Arizona republican., 1896-12-19

We have seen samples or the sugar produced by the Eddy factory that are
 .996 pure. This will be run through | the refinery again and the six one | thousandth part of impurities taken bout. The sample as it is is far better
 than a great deal of the sugar sent out by the trust factories. We under
 stand that Joyce Fruit &, Go. have or
 dered a carload of this sugar to be
 shipped as soon as the company is
 ready to send it -out.-Roswell Record.
 The suggestion or recommendation
 of D. w. Smith of New York, to es-
 tablish an irrigation court akin to
 that of the court of private land claims
 has merit AS the irrigation interest
 of the country will soon require the
 entire attention of court confined in
 it's jurisdiction to questions arising un-
 der irrigation laws, why not enlarge the jurisdiction of the court of private land claims to include this subject and
 make the court perpetual ?-Tucson Star.
 The Sonora railway will increase it's track force as fast as men can be se- cured. It needs 100 track men at once.
 About 5OO,0O0 new ties will be put into
 the track as fast as possible, and steel } tie plates are being put under the rails
 at the rate of 5000 per month. They ], are first being put in upon curves and other exposed places, but will be ex- . tended as rapidly as possible until { every tie in the track of the entire main line is protected by one under each rail-
 What might have proven a serious ? disaster was averted Thursday by the coolness of J. c. Abbott of Connecti- cut. MT. Abbott was driving on Grand :: avenue, accompanied by Mrs. Colbert , Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Spears. A
 passing train frightened the horses causing a runaway. One of the whif- fietrees broke and two of the ladies ! becoming frightened jumped from the . vehicle, fortunately without injury f MT. Abbott clung to the lines and sue, Q ceeded in quieting the team.
 Clerk Foster of the board of super. . visors is very busy making out claims against the government for the prose cution of Indians. The claim was or f iginally made out over year age '. and sent to Washington, but was re , turned with instructions to itemize tht . accounts. The claim is for $2,589 anC f runs from March, 1889, to June, 1893
 In 1889 law was passed to the effec
 that the government would reimburs
 all counties for the expense incurred
 in prosecuting Indian malefactors. . The chamber of commerce exhibit i f really an excellent one and for tn f past week Secretary Bruce Perley ha d been kept very busy answering tn c numerous questions of visitors Al
 who are not familiar with the re
 sources of the valley are greatly sur . prised at seeing the evidences of wha ;, can be produced here The orang
 display, embracing nearly every va = riety is especially attractive and tn :. exhibit of dates grown in the valley 'a also the subject of much comment. II The California delegation to the 1T
 rigation congress will leave this morn
 ing in their private car for the retur 's s trip. The delegation was unanimou $ in saying that most enjoyable tim u was passed during the stay of tn party, and that they feel grateful t ' !, the citizens of Phoenix for their un u stinted hospitality. The delegatio ls consists of c. c. Wright, c. M. Heint, ~ H. F. Gardner, W. F. Burbank, w. $ io Creighton, c. Briscoe, Nathan Col,
 IT,, George H. Maxwell, T. S. Va y Dyke, Dr. Dodge and C. D. Booth. '' In speaking of the Fucker reservoi Il site, the Bisbee Orb says that a strea1 o' of water runs there the year around y and with the building of storage res 10 ervoir thousands of acres of the Su ID phur Spring valley could be irrigated pe p The bluffs coming down on either sid oi afford an excellent place for a dan 50 and plenty of stone could be obtaine
 from the bluffs for building the dan "a Bedrock has been struck at depth D. only thirty feet. A dam 120 feet hig j., would hold a body of water a mile an ez a quarter long and three-fourths of m mile wide.
 as n An excited individual called at polit ,e headquarters Thursday night ar TO stated that robbers were attempting o- force an entrance into his room "a College place. An officer returnt
 with him, but no signs of burgla . were found. Later ill the night u >> lodgers were aroused by a distur l$ ance- Upon investigation the gentl : man who was afraid of burglars w \ found to have thrown his grip al : belongings out of the window and fc z lowed the outfit himself He was u