El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-14
Arizona.

Arizona.
Four more towns in Arizona are
talking of incorporation. -Prospector.
There are now four advocates of wo-
mans suffrage lecturing in different
parts of the territory.-Ex.
There is great deal of sickness
among the Indians around Yuma, and
| many deaths have occurred.-Prospsc
| tor.
More people have visited the Grand
Canyon within the past ten days than
ever before in the same length of time.
Elk.
Edgar Jones found near the Colorado
river in Yuma county what, he claims,
are the indications of a buried CITY,
PROPRIETOR
| Interesting tufa tests have been
made at the capital grounds at Phoe-
nix showing that tufa is a much better
building rock than it had been suppos-
ed to be.-Ex.
Globe is having several new rail-
road buildings erected. The company
is putting up fine buildings for the pur-
poses for which they are Designed
Tucson Citizen.
The city of Tucson Is advertising for
sals $1,000 fifty year, five per cent
gold bonds, for the purpose of raising
and sewerage system.-Ex.
Dr.. McNsughton has triumphed over
his traducers In California and will be
San Jose. He was formerly at the
head of the normal school at Tempe
Citizen.
1t is now practically settled that the
assessment roll of Pima county will be
over So, 900, 900 for the present year.
Thus 1t will be seen that the old county
will remain in the first column with
three hundred thousand dollars worth
of property to spsre.-Ex.
The bids for the erection of a new
dormitory and alterations to the old
dormitory at the University of Arizona
have been opened. There were five
bids and Sullivan & Whitehead made
the lowest estimate. The figures were
below s11,O 900. Work will be COM
menced very shortly.-Star.
No city in Arizona can boast of
more beautiful location for q park than
Flagstaff possess. It would require
only q comparatively email sum of
money to fence 1t, plant trees and other
wise beautify it, and when this is done
it will make magnificent park-one
which wonld do credit to any oity.-
Flagstaff Gem.
A report Is current that Col. Alex o.
Brodie has been appointed by the pres
idept, to be colonel of one of the newly
made volunteer regiments. The
friends of Col. Brodie here do not
believe that he would accept an offer
gold mine in Yavapsi county is now
commanding his entire attention.
| Citizen.
Miss M. E. Post, school census mar
| shall has completed her report and filed
the same with superintendent A.
Frank. The total number of children
of school age ia $50 there being 1926
boys and 225 girls. Two new districts
i have been formed during the year, viz:
Somerton and Crane, which are locat-
ed in the Colorado River Valley below
| towp.-Sentinel.
During the last year there were land
| entries filed in Arizona embracing Al .
422 acres, while in the some time en-
tries were cancelled to the amount OF
81, 1862 acres. According to this there
are about 10, 900 more acres of public
| land than one year ago, The large
amount cancelled, however, is the re-
suit of q large acreage of desert land
being filed upon for speculative pur-
poses and then afterward relinquished.
Tempe News.
Articles of Incorporation of a rail-
road from Flagstaff to the Grand Can
yon, have been filed with the secretary
of the territory. The capital stock is
81 ,O50. 900, and the incorporators, who
are to serve as directors for the first
year, are Homer Laughlin, J. w. Hoff,
w. j. Wash burn, Jno. T. Jones, War
rem Gillelu, A. A. Dsugherty and Wal
ter Rose. all of Los Angeles. and G. P.
Lettch and ]. M. Burnett, of Phoenix,
The stock thus far actually subscribed
amounts to $4,000. Each director
holds $4,000 worth of stock, except Mr..
| Daugherty, who holds S54 900 worth
| Journal---Miner.