Arizona republican., 1898-12-21

claims in a shor, tlme.-Jerome Re-
 porter.
 i The snow is reported as being tlres
 fest dsep in the Verde valley. If the
 report is true it is pr babe tla. the
 owners of shcep that ara drf1ng to the Salt river valley will experience cor
 siderable trouble and some loss in t1e'r
 blnds. It is known that sv5ral bands iwora caught in ths m-un.ains and they
 will have trouble in reaching the val 1 ley.
 1 Mir. W. H. Randall, the well known | mining man, left last Friday for the
 Salt River valley, where he will spend l the winter enjoying the delightful eli
 mate for which that valley is famous. i NIT. Randall is one Of Nogales' most i prosperous and progressive business
 men, and the Lire City can i'll afford to lose him for even a short period. With MT. Randall went 'Fitz," his dog,
 who also will be greatly missed by every man, woman and child WhD knew him. for ''Fitz" is worth million or dinary dogs. While we regret to see Billy and "Fisz" go, we wish them pleasant time and speedy return to Nogales.-Vide.te.
 The water works reservoir was
 
 turned into the reservoir tha same day fer the puEpcse cf cleaning cut the big basin. Water ran into the re:e vcic Friday, day and night, but was turn q cut this morning and he-esf.er will be allowed tc run. There $ about 2,G00 feet Of S-inCh pipe to Ee laid and when this connection is made the pipe line will be complete to the depcs. This gap will b. finished by Monday rex and the railroad company can then be supplied with fIGter. The work cf putting in the street mains is progIe5- sing finely. notwithstanding the cold sather.-Flagstaf Sun.
 c. T. Sharp. Indian trader and son of Indian farmer, w. c. Sharp of Saca- ton, is visiting Tucson on land business. He reports thac the Pima Indians are making considerable progress Of late years, and that Agent Hadley is ren- dering good satisfaction. IL is expect l ed to do some building soon to extend 1 tho school facilities for the Indian youth. About 1000 Indians occupy this reservation, extending miles along | the Gila river, with a varying width of [ from five to fifteen miles. The princi- 1 pal productions of the reser SJtion are ! wh6s. and corn, a considerable portion |
 
 Senator Eugene s. Ives of Yuma was in the city yesterday. Senator Ives is i expecting i.nG hearing of the motion ! by the supreme cOur5 on the rehcarinS 1 of the AlgodCnes land grant will come | Up any day, which will, We suppose, make 9 final disposition of the grant, either fer or against the claimants This will prove a great boon for Yuma county in particular and Arizona in i general, as the final determination Of the title will throw open large area cf the most productive land in the ter ritCry to settlement and reclamation and then Yuma city will soon become the rival Of the largest cities in the territory. Sena.cr Ives is one of the abIesl lawyers and about the most elo- 1uent public speaker Arizona can boast of, as he is a product of the New York school of public men, which rank | lmOng the first in the land. The sena- tor returned to Yuma this morning. Tucson Citizen.
 j. J. Pompa, a Sonora cattleman, ar lived in town several days ago with a band of cattle for ZacAsndCrf &, Go. In 1 .rossing the line he received a permit Q keep the horses used in driving the ] 5a,-le ten days in United States terri ory. These permits are issued by tho ; JHiCcQ tCtdL6S 5OE6IiIuGuL IU 61d1lS Mexican cat atSlemen to drive their stock ] ;cross the line without being compelled t 0 pay duty on the horses, if returned ( O Mexico within the stipulated ten lays MT. Pompa delivered his beeves I md prepared to return home when an u achment was placed On one of his lorse5 for debt. He returned the bal ince of his horses, ten in number, | cross the line before the expiration of he ten days but the eleventh. being leld by a.tachmant remained behind. 1 The matter will probably be settled in l he courts and whether the cattleman ] 1iu be obliged to pay the duty on re- s urning his horse 70 Mexico remains s 0 Ee seen.-Tucson Citizen. i