El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-05


hour. The company has been organic
ed with q capital of 100000.
Arizona.
There Is high water in Yuma that
puts the folks down there in mind of
1891.
The Prescott Electric company is
extending it's telephone line to Crown
ed King.
Frank Munkitrick died in San Diego
q few days ago. He was q we'll known
Yavapai miner.
1t is estimated that more than q mill
lion brick will be needed in building
operations in Clifton this summer.
The bank of Arizona of Prescott has
established branch bank at Jerome
and r.. A. Smith has been installed As
manager.
A gentleman from Phoenix says that
every Thermometer in that town was
too sshort to do the business.-Tucson
Star.
Librado Pacheco, q packer, of Wick
enburg, was murdered in q Mexican
town. Tempe. Tuesday night. Two
bullets of A caliber were fred into
him His murderers are unknown
Journal Miner
Six new indictments have been re-
turned against contractors for cutting
pimber about Prescott. An exchange
Gays q. S. District Attorney Morrison
is deeply interested In preserving the
pine forests of the northern portion OF
the territory from destruction. It is
surprising how vi9ilant these federal
officials become at times
With proper cultivation it Is claimed
that $500 worth of celery can be raised
on an acre Of the arid lands of Arizona.
The alkali in the soil il exactly what
is needed to produce the crispness that
Is the first essential Of this plant AT
an outlay OF 81 900 and with ten scres
of alkaH land q man can make q profit
of 81, 900 to Sz,50O.-Tucson Star.
The assessment list OF Graham coun-
ty is complete and shows an increase
over last years return by the assessor
Of ABOUT 80 per cent, being q total of
81, 00O, 600, just 81, 900 less than the
list stood after being raised by the
board of equalization. After the board
completes It's labors THE year the as
sessment list will probably show two
and half million of dollars.-Guar-
dian.
Sheriff Scott White left Saturday
with the contingent of six prisoners
who were sentenced to serve their res
pective terms in the territorial peniten-
tary at Yuma. Extra precautions we're
taken to carefully guard the prisoners,
for two are life termers and some of
them are desperate characters and
would not hesitate to escape if any
chance or opportunity offered, regard
less ofsny risks.-Tombstone Prospect
or.
At II o'clock Sunday night two
masked men rode up to the store owned
field at Camp Verde, forty miles east of
Prescott. One discounted and entered
the store while the other remained on
guard outside. The one who entered
the store demanded Rogers and Wing
field to throw up their hands, but be-
fore an opportunity was given them to
comply he opened fire on them, killing
both of them, and seriously wounded
Captain John Boyd who was In the
store at the time. The shooting at
| tracted the attention of the neighbors
and the robbers were frightened be-
fore succeeding in getting any money.
Owing to the remoteness from Prescott
the owners of the store were com PEELED
to have large amount of money on
hand all the time. A posse of citizens
organized at once at Camp Verde for
pursuit of the robbers and on receipt of
| the news here this morning the sheriff
and one deputy left for the scene of the
| tragedy. The murdered men are both
young and very popular, aud should
| the murderers be captured 1t is doubt
full If they will ever reach Prescott
aiive.-Tucson Citizen.