Arizona republican., 1898-03-16
UP THE CHA.
Things Observed in the Trip to Solo monville-A Good Year Assured.

Things Observed in the Trip to Solo
 monville-A Good Year Assured
 Solomonville, Ariz., March IA
 Special correspondence of The Repub
 lican.) lover the line of San Carlo
 reservation, eastern boundary, is Ge
 ronimo, the present terminus of tn,
 G. V. G. & N railway. Geronimo ha.
 never assumed prominence and ma,
 end it's days with the extension of tht railway to Globe. Aside from tht railway company's store, Porter's ant Alexander's merchandise houses, Por. ter's stage headquarters, two saloons and a restaurant there is little left worthy of mention unless it be the rail- way company's terminal depot and trackage. It is the shipping point for the Chiricahua Cattle company and this may be the one thing to keep the town in it's present location. Al eXander Bros. have considerable land there and town lots may be on the market in view of the railway build ing operations now in progress. Trans fers to stages and freighters heading for Globe has been the strong card which has kept the town on it's feet. There is no likelihood of the creation of town on the reservation unless it IS that the railway company's right of way gives that corporation an op- portunity to built a town along It's extension. Passing east is Fort Thomas town, next Matthewsville and those on the north side of the Gila all tributary to the railway and men tloned incidentally in my October let ter
 Pretty Pima is the forty-nine mile point of the G. V. G. & N. A marked change has occurred since I called i've months ago. The folks there have dlsincorporated and reipcorporated. revising the ordinances in making this move and changing the official dlrec- tory, Mayor Wilfred W. Webb and sev- eral others remaining in office Mayor Webb, the merchant, has about com pleted his brick building, two stories. 32x36, With basement, and rising A feet. The building is substantial improvement and will be occupied by MT. Webb within fifteen days. The upper story is designed as a hall for public purposes. Hiram Weech, an- other merchant, has laid the founda- ton of his store building. 5OxSO feet. ms IS to be a two story brick, MT. Weech occupying the ground floor and a public hall being set apart above. Cobble stones are used here for foun- dation work. a good quality of cement being worked in judiciously The La dies Relief society has built one story brick building for it's meeting hall and other purposes. MT. Weech has put up frame building 25x5O feet 10 wagons and farmers machinery MT. Marshall will put up two story brick building of sixteen rooms This is to be front annex to his hotel Barney Hopster, late of Phoenix. who did the brick work on the Webb building. is to burn brick and build the Marshall hotel. Several new dwellings are noted. Certainly this is an excellent year for Pima in the building line.
 Agent c. J. Mccormick has been doing some tall rust1ing for the G. V. G. & N during the past two weeks in securing special shipments These transfers include the wool clip of some 60,000 sheep from northern counties pastured in the valley during the win ter. The price paid was 12 and 12h cents, by eastern buyers. The other shipments of note will be 1000 head of yearlings and 2 and 3 year old cat tle,, principally the former Delivery in May here for Kansas parties and price s20. Indications point to lots of work this year for the youngest agent on the G. V. G. & N. railway.
 John Mutual is moving his grist mill to point north of Central, a little town east of Pima. Cause of change, better supply of wood and reduced cost of operating in utilizing water power. MT. Mutual having opened ditch from the Gila to the new mill site.
 Eggs dropped to 15 cents last Thurs day; likewise chickens Never were cheaper here
 The local company gave second performance of "Ha1vie, the Un- known" on the 12th, Mayor Webb in the title roll
 Ed Drew, who was here last week from the copper mining district below Aravaipa canyon for grain, tells of his exploits in steer tying. He made a record of forty-four seconds in a con- test with Doc Goodwin at Phoenix in April, 1894. At Salt Lake City he beat ten competitors July A last, time 34 seconds. On the streets of Pima the other day he made a record of forty seconds.
 On the Graham mountains south of here is the Columbine resort where Pima people take a summer outing. Arcadia is another resort in the Ora hams to the eastward, where Solomon vile folks go summerins.
 Messrs. Wightman, the doctor and druggist of Pima have quite num- i Der of Indian relics from the Mantle mountains, forty miles north The druggist devotes spare time putting ur his own patent preparations.
 SAFFORD.
 Central and Thatcher on the line besides the towns of lesser note across l the Gila. are east of Pima and ther comes the Flour City of Arizona-Saf ford. From Stafford to Fort Thomas the valley is largely settled by Nor
 mon people in what is known as St
 Joseph stake. Stafford proper is equal 1V divided that is tO c6y half Dprh n,