The herald., 1897-11-08
Phoenix Lacks a District
Judge
BUT THERE ARE CANDIDATES
A WINTER SEASON OF HORSE
RACING
Cattle That Are Hard to Blythe
Territory's Felons Have Been
Put to Work

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serious condition Of affairs in Maricopa
county at the present writing. Maricopa.
t should be explained, is the county
wherein Phoenix is situated. 1t has
about 10000 of population. and it's litiga-
tion exceeds, twice over, the business
iof any other district in Arizona. Last
Monday was the day set for the opening
of the winter term of court. But our
Judge, Chief Justice Truesdale. departed
this life a week or more ago. The county
all is stuffed with malefactors, mainly
of the petty stripe. and several hun
dred civil actions are more or less ur-
gently at issue. Nearly every action on
the calendar will be pressed. for the Su-
preme court holds it's annual session
in January.
The general expectation and hope is
that President Mckinley will not delay
the appointment of new judge. The
anne old endorsements of dozen cam
didates are on file in Washington. yet
several candidates are busying them
selves again in procurement Of favoring
letters.
ELLINwOOD IS SNUBBED.
Our lone Democratic officeholder is
still with US. United States Attorney
Ellinwood has gone so far as to tele-
graph the president imploring the ap-
pointment Of a successor. But he has
been snubbed and is compelled still to
work his weary grind and spend his val
liable time for the meas gre wage of s11
day and expenses. Yet there are Re-
publicans who would not object to being
called to the post. think could name
about twenty learned barristers who
are even hunting after the place. But
Ellinwood sticks as though glued.
WINTER RACING.
1t is now definitely known that Phoe
nix will have races during holiday week
and spring meeting as we'll. The Phoe-
nix Racing association has sprung into
vigorous existence and subscriptions are
coming in by the hundreds of dollars
to insure the success of the first meet
ing. The races will be held on the old
Jockey club track, short distance south
of the city. Though this valley has
| IlldHy young dulIlltlS tiidl WOulu give
outside speeders a hard race. the main
reason for the new organization is the
hope that through it the attention of
turfmen may be drawn toward Arizona
as a desirable place wherein to winter
fast stock. The horse owners of the
western turf are already aware of the
exceptional advantages offered by Phoe
nix for cheap feed and mild climate. and
President Monihan of the association
has already received a dozen letters
promising to bring strings" of trotters
| if the race meeting is held and there be
given chance to make little expense
money.
| RAILROAD TALK
A corps of fifteen men is now in the
field surveying route for the new rail-
road that is to connect the Santa Fe
Pacific with the rim of the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado. Gwynne Dennis.
secretary of the firm of Lombard, Goode
& Co. of Chicago, the principal hackers
of the new line, is in charge of the pre-
liminary work. and states that the per-
manent way will be located before the
first of the year Survey has also been
ordered resumed on the line that is being
! idlt Oul IL Jill Itel tc!lNSI Sllyt A>tN
/ Mexico, to Phoenix The survey has
progressed as far as San Carlos on the
| Upper Gila Thence it will work down
the ella past Florence and across the
Sacaton plain to Mesa, Tempe and Phoe-
nix. Globe will be on twelvemile spur.
In preparation for the activity that
must come to Globe through railroad
connection with the world, a number of
solid citizens of the camp have formed
a railway corporation, that is designed
to build a baby gauge" road from the
camp to the main mining districts in
the hills roundabout. One of these twen-
ty-inch gauge roads is in operation at
Clifton, where the Arizona Copper CON-
pany thus feeds it's immense snelters
from mines located as far as sixteen
miles away.
CATTLE OF HIGH WORTH
Cattle are still rising in price in the
local market and Los Angeles buyers
are offering 1925 hundred on the hoof,
with few takers. Several trainloads a
week are going out, mainly westward,
but shipments would be immense if the
feeders would only agree with the buy
ers Very few want to sell and the
alfalfa, waiting for the rise that their
owners believe is inevitable. There arc
many who believe that half cent will
be added to the present quotations be-
fore Christmas. Even at the present
price the situation is locally unprece-
dented and many thousands of dollars
have already been made by those who
were not compelled to throw their cat
tie on the market during the drought
years Two years ago the writer saw
the sale of a bunch of rather inferior
steers from Tonto Basin. They brought
$925 apiece Two days ago a similar
bunch, in only slightly better condition.
sold for s27 a head. That is some indi-
cation how the stock business has
emerged. But the ranges have been
swept clear. AS an instance, the Cline
brands in Tonto Basin six years ago
figured up not less that 80. J01
head. Now it is very doubtful
If there are 2000 head of the
brand on the range. It was merely a
question whether to leave the animals
on the range to starve or bring them to
Phoenix and sell them in at overloaded
market for what they would bring.
CONvICTs PUT AT WORK
! The Yuma prison labor contract, over
which there has been so much stir. is at
! last in operation. Forty short term men