Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-01-11
YUMA COUNTY.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN THE
 CITRUS BELT,
The Outlook for the Future-The New Pa per Appears-Cattle Shipments
 Miscellaneous News Items.
Yuma Sentinel. l

There exists one fact that, more than any other, contains assurances of the speedy growth of Yuma coun- tvs prosperity, and that lies in the character of the people that have set tied and are settling on the public land within the county. They have come to stay and with determination to create homes. There is nothing that so much retards the development of a country as to have the lands fall into the hands of speculators. Hay ing no motive other than to make money for themselves with the least possible outlay, they wait idly by un- til the labor of others enhances the value of neighboring property, and consequently their own, and then sell Such men are parasites upon the growth of any country.
 The initial number of the Yuma Times made its appearance Wednes- day morning. The Times is to be published weekly by the Yuma Pub fishing Company and is under the editorial management of Eugene J. Trippel. The first issue of the Times presents very creditable appearance, geographically and otherwise. It pro- poses to aid the Sentinel in advertis- ing the resources of Yuma and Yuma county, in which work all citizens of this section are greatly interested.
 The reading room and library at the railroad bunk house, are a source of much enjoyment and benefit to the employees of the company. The ii- brary was started some years ago by our sheriff, M. J. Nugent, who at that time was in charge of the round-house Purchases and donations have given the railroad boys at Yuma good li- brary, which is monthly growing lar ger.
 Work will be commenced next week on the new supply and discharge pipes which are to be put into the railroad water-tanks near the hotel. The rev. pipes are much larger than those no,. in use and will be arranged in such a manner that there will be no difficulty in supplying the three reservoirs, which have a capacity of three hun dred thousand gallons.
 Walter Vail, the Pima county stock man, arrived here Sunday with train load of beef cattle for the Los Angeles market. He reports fifteen hundred stock cattle on the trail for Dick Gird's Chino ranch, and says they will drive them across the desert, thus saving the expense of railroad transportation.
 Donald Mcintyre, who is in charge of the railroad repair shops at this place, is said to be the llivst s sz t.s. 5 repairman in Arizona Alr McIhtsre las fonr assistan ts, who are kept busy attending ta work ian eazs, l4ieI is 1lFays carefully and ski l}fu1l IIDne Colonel Thomas Gates lag ' ioIsse of men st work on his gold 11ine, the Qafldns which is IocAted in the Giia city district The Caddo IS opening up a very wide pay streak and will un- fdoubtedty bessdeyeloped to 8 paying basis.
 Chris Homer and Gus Lee have their newly invented power in success ful operation, running four pumps, out at MT. Horner's ranch
 B. Martinez shipped several car load lots of beef cattle to Los Angeles from Hanlon's side track last Satur- day.
 Emeterio Baca, 9 convict from Apache county, was pardoned by Act ing Governor N. o. Murphy, last Mon day.
 The assessment work lately done on the Luz mine, Poorman's District opened up wide seam of high grade ore.
 The heaviest taxpayer in Yuma county is the Southern Pacific rail road company,
 Work on the Pot Hole placer mines 1 IS being pushed ahead with profitable results.