Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-15

Milling company, of Solomonville filed its articles of incorporation with the county recorder. The capital stock of this company is Sl0.000, divided into 1000 shares of the par value of Sl0 each. The incorporatorS are Frank Dysart- Luther Green, l. E. Solomon, Noah Green, w. A. Gillespie, Abra- ham Diaz, Gerarda Diaz, Pedro Mich. elena, Chas. solomon and Hugh Mac Mullen. The officers of the company are Frank Dysert, president; Luther Green, secretary; Chas. F. Solomon, treasurer, Alta joint meeting of the directors of the mill company and the directors of the San Jose canal com pany, all the points of a contract were agreed upon, by which the San Jose canal is to be rebuilt and made large enough to carry water sufficient to supply the mill with splendid water power. Bulletin.
 There is quite an effort being made on the south side of the river around Tempe and Mesa to obtain flowing artesian water, by men of ample means to test the matter thoroughly. Neil> Peterson, of Tempe, is sinking a we'll. pr. A. !. Chandler and A. C. Mcqueen of Mesa are each sinking wells in their respective localities, Why don't some enterprising man try for artesian water on this side of the river: All along the San Pedro above Tres Alamos, arteSian water is now | obtainable, where for years it was not thought possible, the Sulphur Spring valley east of Tombstone. has several | flowing wells. In Graham county some splendid flowing wells have re- gently been developed. With flowing artesian water in this valley, it's pros perity would be increased lmmeasura- bly.-PhoeniX Gazette.
 At the lumber yard of H. x. Chlar- son, the cottonwood trees are all in | leaf far in advance of those down in the valley. The garden is looking fine. English peas are up about | three inches: radishes and other vege. tables are up and growing rapidly. The garden nestling at the foot of the mountain and being almost sur rounded by low hills, isprOtected from | the cold to a great extent. There Is an abundance of water from the arte- sian well which has flow of 42 gallons per minute. A large reservoir is be- ing built just above the well to catch | the rain water from the mountain and to store the water from the well when not in use otherwise. Mir. Chlar- son says it is his intention to make q summer resort out of his place. which is very beautiful with the surround ing groves and hills. He has now un- der consideration the erection of a large pavilion next summer.-Bul- letin. Thatcher correspondent of the Bulletin.
 According to the Star, Tucson is the birthplace of the public school system of Arizona. The Star says the law establishing our public schools wa enacted there by the legislature wheI the seat of government was at Tucson That was in 1870. The first public school for boys was opened in Tucson in 1871 by John Spring, as teacher The first public school for girls il Arizona was by Mrs. l.. c. Hughes a teacher in 1872. During this samt year Miss Mary L. Post opened a pub lie school at Ehrenberg Yuma county
 Hence it will be seen that Tucson wa
 the birthplace of our public school ?
 years ago. Since that time the grOwtl
 of our public school system has beel
 marvellous, considering the many yiciS
 situdes through which we have had t
 pass and the obstacles to meet am
 overcome. That one school of les than 30 pupils and one teacher Ina grown until now we have more tha 25O school honses, pubic school prOI erty valued at more than half a mi
 lion dollars, 375 teachers and nearl
 10000 children of school age.