Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-04
Territorial News.
Prescott Journal-Miner.


 J. c. Snow, of Chino valley, says that } grass in his section IS four inches high [ and stock rolling in fat. The Citizens bank of Flagstaff has
 closed it's doors, for lack of business , Its business has been transferred to the
 Central bank of the same place. Mr. Robinet is making survey of the
 Prescott S Arizona Central railroad, for
 the purpose of filing with the land office
 definite location of it's line.
 While prospecting north of the rail
 road recently, s. J. Sullivan discovered large spring of water within twenty five miles of Prescott Junction.
 Citizens of the Verde valley have for warded petition to the powers that be | protesting against the removal of the Indians to the Camp Verde military res | ervation.
 | Sheriff O'Neill received a telegram | yesterday evening, from Carl HoltOn, stating that he and Deputy Black were on their way to Prescott, having failed to find any trace whatever of Smith. the escaped train robber.
 Col. $. B. Bevans, special agent of l the interior department, has received | notice that his services are no longer | needed, and was instructed to turn over his papers to the register of the land office.
 Courier. District court will commence business in Prescott on the first Monday of June, when justice will be meted to the A. P. l~l III IL poration had paid its taxes.
 Wagon roads leading to this town are in great need of repairs. There are sev- eral bad places between Prescott and Whipple, right under the noses.of the city council and board of supervisors.
 Observation has satisfied us that the sowing of wheat, rye, barley, etc., in the | fall in this section of Arizona, has proved a success and vii in the future, | be practiced on a much larger scale than | ever before, and with the practice will | come plenty of good hay to feed work l stock and some weak range animals.
 Leading citizens of Salt River valley | believe that visits of tourists to their | place has done it considerable good-l more than all the pamphlets that have | been sent out. The Prescott Board of | Trade should note this fact and en- deavor to induce people to run in here and learn something about our climate and resources.
 Herald.
 The city of Phenix has a substantial credit, as is indicated by the sale of her S15,0O0 of per cent bonds to-day, which went to the Rollins Investment | Company at Denver, at three-fourths per cent. premium. The bonds run for thirty years, and had many bidders, but the Denver people took the pile.
 Another enormous canal is projected for this valley by eastern capital, and will, without doubt, go through. It IS as large an enterprise as the Arizona canal, which cost over half million, and will | bring in vast country, which up to the present time has been considered out side of the reach of canals.
 The fruit evaporating business has as- sumed definite form here. A company has formed and evaporating works will be put up at once, which will be ready for the coming crop. Our fruit growers can depend on this, and there will be no ne cessity for a single pound of fruit going to vast in the valley this season.
 Epitaph.)
 l.. Van Burt, of the Nicholas mine, ar rived in Tombstone yesterday. We learn that third interest in the Nicholas mine has been sold to Tombstone parties for s1OOOO.
 Commander-in-Ch Chief Vim. Warner, of the Grand Army of the Republic, has appointed Ira B. Sampson of Tempe, and George. w. Brown of Florence, as upon his staff, for Arizona.
 Ernest Storm, manager of the Kansas Cattle Company, arrived yesterday from Sonora. He brought 40 head of cattle from Sonora. They will be taken to the ranges of the company in the Dragoon They are said to be as fine a lot of cattle as ever crossed the line. The custom duty on them at Nogales was twenty per cent.
 The following is the verdict of the Cor oner's jury in the recent killing near Tres Alamos:
 We, the jury agree to render the fol owing verdict: That the deceased, Juan Gastelum, came to his death by gunshot wounds on the 10th day of April, about TWO miles north of east of Tres Alamos, county of Cochise, Territory of Arizona, said gunshot wounds having been in 1ictad in Salf-defensa Inv a WeaDOn in the