El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20

account of the large amount of clerical
work necessary in conducting the buei-
ness of the board, the efficient and
valuable services of Colonel George
W. Knaebel we're enlisted as O ERIK on
up to the present time.-New Mexican.
Arizona.
Hunting is reported good In the hills
around Tucson.-Orb.
It is suggested that the board of
supervisors OF each county appoint q
member of the territorial board of
equalization.-Bisbe Orb.
Msricopa comfy advocates the pas
sage of bill in the next legislature,
giving the supervisors power to con.
struct reservoirs Orb.
Ex-sheriff Leatherwood will very
likely arrive with his prisoner in the
morning. Temple was removed to
Guaymas Sunday to be taken before
the federal Judge for his discharge
Tucson Citizen.
The dogs at the Yavapai county
hospital were all slaughtered recently
They insisted on visiting the pest
house and gathering up bones and re-
them.-Tombstone ProspectOr.
the work of pipe laying in the suburbs.
The brick work on the pump house
will be commenced in q few days and
the completion of the entire water
plant probably in q couple of months.
-Bisbee Orb.
Merchants during business in Bisbee
who haye been in the habit of selling
intoxicating liquors to minors are
warned against continuing the prac-
tice in the; future. The law forbids
this and hereafter it will be rigidly en-
forced. Orb.
Justice Scott issued q warrant upon
the complaint of q lod9er who had
been stopping at lodging house on
the guest claiming that he had been
lseced of $3.50. The landlord having
absented himself, and it being known
that he had gone to Nogales, Sheriff
Wakefield took yesterdays train for
the line city. He reported. having
found his man and hoped to return. this
morning with him.-Tuceon Star.
Sheriff Armstrong of Gila1 county,
located King Ursury at Mammoth and
brought the individual to Tucson to
await the departure of the train bound
Globe railway. Ursury is wanted at
Globe for horse stealing and is q
years year ago this Ursury robbed
the stage between Florence and
Globe, and as q consequence he was
| dead to the world" for q number of
years. There was q reward of $500 for
the man. Sheriff Armstrong did not
want to risk the trip to Globe via
Riverside with the desperate man,
hence his journey this way.-Tucson
Star.
The prospects are reported favorable
for commencement 1t an early date on
the reconstruction of the ella Bend
dam, which was swept away about
three years ago. The ella Bend land
district is one of the finest
in the territory, and II viii
be -, matter matte Of eo1gr.tui Al A.. to
commenced and pushed to completion.
The large scope of fertile lands which
the canals cover should invite pros
porous settlement. Doubtless the I'M
fortunate loss by the food which
destroyed the dam may afford q vslu-
sble lesson In renewing the work ON .
more substansial basis. Citi-
zen.
| The Arizona Live Stock Association
is now In session at Phoenix. The
burden of the consideration of the con-
vention seems to be TO devise . means
to convict cattle thieves; it being easy
enough to catch them, but .
very difficult task to con-
vict them. One member contended
that the law is too lax, and
that even If the thief is convicted, he
can afford to spend the time usually
given him in jail and become the
owner of bunch of Q cattle which he
could hold on to afCer serving bis sem
tence. Mr.. Smith, of Prescott, thought
the Inspectors fee OF Is cents per head
worked an injury on the butchers.-
Exchange.
A report just reaches the Citizen Of
q remarkably rich discovery of q gold
quartz ledge uncovered In the Canada
del Orc mining district, . few days
ago by Mexican. A half pound OF
the ore ground up in q small hand
mortar yielded about &5 in gold dust.
The gentleman responsible for this in
formation Is an old resident miner who
vouches for the facts as an eye witness.
He says he did not learn the Mexican's
name, but saw the samples, which
showed plainly to the naked eye plenty
of gold all through the ore. The
direction of the above named district
is northeast and twenty miles distant
from Tucson.-Tucson Citizen.
Great Bargains.
Ihave on hand for sale as follows:
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