Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
ARIZONA. News and Comments Pertaining to the Territory at Large.

shCfS' oiuOS IU VIII ciiluIdCt dI utiOSe products capable of further develop ment all along the line of the system on the coast The mineral feature of 1t will be an important one. MT. Mills hopes that he may be able to get it arranged by states in order that each contributing section may obtain all the credit it deserves and all the benefit that may be derived from the exhibit.
 The farmers of Salt river valley have lost their suit against the canal com pany, and the Enterprise makes dire predictions of the result if the decision is allowed to stand, saying, unless prompt and vigorous action is taken it is only question of time until many fertile fields will again become the abode of the horned toad, rattlesnake and coyote" The farmers are advised to carry their case to the court of last resort
 The early days of southern Arizona are recalled to the minds of old timers, says the Tucson Citizen, by the long drive of cattle which is being made by Col. W. c. Land, of Cochise county, from his ranch to Deming, a distance of 200 miles. There are l, ,5O0 head in the bunch, and the stock is in first class condition. A large number of cowboys are employed in this drive, and they expect 10 make the distance in fourteen days. The stock will be shipped from Deming to the California market
 Superintendent S. NJ. McCowan, of the Indian school, J. E. Alexander, a gentleman named Brito and MT. Perry, who is spending the winter in Phoenix, left Sunday for Cave creek for the purpose of inspecting the Hey man onxy quarry and the road leading to it, says the Republican. The onyx cutting and polishing machinery at the Indian school is doing excellent work, but the supply from the quarry has been limited owing to bad roads, etc. There is everything to warrant the belief that the working of onyx at the school will prove a success, as soon as facilities are complete for bringing in the rough rock.
 James Addison Reavis, of Peralta fame, has returned to Arizona to stay, according to the Tucson Star. His headquarters will be Casa Grande, his purpose to devote his attention to the development of the water system of the Gila and Salt rivers. He is backed in the undertaking by the same parties who aided him in his grant scheme. He will first commence work on the Butte dam. nine miles from Florence, which, he claims, with a dam 300 feet high, will give 6j miles of water sur face on the reservoir. This work will be carried on under the charter or cor poration of the Casa Grande Improve ment company. The capital will be obtained by floating coupon bonds. |
 The Arizona papers are trying to bring up the subject of ship canal from the Gulf of California to some point on the Great Colorado near Yuma, says the ProSpector. When John C. Fremont was governor of Ari- zona he devised that scheme and pre- sented facts and figures to the govern ment to show that it was not only feasible, but would be of great value to the country. No doubt the gulf once covered all the country through which it is proposed to cut this canal, but the forming of great bar at the present mouth of the Colorado shut of the water from the interior. All that is required now is q cut through this loose deposit to let the water in again and we should have an inland sea, GOV ering great tract which is now desert and far below sea level. The scheme is entirely practicable, anC there are many who think it would pay.
 For some time efforts have beer made to obtain artesian water in tho 9 San Simon plains east of the Graham } mountains Recently number oi 9 wells have been sunk with good sue s cess, and there is one well in that dis Q trict which is said to have flow Q c 37, ,O00 gallons every 24 hours. Pro r lessor Forbes has just returned from - visit to the San simon country and tn, d upper Gila, close to the foothills
 where the ranchers hope to make pro Il itable ranch homes. The proXimit. { to the mountains adds to the value 0 l. the location for the production 0 $ early vegetables and fruits. The rais l. ing of watermelonS in the ArizOn l. valleys has become an important in .t dustry, and the ranchers of the Gil X hope to get their melons on the mar ,e ket several weeks earlier than other q less fayorabIy located. Tucson Cit
 zen.
 Ie The press of Arizona has done mor is to bring about the present prosperou k. conditions than all other salient 1T