Arizona republican., 1898-02-07
|AN Over AriizOna|

Messrs. Soto Bros. are building a powder house north of Wilcox.
 The Fl Paso Times comes to the exchange table a welcome visitor iD a new dress.
 w. C.. Green of Bi:bee and F. L. Proctor of Tucson, mining men, were in Fl Paso last week.
 United States Marshal Griffith has moved into his elegant new home facing the Military plaza in Tucson.
 MT. Barnabe Palm, the e, te; pris:ng bee keeper of Stafford, has b:en p.ac- ing his sweet stuff of good quality with Wilcox merchants.
 The congressional seeds to be dis tributed to the farmers of Arizona will be sent out this year from the office of the experiment. station at Tucson.
 An adobe landmark near the Tue son Star office was removed this week and thsre are others that might fol- low.
 Walter Bowman has purcha ed a half interest in the Saddle Rock res taurant at Bisbee and the firm will hereafter be known as Lawton & Bowman.
 w. T. Warren, the well known blacksmith, who has resided at Will COX and Pearce for some time past, Jeff with his wife for Cocks Peak, N. M.. recently.
 Among the cid Tusconists who are residing in the City of Mexico Capt T. A. Tidball is perhaps the most ven erable. Brewster Cameron, Jr., and Larkin Price are also loca ed there.
 Fred Ronsuadt has started the cree tion of new two story brick building adjoining his blacksmith shop at theI corner of Military plaza and Camp street, Tucson. The building will be 30x60 feet in size and will have basement. The front will be of brick and plate glass.
 Bisbee is to have an unusual amount of amusement during the month. The Rebekah dance was last Friday and the Catholic fair will be on the 14th, 18th and 16th; the masquerade bal by the cemetery committee will be held on the Fist and theatrical perf1rm- ance on the 22nd.
 Lyman Wakefield has in curse of construction a large two story brick residence which is situated on Fifth avenue, several blocks north of the railroad track. The brick work has all been comple; ed and the ca penteIs are now putting on the roof. This is the first brick residence to be built in that part Of Tucson.
 The bicycle guide or support in vented by Robert Brow and Ed Aus tin of Prescott is about to be put on the market. One thousand of them have been manufactured. All who r.. cult it is to get them to behave wh n stood alongside any object. This a. tachment e1ables them to stand alone. Cochise county is five and one-third times larger in area than the state of Rhode Island It is a vas. domain, containing over 3,9S2,O ,O0O acres, and is 6,972 square miles il area. It is the banner mining county in the territory and has a record of tie best yield ng. mines in the west. There is nothing the matter with Cochise.
 The Tucson Blue Rock Gun club is making elaborate arrangements fer the annual tournament to be held February p, 23, and 24. MT. J. J. Hallowell has put up as a prize a. beauliful silver cup for the individu l match. MT. Hallowell won the cham
 
 be shot for. This club holds the $500 championship medal for 1897, which will also be shot for.
 The Copper Queen company has completed the new addition 10 the school house and will turn that bui d. ing over to the school trustees on the 1st of February. There snot ancth- ST mining camp in the west that talk S the interest in the welfare, of its em- ployes and their children as does the Copper Queen, and the citizens of Bis bee are greatly indebted to them for their kindly interest in providing suf- fcient school room for the rapidly increasing population. The company also bears the expense of month s teaching whenever the school funds do not allow the full term of nine months. -Bisbee Orb.
 The matter of ar,esian wa.er has been settled in the San Pedro valley between Berson and Fairb 3nks. There are twenty-six artesian wells now in successful use, supplying as many farmers, which have been developed by the St. Davids Mormon colony The Latter Day Saints are wonder fully good people for new ctcuntry They are industrious, frugal, homes and courageous. They were the frs to introduce irrigation in the United States; that was in Utah. They were the first to introduce irrigati3n n Ari zona-that was in Apache, Maricop; and Graham counties. Now they ar the first to develop artesian wells, ant thus become the pioneers of this i'm portant factor for retaining the ricl soils of Arizona. What these enter prising members of the church of tn Latter Day Saints have done at Sf Davids, in the San Pedro valley, Cugh 10 be accomplished in many otha valleys of Arizona. If it cannot b accomplished in any other way th territory ought to pay ropalty to ch Mormon people for each and ever swarm or colony they plant in tn unreclaimed valleys of Ariz1 na, wh I