The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-13

mence very soon. Indeed, it is reported
 on good authority that contracts for the construction of the line are being let. It appears that terms have not been satis-
 factorily arranged for transportation of
 material to this end of the line, and that 1t will all be built from the Atlantic and
 Pacific end.
 It is understood here that it is so dry
 in the hitherto famous winter range in
 Lincoln county that stock of all kinds,
 especially sheep, are dying for want of
 water. The locality is known as the
 "winter range" from the fact that stock
 men usually drive their stock there dur
 ing the winter months owing to the abun-
 dance of grass and water. It is to be
 hoped, however, that the recent snow
 and rain which have visited the neigh
 borhoods north and northeast of the me-
 tropolis, extended over the range into
 Lincoln county.-Alb. Citizen.
 Talk is that the Mineral Belt railroad
 will be constructed into Verde Valley and on to Phoenix, via Agua Fra Valley. Its southern end is about thirty miles south of Flagstaff, in this county. Should the road follow the line indicated it would reach out for the trade of the Black Hill, Big Bug and several other mining districts of this section. Believing that we cannot have too many railroads, we hope to live long enough to see the road upon some route.-Prescott Courier.
 The very latest Indian news is to the effect that there were five Apaches in the band that killed Herbert; two of them being Tonto Apaches and three Apaches from the reservation at San Carlos. The troops are after them, but all news is entirely suppressed in mill tary circles. William Overlook, who came in from Bisbee yesterday afternoon reports signal fires on the Mule noun tains south of Blsbee, they were plainly seen and commented upon last Sunday night.-Prospector,
 The stockmen of Arizona are consid- | erably exercised over the bill recently | in Congress by some lunatic, requiring the payment of one dollar per head per year for cattle grazing upon public land. This sum far exceeds the | value of most of the land used for graz ing purposes, and, together with the l usual taxes, would oppress that industry out of existence. The bill, if it should | chance to become law, would be prac tically imperative without the ald of small army of Government spies termed | 'specIal agents, who would absord near ly the whole sum realized by this unjust | tax by the United States. The use of these lands by stockmen do them no in jury whatever, and there IS no good req son why this industry should be singled | out for Government oppression.-Flor ence Enterprise.
 Jesus Garcia, a Mexican of this city, | who makes living eff of his COWS, had | sixteen calves in hispe one night about two weeks ago. In the morning they were all gone. MT. Garcia hunted every where but could not find them. After several days eight of them came to the Noel ranch, on the Mangus, looking as if they had been tied out somewhere for several days. It is thought u at they were taken from the pen and driven into the Burros, close herded or tied out. It is hardly likely that they were driven great distance. There will be d reckon ing one of these fine days, and some of these thieves will steal no more.-Silver City Enterprise