The oasis., 1894-08-09
ADDITIONAL ARIZONA ITEMS

A udtl lo Otlhcu Ol lo Dt pldCCu III the Grand canyon near Yavapai Sum- nit, on the boundary between Yaya- pal and Coconino counties. The water pumped to this summit will run by gravitation to any part of the terri tory. A steel frame work will be laid in the canyon as a foundation, and against this frame work massive bOul- ders will be shot down from the cliffs above. Inlthis manner a dam to the height of 300 feet will be formed, and below the fall thus made massive pumps driven by turbines will be placed. The turbines will also run electric generators, and the power will be conveyed along the pipe lines to the relief stations.
 The late floods along the San Pedro brought forth another of the prehis- toric urns found to some extent there containing human bones and ashes The urn was buried, and partly reveal ed by the washing away of the soil. It is about the size of an olla, but bulges more at the bottom. The vessel is ir- regular in shape. It was full of the ashes and bones. MT. HOlbrook, of Tucson, was the finder He will bring the urn in few days. An au- thority on such matters says the San Pedro was in prehistoric times dense ly populated.
 A quartette of hula-hula dancers scandalized Prescott one night last week. They were jailed After in- generation day or so they asked to be taken before Judge Ling, where they plead guilty and were fined sl5 each. They paid all but slO and were released, the head dancer being held responsible for the slO and allowed ten days time to pay it. She is reported to have said that the fines paid by her built the Denver jail, and it was but a small task to build jail for a one-hOrse town like Prescott.
 J. K. Gibbons, an eastern mining ex- pert, with two assistants, has located claim in Canyon del Orc and will ex- pertinent as to what can be done in the way of dry washing in the placer mines in that section. If successful in the dry wash process-and Mir Gib- bons thinks there is no doubt of that "a sufficient force will be put in the diggings to make the investment pay. The placers are said to be quite exten- sive and the dirt bears well.
 One of the results of the strike has been the Reorganization of the Win slow Athletic club, lately formed, four of the directors and many of the mem- bers having been forced to leave town insearch of employment. An effort will be made to re-establish the club on proper basis, and as soon as this is done the hall will be fitted up with the athletic appliances, which arrived | few days ago from Chicago.
 At Globe J. W. Ransom sustained painful injury on Wednesday night. After Ire had retired, he got up and went into the store for something and | stepped on steel pen, which pierced | the ball of his right foot and broke off, the points remaining embedded in the flesh close to the bone Dr. Fox was called and cut the pieces of steel out. The wound is still quite painful
 Rafael B. Martinez is another of our farmers who has turned his attention to the cultivation of tobacco. On his ranch near old Fort Lowell he has one of the finest crops in this vicinity. The tobacco is of excellent quality and delicious fragrance. He has brought to town some samples which