The herald., 1896-12-13
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+, Within few days the machinery
will be placed in the creamery at Phoe-
| nix. The Gazette says the plant is the
largest and finest in all the southwest,
being capable of handling 10000 pounds
of milk daily Every branch of the man.
ufacture of dairy products will be pur-
! sued, and, it is hoped, soon cheese and
butter made at home will supply all
the inter-mountain region as well as the
coast towns. Phoenix is the ideal place
for dairying, as growing alfalfa is at
hand throughout the year.
Hitherto the petrified forest near Hol-
| brook has been interesting only from
| a scenic tandpoint-intensely interest
ing. though only one of the rare won
| ders of this wonderful country. But
now 1t has been learned that the stone
| trees are useful as we'll as ornamental.
| The Armstrong Abrasive company of
| Chicago, through its agent, Mr.. Il. G.
| Lewis, has begun the erection of a mill
| at Adam Ana station, sixteen miles be-
| low there for the purpose of crushing
| stone from the petrified forest and ship
| ping it to Chicago, where it will be con-
| verted into grndstones and a substitute
! for emery wheels. Scientific processes
| have developed that the stone, on ac-
| count of it's uniform hardness, will give
| it strong competition in the trades of the
| world. The forest is one mile in width
and is composed of three sections, the
whole forming an area extending six
| miles.
Phoenix is making extensive prepara-
tions to entertain the delegates who
| will attend the fifth annual session of
the irrigation congress, to be held in
that city, beginning December 18th, and
to continue three days. 1t would not
be a bad idea for Winslow to send one
or more delegates. The congress will
be composed of representative men from
every section of the arid region. Con-
gress will, in all probability be memor-
ialized to make annual appropriations
for the purpose of water storage and the
reclamation of arid lands. Money ex-
pended in this direction certainly would
be of far more benefit to the people and
the government than the vast sums
which are spent annually on the i'm
provement of rivers which never were
and never will be navigable. Winslow
might as we'll begin now to attract the
attention of the outside world to her nat
ural advantages for the storage of
water.
There is a crop that could be success
fully and profitably grown here, and that
is the sugar beet. There is just about
alkali enough in the soil surrounding
Winslow to grow this root to perfec
ton. In Germany they have to manure
their beet land with alkali-here nature
has done that part of the work. Wher-
ever a sufficient Qantity has been cult
waited to this crop to run a sugar mill,
the land has advanced to from 200 to 800
pera ere. The crop is certain and can
be gathered at any time. The longer
it stays in the ground the better the crop.
-Winslow Mail.
Parties in from South Pass state that
that section is destined to again come
to the front In another gold excitement,
says the Tombstone Prospector.
1t appears that several prospectors
in that vicinity have made rich find
which is believed to be the main ledge
from which the rich float and rock that
caused so much excitement several
months since was found, the title to the
main discovery of which Is yet involved
in law. This latest find, however, is To-
Gated on the same belt only on the west
side of the road, being close to the Rid
der and Swazee group.
The rock was found to be extremely
rich. After little work the ledge, well
defined one, was revealed, considerable
free gold being visible. A large num-
Der of locations have been made and
filed for record.
With further work some rich develop
ments may ensue, as this Is a highly
mineralized section, and plenty Of float
with free gold in 1t has been found here
abouts which was developed at the recent
excitement there.
The Gazette has an account of a sad
accident at the Union mine. In which
John Buoy about 25 years of age, met
his death by falling and striking his
head on the edge of the tank and fall
ing into the solution used in the cyanide
= hi fc dtItv 70 vlpIr1 l1a
deadly poison from one tank to another
and he had to mount a scaffold to the
pump about ten feet above the iron tank.
He had been at work in the fore part of
the evening, and had just gone up to
finish when Mr.. j. A. King. who is the
watchman in the mill, heard a heavy
splash, and, not receiving any answer.
hurried to the tank and dragged him
from it and gave the alarm, but the poor
boy was dead.
Several prominent Republicans are
confident Of being appointed marshal of
Arizona. BILLY" Shilliam Of Benson
says the thing Is running after him,
while w. c. Barnes is having hard work
lodging the office, and Pickerell of
Tempe is daily expecting his commits
sion, and "Griff," old Griff, of Dripping
Spring sits smilingly by his log fire
dreaming of the $4,000 per annum that
office chasing continues.-Gazette.
Before the close Of this year the Ari-
zona university will have more than one
hundred and fifty students enrolled,
which will be nearly four times as many
as were in attendance when President
Billman was placed at the head of the
management of the institution; and the
large majority Of the students are from
outside of Tucson, when formerly they
were all from this city, which shows the
present status Of the university is ter
ritorial instead Of local. Much credit is
due the board Of regents and the fac
ulty for the changed conditions which
have obtained during the last three
years.
While there Is tributary to Tucson
many rich mineral and other wealth re-
sources, this region in it's climate is
the most valuable and permanent re-
source of wealth of all combined for it
is without a rival in the United States.
People will give more for restoration of
lost health than anything else, and to
receive the benefits this climate imparts
they must come to it, for it cannot be
transported, and it is confined alone to
this great Tucson basin. When will
our people come to understand this
great wealth resource, and bend every
energy to utilize the same?
w. w. Stewart, as receiver of the
Golden Cross Mining and Milling COM