Arizona republican., 1898-03-20

slightly and almonds will be about half crop, which is first class as almonds go. Peaches and oranges came up smiling every morning. Running Wa ter through orchards on frosty nights furnishes practical immunity from injury.
 Jerry Sullivan has built dehorn- ing chute at the stock yards, and will dehorn most of his cattle before spring flies get in their work. The practice of dehorning is comparatively new here, and while, at first view, it seems cruel in the long run, it is a boon to the stock and a measure of economy to the owner.
 Ben Mosier unloaded a small thresh- ing machine Thursday and is now pre- pared to care for his grain as they do in Missouri Its L;ll1putian dimen- sions make it a curiosity in a region where immense is descriptive of everything from an irrigation scheme i to sweetpotato.
 H. w. Adams received a car of grape stakes from the north Monday.
 Zanjero Stroud was quite ill several | days this week. Press Hill patTOiled the 1aterals in his stead.
 1 Shipments of hay this week amount to nine cars. Four of these went to California points.
 | l. Miller left for the Santo Domingo district Sunday night to do some ex- porting on Betz' mill. He returned Wednesday.
 Quite a number of valuable COWS have been lost in the vicinity this spring by bloating. At this time of year. stock should have free access to dry feed when on pasture.
 The school at Peoria closed yester- day and an interesting entertainment was given by the pupils in the even ing. Miss Lois Lockwood has met with a large measure of success in hel conduct of the school the past term The stock yards here have proven in
 adequate for large shipments, anc
 should be enlarged. Owing to lack o1
 room part of the lot that was shipped
 this morning had to be herded outside
 The entertainment given by tht
 Ford minstrel troupe at the schoo
 house last Saturday night was frs
 class and merited a much larger house
 A large segment of our population
 look askance at anything having cal
 and bell attached, but we venture tt forecast a warmer welcome Ii the.
 appear here again.
 At last the initial step has beer !, taken to test our legal founding, tn, prohibitory clause. As we have stated , before, the main thing is to get tn matter settled beyond question. on
 way or the other, though the larg
 majority wish the present condition confirmed. The statement in Friday Republican in regard to the matte was very full and accurate
 The much-mooted order of the gen [ eral land office in regard to mesquit , on public lands deserves to rank as masterpice in point of unconsciou humor and impractical hair splitting , Of course we have seen mesquite tree
 forty feet high and it's a wonder ther , are not saw mills and furniture fac tories galore beyond the Agua Fria This is an opening for capital that ha missed mention. Admitting the jus tice of the commissioners order, afte , such an exhaustive examination of die t tionaries and encyclopedias, what use l ful end is attained by protecting mes , quite? Why not protect the magnii , cent pine forests within our border
 that are being wasted and destroyed There is every reason under the SUI
 for preserving the latter. On them il , large measure depends our future wa l ter supply, and under proper regula , tions they can be preserved for tn,
 future while supplying the necessitie of the present. But with mesquite th, case is different After all possibl, , verbal quibles, the fact remains tha
 mesquite is of no earthly use excep for fuel. The supply is limited. Tn . only way to preserve it is to stop it
 use entirely. And why should it b. preserved? Our right to it surely dis
 counts the claim of future generations
 Besides it has always been found wis
 to let the fuel question settle itsel
 without the intervention of the inter
 for department In a few years tht
 supply of cottonwood, which every far
 mer can grow around his ranch, sup
 plemented by the opening of more
 accessible coal lands, will solve tht
 fuel question in it's proper time. It i:
 to be hoped that, in view of the pc
 culiar conditions, the order will be rescinded.
 Nathan and Johnson shipped nine cars of feeders to Kansas this mornins by special train.