Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-25

Mr.. c. w. French, who has for the
past few years been merchandising al
Crowned King, has recently opened q
store in McCabe.-Prescott Prospect.
H. A. Rogers, former business mar
of Flagstaff spent Monday here. Mr.
Rogers has just returned from a triI
to Alaska and is favorably impressed
with the Cape Nome section. He Will
probably engage in business there
Coconino Sun.
The Santa Fe people have been BUSY
putting in the main line connection
with the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon
railroad. Steel laying will commence
in earnest the coming week, as Con-
tractor Coleman has everything about
in shape.-Williams News.
With the mills crowded with orders
steel ready to be laid on the new road,
renewed activity in the mines and
plenty of rain there seems to be moth
ing lacking for an unusually joyous
Thanksgiving in this neck of the woods
this year.-WilHams News.
The office of Chief Engineer Burns
of the Santa Fe Pacific is a regular bee
hive of industry these days, preparing
plans, making estimates and looking
after the vast improvements now being
done, keeps every man jumping from
chief down.-Williams News
The Williams News is making hard
fight for municipal incorporation and
ought to win. The last issue says:
williams needs and must have incor-
poretion, as while the town is forging
to the front, there is no system of bust
ness basis without Incorporation; and
money from the outside in large
amounts will not invest without proper
protection.
Fifteen hundred dollars has been
subscribed by property owners and
residents of Pinal valley north of Globe
to defray the expense of securing pat
ent to a new townsite for which the
survey was made last summer. ]. c.
Evans and B. F. Crawford have the
matter in hand and expect to send the
papers to the Tucson land office within
a day or two.
The Ed E. Aver Pioneer Hose COM
pany this week shipped to Mr.. Ed E.
Aver an eighty-pound piece of meteoric
iron, says the Flagstaff Sun. The spec
linen came from Coon mountain, south
of Canyon Diablo. and was brought in
by Fred w Volz of that place. 1t will
be properly labeled and placed in the
Field Columbian museum in Chicago,
of which institution Mr.. Aver is an
official
Speaking of the party of Arizona
miners that left for South America re-
Gently to hunt for gold the Prescott
Prospect says: "a letter written at
Guaquille, Ecuador republic, South
America, to DR.. w. w. Lewis by Joe
Kampacher states that they were at
that point September 25. cablegram
of the date of September 81 was to the
effect that the crew had reached their
deporting point, Molendo, and all were
we'll and in good spirits.
Arizona contains 81, 734OOO acres OF
government land open to settlement,
besides several large settlements. Only
about 5,6S5, 900 acres have passed out of
the hands of the government. The ir-
rigatiOn engineer of the experiment
station has estimated that more than
100000 acres can be irrigated in the
fertile valleys of the ella and the Salt
rivers alone through the construction
of storage reservoirs and the conserva-
ton of the waters of those rivers which
now run to waste.
Mr.. c. K. Barnes and wife conduct
the Wager house at McCabe. Mr..
Barnes has demonstrated his business
push by erecting an excellent hall-one
InaC Is a cT6O1C TO MCCdD6. Inc llOOI
space is 30x60 feet, and is constructed
under the personal supervision of Mr..
Barnes for the purpose of giving the
lovers of dancing one of the best floors
in the county. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes
are both able representatives of Terpsi-
chore, and the young people of McCabe
are fortunate in having such instruct
ors.-Prospect.
On Monday morning, October Is,
George S. Conant died at the residence
of Oscar LeBaron in Flagstaff. The
deceased suffered a long time with rheu
matism. necessitating a trip recently to
to Hot Springs in old Mexico. After re-
turning he resumed his duties looking
after his sheep interests, and catching
a severe cold which terminated fatally
in congestion of the lungs. He was an
active member of the Knights of Pyth-
las, Improved Order of Red Men and
Masons of this place and will be missed
from their respective rosters The fu-
neral took place this morning. The re-
mains were shipped to his old home in
Massachusetts, accompanied by Mrs
Conant.-Coconino Sun.
In view of the fact that there is more
or less friction eery spring and fall be /
tween the cattle and sheepmen while /
the f1ocks of the latter are travelling to !
and from this valley the following pub |
lie notice in the Holbrook Argus will !
prove of interest to both cattle and I