The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-07-06

soon be plying between Sentinel and
the big property hauling ore.
On Tuesday of last week, Fred
Schaffler shot and killed James Rich
ards. The tragedy took place al
Schafflers, three miles north Of Phoenix.
Under the new South Gila canal, land
is constantly being taken up. mostly by
Arizona people. Thus far about 10000
acres have been taken up, an increase
for the past several weeks of 10000
acres. -
I The new depot of the Santa Fe,
Prescott & Phoenix railroad company
has Just been completed at Prescott at
q cost of $l2 900. The structure is one
of finest buildings of the kind in the
territory.
C. H. Fancher, general agent of the
land department of the A. & ?. rail-
road. recently filed list of selections
of land within the primary grant OF
the road In the land Office. covering
l,549 quarter sections.
1t is reported that another phe@
email strike has been made in the
Harqua Halas AT depth of $50 feet,
Il two-foot vein has been found,
showing a test of $1,000. The strike
has been made by the Quinn Bros.
Merchants are protesting strongly
now on the new licenses, to go into
efftct July /. Some protest that the
smaller businesses are made to pay
much more in proportion to business
done than the big concerns. Tucson
| Citizen.
Old timers say that the Gila river
was dry in June in 1868, and that in
July of that year the best rainy season
known began. The first crop of corn
ever planted IN this valley was raised
that year by Capt. Hines, suttlcr at old
Fort Goodwin, without irrigation.
Bulletin.
The Yuma Times sayss Work will
soon be commenced on the big dam on
the Bill Williams Fork below Signal.
for the use of employees have been
erected. aud the rock work will soon
begin. Bedrock is % feet from the
surface. and the foundation of the dam
will be laid on it in cement. A strong
eastern syndicate is backing the con-
Germ"
Hay will average well with last years
crop. The first cutting fell a little
short, but the second moving, now
nearly ripe, will bring up the total to
1892 figures, Arizola, the new town
east of Casa Grands, enters the hay
market this season with about 1850 !
tons of alfalfa. This, however, will |
have no appreciable effect on ultimate
shipments from Salt River valley.
Gazette,
Last week Surveyor-General Man
ming let surveying contracts as follows:
Francis w. Curry, for the survey of
about 100, 900 acres on the Atlantic and
Pacific railway lands in northern Ari-
zPna. James Il, Martineau, 5000
acres in Maricopa county, and 1880
IN the Rincon mountains Alfred l..
Trippel, 5000 acres in Graham and
Cochise counties. The total cost of
these surveys aggregate $4,000.
Lieut. johnson, acting Indian agent
1T Fort Apache, has been placed under
arrest by Indian inspeetor Gadriner,
ior the illegal appropriation of Indian
cattle. 1t would appear from this that
he damaging reports against this of
icial, for unwarranted conduct toward
,attlemen, were made on good grounds.
The squaw men Of the reservation are
to be at the bottom Of it.. If I
guilty, swift punishment should be his
OF, and he will have but few sympa-
.hizers among the cattlemen of that
The Courier of the 1st Instant says.
"A telegram was received at the Sher-
frs office from Phoenix yesterday,
tating that Sam Gray was in jail there
or Shooting and killing old man Fry,
II the foot of Black Canyon hill, near
3umbie Bee. Gray, after the killing, |
vent to Phoenix and gave himself up.
The men were partners in a station,
Joseph NJ. Fry was keeping a station in
he Bundle Bee neighborhood, and he |
nay be the man. AS the killing was |
lono in this county, the prisoner will,
Il course, hpve to be brouget to Pres
OFT. The killing took place Wednes.
lay last, occurred just six miles from 7
he place where Whitaker killed his |
pan with q shovel" "''., {