Arizona republican., 1899-05-31

cd operations that everyone interested could have an opportunity to cele- brate the occasion Shipments of bullion and matte are now being made to New York as fast as the 200-ton
 smelter can reduce the ore. The exact character of the ore has never been
 ascertained It contains silver and a
 small quantity of gold. Some samples
 will be sent to Phelps, Dodge & Co at
 New York. for an accurate test. The
 Cananea region is a new one and the
 company would not be surprised if the ore contained scarce metals. The
 company is capitalized at $500.000 and
 at the meeting of the directors the
 par value of the shares was fixed at
 $250.
 NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CON
 Professor F. s. Hafford Of Jerome was in town yesterday on his
 way to attend the university exercises
 which win take place at Tucson to-
 night Professor Hafford has the management of the National Educa- t.cnal association affairs for this ter ritory. He will return to Phoenix
 next week, when he will be pleased to
 meet teachers who wish to attend the
 annual convention at Los Angeles,
 July 11-15. The railroad companies
 have made a round trip rate on ac- count of the convention, taking ef-> feet June 27. Professor Hafford says 1t is expected that more than 20,000 teachers in the United States will at
 tend the convention and that Arizona will contribute more than 100 Ari- zona and New Mexico have united on headquarters, which will be establish ed at the Rosslyn house.
 WINTER IRRIGATION.-C. L. Purdy was in from his ranch at AL hambra yesterday. He has about eight acres or prolific trees, whose thrift is result Of winter irrigation. The advantage of winter irrigation is not generally known in the valley In fact, it is doubtful If there are more than five orchards in the valley which have been irrigated in this manner and no instance is known of a failure. MT. Purdy IS the farmer referred to before, who has propogated g new variety of apricot. It sprang from a seedling and on account of it's color he calls it the "Ruby-Gold." He says that 1t ripens about the same time as the Newcastle. He has shipped the fruit 1 as far as Boston and it reached it's des- l tination in excellent condition. It is | firm and can be dried. It possesses a l fine flavor and ls valuable for market i ing; it is highly colored and of good i size
 ADVENTUROUS SPORTSMEN. - i The fishing party consisting of Frank ! Hartweu, Charles Sturges. H. P De- ! Mund, James Sullivan, William Cain, ! Harry Willis, F. J. Mathie, +McPhear- i son Bryan and Dr. John D. LentZ, | which made sn excursion to Lake Es- i starting last Satur- 1 day, report a splendid trip Of recrea- ticn. The lake abounds in fish, par suckers, but there is a good sprink1ing of other varieties including carp. MT. Hamilton cooked twenty fish one morning, but the party con- cluded that it was unwise to depopu- late the lake and threw them back into the water. They couldn't stand the cookery. An interesting episode Of the tTip was an accident to Harvey M. Willis. He wanted his picture taken while he was perched on log over . small, but deep pool. He had a rifle which was intended to add to the pose, but accidentally the shooting iron exploded. Mr. Willis iEvolun- tariIy plunged into the water, but the kodac was not snapped simultaneous ly with the rifle.