Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-01
OUR CASA GRANDE LET
TER.
The Monarch Mine Local Events in
a Live. TOyvn-FerSonaI Mention.
School Matters.
Casa GRAYDE, Feb. 18th, 1890.


Interest in mining matters is some
what aroused 10y the recent arrival of
Messrs. JARVIS and Russell of the Leila
Mining Co, from Kansas City.'Mr. Rus
sell is the banking partner Of Mr.. Hark-
ness of Kansas City, whe is also interest
in the Monarch mine. J. A. Conlee,
former superintendent of that mine, is
also here. Work has gone on constantly
on the Monarch property, although at
present some delay is caused by the loss
OF tools in the well which was being
bored deeper for a larger supply of
water All this will be remedied in
time.
John Moran who has been in town
for some time past, viii soon return to
the Jack Rabbit mine. He is sinking a
well on his property, the Boomerang
mine, by hand, a slower but perhaps
surer process than by machinery, and ex-
poets to find water at the depth of per-
haps two hundred feet.
Mr.. Bien has had well bored on
his place here in town. Mckenzie &
Ray are the contractors for well boring.
Mr.. Mckenzie, who is our blacksmith,
is now making new and improved ap-
partus, and other wells are soon to be
bored.
The first installment OF goods from
Pinal for LGedke's store. has arrived and
Will be stored in the Jim Sam building
until RicheSon goes into his new. build
ing, when Luedke willsoccupy the cor
neT now used by Richeson. It is now
reported that We are soon to have q
newspaper and printing office.
When Prof Woods, the blind violinist.
was here some time ago, a gold watch
and a sum of money was stolen from
him while asleep. The watch has been
located, and Deputy Sheriff Price arriv-
ed to-day from 1uma-where he went to
make an arrest-with his prisoner,
woman. Mr.. Price has now gone to
Globe to arrest Jawbone Clark also i'm
plicated.
More scrapers have arrived for use on
the reservoir.
Mr.. Scribner has been called away to
the San Pedro by the sickness of his
partner, Mr.. Jones, but has returned.
Charlie Wilson left recently on a sum-
mons by telegraph to the bedside of his
wife, who is said to be dying.
Judge Adams has gone to Florence on
business.
Mrs. johnson babe farewell TO her
son yesterday, and went away on the
east-bound passenger train, and will be
missed.
An effort, which it is hoped will sue
coed, is being made to establish Sunday
service and Sabbath school exercises for
the children.
An able article in the Florence En-
terprise on dissatisfaction of parents in
regard to the management of the Casa
Grande school. closes with the hope that
the experience viii have a salutary effect
upon the people of the county, etc AL
though the subject had never been
brought to the notice CT the public IN
til recently, the state OF affairs pertaining
TO Casa Grande school matters is by no
means a new one, since, for the last five
or six years it is said they have been
conducted in the same manner. 4 thor
ough and complete reform is needed. and
the attention of the county superin-
tendent. in behalf of the neglected chill
dren, is respectfully solicited to the way
in which school moneys are applied, the
amount Of salary paid the teachers, and
the average attendance and length of
term in this particular district. As to
the excellence of a school or a teacher
employed, a good test would be to com
pare them with other schools and other
teachers in other places. By compari-
son, this school would be found to be a
very poor one, and deficient in every
way. The few months of schooling a
child receives here should be of the best
and most thorough, and care be taken
in the choice made of a teacher. 1t
is not a matter in which one alone
should be allowed to say, this or that
shall be So" but all should take an IN
terest for the good Of the children, who
will soon take their place in life as they
are educated. Several to whom it is i'm
portant that their children should make
some advancement, express a firm de-
termination to leave Casa Grande and
go where advantages can be had, since
by hope constantly deferred, they can
not reasonably hope for anything better
here, and long months viii elapse before
new term Of school can begin.
Quite number OF fruit trees went
up on the Florence stage to-day, and
many are being planted here. There
are indications of rain which would not
be unwelcOme. The grain fields of
Messrs. Taft L johnson, our pioneer and
thrifty young merchants, on the canal.
are looking fine. With their industry.
in few years their farms will be
credit to them. In fact, though quite
young men, they have displayed business
qualifications and enterprise that older
men might well initiate. In a short
time people who have already spent
years here, will see their mistake in not
having taken up land of which there
has been an abundance. 1t is not yet
too late, although there is little left in
close proximity to the railroad and the
town. More land viii come into cult
walton If the proposed dam at the Buttes
is built, and land now comparatively
useless will be IS valuable as that on the
Florence canal "