The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-10

cultural purposes without the continued help of irrigation Immediately follow i ing the establishment of an irrigation
 district alter the canals with their lateral
 ditches have been completed and the
 cultivation of crops has commenced the
 planting of trees should be encouraged" 1 There was quite an excitement among | the Indians at San Carlos one day last
 week, caused by the presence of the h. spectOr of Indian schools, who had been
 talking with some of the Indian boys
 and girls about going to the Carlisle and
 other institutions for the enlightenment
 of the aborigines. This fact got circu
 lated among the bucks ard squaws, who 1 became enraged and went post haste to
 the Agents office, where they filed ob- jections that were pointed and threaten l.ing. Coming so soon after the removal
 Indians believed their tribes were again
 to be thinned out. The Agent quieted them. however, by assuring them that the visiting white man had no authority to carry off their youth without the con- sent of both their parents and Agent Bullis. The excitement was of such a character that Col. Thompson thought
 it best to send an escort with the Inspec- tor when he left the post, which was done.-Valley Bulletin.
 The stage running between Florence and Casa Grande was held up again on Thursday of last week, and the mail and
 Wells, Fargo & Co.'S treasure box hand ed down by the driver to Mexican high wavmen. This makes the third hold-up in year on this line, and all of them have been at :he same locality. The officers of Pinal county should hunt these free-booters down, and visit upon them the severest penalty. It is said that one Duncan man sued another to recover an old bear skin which it was alleged the party of the second part had stolen from the party of the first part, and that on the day of the trial the judge split the skin into two pieces and gave the cons table one and kept the other himself, telling the litigants that they could have the hair when the hide was dressed.-Valley Bulletin.
 An inspection of the range and stock in Gila county will convince any one of the favorable outlook for the live stock interests in this section. Grass has made rapid growth during the past two weeks and cattle already begin to show an i'm provement. Never before have we seen so many calves, and our statement is corroborated by Robert Stead, than whom there is no better posted cattle man hereabouts. While from some sec tions of the territory come reports of short feed and drouth, Gila county cat tlemen look lorward confidently to prosperous season.-Silver Belt.
 When zinc mines are in demand the Huachuca mountains will experience a baom that will surprise Arizona. The zinc mines of Missouri are worked pro- fitably and on large scale. There are in the Huachuca mountains vast lodges of ore carrying 50 per cent of that metal which will some day be valuable. The demand for zinc in the art of photo-en- gravure which is supplanting all other methods of reproducing photographs in every printing office where illustrations are "a prominent feature, has already raised the price very noticeably.-Pros- pector.
 The Citizen, by mistake, stated that Father Girard was indicted by the grand | jury for neglecting to record the certifi- cate of marriage of a couple whom he united. The truth, however, is that he presented the certificate of marriage for record, but refused to pay the Probate Judge the fees for recording which he claimed were due him. This Father Gi- rard did on the advice of his attorney, | who says that the Probate Judge is al- lowed by statute certain amount per year in payment of all services which he renders and that consequently he is not entitled to any fee for recording a mar riage certificate, which is one of the du- ties.-Tucson Citizen.
 The Loidsburg Liberal says That Kid Lewis who was to be tried this week at Las Cruces, won't be acquitted without a struggle. P. Debrich, better known as Dutchy, captured Al Sparks at Clifton, and Fatty Michaels at Bisbee and took them to Las Cruces. These men are two of the most important witnesses against Lewis, and it is alleged they had been induced to leave the territory. Lewis