Arizona republican., 1897-10-30

on top and carT16S 1S,UVU mfueTS inches of water. Fifteen miles be- i low is a reservoir, costing $100,0O0, which has a capacity of four billion gallons. The system cost $5OO,OO0 and will water 25,000 acres, 5000 acres being already supplied. Taxes paid in 1897 were s2,S00. The acre rate is $50 per annum.
 The total assessed valuation fer 1 1897 is S1,6O2,314; lands, 49,670 acres, l s334, ,6S9; improvements, $214,672 town lots, s42,3S6; Improvements, | S58,225; cattle 34,607 head, valued at ! s336, ,40S; horses, 2,0S0 head. valued at i s27, ,S06 miles of railroad, 79.79 miles assessed valuation, $39S, ,4S2; improve ments, S107,719; sheep, $500 head Tax levy, s3.22.
 All the county officials are demo- crats, and good fellows they are, too
 They are: W. T. Truman, sheriff (third term); R. R. Brady, IT,, col lector; L. c. Herr, probate judge and school superintendent; Dan .. Ste Vens, district court clerk; F. A. Cham berlin, recorder and clerk of board i of supervisors; H. D. Cassiday, dis trict attornleyl; John Miller chair man; J. H. Brown, and G. F. Cook of Camp Grant, members of the board 1 of supervisors. Vote of 1896 was 557; i population of county 4,125; Florence 1,200; altitude of latter 1 40 feet.
 Some of the big tax payers are: 1 Brown & Wills, cattlemen, Mammoth W. R. Atchley, cattleman, same ad- dress; Bayless 6 Berkelew, cattle and sheep men, Tucson and Oracle; Cham berlin & Son, stockmen, Oracle; John 1 Zellweger, Tucson; Price & Shields, Wentworth, cattlemen and lessees of 1000 acres in alfalfa Casa Grande Canal company; Barker, c. E. Perkins and Michea & Co.,, merchants, Flor ence; Wm. Stiles, cattleman, Casa 1 Grande; Griffith & Stevens, livery and stages of Florence and Casa l Grande; the $. F. railroad; w. B. Reed, rancher and Fernando Wald- onado, Casa Grande; Williams house and Edwards house, Maricopa; John Brown, cattleman, Tucson and Nam moth.
 Last Friday the United States court closed it's labors, the men who con- ] fessed to the charge of selling liquor to Indians were committed The | jurors and witnesses were paid for their services and the court adjourn ed to Solomonville on Monday. The United States court cost this term i s3,000. Fully 150 jury men and wit i nesses were present from the three counties. United States Marshal Grif- i filth, accompanied by deputies Wells i and Compton were on call. Marshal ! Griffiths in a letter to Judge Doan gave his unqualified approval of the 1 course pursued in establishing the court at Florence, stating that the only good court house and bastile was at the Pinal seat and that prisoners 1 were easier handled from this place; besides other valid reasons.
 1 On the Gila, stretching three miles i long by five wide is the agency of the 1 Pimas, Maricopas and Papagoes, the three tribes numbering 5000 strong. | Hon. H. J. Cleveland is the agent at i Sacaton.
 The stage lines are those from Mesa to Globe (FIockett & Co.) a distance of | 125 miles. Changes are made here and a lay over is necessary at River side. The service is tri-weekly. The 1 Casa Grande and Florence line goes by way of Wentworth or Casa Grande ruins, distance of twenty-seveu miles. D. c. Stevens is manager for Griffith & Stevens at Florence. Daily service out of Casa Grande at a. m.
 Col. A. J. Doran and Fred Adams now of Prescott built the Pinal county court house under a contract, the cost aggregating $20,000. This is the best building of it's class in the territory the grounds being very attractive as
 we'll. c. F. Palmer, the general ma
 chinist, came here with Col. Doran as pioneer.
 Grain finds market in Tucson and
 Phoenix, the Eagle mill at the former
 place taking the bulk. Forty-fve
 thousand carloads of wheat went out
 this year. A grist mill here is pos
 sibility next year. Wood is cheap al
 s2.50 per cord. Barley light, five car
 loads being the shipment. Three
 carloads of hay went out and more
 will go before the close of this year Wheat averages 1,600 pounds to the
 acre. Millers prefer the Gila valley
 wheat and barley to any other. Phoe-
 nix people admit the olives of this To.
 cality to be the best. H. H. Jackson
 of Detroit owns the olive ranch. c
 B. Perkins is his local agent. Or
 anges vii show fine this year, whicf
 will be their first bearing. Dan Ste
 vens has a fine orchard of twenty
 acres near town in almonds, peaches
 plums and pears. The Kenilwortf . vineyard bears excellent fruit. It i!
 owned by Price & Shields.
 New blood is being infused in al : localities and more is needed on tn,
 ranches. A few S'wedes and Norwe , gians are wanted to develop tn,
 ranches.
 C. R. Michia & Go. have branchet out in the armory hall on South Mail street and they seem to be prosper | ous.
 Levi D. Ruggles, deceased, located the town site.
 Editor c. D. Reppy is making ou fairly we'll with the Weekly Tribune with bright prospects ahead. MI Reppy was chief clerk of the hous in 1S94-95 and member in 1S96-97