Arizona republican., 1896-05-14
THE CROPPING SEASON Preparing for a Time of
 Activity. Shipments of Fruit Will Soon
 Commence. How the Region About Glendale Will Contribute to the
 Yield.

GLEWNDALE, ATlZ., N1dy 1o.(optCldd Correspondence of The Republ ican.)- This month and part of next ship ments from hh[s point are likely ito break all previous records. Besides the regular shipments of hay, grain, stock, etc., the balance of the Alkire cattle will be shipped and dozen cars or so of apricots. Sullivan and Mills are negotiating the purchase of about 5000 head of cattle besides those they have already bought for shipment to their Kansas pastures.
 An immense amount of hay is being baled in this section. Creighton Bros. and Carr's steam bader are at work near here and GilCett is running two balers with jobs ahead for a month to come. This would seem to presage a glut tn ltlhe hay market, but for the fact that large quantities are being shipped out. On an average of ten cars are shipped every week and the prospects are that the market will con- tinue firm.
 Shipments of apricots from the I'm provement orchard will commence Sat urday. Picking will begin Friday morning. The protracted cool wealth
 
 ing as fast as expected and also re- tarded its growth. Weather Observer Shultz reports last nights tempera- ture at 60 degrees, the highest so far this spring MT. Eastwood, who will Super[ntend the packing and shipping of the fruit, assisted by C. Utting, are busy engaging hands and completing arrangements in readiness for begin ming operations promptly when the fruit is ripe enough. A car of box ma- terial lis expected Ito arrive on any train and Manager Brady of the Santa Fe refrigerator line is expected to ar rive about Saturday to look after his end of the business.
 Brigham and Hicks expect to shin a trainload of cattle from here some time next week.
 Lloyd Christy drove up from Phoenix today on business.
 A. Humphreys and B. E. Chute re- turned yesterday from a prospecting trip in the hills north of here, where the former has some promising claims Johnny Williams, who is interested tn the claims, will leave tomorrow with an outfit to develop them.
 Geo. Hudson has caught the infection peculiar to prospectors and will leave in a few days for the north with his trio of mustcal iburros.
 The Odd Fellows have finished ant carpeted their hall in fine shape. The, meet regularly every Friday night ant aarady have a flourishing lodge. Int Masons have not yet organized, en there has been some delay in gettin. charter
 Several residences will be built soon H. B. Lehman and Wn. Weigold hay, their houses about ready to move into
 The school trustees have engaged Mrs. w. H. Robinson of Phoenix a. principal for the ensuing year. Tn, other teacher has not yet been chosen
 J. B. Moh.er has bought five acre in block 23, Hadsell's addition.
 W. T. Franklin has purchased iron N. D. HadSell twelve acres in block IS same addition.
 Heading will soon begin. The grail is commencing to turn. The yie.4 promises ito be good, but the acreag is about half what it was last year.
 Quite number of our young peopl took in the Sunday school excursion last Saturday, and all report pleas ant time, except the people who los their hats. LUCERNE.