Arizona republican., 1899-05-03
MARICoPA COUNTY


 suffering for want of irrigation. All fruits doing well Alfalfa about one half crop. Hay curing very slowly J. P. Orme
 Buckley crop of alfalfa is cut. It is very heavy and curing slowly. Grain and sorghum doing well. Plenty of water in canal-James s. Day.
 Mesa-Cool nights-unfavorable for growing crops. Water plentiful Pros poets are good for large crop of Irish potatoes. and there will be Q large l yield of grapas.-C. L. Diehl. l ngleside-Haying progressing slow l y. and growth of vegetation retarded. on accountof cool weathet Water in canal still decreasing-John Mingle. l Glendale-Water for irrigation has fallen off nearly one-half, and there is scarcely mere than stock water at present time Coo, and windy with a slight frost on the 26th and 27th. The heavy wind during the latter part Of the week damaged the grain and Thompson seedless grapes.-H. w. Adams.
 Mesa City-Cool weather during week has retarded vegetable growth and the ripening of carry fruit Balers
  condition Water for irrigation de- creasing. Minimum temperature dur ing week 36 degrees-J E. Bettler.
 MOHAvE COUNTY. Mohave City Weather unusually coo.. Light sprinkle of rain on the 18th. Growth of crops retarded- Charles E. Jared.
 NAVAJO COUNTY.
 Snowfiake-Some vegetables up. but growing slowly on account of cold weather. Nearly all the fruit injured or killed by frost No rain and cattle and grass going backward every day. Mrs. H. T. Willis.
 Taylor-Cold, windy and unfavor- able weather during week. Corn and cane planting begun. Stock in fair condition.-Miss Amy Hancock. Pinedale-Light rain on 18th. Windy and cold. Corn planting in progress James Peterson. sF--
 Show Low-Wheat and oats dam aged by heavy frost. Corn planting in progress.-M H. Rowe
 Linden-Cold and windy. Flowing still in progress. Everything looking good, but rain is needed Fruit trees in bloom--H. w. Hopen.
 Woodruff-Cold and windy. Crops have made but very little progresss;-H.
 PIMA COUNTY.
 Gro Blanco-Windy and cool, drying up the young grass Rain is needed. Cattle look good.-Mrs. A. E. Hogan.
 FINAL COUNTY
 Municipalities part of week warm and windy, turning cold on the 26th, with no damage to crops. Everything growing nicely.-C. w. Wardwell. Casa Grande-Crops generally are looking good. Weather cool.-G. F. Westfall.
 Silver King-Light frost on the 26th. High winds. Range drying up and water scarcs.-Irion and Craig.
 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.
 Calabasas Weather unfavorable, with high winds. Potatoes and toma- toes damaged by frost Farmers are doing a great deal of green harvesting with very profitable results Alfalfa blooming and barley heading out Barley crop will be short-M R. Wise. Lochiel-Dry and windy, but corn crop coming up nieely--Miss c. de la Cssa.
 Crittenden-Wea the cool wi h high winds. Water plentiful for irrigation purposes. The crops are very prom ising.-Robert J. Goode.
 YAVAPAI COUNTY.
 Ash Fork-Very windy with a furry of snow on Saturday. Water scarce and not much feed for stock.-Miss Ella Foley.
 Prescott-High wind during day and frost at night. Growing crops have made no perceptible progress. No rain and remaining moisturs being dissipated by winds. No planting go- ing on. Fruit trees damaged. Stock on ranges are having hard struggle to exist. Slight furry of snow on the 29th.-Dr. Warren E. Day.
 Prescott-High winds and low tenn perature Fruit has been badly dam aged. Range grass starts slowly and cattle are dying in some sections.---E. c. Payne.
 Goodwin-Cool and dry. Water dry ing up on ranges. Gardening at a standstili- Fruit damaged.-A. B. Spence.
 Walnut Grove-Freezing weather on the 26th, 27th, and 18th which seri- ously damaged fruit, alfalfa and gar den truck.-J. 0. Carter.
 YUMA COUNTY.
 Parker-Planting in progress under faVorab ble cOnditions-W B. Bacon. Yuma-Weather cold. Grain hay is being cut.-F s. Ingalls, Yuma-First shipment of apricots, for the season, on the 2Sth.-M. B. De Vaue.
 Wm. G. BURNS