Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-04-28

are green and thrifty.
Knox Corbett's ue,v lumber yard vill
have switch soon, for convenience 10
unloading lumber. Mr.. Corbstt pays
the expenses thereto.
A Denver national building ard loan
association agent recently negotiated
loa s for $500 to put in new buildings
10 this city.
Elsewhere appears the program of ;he
gregational church this evening. This
event should not be missed by lovers of
good music.
On account OF the repairs that the
city hall is undergoing the public
library will not be open for visitors or
the exchange of books till Monday
evening April %.
The Jail population has been reduced
to twenty-nine prisoners. Fourteen
were let out In one batch, day or two
ago, by the federal grand jury.
Work will be started on a store build
ing for B. G. Britchta, in the north end
of town, in few days.
Hattie Gordon (colored) will be up
tomorrow before Judge Culver fer SEN
tence, for using vulgar language 10 wo-
men and children.
Hay farming is profitable this year.
Owing to drouth in California ray in
Los Angeles is reported now bringing
SIG ton. II is being shipped in large
quantities from Arizona.
The outlook for rain is good. The
rain for the season is seventy hun
dredths behind the average. The aver
age for April is twenty-one hundredths
Of an inch.
One drawback of the upper Santa
Cruz canal was that there was no rail-
road outlet for products. In the event
of the north and south road going via
Tucson and Nogales the whole valley
will be traversed.
Railroad men "chipped in" recently,
and now have fine little bridge over
the arroyo east of the railroad station.
1t crosses the arroyo between the shops
8nd the houses to the east OF the track.
1t is greet convenience.
Tax sales closed today, and from this
date taxpayers will have to pay q
penalty of 80 per cent in addition to
taxes to redeem their property, whether
sold TO individuals or the territory. The
total receipts from sales and taxes 2aid
since the sales began is $4,000. Sales
today were from M to u.
Bisbee is prosperous, says Line Rider
Sam Finley, in from there. The bullion
Is not being shipped OF late and big
stacks of it are being piled. Shipments
OF bullion will be Instituted shortly,
however. Some Mormon freighters, re-
siding at St. Davids, have taken the
contract to freight the bullion from Fair
banks to Benson. They will return
loaded with lumber. Coke will be ship
ped by rail to Fairbanks.
Fort Lowell is sgaip 10 a considera-
bic extent inhabited, but not by people
who bring $4,000 a mouth to the city.
The ranchers of tie Rillito valley oc-
cupy the old officers quarters, all but
tao of the old officers quarters beng
occupied. By being occupied the build
legs are kept in better repair than would
otherwise be possible.
At the ella Bend dam the work CT
increasing the capacity of the reservoir
l. being done in an excellent manner,
says Pot Guliey, just returned from
there. The work could not be done
better. The reconstruction has been 10
progress for the past four months and
viii be finished ID another thirty days
The water will then be turned 10 the
canal and ranching along the fine valley
there instituted.
With a road projected to Nogales
across country from Orc Blapco it be-
10 yes Tucson to save all steps from
thst thriving mining country this way.
4 road can be built from Arivaca this
way, through the Sierritas, by working
four or five miles, that would shorten
the route to Tucson fifteen miles. And
II would not be a billy road either.
TIE present is Go miles. By the cutoff
proposed the distance would be made
fifty miles.
The experimental run at the Saginaw
is reported TO have been satisfactory.
The cleanup has been made and the
bullion shipped. Returns are expected
in about eight days. Consider able
before the old pump could be reached
and put to work. The Saginaw ie
gold property, and an iunense body of
ore. Should the camp be reopened 1t
would be an important feeder to Tue
son.
The Risbee road from Fairbank to
Benson is reported to have taken on
new aspect. 1t is told from pretty
straight sources that the Bisbee people
8ill purchase the track Of the New
Mexico & Atlantic road from Cslabasas
10 Benson. This change will save any
OF rival line to Benson. The
change, if made, would probably mean
that the Santa Fe will get their freight
through direct to Guaymas on their
own north and south road from the
& Pacific, via Prescott, Phoenix,
Tucson and Nogales. Bond legislation
is understood to be still in force favor
able to road north and south from
Tucson.
Elsewhere appears what Charles Hoff
has to say of Benson's fight for the Co.
chise county seat. Scott White sheriff
Of Cochlse, is in the city. He SAYS
that Benson probably has q good
chance now, but that it has not many
energetic men VINO would push tie cleo
ton through. A two-thirds majority is
and that be does not think the
railroad town can get. He says Will
cox would not give any two thirds vote
for the change. Tom beto0e, with 200
votes at present. would go sohdly a.
ganist the change. Bisbee, ever anlago-
nistic TO Tom bstone, he thinks would
GO for Benson. And Benson would be
for Benson. The fight will be a strong
one.