The Florence tribune., 1897-05-29
CASA eRANDE CREST.
Items of Interest From the Modern Histor-
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 1 Mrs. Emile P. Reid has gone to Los Angeles to join her daughter, Miss Florence.
 l Miss Alice E. Tomlinson visited for 8 few days with Mrs. Mulligan at Popp camp last week.
 The estate of Wm. R. Early will soon be settled up, but it is not anticipated that the assets will be sufficient to GOV CT the liabilities.
 Since that new painter struck this town with pots and brushes, he has managed to clean up many walls and fronts, not to say interiors of all the saloons.
 Mrs. Kate Ennis, formerly of Silver King, has moved here, and will open a restaurant in the building of Jack Me- Coy, her brother. Her daughters and son are also here.
 Mir. Elmer Mulligan, who is sojonrn- ing at the Popp camp for few months, will go to Tucson on June lst, and enter Superintendent Randolph's offices. He is capable and worthy young man.
 Neil Bingham, who has charge of Chicago Taylor's ranch interests, had the contract for moving the houses aud plunder rom the Golden West to the new Popp comp, near the Jack Rabbit.
 Hay cutting has been very actively prosecuted, with heavy first crop as the result. Lew English bas the contract for cutting Landers & Haynes fifty acresj and reports it the heaviest yield so far noticed
 The I. o. G. T. lodge is in fourish- ing condition, having about thirty active members. On Saturday last they installed officers, and passed Geo. Mauk, of Arizola, around on the goat, amid the din and blare of trumpets.
 No preparations have been made so far to beittingly celebrate Decoration Day although large number of old soldiers reside in this vicinity. All re- call the pleasant picnic and appropriate programme at MT. and Mrs. Harry Argall's last year.
 Juan Aros, who received a decree of divorce at the Inst term of court, also was granted license to marry again on the same day. On Thursday he was married to the lady of his choice, gain ing two sweet, little cherubs by the transfer of his affections.
 It is expected that the unfortunates who will appear before Judge Byron DeNure will find the court more lenient as Mrs. DeNure and tue new-found haby-girl will return this week from Yuma. where she has been visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs sabin.
 A recent letter from Dr. 4. E. Warden states that he will not return to Casa Grande until fall, and possibly not then, as matters at Fools Gulch are looking better. The company's troubles are being slowly adjusted, and the camp will, in time, take on its usual activity.
 ". B. Charlton, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, who has taken up a half section, has forwarded to his brother small package of this years harvested wheat. He states that the farmers in his country are about finishing plant ing, and that this Arizona sample planted now will bring forth another crop on British soil, in August.
 The 32O-acre ranch of ". J. schuize, above Arizola, is all under fence and cultivation. His wheat looks very well for new ground, while his alfalfa and truck garden are also most thrifty. Mir. Schulze contemplates building 6 handsome brick residence next season, and continue the improvements until he has the best ranch in the Casa Grande valley.
 The mail route from Tucson to Qui- jotoa has been changed, so that all the mail for the south part of Pima county goes via Casa Grande and Vekol. Chas. I Sabin has the mail contract from Vekol to Quijotoa, and resides at the Vekol with his wife and family. MA. Brown has the contract from rns1 Grande to vekol, with that prince of divers, Al. Stafford, on the box. Both of these roates are tri-weekly.
 Our old-time friend, Peter Forbach, the original discoversf and owner of the Silver Reef mine, has two more l properties adjoining the Standard called the Little Nugget and Silver Nugget which are being developed and show uu large bodies of silver, in chlorides and carbonates, atassay very high values. A shipment will be made from these properties soon, which win demonstrate their worth and leave hundreds of tons of milling ore on the dump. 1 Col. J. Roe Young, Geo. HiIsinger