Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

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from trip up to Yavapai county and
brought with him some of the apples
raised in the orchards of that section.
Some left at this Office of the Ben Da-
Wis variety were grown in the young
ten acre orchard of Curwagon and
Haskell at the foot of the mountains
below Jerome and measured twelve by
sixteen inches and of fine aroma. Fiji
ty apples were.sent from this orchard
to the Midwinter Fair, each apple
weighing one and half pounds. Fiji
ty dollars were offered for these apples.
Two hundred and fifty barrels af APP
Piles were sold from this orchard at
ten cents per pound. Fred also bro't
some cabbage raised on the same
ranch. the largest head of which weld
twenty -four pounds. That country is
coming to the front as vegetable and
apple producer.
DR.. Rice and r. v. Hodge, of Chi
cago. who are camping at Fort Nc
Dowell, were in town on Monday and
Tuesday. They are here for their
health and have been at the old fort
on the Verde for three months They
had visited all the noted health re-
sorts of California before coming here,
and DR.. Rich had sojourned for time
at Honolulu, in search of relief from
incipient pulmonary trouble, but they
FOUND no relief until they pitched
their tent beneath the genial skies of
our foothills. They are both rapidly
regaining their health and their en-
thusiasm for Arizona increases with
returning health. Or. Rich was a
practicing physician of Chicago and
Mr.. Hodge held position in loan
savings bank of that city.
Reavis, the pioneer of the Super
stition, was in town this week with an
invoice of fine cabbage from his
mountain home. The old man is
rather picturesque in appearance, with
his hair and whiskers unshorn and
unkept for forty years; yet he is we'll
informed and strangers passing his
home are treated to the most generous
hospitality. Like many other pio-
neers, the old man dislikes the en-
cioaehments of settlement and civil
cation.
The new dredger of the Consolidat-
ed Canal Co. is monster affair. The
boa. that carries the dredger is 46 by
80 feet. The engine is 65-horse pow
er and the machinery 640- horse power
The dredger will make a cut of Is
feet and the canal will be As feet on
the bottom. The engine steamed up
Tuesday to aid in raising some CT the
heavy machinery in place. It is ex-
pected that work on the canal will be
commenced about the first of the year,
Over $4,000 have been expended
in the construction of brick business
houses IN this city during the past
summer. Besides this there have been
several wooden business houses built
and large number of brick and wood
en- residences. Our city has been
moving along Notwithstanding the
strlngency of the times.
Several carloads of pipe have been
transported to the Mammoth mine
during the past two weeks. The own
ers of the Mammoth have struck an
abundant supply of water about two
miles from the mine and the pipe is
being laid to conduct it down.
A number of Denver capitalists
were in town the past week taking a
look at our Incompatible section. 1t
is needless to say that they were
charmed with the Imperial Mesa. 1t
is their intention to return when they
will probably invest.
The Tennessee Jubilee singers gave
an entertainment IN Social Hall last
Thursday night to fair audience.
The singing and dancing were fair to
middling while the acting was good
for an itinerant combination.
The last of the machinery for the
mammoth dredper of the CONSOLIDATE