The oasis., 1895-12-07
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Fort Grant nine, Thanksgiving Day, by a score of 2l to l.
 A large number of men have gone from Bisbee to Nacosari during the past week and have been put to work on the new shelter.
 The P. T. & NJ. track is steadily be- ing ballasted and made ready for busi- ness. In few days the first regular train will begin it's daily run between Mesa and the territorial capital.
 |. E. D. Zundel, one Of the sub stantial farmers of the Gila valley. says he dug from his sweet potato patch this fall one potato that weighed fifteen pounds and that from two hills he got sixty-seven pounds of potatoes.
 Jesse R. Grant of NcgaleS, Christo- pher N. Layton of Thatcher, Graham county, and Jesse N. Smith of Snow flake, Apache county, have been chosen by the governor as delegates to the next session of the irrigation con- gress.
 At Globe. last week, Josie Murphy and Helen Curnow were poisoned from eating the seeds of the bird of para disc flower. A physician was called and administered the necessary anti dote and the little misses are slowly recovering.
 Wells, Fargo & Co., have announced their intention to withdraw their service from the Bowie and Globe rail- road. This action on part of the ex- press company is said to be due to a raise in transportation charges on part of the railroad company.
 Last week E. A. Packard started from Hereford, Cochise county about 5000 head of cattle which he will drive overland to Phenix one half of that number will be put on pasture in the Salt River valley and the balance will be taken to Montana and put on pasture there.
 At William, Thanksgiving day, Ting and Mon Coon, partners in a Japanese restaurant got into a quar- rel which led to the use of knives. Ting was badly cut about the head by a number of serious wounds. It is not thought possible that YiGg can live, Coon may die, as both fought vicious ly and were stabbed a number of times The quarrel was over business mat ters.
 The Arizona Improvement company sold last week, some of their Salt River valley oranges to Jeyne K Co.,. the leading gFOcers of Chicago at S7.O0 per box and now have telegraphed order for seventy boxes more. This is double the price of any oranges on the Chicago market and they are retailed S1.50 a dozen. These prices are signi- ficant and sufficiently sustain the re- putatiOn oranges of the valley have both for quality and early ripening.
 The Albuquerque Citizen reports Messrs. l.. Trauer and II. K. Campbell, representing the Arizona Land X Stock Company, as selling to Alejan dro Sandoval, a wealthy New Mexico stockman, 3,000 head of fine Arizona ewes and complement of fine bucks, the delivery of which has been made. They also disposed of number of fine French Merino bucks to local sheep men around Albuquerque, who are desirous of increasing of their wool clip.
 A Williams ordinance establishing town licenses, fixes the amounts as follows: Saloon license Sl20 a year. payable quarterly; gambling $50 per annum for each game or table; drayS single horse S5 year; two horses BIO: butchers, SlO per quarter: fakers' license SlOO year: drummers' trayeling for retail houses or agents, $50 per year; parties engaged in bicycle bus- ness, S25 per year, payable quarterly; wholesale liquor dealer, 500; beer bot tling works, $50.
 J. B. Parks, foreman for McKittrick made very curious discovery at the top of the highest peak in the Dos Cabezas mountains last Saturday. As Mir Parks and another man were lead ing their horses over the summit of the mountains they saw a stream issuing from a hole in the rock, on closer observation found cavern lead inU down into the infprinr of fha