El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-19
Arizona.

trlct.-EX.
Arizona.
The tax levy in Graham county is
81 on thu 800.
B. w. Olney is the new undersherif
OF Graham county.
Jerome ia to nave q Catholic church
building which will cost 81, 900.
Dairymen near Phoenix have per-
fected . combination, which TOOK effect
September LEX.
Judge Webster Street will open
court in Yuma on Sept. Is for q WI
weeks session.-Ex.
Ex-Governor Tritle, of Prescott, has
been recommended as supervisor of
the census for Arizona.
The Arizona Sunday school aseo-
citation will hold its sixth annual con-
vention at Tucson October 81 and o.
Elk.
The Fortuna mine near Yuma is now
turning out an average of $50 900 per
month, q clear profit of more than $40,
O00.-Prospector.
The board of supervisors of Cochise
county have appOrtioned 55. cen ts on
the 500 of assessed valuation for
school purposes.-Ex.
Sneak thieves infest Phoenix and
make successful raids upon the popu-
lace of the city without any apparent
interference by the police department.
-Republican.
The Yuma fire losses have been ad-
justed. John Gandolfo S11,
900 on the building, and E. F. San
guinetti S64, $50 on the stock OF goods
destroyed.-Sentinel.
During the big rain a week ago .6s
of an incl of water fell at Wilcox
The fall since has amounted to lie of
an inch, making LIE of an inch during
the week.-Tucson Citizen.
The board of supervisors of Navajo
county has ratified the agreement be-
tween that county and the Santa Fe
Pacific whereby the taxes are compro-
missed for a number OF yesrs.-Ex.
1t is reported that an effort will be
made in the lear future to get per-
mission from the proper authorities for
Spanish bull fight at Phoenix, one OF
the,kind where either the bull or some
one else gets hurt.-Prospector.
Lumber dealers i n Mohave county, are
holding lumber at 25 per cent above
the market rate of two years ago. At
Chloride S35 per thousand is asked for
second common native pine and in
Kingman the same class sells for S26.
Two yesrs ago the figure was about
$18.-Mohsve Miner.
A. Yer Mehr this week filed with
the recorder of the county . plat of
the townsite of New Chloride. The
town embraces about 300 lots n IL
situated on the west side of Silver Hill
I'D .I~,. 49, Ill o~,h-4eA ~ Ah~
old town. Lots on b main street.
We understand are held at 800 and
$200.-Mohave County Miner.
Sheriff Whites posse are now in the
Chiricahua mountains working q clew
to the identity of the Cochise train rob-
bers. Whether the robbers were
old hands 1t the business or
not they certainly are . success in
holding up a train in q e and gentle
manly manner, and thus far are equal
ly successful in eluding capture.-Pros-
pectOr.
A short time ago the town of jerome
purchased q chemical fire engine, for
which it paid, we believe, $3.50. The
boys had q little fun with it on two oc-
c%asions, then 1t was thrown TO one side
and ia now in ono of the basement
stores In the Masonic Temple, ur-
rounded in such q manner by q heavy
work bench and barrels full of iron
that we are doubtful if 1t could be q
ed from destruction If the building
vas to be accidentally set on fire, says
the Jerome News.
Globe is enjoying q greater measure
of prosperity than at any time since
the organization of the district in 1875.
The completion of the railroad last
winter gave q new impetus to mining,
| q 4 fro otinD offorffan RI The oonfor nf q
rich mineral field bringing in new
capital for investment in various en-
terprises and stimulating mine de-
velopment and prospecting, with the
result that new important discoveries
of mineral have been make ia almost
every part of the district Tucson
Star.
The following government contracts
to be furnished at Fort Grant, have
been awarded: Corn, loo, 1000 pounds:
1. E. Solomon, Solomonville, Arizona
Weatherford, Texas; barley, 100000
pounds, Leo Goldman, Phoenix, Ariz.
bran: 1906 O0 pounds, J. T. Owens. SAT
ford. Ariz !; hay, 800, 600 pounds. Miles
L. Wood, Bonita, Arizona; hay, 500, 0O(
pounds, Hugo Thaden, Bonita, Ariz.
straw, $50, 900 pounds, Miles L.. Wood,
Bonita, Ariz.; straw, 100, 600 pounds,
Hugo Thaden, Bonita, Ariz. Stafford
Arizonan.
Prescott's free mail delivery system
has gone glimmering, says the Journal
Miner. Postmaster Akers yesterday
received notice from Washington that
the order providing for free delivery
on November l had been rescinded. 1,
will be years now before the town will
be able to secure it.. The government
offered it to the city as a gift, to which