Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-19


 telegraph IS ore of the oldest and IupOr
 tart fields for the employment of cop
 per and It's demand to replace steel wire
 Is constantly groe ng. Truly t1ere if
 DO br.Dch of toe miniug ipdu try with a
 brighter future or offering a more pro.
 titabie field for the investment of capital
 than copper.-Proepeoto
 The Randsbury mining district is
 sItuated m the extreme eastern portion
 of Kern county, Cal. on what has been
 known for years Is the 1ohsve desert. To resct the town of Rsndsburg from Los Angeles you can take either the
 Southern Pacific or the Atlantic &
 Pacific railway. By the former route
 you reach Mohsve at p. m. and take
 the Rsndsburg daIy stage from that
 point at 8:30 8. m. the following morn.
 ing, covering the distance Of fifty one
 miles in eight hours. There are a num-
 Der of watering places along the road at
 short intervaIs, the fret station is six miles from Mohave, s secc Dd watering place lIes ten miles further to the north. At Cam Springs there Is a five-stamp ?
 mill operated by Charles Koehu, and
 at Mesquite Springs another fve-stamp
 mill. At Gsrlock's there is third mill
 now running five stamps which will be
 moved to RowlHnd's mill cite and the
 capacity dou bled, if the prospecting for
 water now under way at the latter place
 proves successful. On the Atlantic & | Pacific route you take the stage at
 Kramer station, thirty-elght miles east
 of Mohave. The stage leaves Kramer at
 6 a. m. every morning and arrives ct Rsndsbury at 10:45 m. The distance
 IS twenty-six ard half miles, and two
 stages run each way daily. A water
 station is now being built at halfway point.
 \ grizzled old miner yesterday pre-
 scented Rspu blican reporter with a | tiece of soap. Tbe gift was not meant
 as an insInuation, for in the kindly csre>
 scanned countensnce one read only the | most honest motives. The soap was a | specimen of peculiar mineral product
 of Cave Creek that has before attracted | 4ttentioo, but the invest, gstion of wbich has never been industriously pursued. | Near the junction of the Black canyon road and the Aeus Fria, this soap-bear- ! ing rock lies Tn large upheavale, having been forced to the surfacs from the eeep- | age. Its quality was first discovered | twenty years ego, says "Old Rackensack," ! the donor of the specimen, but the man who found it never learned 8 practical process of extracting the oil. "Old Rackensack" thinks this could te read- | fly done and that capital could make a | paying investment in Arizons soap. There Is a mIue of It there waiting for development The rock is soft and oily, and applied in its crude state the soap is quite satisfactory ss dirt eliminator. | "Old RackeUsack" h ss found fortunes for many men. He was the discoverer of | the Rackenssck mine in Gold Hiil, and also the Red Rover. His earlier pros- pecting days were passed in Colorado, | and though his most vigorous years have been spent in the search for natur- | al wealth he is still living on eternal hope and the lowly prospectors frugal lfare.-Republican.
 All the officials of the Gils Valley, Globe and Northern Railway were here Tuesday for the purpose of holding @ Directors meeting. They were Presi- dent Wm. Garland, Vice. President E. A. Gutter, Secretary A. c. Laird, and Auditor R. Jones, also MT. Burnett,
 lawyer from Los Angeles. When seen by the Bulletin, President Garland said the meeting here had no significance. He had co late news from the Indians on the reservation as to the probable outcome of negotiation for a right Of way through their domain. As soon as this consent is given the road will be built on to Globe. MT. Garland stated also that which will be welcome news to SolomonvIlle, being a declara- tion of the intention of his company, ss soon as practicable to change his line at this point so ss to run into and have depot ip Solomonville.- "Ir is really most dlsRraceful habit" said Mayor Monihon, "snd ] am going
 to do what ran to stop the nuisance" The mayor was referring to the filthy
 habit of expectoratinR tobacco juice on
 the sidewalks. "A stranger walking on
 Washington street." be continued, ''can-
 not help notice the tobacco stains every
 few feet. It. Is 8 Inost disgusting habit ard shocking to 6 person of refined sen- sibilitiee. It is just as easy for person to step on the curb and expectorate on
 the street. The sidewalks oD Washing
 ton street are none too clean, anyway, and the sbomiDabis practice only ex-
 ageerates their uncleauly appearance."- Republican.
 A strange dog, unacqusinted with city life, forced his way into H. O.
 Hitchcock's drug store last Tuesday, doubtless in search of his master. The
 door closed after h.m with a bang, when the frightened brute plunged through one of the show windows, breaking the big show globe which
 stood in the center and deluging the Christmas goods with the chemical solution which filled the globe. The damage amounted to S35 or S40.-Silver Belt.
 We understand that a movement IS now on foot to establish, somewhere in the valley Cooperative mercantile institution and Touring mill. The scheme is being sgitated by the farmers, and we have been assured that 1t will go through. Those with whom we have talked say that It is absolutely necessary tbat the farmers of this valley Lave in- stitutions of this klpd.-Guardisn. A habit that is traught with danger to life and limb is that of carrying a small child on an ImprovIsed seat in front of cicycle. There are several people in the city who take their chil- dren riding in this way. Some day serious accident will happen and the habit will be GIscoutinued-fora tIme.- Republican.
 There was joy in the Solomon house. hold Tuesday evening when a dispatch was received from Phoenix announcing that Mrs. Dave Goldberg, nee Rose [ Solomon, had given birth to a fine boy. Grandpa Solomon set 'em up to all corners and telegraphed his son-in-law
 to name the boy McKinley.-Bulletin
 President Willism Garland, of the Gila Valley railroad. was at Geronimo last week looking after the business of his road. His company advertlses in
 the Bulleten this week for bids on 4OO,- | 900 pounds of corn delivered on board