El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-27
Arizona.


In ella county $50 mining claims
have been recorded since January L.
Elk.
The lemon crop in the Salt river val
ley is reported to far exceed in value
any previous year.
Tempe is to have water works to
cost $50, 900 for the payment of which
2O-year bonds will be issued.-Prospec::
tor.
Wilcox is the only place where the
citizens are enjoying the luxury of
cheap beef. Competitors are cutting
prices.
The sum of $3.50 was subscribed In
Jerome In few hours last Monday for
the new Catholic church to be erected
there. -Courier.
Word has been received from
Washington that the AlRodones grant.
south of Yuma, is to be open for set
Element In November.
Globe is enjoying unprecedented
prosperity-the result of q railroad and
the advance in the price of copper.
Nogales will soon be heard from
Silver Belt.
The firm of Owen & Hill of Minnea-
polis were the only bidders for the
building and sewer system for the
Little Water Indian school, Navajo
agency. $35, 000.-Herald.
Six non-commissioned officers from
Fort Grant who have received COM
missions in one of the new volunteer
regiments left Wilcox Sunday morn
ing to join their commands.
There are two irrigation enterprises
of considerable magnitude being con-
structed by residents of Winslow, Of
which we shall have something to say
in the near future.-Winslow Mail.
During the latter part of September
there will be held at Magdaiens, So
moro, the Feast of San Francisco, the
greatest of the festas of Northern
Mexico. Thousands of visitors are ex-
pected.
This is the Apache harvest season.
Fortunately such 8 crop of acorns and
manZanita berries were never known
in Pinals, and poor Lo js independent
of the reservation dog crop for once
Globe Tim es.
The tenth annual camp meeting of
the M. E. Church, South, closed q
twenty-five days session at Phoenix
Sunday evening. The success of this
10 Getting was unprecedented in the
history of this conference.-Prospe
tor.
Phoenix has caught burglar red
handed in broad daylight. He was a
walking jewelry store. He is young
man, very "snappy" aud refused to an
amount demanded for his release un-
der bail.
Sheriff Munds is still over in New
Mexico securing the country in that
vicinity. His mission there, known
Gays the Journal-Miner. He went
there il search of the Camp Verde
murde
The authorities of this place are pre-
pairing TO make expeditions to Frank
lin and S.. David. The party will con
sist Of about fifty persons including q
large number OF singers. They will
give concerts en- route at Layton and
Bensop.-Bulletin.
There lie some talk of proposed
railroad from Congress Junction TO
FOOLS Gulch aud the various groups
o mines in Weaver district, which
mines. local miners say, will astonish
the natives in the near future as bull
lion roducers.-Courier.
NJ. L. Wood of Bonita, contractor
for Flo Grant, is getting in great
deal of hay now and expects to get
=utti lent Wild hay to complete his con-
tract or very nearly all of it. The last
raios dio great deal of good and
helped the grass greatly Bulletin.
Last Monday Superintendent Nc
Dernott began the annual cleaning of
he Grand, Maricopa md Salt River
Valley canals, and until the cleaning IA
completed, the water will be changed
weekly iDstesd of every four days ss
n rrtntore. When the water went out
OF the Sail and Grand on Sunday morn
ing it was for a week and farmers filled