El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-08
Arizona Melons.

Phoenix reports tie melon crop
never tetter, musknelons in good con-
dillon AID walermelOEs rlpenlDg, 90
that by the emo OF June there ought TO
= be some on the market.
Brick Kiln At Benson.
j. M. Castsnads has just fnishe
burning 100, GOO brick. In the batcn ne
iEcluCeu 100 made from fire clay from
tie vicinity OF Benson and found the
native product equal TO the best
Imported.
Arizona Fruits.
1t seems we'll proved that the Ariz-
ona river valleys nave psrfecs conol-
tions for the growth ana ripenlng oil
fruits. The valley of the Gila proc uces
fine aprico;s Rna the valley OF the
Colorado offers favorable conditions
for the culture OF 6pricOts, hgs and
grapes. and vegetables.
Bis bees Giant Policemen.
Bisbee can boss the tallest constRb-
ulary, in proportion to It's mum Der, OF
any camp this side OF Mars. Constable
Del Lewis stands six feet, five and one
half inches, while another mem Der of
the 'force, ," Shorty" CorsOn, combs
us Qalr al d Qls GoECS IEOn tSEId q
of six feet nd seven iLcnes. -Cocnlse
Review.
A Guess As To hrizona's popula
tlon.
"A. F. Banta, citizen OF Prescott
and for tuirty seven years an AriZo-
Man, claims the right to guess at the
population of his territory because in a
Ia
within lac of tie exact number figured
out by the census bureau. His guess
is that the 1900 census will show, 49,
595. Many are claiming 1OO,O
The Honey Crop.
Even The honey crop promises to be
phenomenslly large this yeuT. Ariz
ons bee keepers report full com bs
though at the frst CT the season the
bees did not have much Of anything |
to work upon. The Phoenix Apiary |
association expects 20 begin the ship
ment of several thousand pounds TO
the east very soon.
The FIremen OF Tucson Will Ce1e
brdte.
The fire department of Tucson will |
lead in tie Independence Day celebrs-
tions. They have invited all of the |
osher org anizations OF the city to par
ticipate in their celebrations. A fire.
man setting off arecrackers is sort Of |
paradox but there IL no doubt shat
Tucson will have rousing good
Fourth with her fire fighters in COM
mand, paradox or no paradox.
Practical Education.
The University of Arizona will be |
enlarged during the summer by an |
addition of n achinery building. 1t is |
proposed to include practical mech a
nice in the university's course. Blacks
mithing, carpentering and other trades |
will be taught. This is right in line |
with the advanced ideas of schooling |
throughout our big cities, where |
manual training is q part of public |
school education, and Arizona is to be |
congratulated on her big step for
ward.
Phoenix Loses, Railroad Wins.
The city of Phoenix lost It's case ia |
its recent attempt to force a collection |
of city taxes on the S. F., P. & P.
road. The city assessed the railroad |
property within the corporate limits,
and upon the refusal to pay the taxes
the assessor wac preparing to sell the
property to collect same when On in
Junction was issued restraining the
sale. The injunction was demurred to
and Judge Street overruled the de-
Arizona Republican.
Fighting Forest Fires.
Special Agent Holsipger who has
been fighting the fire on the Catalina
has returned to Tucson with
the report that SO, COO acres have been
burned over. Mr.. Holsinger is a vete-
ran forest fire fighter. He started
back fires aud stopped the devastation.
At first be tried to burn out fire
breaks only: but the flames and spark
Ieaped these barriers and back fires
were necessary. Some of the pine
5he trunks. There Is an enormous
,imber loss and water loss to the
people of the valley IS these forests
helped to hold back the waters OF the
mountain springs and melting SHOWS
md conserve them the supply through
,ut the summer.
The SchoelTest.
There is no doubt that the public
schools are a sure Indication of the
yorta OF community. Substantial
people who desire to make their re-
idence in town inquire as to Its
cbools. The Cocbise County Review
makes this proud boast OF it's schools
Bisbee has the third largest school
ystem of the pu bile schools of Arizo-
10. It has an atten dance of 573 pu-
ills. The school building also ranks
bird among those OF the territory. ,
eight instructors, including the :
rircipsl, are maintained. partly :
through the generosity of the Copper !
queen, which psys the entire cost OF the
chool during two months of the year.
he public school of Bisbee has
3nger term than any other in Arizona. Q