The St. Johns herald., 1889-07-25

Petition praying for change of road from the town of Springerville to the New Mexico line, was rejected by the Board, said petition not being signed as required by law.
 A petition being on file praying the Board to take action in the matter of working the dug way from Springerville to Rudd's Cienega, and stating that said road had not been worked for years, signed by fourteen taxpayers of said district; Julius Becker, road overseer, is hereby ordered to have said road work ed at once.
 All road overseers in this county are hereby notified to make report of all tools and property belonging to the Coun- ty within twenty days, and are hereby directed, when presenting their claims to give an itemized account of all work done, stating time and place, also re- ceipt of cost for road tax to show the same on the stubs of receipt books.
 Petition for the appointment of J. D. Houck, constable for Holbrook, was re- jected by a unanimous vote.
 In the matter of the petition filed by Julius Becker, praying for a change of road in Springerville Precinct, George H. Crosby, G. w. Wakefield and s. G. Ladd, County Surveyor, are hereby ap- pointed viewers, and ordered to make a report at the October meeting.
 The Board then adjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow.
 R. c. BLAssINGAME, Chm'n.
 Attest: ARTHUR ASHTON, Clerk.
 July 19th.-The Board of Supervisors met this morning pursuant to adjaurn- ment. Present entire Board.
 The Board of Supervisors having been officially notified by the Governor of this Territory, that Committee of the Uni ted States Senate will visit Arizona in the month of September, for the pur pose of inquiring into irrigation and land reclamation matters. and requesting the Board of Supervisors to take steps to in duce the irrigationists of the various districts in the county to furnish inform ation and facts relating to their locali- ties. The Board of Supervisors there tore request that all parties interested in the matter will hold meeting in their respective districts, not later than the 5th of August, and appoint committees to furnish information covering the fol- lowing points, and report to the Board on or before the 16th of August, to-wit:
 l, The location of all streams, rivers and irrigating canals. These can best be shown on maps, sketches or tracings, prepared on scale of two inches to the mile.
 2. List of canals and ditches, giving as nearly complete as possible:
 a.-Name of canal or ditch.
 b-Names of owners or officers and thelr post office addresses.
 c-Date when built or first in use.
 d-Streams from which the water is diverted.
 e-Number of acres irrigated, and of cultivated lands.
 f-Number of acres of good land so located that they could be irrigated by an increase of the water supply in the canals or ditches now constructed.
 g-Number of acres that could be ir- rigated by new ditches or canals, and new reservoirs.
 h-The available sites for reservoirs either in the valley or mountains, and the probable size of such reservoirs.
 In addition to the above you are re- quested to reply to the following ques- tions:
 l. What is the average depth of snow in your mountains during the winter?
 ?. When does the irrigation season De- gin and end in each valley?
 8. What is the elevation of each val ley above the sea?
 1. How much water in miners inches or in cubic feet per second flows through each stream in your country at the point where it can be used for irrigation during the irrigating season?
 5. How much water could be stored in suitable reservoirs during the rest of the year?
 G. How much water is required in each valley or locality to irrigate an acre of sandy soil for each crop; small grain, grass, root crops, corn, orchard grass, etc., etc.
 :. How much water is required to ir- rigate an acre of clayey or alkaline soil in each valley or locality, for each crop mentioned abovef
 s. How often, and how long at each time, is the land irrigated?
 9. How many acres of crops have been lost this year from lack of water?
 These reports will be compiled and