Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-09-13
CASA GRANDE.
OUR REGULAR WEEKLY BUDG- ET OF GENERAL AND PER
 SONAL NOTES.
The Cute Man from Santa Barbara
 Gets ttertiOn.


 tion, has been the subject of considera- ble comment. That it has caused dIs- comfort in many ways is true. The dam tges from storms have been great on the railroad and elsewhere, and has resulted in great loss of property and of life. Floods have been general in all the valleys. In this locality the Florence canal and the reservoir was greatly damaged. On the other hand rain was greatly needed before It came, crops were short, catt'e were starving for lack Of feed, orchards and vineyards were dying from drought. Now everything is changed, and the country is covered with with grass knee deep, while even the mouniain sides are clothed with yer dure. Old residents say this season is B repetition of one ten years ago in re gard to rainand consequent remarkable vegetable growth. Although the wheat crop raised at the Indian reservation was short this year, the amount bought by the stores were as follows: For the Sacaton store 100000 lbs; the Sweet Water store, 2O0,OO0 los; the Casa Blau- co, 5000 lbs. Messrs. Fox, Richard and Bell are in charge of these three stores for Mir. Isaac Williams. Nr. Hanpt has the freighting of the wheat from Sacaton to the Casa Grande sta tiOn from which place it is shipped away. The wheat is of excellent quality although the grain is of somewhat smaller size than general, and 1t is clean like all wheat harvested and prepared by the patient labor of the IhdIans. The crops here seem to have been bet CT than at Yuma, since many of the Yu- mas and Scopals come in on the trains to buy wheat of the Pimas. They are fortunate in having their freight and transportation free of expense, although their journeys are made on the tops of the box cars, to the heights of which they climb, each one with his or her sack of wheat. Very good and peacea- bic are the Indians of this vicinity. the -A BGElLe9-. l vile wretches, that are dsSpised by all the other Indians of other tribes. they are the weeds that cucumber the earth and should -.e uprooted. The recent account Of the killing of several white men by Apaches as given by the Lords burg Liberal, says every man killed was shot twice. Thus it would seem they are well provided with ammunition u fn f,0fr n With the Indians who come occasion | ally to town, is Chinaman who is said te have been, formerly, a convict, and who now dresses in the Indian costume. beads and all, and who has an Indian wife. He holds conversation with the Chinese residents of the place. in the Chinese language, but is averse to hay Ing 1t known that he is not an Indian. While bis features are of a decided mOn- gollan cast, he makes up very we'll as a 1 COcOpah.
 The recent account of the Santa Barbara innocent, delayed by washout m Casa Grande is good advertisement for the place, but will hardly hold water. | In the first place, there is no saloon | running the number Cf gambling | games the story gives. Again the law torblds the carrying of weapons. and | whoever saw or though he saw d thou | sand dollar stack must have been drink | ing Casa Grand5 whiskey.
 There IS train here again delayed by | a washout at PicachO, heavy rains hay | ing fallen; so We may have some more | accounts Of Casa GraDde from some 1 body wh,. IS laughing at his own S rings. l which the delay gives him time to con cCct.
 A letter from Superintendent $. 1. COnlee reports he is n Washington. 1 D. C., after having visited the principal | cities of the east. He exects to return l before long, making Casa Grande his headquarters, and will transact busi- ness in the interest of a mining com pany of which he will be the superia- tendent.
 The heaviest games played of late were under the depot platform near the oil tanks where the Indians had three games running at one time hey seemed to hav9 plenty of money, grub and Whisky which was served cut by MexIcans, the only proof that it was whiskey being the effects visible.
 Later:-Trains are again moving. Two from the east brought heavy mails and many passengers, among whom is Mr. Buehman, photographer fIom Tucson. by his little boy, also min ing men from Clifton, who have gone now, to the Lake Shore mine
 The Mesa City wagons have run from that place weekly with butter. ergs. vegetables fruit and, notwltRstandi9r the fearful condition of the roads. They are truly an industrial and preserving people and deserve credit.
 The smelter for the Mineral King will soon be taken to that mine which was formerly known as the Crispin, and owned by the Connolly brothers, both now dead.
 Judge John c. Loss has returned from California, improved in health. He is very busy with mining projats at present at the Central Silver mine and , vicinity.
 Work is being done or the Silver Spur mines adjourning the Mastodon and Golden West mines.
 In spite of bad roads Al. Mesa has g canned without delay, to the Silver 6 King.
 Thomas PrIce and family returneI to- f lay from California, all looking we'll Lem Drais, proprietor of the Florence { lotel is in town.
 Jim Stowe came in from the Monarch Q amp last evening, e The VeBol team came in on its usual e rip yesterday. y A man at the Central Silver was se- iously stung by a eentipede. q Col. Day, of the Vekol has returned. | md proceed at once to that camp. ( Deputy Sheriff Ed. Drew is recover o ng from his lameness, due to a sprained nkle. q W. c. Smith has been stung by some V unknown insect and has a swollen eve 4 n consequence. It is reported that the Florence ]anal Co. will proceed to. repair the amare done by storms to the canal l L