Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-14

into town yesterday afternoon, Ian
Hunsaker, who was driving, stopped
his team to stop a runaway horse and
just as he left his team it started on
the run, came. with all speed down
main street until it collided with the
posts in front of Vernon 4 Sprays
Office. The double and whipple trees
were broken and the harness damaged.
When the collision occur ed the horses
broke away from the stage and ran
down for a block or two where they
were caught.
A German syndicate is now CORES
ponding with some of our citizens
with view to investing largely in the
mines of Goldfeld. The parties here
sent off the latter part of last week
collection of samples Of ore to Ger
many and an expert Is expected here
shortly from the syndicate to take a
look at the situation. The Supersti-
ton mines are coming to the front
slowly but surely. AS we said year
ago, this is destined to be the best
mining camp in the territory.
There are about $4,000 acres of land
in the Yuma Indian Reservation.
Giving each one of the 1.160 Indians
ten acres, there will be S3, 400 acres
left to be sold. With water this land
is we'll worth $50 per acre, which will
give 81, $4,000 to be devoted to the
Indians, which will furnish them
with teams, cattle, horses and agricul-
tural implements, seed and everything
necessary for hem.-Sentinel.
The crane for the dredger passed
through town, Monday, drawn by
eighteen heavy draught horses. I. is
eighty feet long and monster affair
Work on the dredger is progressing
rapidly and will be ready to steam up
early in January. Dr. Chandler is
pushing things in the way OF water
development and water distribution.
Miss Lottie Corprin, sister of Mrs.
J. u. Peterson, arrived last Saturday
from Minneapolis. She will spend
the winter here. She was passenger
on the train which was wrecked near
Lordsburg last week. and although
the car she was in rolled completely
over, she was fortunate enough to es-
cape unhurt.
w. Fl. Wallace has been for some
weeks busily engaged clearing up the
splendid half section belonging to his
brother northeast of town. During
the coming spring large area will
be planted to fruit trees while the bal
ance of the tract will be sown to
grain.
w. H. Wallace contemplates pla Mt
ing quite a large fruit orchard on his
fine half section east of town the COM
ing spring. He has fine tract of
LAND and will, in the not long future,
have one of the fine homes of the val
ley.
The City Marshal has been engaged
in good work during the past week;
that is, in putting down culverts over
the crossings Of the bitches. They are
neat, wide and substantial and pedes-
trians will not be under the necessity
of jumping bitches.
The north and south road is push
ing this way rapidly. We will shortly
be able to ride to Prescott in Palace
Car, and the new road will give us
competing rates on all our products.
In buying your shade trees be sure
you don't buy wild umbrellas. Mesa
Nursery Co., has true Texas Umbrella
trees that speak for themselves. See
them at the home nursery.
Will Kimball. Arley Stapley, Ed
Jones and a number of other of our
citizens went to Tucson last night as
witnesses In the Iewkesbury case.
The entertainment for the benefit
of the L. D. S. Sunday School, has
been postponed until the Goth inst.
The Phoenix Republican has dis