The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-09-02
TERRITORIAL.

the $lO0. Of this. &3.40 is county asd Territorial, 75 cents city and l5 cents special school tax. This item IS not very good immigration induce n-ni. but is a fact. Prescott Journal Miner.
 Tn. Board fixed the tax rate at & 80 on the $l00 valuation in Graham coun- ty for the year 1897. We understand that this increase of l5 cents oyer last year on the whole valuation of prop .eriy as finally fixed bv the Board of Equalization ia on account of s30Q0 of The bonded indebtedness of the county hecoming payable this year. Guardian.
 Near Phoenix. this summer. firm of growers has fed thousands of fine wstsrmelons to hogs, 1t being i,npns- sihle to ship them away at any profit The hogs waxed fat on the sngary mrlons and are depended upon to furnish profit that would not have been occurred in the market had the melons been shipped as melons and not as pork.
 The Bpard If Supervis0re met last Monday for the purpose of adjusting the tax levy f.,r the county. The gen eral lew ip ,he county was placed at S on the $l00 of valuation. In King man school district separate levy of 25 cents on the Sl00 of valuation was made. This is cents on the $100 lower than last year. while the general levy is in. ams.-Kingmsn Miner.
 Judge E. R Monk. receiver of the United States Land Office at Tucson, came in last evening from visit to ,he Grand Canyon. and leaves this evening fpr the south. He is accom- panied bv his brother. Dr.. J. A. Monk, of Lns Angeles, who will re- main in Prescott fnr day or two. Dr.. Monk formerly sided in lle Territory and still owns business interests in the southern part of the Territory. He is nne of Ariznpa's most enthusiastic friends. and has the largest and best selected criIncrinl of literature per uaining to the Territory exttnt. II" Ina, 800 volumes nf books and pamph- lets alone. to say nothing of the news paper articles, which he has hy the thousands. The duclor devotes his >purr lime ro rhr collection ot litera- lure on his suhiect-Preseott Journal- Miner.
 Tn, excitement throughout the Southwest in mining is just now turned toward the Yaqui gold fields. where rich discoveries of placer gold were recently mahe and worked with remarkable results. A great many from Arizona will visit the new coun- iry the coming fall and winter. and not few have already left for the new fields. The Republican will print a series of articles from ihe Yaqui country by Genrge II. Smalley, ihe miaing editor of that paper. who has left for the new strike. Mir. Smalley will 20 iu Guaymas, Mexico, from which point he will take the steamer, which runs down the Gulf of Califor- nia and up inc Yaqui river to the far,hest navigable points. from which place the trip to the gold fields is made a la Klondyke--any old way to get there.
 Lew and John Blakeiy, accompanied by their wives, arrived from Cedar sunday, bringing sack loaded with rock from new find recently made ny ihe boys near Cedar, It was rich booking stuff. and held it's colors when Lew Lassel weighed the button showing 127 ounces of gold per ton. They have three inches ol this rich stur besides good sized ledge of slO0 ore. The find was made while hunt ing their horses to come to Kingman for supply of merchandise. The ledge Is well defined. and while no wclk as vet has been done on it, the