Mesa free press., 1894-12-14

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which have been put down there as
we'll as many wells that have been
sunk. The most striking discovery
OF strong underground flow of wafer
was made the other day by the dredg-
ers excavating in the Consolidated
canal. At a depth Of about thirty
feet they struck what appeared to be
an old river channel, when a heavy
flow of water burst forth. So strong
is this stream that it supplies ample
for operating the two monster dredg-
iers their stupendous work.
W S. johnson, the pioneer nursery
man of Mesa, comes to the front this
year with an immense stock of home
grown fruit trees and shade and Or
namental trees. He also has a large
stock Of roses and towering plants and
shrubs. There ought to be a general
forward movement in tree planting on.
the Mesa this year aud it is necessary
to secure healthy and thrifty trees.
This you can do by giving your order
to the pioneer nursery, where you eau
also get all kinds of shade aud orna-
mental trees, shrubs, Towering plants,
and roses in endless variety.
4 new strike is reported from the
Treasure Vault mine near the Pome-
roy mill above Goldfe!d. An i'm
mense body of high grade ore has
been uncovered near the surface. J.
S., Hyrum aud Jed. Peterson each
own an interest in this mine and they
have leased Pomeroy's five stamp mill
and started up Tuesday. The dirt
upon the surface OF the Treasure
Vault pans ont from SIS to $i2 per ton
in gold. If the ore body holds out,
this will show up as one of the bo
naozas of the camp.
The captains" over among the
Maricopas and Pimas on the Salt |
River are clammoring for the govern
meut to give them plows and teams,
aud build canals so that they can en-
large their farming operations. Many
OF these Indians are industrious and
even by their primitive methods they
raise large quantities OF grain.
The beauties Of our semi-tropic
climate are exemplified in many ways
during the winter time. A striking
illustration of this may be seen out on
the McKen lie ranch, northeast of
town, which is a large fig tree literally
loaded with figs io all stages of de-
from the newly formed to
the ripe ones.
Mrs Fitch and Mrs. M. Sparks are
now in charge Of the Mesa Restaurant
having succeeded Frank Pomeroy.
They have renovated the entire es-
tablishment. and are supplying their
tables with the very best the market
affords. They are experien ced res
and are determined 10
give, satisfaction to their. patrons.
Mesa Lodge I. O. o. F. has conclu-
led to have a public installation of
officer. The installation will take
place on the night Of the second Sat-
urday in January and will be follow
Ed by sumptuous collation.. Dele
cations will be present from Phoenix
and Tempe.
Rev. Mr.. Bell of Rivera, California,
preached Sunday and Sunday evening
ia the Baptist church. He is an elo-
quent, earnest and impressive speaker
and genial gentleman, and made
many friends during his stay in town
this week. 1t is possible that he will
be located here.
The city council Of the newly in
city of Tempe is over
whelmed with applications for fran
ch;ses for electric lights, water works.
street paving and cement walk propo-
sitions, etc. This looks like business.
Mesa needs to get her working clothes
on.
A gentle, warm rain set in again
about midnight Tuesday night and
continued the remainder of the
night, a greater portion of yester-