The Arizona champion., 1890-08-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items Of Interest Concerning Arizona
 and New Mexico.


 1 It is estimated that between 50, 1000 and 75,000 head of cattle hay been shipped out Apache, Mohavt and Yavapai counties. The aver ] Age prices were $l7 to $20 pc head.
 Wm Cook Scott, who is introduc ing the Wolseley sheep shearin! machine in America, will have on, of his plants in operation at th' Albuquerque fair. Sheep owner. will take interest in inspecting thi. machine.
 The Star says the assessed val uation of Pima county this year will be about S4,OOO,OO0. Cattle have been valued at 7.50 per head saddle horses at S25, mares anc colts at $l0, sheep Sl.
 A militia company is being or ganized at Tombstone Forty-eight members have already signed the roll, and officers elected as follows Captain, H. $. Ford; First Lieut. enant, T. Monier; Second LieEten- ant, George W. Cheyney.
 
 The assessment roll of Pinal coun- ty for the present year presents the following totals: Personal property, S715, ,391.20; real estate, S7S9, 457,- F; improvements s247,895,63; town lots, S59.558.75; improve ments on same, $81,664. Total, S1, ,973, ,986.75. The increase of values over last year approximates $2O0, 900.
 A deed from the Atlantic k Pac- fife Railroad company, date June 30, 1890, to Austin w. and William ". Mitchell. of Cadillac, Micl., composing the firm of Mitchell Bros, has been received for recording by Probate Court Clerk Harris, of Der nalillo county. The deeds call for 3l4,66S.37 acres of timber land in Bernalillo and Valencia counties, and the consideration is $629, 446. 64.-Stock Grower.
 Clerk Sweeney made another try yesterday at selling the deliquent property on tax roll of district No He got past the letter ''C" with no buyers and krocked the price down to the Territory. The deliquent taxes foot up over $4, 300, of which amount over 5000 are set against the Southern Pacific and Maricopa and Phenix railroads, who are con testing in the courts payment of the tax.-Arizona Republican.
 c. D. Gardiner, au extensive  sheep buyer from Fremont Neb., has just concluded the shipment of 800 head of sheep from Winslow and arrived ill the city last night. c. L. Brooks placed the sheep for the gentleman. A train of thirteen cars of sheep, belonging to Mr. Gardanier, came in this morning ov- the Atlantic & Pocifc, but owing to enormous freight rates on the Santa Fe, the sheep will be driven through the country.-Albuquerque Citizen.
 D. M. Ferry, the famous seed man of Detroit, and c. c. Brown have made a proposition to build canals on the south side of the Salt river at Phenix, to build a new dam across the river and to consol- idate the heads of all the canals on that side. The plan is to locate the dam above that of the Arizona canal, which feeds all the canals on the north side, being a short dis tance below the Verde river. Here two points of red sandstone projects into the river, where a dam 50 feet long and 40 feet high is to be built. Hence the canal is to lead the water directly at right angle through a rock bank. The canal will be 50 feet wide at the bottom, 6 feet deep and carry 50,00O mi ners' inches of water. The rock cut will be two miles long and 36 feet deep at places. The undertak- ing will be one of the largest in the valley and will cost more than $500,000. The canal will furnish great water power. There will be one drop of l4 feet to the High land canal, another of about 20 feet to the Mesa canal, one of 15 feet to the Utah canal, and a mlgnif-