
Herald.
The diamond drill at the, Sterling Sill
yer company's mill was started yesterday
and worked perfectly. Last evening Su-
perintendent Fisher brought = piece Of
the granite core to town ard it attracted
much attention. The drill cut through
granite yesterday at the rate of six feet
per hour. II will be In operation to-day
and continue until water is struck. k.-Epi-
taph.
The Papago Indians on the reservation
at San Xavier have been al work for five
months fencing all that part Of their pos
sessions on which is located timber and
water. This range has been largely oc-
cupied by stock not belonging TO the In
dians in the past, but this fence will ne
the removal of all such to other
ranger where water can he obtained. .---
Citizen.
Hans Herlick and Quincy Lewis have
harvested good crop Of barley off a fifty
acre tract Of their lands, situated on the
south side Of the river, a short distance
below Tempe. This land was irrigated
by means Of pump working in the Salt
river. They calculate that the pump will
irrigate fully 200 acres, and they propose
making that experiment next year. The
plan is less expensive than that of buying
water.--Arizonan
Hon. J. w. Dorrington returned from
the Mohawk canal yesterday and reports
everything fiourishing in that fertile val
ley. He says that Norton's ranch is in a
high state Of cultivation, the orchard and
vineyard doing splendid. There are 100
acres Of land under cultivation, the
larger portion being planted in citrus and
deciduous fruits, as well ~ forty acres in
vineyard. There is no question as 10 the
value and fertility of the Mohawk valley,
and few short years will demonstrate
its great value and advantages 10 settlers
seeking homes. Sentinel.
Two years ago gold brick was stolen
from Wells, Fargo Il Co. In California
valued at 5000. 1t disappeared as did
the robber, and notwithstanding the most
diligent search nothing could be learned
of it's whereabouts until recently 1t