Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-16
From Monday DsiIy-


 Fro m Monday Daily
 Miss Martha Ssars, one of the leading teachers of this valley died at her home
 near Tempe last Saturday and was buried yesterday afternoon. Deceased l has for the past two years taught at the Jackson school, near Buckeye, and
 had been engaged to again take charge of that school.
 The schools of the city opened today l with much larger attendance than last year and it is expected that this at tendance will he materially increased l within the next few days At the East End building every sess was full when l school convened this morning aud there l was room for no more. Ths entire en- rollmenh in the three school buildings
 was 79O pupils.
 Phoenix was visited by one of the hardest rain storms of the season last Saturday afternoon and within very few minutes the streets Of the city were running water. which rose ovsF the sidewalks in many places and flooded
 cellars, doing 8 great deal of damage. | The rain fell for en hour and sb the ex piration of that time the streets were impossible only iD the center of the l road where 1t was high. The rainfall
 during that heavy shower was 2.91 incbee, which was more rain than hes fallen in the city st one time for many years. The totel rainfall for the month | is 2.77 Ia excess of She avsFRgs for the | month of September and to the present time this year is 16 in excess of the average, showing that Arizona is fast
 becoming one of the rainy sections of l this country.
 Mohavs county bids fair to bs covered by s net work of railroads in the near future if ell the notices filed with the
 who claim exemption from the lines proposed to be construct by them
 Today twelve notices of intention to construct railroads in that county were filed with the Territorial SecFesery and
 it is understood that there are more to
 
 lows: By E. G. Mel 9pnith: From
 Kipgman to White Hills, 60 miles; Han cook to Minera, Park VIA CerbEt, D m,lee; White Hills to N orthsrn Bound- ary Of the Territory. 45 miles; K ugui T
 to Mineral Park, 20 miles; Hsncook t.,
 Ger bat, 20 miles; K ugman to Ceroat. 15 miles; Haacock to Chloride, 30 miIse; %o
 Hancock to White Hills, 60 mics; King-
 msn to Chloride, D m.Iss By Mr.
 Frederick Thomas: White Hiits to
 Boundary line via Sscramsnso Valley,
 lSO miles; Hancock to Wnite Hills, 60
 miles.
 The discovery of artesisn water, dis
 covered witb;ng four m,les of Stafford,
 will greatly chaoge the status of the wa
 ter question in ehis vslley. Tbere is no
 question, longer, about aFtesisn water
 here, is is simply matter of penetrate
 ing the hard strata Of clay that overlies
 the artesinu stream, which has proven
 50 be great deal thicker in some places
 than in others. $ ncs we havs two men who had "gris" enough to explore for, and fad, artisan wstsr, it will only bs question Of 8 short t'ms until every little veie, nsstiing oetweeu she hills. | will be the scene of h3 wing wells sn0 | bsautifui homes No longer will the | psople up high en the table lsnds | bother themselves ss to how high | ditch may be cnu and how many thou T They will simply drIve wells, build re seFvoirs n which to preserve the water aud becorse independent This discov cry is the most importsnt one to the Giis valley every made, and the names of Msssra Bssoe sad MeTsi. will al ways be reme m tered as the pioneers iu the moat impoFtpnt esep.- Guardian. From Tuesdays Daily.
 Governor McCord today appointed John Doane of Fortuas, ae s Notary Pubic, and J. ". Parsons Of Los An geies. 6 Commlssiouer of Dseds fer Ari | zops.
 Probate Judgs Grouse this morning perform med the ceremony which made A E Bradshaw end Lucille Stover of Mesa City, man and wife. The young coup pie came down on ths esrly morn ing train and st opce repsred 50 Judge Croues's office where ths ceremony WAS performed sud after spending the day in Phoenix returned this eveniDs ts Mesa City.