Arizona republican., 1899-05-23

ernor Roosevelt is an extremely busy
 man and there are these who will come l for no other purpose than to gain a 1 convenient audience with the gcv- ernor Major McClin'tock will make
 an effort to induce him and many of 1 the visitors to visit Phoenix after the adjournment of the reunion.
 ] ARIZONA FIXING PRICES. Glen i dale now presents a scene of unusual activity in the fruit line. Although that place has always been one of the
 principal fruit centeTs of the valley
 the work has never been conducted so extensively as now. Walter Hill, the
 Arizona and New Mexico agent for the
 southern California fruit exchange, has increased his force of employees at
 Glendale to 240 and a shift consumes most Of the time from ' o'clock in the
 morning to 12 o'clock midnight, ne
 cessitating working by 1amp-Hght. The long shift is necessary to meet the de-
 nrand for early dried apricots. If it continues MT. Hill will increase the
 size of the crew and divide the shift.
 By the way the Salt River valley this
 year controls the dried fruit market
 Of the southwest MT. Hill has fixed
 his Cwn price in contracting to ship
 dried fruit and he fears Cnly that he
 shall not have the fruit to meet the
 demaLi. Any dried fruit shipped from
 the valley this season will net a good
 profit to the producer and the dealer.
 The demand is not restricted to the
 southwest, but that region is a heavy
 producer usually, and it's abnormal
 deartl of fruit this season has greatly augmented the prices in eastern mar
 kets. The fruit can be placed in the
 Chicago markets fer Il cents and the
 cost of shipping is about 11a cents, so
 a profit greatly in excess of last sea-
 son may be realized. Green fruit also
 brings better prices than ever.
 COLORADO MINING MEN.-George L. Fisher Of Colorado and Harry Arlni- tage of Prescott returned yesterday from a mining trip in the southern part of}th territory, but they are not ready to disclose the result of the trip Both men were formerly en- gagged as managers of large mines in C0Ic1t1dl0. MT. Fisher, who has not been in Arizona long, was once the manager of the famous Sheridan MendOta mines of the San Juan dis trict, Colorado. Seen at the Conner cia1 yesterday, he said: T agree with a number Of Colorado men who have visited Arizona during the recent ac- I4N4ty III 11A1Al4lS, ll1C1S IIAC NCs~11 J udlI district will be heard from on a large scale soCn." Soon after the Sheridan Mendota was opened the ere taken cut of large pay streaks which ran about 800 ounces in sil- yer and carried about five ounces of gold. It is now low grade but an enormous quantity Of ore has been taken cut and a good quantity is in sight. Altogether about twenty-nina miles of tunneliag has been done. Mr. Fisher re- ceived letter recently say ing that fifty-Cne ger cent of the mina has been sold for S4, 4,500,000 and the mine is now known as the Snug glers' Union. The mining in that dis trict is carried on on 3. large scale and affords little opportunity for ordinary capitalists By far Arizona presents the best field for mining men, thinks Mr Fisher, and his visit here strength ems his convictions. Arizona is in it's and the principal difficulty en- cCuntered iS the Obstinacy of some of the prCSpectOrs who are unreasonable in their demands. But this condition Is improving. They are learning that mining here is now a careful business.