Arizona republican., 1892-07-24
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 will the so-called receivers divide the pot.
 On to Satton Sea rushes the mighty waters of the great Colorado river.
 One day during the flood Char lie Theison, an old trapper and prospector from Yuma, was seen, by the aid of s glass, with his boat stuck fast in the mud, as the water Tn the lake was only two inches deep. Charlie worked and tugged but no use. He stopped to take drink of water and
 found it salter than the sea. At once he knew that he must make for the railroad, which he found was eight miles away. On he went through the soft mud and aikali soil in which he sank at every step nearly to his knees, until he reached friends near the fall' read nearly exhausted. Alter resting a | httie he made his way 10 Salton.
 Theison left Yuma two months ago | for the Lower Colorado. The middle ol June he started for Yuma via New River, Lake Julullu, the Padrones, Garter and Colorado rivers, coming up | of that stream and passed up to Black | Butte, where the water instead of run ming southeast to the gulf, turns and runs northwest across the great level valley towards Salton.
 The great overflow of last year cut two channels, as found by Engineers ! Hawgood and Swaine of the Southern Pacihc company during their investi- gations of the Saiton flood. J. $. Carter, who was out 10 Indian Wells only few days ago, says that great basin was rapidly filling with water and that the water had been run ming over the divide tor two months, and also that on the 8th and 9th inst. the water fell three feet all over the overhowed country near his ranch, which Is at the divide. Col. D. K. Allen who spent many months in 6 careful examination and survey oi ali the coun- try from Hali Hanton's west to the Sierre Madre above the divide and the National boundary line, which crosses It, is of the same opinion.
 What the future will bo no one can tell. All depends upon the depth ol the channel at the divide. 1 am told by Col. Allen that the top ot the divide Is more than hundred feet lower than the surface of the river at the crevIce in the Colorado river, which gives the water more than two feet fall 10 the mile. Ii the channel cuts out deep enough Il can drain all the water off from the basins from Alamo and Indian Wells, besides what the Colorado sup plies daily, which is estimated to be more thae one-hali Of it's entire volume.
 The Colorado will take it's old channel and the water will all run off to the west until the great basins are all filled, then as before it will seek it's way 10 the gulf by the way of New river and gradually the bar will again form across the north ern portion of the valley and shut Sal ton of as before. The water will evap- crate ond it will again become salt marsh as it was before the channel was cut through the narrow divide last year. But should bar, which is possible, form across the Caster river and turn the bulk of the water into the Colorado, then Salton will only get well soaked and the water will soon be gone. This will probably be the result of the pres ent overflow into the ancient sea at Salton.
 Last Sunday the stars and stripes on the flagstaff at the territorial prison was placed at half mast on account of the death of an Apache Indian, while serving a sentence of seven years. l. is probably the first time the old ban ner was ever lowered 10 do honor to one of those bloodthirsty wretches, whose trails are darkened with the stains of blood of the hundreds of white men, women and children whom they have murdered in cold blood. Would the Kid not laugh to see the flag thus thrown to the breeze in honor of one of his kind?
 Ice cream festivals, tomales, feasts, and moonlight boat rides on the little steamer Electric, on the beautiful lake adjoining town, are the pastimes of our people, old and young, these sum mer evenings.
 Superintendent of Prison McInernay is so as to he out on the streets.
 Dr. r. C.. Cotter is holding things things down generally. He has charge of the territorial prison sick, those of the Indian school, during Dr. W. T. Hefernan's absence ut the sea-eoast. He also has charge of the county's sick, and it is said will have charge of the new Catholic hospital.
 Dr. J. N. Taggart has been very much better during the week.
 The board of supervisors have been very busy since the list inst. raising the assessors values of property in the 
 Judge Ira Mabbett has gone to the eeashOre for few dave.
 Rev. J. A. Crouch has done most ex- celtent work in building new M. E. church, and is taking rest.