Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-17
SOUTH SIDE.
TEMPE.


TEMPE.
w. C. Green was a visitor at the
capital city yesterday.
J. NJ. Brooks of Mesa was a business
visitor at Tempe yesterday
Captain J. L. B. Alexander of Phoe-
nix was a south side visitor Monday.
Mrs. Andre was a caller in the
capital city yesterday.
J. s. WatrOns was a business caller
in town last evening.
Ned Creighton of Phoenix spent yes
terday in Tempe doing bushes for
the Arizona Graphic"
The town council has located the
site for the well for the water works
on the north side of the Butte The
well is to be put down through solid
sandstone to water bearing rock They
propose in this way to have the purest
and best filtered water for city use
in the valley. 1t will be perfectly free
from fever germs and microbes. The
water will be raised 800 feet above the
city, so the pressure that can be had
will be strong enough to quench any
fire that may ever start in the town.
Tempe is leading the towns of the
territory in improvements. and all-in-
to-date little city in the territory.
MESA
w. A. Burton, Mrs. W. K. Porter, A.
P. Shewman, George Schornick. A. c.
Mcqueen, c. r. Hakes and William
Pomeroy went to Phoenix yesterday.
William r. Orr and family of De-
troit, Mich. spent Sunday in Mesa and
returned to Phoenix yesterday. They
were guests of the Kimban.
E. B. st. Clair, Water Commissioner
Frank P. Trott and Baxter McCreary
of Phoenix made Mesa a business cal!
yesterday.
DR.. F. n. Gerard. wife and son. Will
liam Gerard. arrived in Mesa yester-
day. The family will make Mesa
their home.
The Abell- Wilbur Mullen company
yesterday sold two discs. one to
George Drew and one TO E. c. Wood
mansee.
That the Highland canal should have
any water in it is a piece of news
that should be correctly circulated 1t
was stated in this paper that it had a
run of water for two hours. 1t was
mechanical mistake. The water has
been running in the Highland canal
since Friday morning. when William
Pomeroy broke the jam of driftwoOd
at its head. The present rise in the
river is most gratifying. as it has
been steady, comparatively speaking.
none of the dams having been injured
and all the water that the canals in
the valley could carry, has been Sc
cured Saturday night the river rose
to between sixty and seventy thou
sand inches and remained there dur
ing Sunday and Monday There are
700 acres of alfalfa under the High
land canal which viii be thoroughly
Irrigated. Several ranchers under it
are preparing to put in grain. When
the present run of water in the canal
is over William PomerOy will attempt
to secure twenty teams and scrapers
and clean the canal out from end to
end. When this is done, il will have
u carrying capacity of 5000 inches.
This amount of water four or five
times year. which usually can be
secured that often. will irrigate the
land under it in a short time.
The Tempe canal people have learn
ed that they underestimate the power
OF the Salt river when on a rampage.
For two years the stockholders of the
canal wrestled with the question OF
building a waste gate at the head OF
the canal. 1t was supposed that if
hIilt II would prevent the head of the
canal from filing with sand during
every rise in the river and at the
same time save the dam. The gate
was built last spring. but was entire
ly too small, and at the first rise
thereafter it was necessary to build
the dam around the gate to save 1t
and at the same time the head of the
canal filled with sand as was the
case before. and has been since. The. |
Tempe canal will carry high water as
well as all the others, but it is de- |
prived of the privilege to a great ex-
tent, on account of the sand. The gate !
is but twenty feet wide. When the |
present rise in the river subsidies Fan
Zero Williams Will with force OF |
men enlarge it to forty feet
The guests of the KimbalI house /
are: O. T. Dunagan. r. o. Broadway /
Tempe: b. F. Porter. Ben Porter. Joe /
Porter. Phoenix: L. Wagnes. Gold
field; Miss Flora Carguile Prescott:
Frank P. Trott. Phoenix: w. r. Orr
nd family.
Cal Phelps and John Coleman Satur-
day rented ninety arces of William, /
Standidge. Messrs. Phelps and Cole |
man will put the land in grain.
Pomeroy brothers recently rented to /
William Newell the 160-acre place I'M |
der the Utah Extension and belonging /
to Ben Goodrich of Los Angeles Mr. |
Newell will put in grain on the place. |
deal of considerable Importance /
was consummated yesterday morning I
J. s. Stewart sold his 320-acre ranch |
south of Mesa with 100 cows and 292 |
tons of hay to Simon j. Murphy of !