The herald., 1895-04-14
RAILROADS. KIND IHAhIlON
Old Dominion Copper Company
TO Start Globe Shelter
ODD FELLOWS HOME SIZE
Successful Organization OF Phoenix
Cavalry Company
Tucson and Casa Grsnde Competing for Odd
Fellows Home Site-Gov. Hughes
On a Junketing Trip
ODD FELLOWS HOME SITE


al to lease the city water works.
Railways across government reserva-
tions in Arizona the United States SUI
premc court has decided may be taxed.
The decision is against the Maricopa and
Phoenix, which appealed from the de-
cision of the supreme court OF Arizona.
Although the railroad owed Marico pa
county nearly $4,000 the board of super
visors compromised few weeks ago, 1t
is understood, for 5000. This ends an
important suit.
There is talk once again of the startin
of Il smelter in Prescott. Rumor has 1T
that matters will get down to business
basis this time and reduction rates for that
part of the country will be reality.
One of the largest boilers ever brought
to Prescott has arrived for the Venezia
Mining Company's property Crook
canyon. 1t weighs 10, 500 pounds.
The Union high school proposition car
ried by IA good majority at Mondays
election. Phoenix will thus join with
the neighboring school districts. instead
of maintaining high school exclusively
for herself. The school will be erected at
Phoenix and open probably this fall.
j. Ii, Slaughter of Tombstone is prepar-
ing to ship a train of cattle from San
Simon to Kansas.
L
up the mineral resources of Cochise
county. Photographs are to be taken and
the whole finally placed in pamphlet form.
This is the first work inauguIated by the
new immigration bureau. A building in
Tombstone is to be secured where VIII be
exhibited mineral and agricultural Specl-
mems of the county.
A citizens railroad meeting was held on
Saturday evening at Nogales to agitate
the north and south railroad. A COM
munlcation from f. NJ. Murphy, president
of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix
railroad. gave the body assurance that the
suggestion of the committee woald re-
ceive due consideration in the adoption
of definite plan by the company. The
Florence Commercial club gave assur-
ance of support in that section A move
ment was begun to organize Nogales bust
ness H. en- into n permanent body.
The Prescott Miner reports that al
though the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoe-
nix railroad has been in operation but
month already the produce market of
Phoenix begins to show signs of failing.
Prescott merchants complain that they
get chickens, butter and eggs as cheaply
from Kansas as from the Salt river valley.
l. II. Hay. for many years agent for
Wells Fargo 4 Co. at Guaymas, has taken
charge OF the company's office at Phoe-
nix.
Consul f. W. Roberts at Nogales est
mates that in the last three months 500
900 in Mexican money has been disburse
throughout Sonora which have been
crossed in that time into Arizona.
A large herd of cattle belonging to
Charles Baker is held in quarantine at
Yuma. He took 800 head OF feeders over
E. to California a Jew weeks ago. and now
desires to return them to Arizona The
crossing was refused by Veterinary Sur
geon Norton, as Texas fever had been rel
ported from the coast The. Southern
Pacific refused to accept T1e GaEtle as
freight, so Baker SWAIN tBeAas across tha
Colorado river, and warrant has beeM
issued for his arrest and the cattle wifi
be returned to California. The livestock
of the territory are exceptionally ire q
from disease. The export business is now.
immense. Eight hundred carloads Will
be shipped next month from the single
station of Del Rio, twenty miles north of
Prescott.
An inexhaustible flow of water is re-.
ported to have been struck on the ranch
If Il. d. George, Just north of Nogales.
OF will be devated to irrigating purposes
j. NJ Gregory. who has just returned
from Northern Arizona, believes that that
section will soon supply the rough lumber
demands of Southern Arizona. The draw
backs are the long hauls from the forests
to the mills and the amount of waste tim
bcr
The new railroad has made lime an
available product. Guy Bennett is operat-
and Ask Fork, from which tests are re-
ported to give 90 per cent of pure lime.
The kiln has capactmy of fifty barrels
daily.
It's reported that the Old Dominion
copper company will start UP the Globe
smelter about June LIST. The copper mines
in Graham county were never III more
satisfactory condition. There has been a
steady increase in the shipment of cop.
per. For the months of January and
February and March of this year ship
ments by the Arizona, and the Detroit
Copper companies were as follows:
Arizona Copper company-January.
S52, 331 pounds or All tons; February,
$50. s3l pounds or 430 tons; March, 1,16S,
723 pounds or 5S4 tons of copper 20, 9S3
pounds or 35 tons of copper matte.
!. Detroit Copper company = January,
500. $50 pounds or 100 TONS February,
595. $50 pounds or 29S tons; March. 453,
$50 pounds or 225 tons.
Architect Norton of this city is now
working on plans for three-story office
building to be erected on Second avenue
between Adams and Jefferson streets.
The board of supervisors at Prescott has
awarded to Bashord and Burmister the
contract to complete the wagon road from
the summit near Hassayampa to a con-
necton with the road from the Jersey
Lily mine the price being $4,000.
Captain Wickman has succeeded in or
ganizing cavalry company here. The
legislature having failed to appropriate
expense must be necessarily borne by the
individual members
Tucson and Casa Grande have each
made liberal offers OF building sites and
land for the contemplated Odd Fellows
home and it is probable that comm ittee
on location will be appointed by the
grand lodge now in session.
George j. Stoneman, son of the late
General Stoneman, has taken up his resi-
dence in Winslow, where he expects to
engage in the practice of law.
Glendale school district near Prescott
will shortly erect a $4,000 school house.
a fine residence of cut stone Will short
ly be commenced in Tucson for Adolph
Goldschmidt.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows at
Williams have elected the following Off
GERS; Grand master Il. P. Van Kuren
of Tucson; deputy grand master. A. IS.
Coon of Williams; grand warden, w. D.
Morton of Mesa City; grand secretary.
Judge Eb Williams of Nogal es; grand
treasurer. Lewis Williams of Bisbee rep.
resehtative to the sovereign grand lodge
n. A. Morford of Phoenix.
Governor Hughes has returned from
Yuma and Tucson and will accompany
this week the board of control in its
northern trip.
Both political parties are preparing for
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