Arizona republican., 1901-06-10

CATFISH ARE FAT.--Dr Roberts went fishing again a few days ago and says the catfish are in excellent con dition and are increasing rapidly in numbers. He caught four the last trip and each one was large enough to make meal for one person. Ills has the advantage of most fishermen though, for he has big carp that he got acquainted with on his first trip down the river that acts as a sort of a spotter for the doctor, on condition that he is himself to be guaranteed his freedom. When the carp sees the doc tor approaching he simply swims off into the pool where the catfish con gregate and the angler follows. This carp, he says, Is getting to be big fellow and Is now over four feet long. When he slides down into the water 1t sounds like the launching of bat tleship
 FOUND DEAD.-A Mexican was found dead few days ago on Harper's Mesa. a few miles northeast of Met calf in Graham county. A coroner's jury found the body to be that of Jose Miranda, and that he came to his death from bullet wound inflicted by some unknown person. The dead man was a wood chopper, and in company with another Mexican, left the camp about a week before the finding of the body, hunting buiros, each carrying Winchester. After they had been gone a few days the Mexican for whom they were work ing became alarmed over their ab- sence and commenced hunting for them It seems that the companion of the the deceased was first to give mo- tice of the killing. He told someone that his partner had been killed. after which he left the country and has not been heard from. IL Is said that a beef, which had been quartered. was found a short distance from the body. PROSPEROUS YUMA,-W. l.. Kerr, of the Yuma sentinel, is in the city visiting his family which he expects to move to Yuma shortly. He says Yuma is unusually prosperous and there Is no abating of the oil excitement. He says several companies are preparing to sink just as soon as they can get machinery on the ground. He says the joke about Arizona's seaport town is getting to be a joke no longer. IS there are now ten or dozen river steamers that ply up and down the Colorado from Yuma regularly. The Mexican X Colorado Navigation com pany, which expects to operate a line of boats between Yuma and Guaymas. os San Jorge bay has sent out it's first boat for the purpose of establishing series of tanks at convenient places in which to settle the river water for the use of the steamers to be run here after. The river water is so muddy 1t is hard on the engines, unless at least partially clarified before use. When this line Is established it is expected that freight shipments by water will rapidly increase. and Yuma expects some day to be a point of considerable importance in the matter of naviga- tion. ..-a r
 MEAT AT MOHAWK. "A gentleman well known in this city came up from Tucson yesterday morning and re- ported an incident that is certainly in- terestfns, If true. He saF1 a number of Tucson people, who have organized ad a company to prospect for oil in the
  son few days ago for that point out fitted with everything but provisions, which they ordered forwarded to them the next day. Mohawk Summit is l5o miles from water on the south and d good days journey in every other di- rection, and the water for the party was secured from the railroad engines. It is almost as far to supply point. It was therefore a little startling to their Tucson friends to receive a tele- gram the evening after the party left, saying, Don't send the provisions" But it was fully explained the next day when a letter arrived, saying the cook spent all his time between meals shooting the flying fish, that at this season of the year are travelling from the Gulf of California to the Buckeye canal and other Maricopa county irri- gating ditches, where the summer water supply can always be depen1ed upon.
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