Arizona silver belt., 1889-07-13
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

". t' aa pititu , uCW uiiii, ut uu- nix, is producing 22,0o0 pounds of flour daily.
 Tho big horse race at Yuma on which some S5000 has been bet, will bo run on the l4th.
 Yavapai county paid out about $26,- 900 during the past year for the sup port of her public schools.
 In tho steer tying contest at Flag staff on the Fourth, Casus Marel won in 1 :O7; w, w. Durham second, 1:1S.
 The Phoenix water works company has provided fifty fire plugs, for winch the city is to pay an annual rental of $3,50O.
 The grain crop in the Tempe dls- trict is estimated at 6,00O,000 pounds of barley. and 2,000,000 pounds of wheat.
 There are $23,056,10 in the Cechise county treasury, of winch S7,0S6.4S belongs te the school fund. 4 splen- did showing.
 A Tombstone fruit grower has shot over POO mocking birds this season, They are more destructive to fruit than any other bird known Tn that section.
 The flow eff artesian water at Fort Mcdowell could not have been very great as boring continues, and the well is down $50 feet.
 The Mohawk canal, Yuma county, has been completed and the water turned in. The main and branch canal arc 40 miles Tn length, and irri- gates S0,000 acres.
 Says the Wilcox Steckman: A herd of good graded cattle will be sold for SS head, unbranded calves thrown in, if sold within the next thirty days. There are about 800 head in the herd, but less number than the whole will be sold.
 A certificate of tax sale from D. Nj, Rlordan to the Central Arizona rail- road and a deed from the county treasurer to the same corporation for the Mineral Belt railroad, were among the instruments recorded to-day Journal Miner.
 Wm T. Vaughan, of the San Pedro, Ed. Drew, of the Sierra Bonta ranch, and Arthur Wasson and Tom Waters, of the Ell Dorado ranch, were contes- tants in the steer tying at Wilcox on the Fourth. Vaughan won in the slow time of 2:05I; Wasson second in 2:05s.
 The Phoenix Herald reports large shipments of barley to various points in Southeastern Arizona, and states that the railroads will mako favora ble freight rates which will accelerate the movement of the crops. The Herald is of the opinion that grain wtll be in demand at very much higher prices before the clsss of the year.
 A correspondent of the Engineering and Mining Journal, writing from De Noon, says: At the J. D, Reymert Mining Company's mines only dsvel- opment work is at present being pros. ecuted. The lack of water has caused the mill temporarily to close down. At the same time the company is bor- ing well from which it IS hoped suf- ficient water will be obtained to run the 20 stamps of the mill. This kind of well, similar to those drilled in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, where the pump is placed at the bottom of the well and the oil raised by walking beam, etc, style of pump, IS becoming quite popular in the dry regions of Arizona. One of the most successful is at the Yekol mine, where the water is lifted about 400 feet. Tests made showed the well capable of furnishing 50,000 gallons daily. Its actual capac- ity was never determined, as the amount stated was more than re- quired. Some eight or ten have been sunk in Southern Arizona for cattle ranches, etc, and nearly all successful. A we'll of this class with fun outfit costs from S3,500 to $5,oO0, while the cost of raising 10000 to 50,O00 gallons would depend on the cost of cord wood at the locality. one or two cords day suflicing for above amount of water.
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 The first spike, of solid silver, was driven on the Sonora, Sinaloa and