Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-05-21
NEWS FROM GLENDALE.
Many Persons Employed Packing
Apricots for Shipment.

GLENDALE, May 10.
Packing of aprIcots for shipment in
car lots began here this morning. Prep
sratons have been N sking for several
DAYS past, SO that operations were com
menced without Unnecessary delay. At
present about thirty bands are employ
ed in the packing house, besides the
boxmakers and as many more in the
orchard, picking and hauling. The
force will be increased So necessity re-
quires. Most OF the packers are women
and eirie, as it has been found thst they
do the work better and faster than
men,. There will probably be plenty of
fruit is ripening rapidly. Some delay
has been experienced in obtaining cars
bit several are ey pected tonight One
car will be shipped tomorrow and there
after ct least one day until tne crop is
exhausted Mr. E 4etman has general
charge of the packing and shippiDg,snd
IN the packing house Ches U ting. who
was here lasSsesson with @ B. j, fries,
oversees the packers, and W. D. Tan
ner, from the Phoenix Office OF the I'M
provemeut Company, Heaps the time Of
the packers. Most of the fruit comes
from the Improvement orchard, though
considerable will be hauled from the
K ~ and Evans ranches east of here.
The In proVement Company received
a car of box material and baskets from
The SAUCER Lumber Company yester-
day.
DeMund Brothers beuled load of
crates and b ,skets from here yester-
day.
The Presiding E der of the
Board OF the Methodist church
is visiting C. T. R'rss today
He will take psrs in Pastor Cooks
reception at the school-house tonight.
Refreshments will be served and short
program present ed and pleasant time
is anticipated.
L. L. Plsnk drove up from Phoenix
today with gentleman from Indian
apolis, Ind, who is looking over the
valley, to inspect the fruit packing in
progress:
Geo. Christy drove up from Phoenix
yesterday on business.
Next week promises to be busy one
FOR the railroad. Besides the heavy
fruit and hay shipments, Jerry Sullivan
expects to ship several trainloads of cat
tie TO Kansas, and others will ship stock
The railroad company is to be coneratu-
lated on having SO efficient and accom-
nodeting an agent ss Mr.. Winsiow,
who is equal to any emergency that |
may arise in their increasing business
at this poirt.
Frank Lower, cattle-buyer from
Council Grove, Kansas, shipped seven |
carloads of feeders Wednesday for |
Brigham & Hicks. Mr.. Lower is an
old friend of our townsmen j. B.
DoDer.
j. w. Sullivan shipped car of cattle
this morning to Kansas. n T. Frank
in went with it. Mrs. Franklin expects
30 join him with the children in a week
or so. They will spend the summer in
Kansas
Hay is moving out at al encouraging
rate. Eight cars were shipped last week
and two more are on the track ready to
ship.
Glendale promises soon to be mining
own of 10 mean Importance. Post
Master Humphrey has several rich
claims north of here about thirty miles,
md j. Williams will leave in few
lays with an outfit to develop them.
The opening OF the fruit season has
treated temporary stringency in the
sbor market Several were bunting
lands and could not find them, and yet
be pestiferous hobo seems TO be as
much in evidence as ever. Hunting for
work has evidently ceased to be a
of the tramp, and the G
ooner prohibitive measures are adopt ,
d touching that genus the better it
vii be for rybody.